The Address Sky View Tower 2, Downtown Dubai
The Address Sky View Tower 2 has 56 storeys. The floors given over to leisure are the reason many people pick it over a hotel room. The building has a swimming pool for residents. A roof or deck area adds a second place to sit. You can start a slow morning up there before the city outside gets going. Downtown Dubai has plenty to see, but a tower that carries its own pool and deck changes how a free afternoon feels.
Storeys
56
On this page
- A steam room after the long flight
- A basketball court and a games room
- What the front desk handles
- Four kinds of stay
- From the arrivals hall
- Out of the lobby and onto the metro
- The bigger weekly shop
- Cabs and buses
- Burj Khalifa and the mall in one walk
- The opera and a fountain dinner
- Coffee with the fountain in view
- Mosques and prayer rooms
- Clinic and classroom
- Water, if you want it
- It suits you less if you want green space
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
A steam room after the long flight
Residents have a gym inside the building. The tower also has a sauna, a steam room and a jacuzzi. After a long flight into DXB, that sequence works well: a swim, a stretch in the steam room, then an early night. If you are in town for a week of walking The Dubai Mall and the Boulevard, the same rooms give your legs a proper rest between outings. Nobody crosses a street to reach them.
A basketball court and a games room
Away from the water, the building has a basketball court. It also has a barbecue area and landscaped gardens. A games room and a residents' lounge or function room cover the evenings when nobody wants to dress for dinner. Older children head for the court and the games room first, while adults settle into the lounge. A lounge also gives a family with visitors somewhere to gather without booking a restaurant table.
What the front desk handles
A reception desk serves residents. Security and CCTV cover the building, and parking for residents comes with it. A laundry service and maintenance services are provided as well, which you notice most on a stay of several weeks, when a fresh towel or a sticking door stops being a small matter. Short stays barely touch these services, while long ones lean on them.
Four kinds of stay
Couples get the most from the quiet side of the tower. A Downtown apartment turns the fountain and the opera into evening plans that need no car, and the jacuzzi finishes the night. The Boulevard lines up cafes and restaurants beside hotels and residential towers on one pedestrian route, so the walk to a meal and a coffee is part of the evening. That is why a stay of a few nights works well here.
If you work on a laptop, the building has a business or meeting room, so a call does not have to happen at the kitchen counter. Downtown sits on Sheikh Zayed Road between DIFC and Business Bay, which is why business visitors stay beside the financial district and the office towers. Your commute is short before and after.
Families have the games room and the basketball court at home. KidZania and Play DXB inside The Dubai Mall give children role-play and interactive games, plus virtual reality and rides, when you want to go out.
For a month or more, the laundry service and on-site maintenance matter more than any view. They keep a long stay from turning into a list of chores.
From the arrivals hall
Dubai International (DXB) is 17.4 km from the tower. Expect about 20 minutes by road without traffic. A taxi from arrivals runs straight to the door. Your bags go from the boot to the lobby in one move.
Out of the lobby and onto the metro
The Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall metro station is 0.15 km from the tower. An air-conditioned link with ten travelators has carried people from the station into The Dubai Mall since 2012. That link matters in the summer heat, when the walk outside is the hard part, and the Dubai Mall bus stop is 0.18 km away. It serves routes that do not use the Red Line.
The bigger weekly shop
Zoom is the closest supermarket and sits 0.32 km from the tower. First-night basics are on its shelves. For a bigger weekly shop, Downtown has Carrefour and Spinneys in The Dubai Mall and nearby buildings.
Cabs and buses
Taxis are easy to find in Downtown. Uber and Careem are reliable, and waits are generally under ten minutes. Bus route 27 links the Gold Souq and The Dubai Mall. Feeder bus F13 serves the metro station and the streets around it. For a trip to the old souqs, the bus costs less than a cab.
Burj Khalifa and the mall in one walk
Burj Khalifa is 0.61 km from the tower; the Dubai Mall has more than 1,200 retail outlets and over 200 dining options, and the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo inside it has a walk-through viewing tunnel. Plan an afternoon around the aquarium first, then let the shops and cafes fill what is left of it.
The opera and a fountain dinner
Dubai Opera is 0.68 km from the tower, and Its building is shaped like a dhow. Its hall switches between theatre and concert layouts, or opens to a flat floor, for up to 2,000 people. The Dubai Fountain Boardwalk is a floating walkway that puts you close enough to the jets to feel the spray. Thiptara, a Thai restaurant at the Palace Hotel, looks onto the Dubai Fountain, so dinner can come with the show.
Coffee with the fountain in view
Souk Al Bahar's restaurants face the Dubai Fountain, and several cafes inside The Dubai Mall look onto the fountain as well. The Opera District faces Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain across the lake. A table on the water side turns a slow coffee into an hour.
Mosques and prayer rooms
Sheikha Abdullah Salem Mosque and Al Ghafoor Mosque serve Downtown Dubai, and The Dubai Mall has prayer rooms inside. If your day follows the prayer times, both are within reach of the tower.
Clinic and classroom
Mediclinic is 0.67 km from the tower, and Mediclinic Dubai Mall has an on-site pharmacy and an on-site laboratory. If you travel with children of school age, note Salma al Ansaria School, which is 0.98 km away.
Water, if you want it
An abra boat ride on Burj Lake in front of Burj Khalifa runs in the evening, and a floating boardwalk on the lake is a cheaper way onto the water. For sand, Mercato Beach is a quieter stretch and Jumeirah Public Beach is one of the city's best-known spots, both within a 20-minute drive of Downtown.
It suits you less if you want green space
Downtown has fewer large parks and open green spaces than suburban areas such as Arabian Ranches or Dubai Hills. Business Bay next door is largely a commercial district set along the Dubai Water Canal, whereas Downtown is built around Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Mall and Dubai Opera. If you want lawns and quiet streets, the tower's landscaped gardens are the green you get. Dunya Tower and Grande Signature Residences are other Downtown towers worth comparing before you choose, and owners weighing the district can start with our guide to Downtown Dubai for owners.
If you own here
If you own here, every holiday home needs a permit from the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism before anyone stays. Owners or managers register the unit on the Holiday Homes System first. Royale Stays manages homes for owners at a management fee from 15%. The service covers furnishing and photography. It also covers pricing and check-in, plus guest communications and maintenance coordination.
Sources
Sources: Wikipedia, Emaar blog, Property Finder blog, Khaleej Times, betterhomes, Bayut area guide, Visit Dubai, Gulf News, Mediclinic Middle East, Bayut, Propsearch.
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