Shamal Terraces, JVC
Shamal Terraces is a multi-phase freehold townhouse development in JVC District 14, Jumeirah Village Circle, developed by Lootah Real Estate Development. The project comprises at least three confirmed low-rise townhouse rows, each rising three storeys, built across separate construction phases between 2008 and 2016 and now fully complete. Royale Stays manages Dubai holiday homes from a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Lootah Real Estate Development
Type
Freehold townhouse rows, 3 storeys each
Phases
At least 3 confirmed (Shamal Terraces 1, 2, 3)
Bedrooms
3BR confirmed, 5BR single-sourced
Completed
2010-2016 across phases
Location
JVC District 14
About Shamal Terraces
Shamal Terraces is a multi-phase freehold townhouse development in JVC District 14, part of Jumeirah Village Circle, developed by Lootah Real Estate Development. Rather than a single building, the project comprises at least three confirmed low-rise townhouse rows, Shamal Terraces 1, 2 and 3, each rising three storeys, built in separate construction phases.
Dubai Land Department-sourced project records reproduced by propsearch.ae show Shamal Terraces 2 was the earliest phase, with construction beginning in October 2008 and completion by May 2010, followed by Shamal Terraces 1 (construction from November 2009, estimated handover January 2011) and Shamal Terraces 3 (construction from January 2014, completed by June 2016). All three phases are now complete and actively transacting, with propsearch.ae recording between 43 and 50 sale and mortgage transaction records for each individual phase to date. Flatreviews.com and 1newhomes.ae both independently confirm Lootah Real Estate Development as the developer, and Property Finder lists the development's homes under "Villa for rent, Dubai, Jumeirah Village Circle, District 14, Shamal Terraces," consistent with the villa/townhouse classification used across every source reviewed.
Propsearch.ae's own summary page for the overall Shamal Terraces complex states elsewhere that construction "began in 2007" and that "Shamal Terraces 1 and 2 were completed in 2016" while "Shamal Terraces 3 is still under construction," which conflicts directly with the same source's own more detailed, dated individual guide pages for each phase (cited above) showing distinct construction-start/completion dates between 2008 and 2016 with every phase marked "Complete," corroborated by dozens of real, dated 2025-2026 sale and mortgage transactions per phase. The phase-specific pages are treated as more reliable here since they are backed by live transaction data; the complex-level summary appears to be a stale, unmaintained blurb. A fourth phase, Shamal Terraces 4, also exists per propsearch.ae (construction January 2014, completed June 2016, described there as a townhouse row), but one other portal, famproperties.com, separately lists a "Shamal Terraces Four" development under apartments rather than townhouses; this building-type conflict for the fourth phase specifically is unresolved and no firm claim about it is made here. A generic-looking area-guide page (propertydigger.com) names "Shamal Real Estate" as the developer rather than Lootah Real Estate Development; this is treated as a low-confidence outlier, since propsearch.ae, 1newhomes.ae and flatreviews.com all independently and consistently name Lootah Real Estate Development, and 1newhomes.ae's own developer cross-sell module lists other confirmed Lootah JVC projects (Loci Residences, Living Garden II) directly alongside Shamal Terraces. Shamal Terraces should not be confused with Shamal Holding, a separate, unrelated Dubai investment and real estate group founded in 2017 behind Dubai Harbour Residences, Baccarat Hotel & Residences and Nad Al Sheba Gardens; the only connection is the shared word "Shamal." It should also not be confused with Oxford Terraces or Oxford Terraces 2 (a separate JVC development by a different developer), The Terraces in MBR City, or Marina Terrace Tower in Dubai Marina, all unrelated developments sharing only the word "Terraces."
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Shamal Terraces sits in Jumeirah Village Circle, District 14, close to Circle Mall and Nakheel Mall for everyday shopping and dining, with Dubai Media City, Dubai Internet City and Sheikh Zayed Road all a short drive away. Also within JVC District 14 are Indigo Ville 5 and Indigo Ville 6, two unrelated townhouse clusters by a different developer sharing the same official district number.
By car, Shamal Terraces is roughly 20 minutes from Dubai Mall, 15 minutes from Palm Jumeirah, 17 minutes from Burj Al Arab and 19 minutes from The Walk, JBR. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 31 minutes away.
