A Vida-branded tower on the Dubai Marina waterfront
Vida Residences Dubai Marina is a completed mixed-use skyscraper by Emaar in Dubai Marina, Dubai. It combines Vida-branded apartments with a Vida hotel, and Vida Hotels and Resorts, the hotel brand that Emaar Hospitality Group runs, was Emaar's partner on it. The hotel inside the tower carries the name Vida Dubai Marina & Yacht Club.
On this site the tower replaced the earlier Dubai Marina Yacht Club. This brief sets out what the Dubai Land Department register records, how the tower is put together and what lies around it, for anyone buying or selling an apartment in it on the secondary market.
The tower
The building rises 57 storeys, with parking below ground. Killa Design was the architectural consultant, Shapoorji Pallonji International was the main contractor, and NSCC International carried out the foundation works.
The plans for the tower set out how its floors would be used:
- a new yacht club at ground level
- floors 8 to 12 for a Vida hotel, linked directly to the residences
- restaurants on the upper floors, above level 50
- nautical-themed timber panelling as part of the interior design
Five outlets now trade from the ground floor: a coffee shop, a yacht charter agent, a fashion shop and two restaurants, one of them facing the marina walk.
The apartments
The residential floors hold units from one-bedroom up to four-bedroom. They were specified unfurnished.
The amenities named for the residences are round-the-clock security, a gym, a play area for children, and parking for both residents and guests.
Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina stretches over 3 km, ringed by a wide landscaped promenade that is used by walkers, runners and cyclists. Some 200 towers line the water, and nine in ten of them are residential. The principal highway running north to south through Dubai passes beside the Marina, and the district has two Dubai Metro stations as well as a tram service.
Close to the tower
Dubai Marina Mall and The Beach are each about 0.6 km from the building, and The Walk at JBR and Marina Beach are both about 0.8 km away. JLT Park is about 1.1 km off. For golf, Emirates Golf Club is about 3.1 km away and Montgomerie Golf Course about 4.1 km.
Schools
Emirates International School Meadows is the nearest school listed, at about 2.2 km. Further out are The Winchester School in Jebel Ali First (about 3.8 km), Dubai British School Emirates Hills (about 3.9 km) and Delhi Private School Dubai, also in Jebel Ali First (about 4.0 km).
Neighbouring communities
- Jumeirah Beach Residence, about 0.8 km: a 1.7 km strip of residential towers on the seafront side of the Marina
- Jumeirah Lakes Towers, about 0.8 km: commercial, residential and hotel towers clustered beside three lakes and one park
- Bluewaters Island, about 1.7 km: residential, hotel and retail buildings on an island facing the JBR shore
- The Meadows, about 1.7 km: a villa community with tree-lined streets, lakes, a community centre and pools
- Jumeirah Islands, about 2.2 km: clusters of villas with gardens and pools on small islands among lakes
- Jumeirah Park, about 2.7 km: a villa community laid out around parks and green space
- Dubai Media City, about 2.8 km: a business park in the media and technology free zone