Drive times are approximate, single-sourced (propsearch.ae for the Dubai Mall/Palm Jumeirah/Burj Al Arab/JBR figures, 1newhomes.ae for the DXB figure), not independently cross-verified against a second measurement this session, and will vary by time of day and route.
Unit Types
Shamal Terraces townhouses are built to a 3-bedroom layout across the confirmed phases, each with its own walk-in closet and balcony per a resident review of a 2013-occupied unit, and Dubai Land Department-sourced records show recent sale sizes ranging from roughly 2,173 to 2,993 square feet across the four phases. 1newhomes.ae additionally describes a wider 3-bedroom (from AED 1.8 million) and 5-bedroom (from AED 2.5 million) mix at original developer pricing, though the five-bedroom configuration was not independently confirmed by a second source, and no reliable total unit count across the complex was found.
Propsearch.ae's own complex-level summary states 16 villas in Shamal Terrace 1, 11 in Shamal Terrace 2 and 9 in Shamal Terrace 3 (36 total across the three phases), but this figure appears in the same stale "Additional information" blurb flagged above as conflicting with the phase-specific completion dates, so it is not treated as a confirmed total unit count here.
Amenities
A resident review of a Shamal Terraces townhouse describes a spacious roof terrace, a front mini garden and multiple balconies, but explicitly notes no on-site gym or swimming pool, with only a running track nearby. This is a single, dated account rather than a confirmed current amenity list, and no developer or portal source describing a shared building amenity set for Shamal Terraces specifically was found. Residents have access to wider JVC community amenities nearby, including Circle Mall and Nakheel Mall for shopping, dining and cinema.
The resident review cited above dates from 2014 (occupant since 2013); it is disclosed as a single, dated anecdote rather than a current, developer-confirmed amenity list.
Transportation & Access
JVC has no Metro station of its own. The nearest operating stations sit on the Red Line toward Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Internet City, reached from JVC via RTA bus routes. As with the rest of the community, most residents at Shamal Terraces rely on a car or taxi for day-to-day travel.
Rental & Price Trends
Dubai Land Department Sale-type transaction records reproduced by propsearch.ae show a recent sale at Shamal Terraces 1 of AED 3,500,000 for a 2,993 sq ft, 4-bedroom villa (22 April 2026, AED 1,169 per sq ft). Propsearch.ae records between 43 and 50 total sale and mortgage transaction entries for each individual phase (Shamal Terraces 1 through 4) since inception, though most of the most recent entries shown per phase are mortgage registrations rather than sales specifically.
Figures are individual Dubai Land Department transaction records reproduced by propsearch.ae, not a formal average or rental index, and were not independently cross-verified against a second source this session. 1newhomes.ae separately lists original developer marketing prices of AED 1.8 million (3-bedroom) and AED 2.5 million (5-bedroom), which appear to reflect historic launch-era pricing rather than current resale value and are not treated as current market data here.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
No building-specific prohibition on short-term letting was found for Shamal Terraces. Lootah Real Estate Development is not a Vida-branded or hotel-operated developer, so the confirmed hotel-brand STR restriction that applies elsewhere in Dubai does not apply here. A DTCM holiday-home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism is the standard route for any Dubai freehold villa or townhouse.
Royale Stays' confirmed villa-management markets are Mag City, MBR City and DAMAC Hills/DAMAC Hills 2, and JVC townhouses like Shamal Terraces sit outside those confirmed markets today, so no building-specific earnings figure is quoted here. A search for dedicated Airbnb or Booking.com listings specifically inside Shamal Terraces did not turn up any live third-party STR listing, distinct from the standard long-term rental listings found on major portals. Royale Stays does actively manage JVC short-term rentals on the apartment side of the community; the wider JVC Airbnb management guide covers that in more depth. Royale Stays manages Dubai holiday homes from a fee starting from 15%, and permit applications through the Dubai holiday home permit process follow the same DTCM route regardless of property type.
Royale Stays has not independently confirmed a live Airbnb listing at Shamal Terraces at the time of writing; figures above describe the company's real Mag City/DAMAC Hills villa-management track record for context, not a Shamal-Terraces-specific guarantee.
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