Al Fouad by Sooma
Most of a stay at Al Fouad by Sooma runs through one place, the Al Furjan Pavilion. It holds a supermarket, a pharmacy, a coffee shop and a clinic, so if you land on a Tuesday night, you can have breakfast sorted by Wednesday morning without ordering a car.
Al Fouad by Sooma is a 12-storey apartment building in Al Furjan, built by Sooma Real Estate Developer. Below is what a week in one of its flats looks like, and what it means for you as an owner.
- Developer: Sooma Real Estate Developer
- Storeys: 12
- Completed: December 2017
- Mix: studios and one-bedroom apartments in the recent sales, plus ground-floor shops
Developer
Sooma Real Estate Developer LLC
Storeys
12
Completed
December 2017
Location
Al Furjan
On this page
- The Pavilion, shop by shop
- Groceries without a car
- A coffee, then a proper dinner
- The Red Line
- Buses and the roads
- A swim and a workout
- Parks for the morning and the evening
- Schools, for a family buyer
- What schooling costs
- If someone is unwell
- The weekend away from the flat
- A week with no car
- Pools, mosques and the small things
- How the neighbourhood is laid out
- Why a flat here suits a stay
- What the register shows
- What owners get from us
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
The Pavilion, shop by shop
Two community centres matter here: Al Furjan Pavilion and Al Furjan West Pavilion. The first has Spinneys and Boots. African & Eastern and Costa are there too, as is McDonald's. The second has Geant and Life Pharmacy, plus a barber.
The Pavilion is a mall in its own right, and a second one, Discovery Gardens Pavillion, sits a little to the north.
This is the whole point of the area: errands that take minutes, not a drive.
Groceries without a car
Over at the Avenue Residence centre there are Carrefour Market and Nesto, with pharmacies alongside and more Nesto Hypermarket branches nearby. Spinneys, Carrefour, Park n Shop, Al Madina Supermarket and Dream Mart Hypermarket round out the list across Furjan. Nobody needs a car for milk.
Smaller shops fill in the gaps. Al Barakah Grocery and Danat Al Furjan Grocery are two, and Prime Mart is another.
If you stay a fortnight, you can use the small ones for milk and bread and the big ones for the weekly shop. That is how a family flat is lived in.
A coffee, then a proper dinner
For a quick coffee there are Costa and Starbucks, with Tim Hortons and Tea n Talk as alternatives.
For a sit-down meal, Exotic Shoreline serves Asian food, McCafferty's is an Irish pub with live music, and Oregano is an Italian restaurant inside Al Furjan Pavilion. Karachi Inn and Jawharet Beirut add two more names to the list.
Savis Restaurant and Paddock Restaurant are in the district too. That is a fair spread for a district of homes, and seven different tables for a week of dinners.
The Red Line
The metro is the reason many visitors pick the district.
The Red Line stretch here runs through The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Al Furjan, Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Investment Park and Expo 2020.
From the station it is about 8 minutes to Dubai Marina and 6 to Expo City.
Buses and the roads
For a day out, the F46 bus runs directly to Ibn Battuta Mall.
By car it takes 12 minutes to Ibn Battuta Mall, 16 to Dubai Marina and 32 to Business Bay. Allow extra time at peak hours.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Al Yalayis Street run around the district, and Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road also run nearby, as does Emirates Road. The first turning decides whether the trip to the Marina is easy.
A swim and a workout
The Al Furjan Club has pools and a gym, with sports courts and fitness studios as well. A sports complex at Al Furjan Pavilion adds tennis courts and a sports hall.
F45 Training and The Warehouse Gym are in the district too.
The district includes tennis courts and soccer fields, as well as paths for jogging and cycling. A run before breakfast needs no planning.
Parks for the morning and the evening
Al Furjan has shaded parks and retail pavilions with cafes, and nearby Ibn Battuta Mall and Discovery Gardens are weekend options.
The district falls into four clusters named for the compass, and each has at least one community park. Community Park and District 6 Park are among them.
For a family with a small child, that means somewhere to go at six in the evening when the heat has dropped.
Schools, for a family buyer
The Arbor School is a British-curriculum school in Jebel Ali Village. Arcadia Global School is a British school that opened recently.
Jebel Ali School offers British GCSE and IGCSE courses, and Delhi Private School teaches the CBSE curriculum near Ibn Battuta Mall.
What schooling costs
Chubby Cheeks and Redwood Montessori take children from a few months old, and Jebel Ali Village Nursery is in Al Furjan South.
Our reading is that, because named nurseries and British and Indian-curriculum schools sit in and beside Al Furjan, a family thinking of living here can compare several options close to home.
If someone is unwell
Medicentres Al Furjan sits inside Al Furjan Pavilion, and Medcare Medical Centre is in Al Furjan West.
Aster Pharmacy and Bin Sina Pharmacy are on the list. So is LIFE Pharmacy at Jumeirah Park Pavilion.
If you have a cough at night, you do not need to search long.
The weekend away from the flat
City Centre Me'aisem and Ibn Battuta Mall are the two big malls closest to the community, and Ibn Battuta Mall and Discovery Gardens are weekend options.
JBR and Dubai Marina are about 20 minutes away by car. You can spend Saturday at the beach and be home for dinner at the Pavilion.
A week with no car
If you work from the flat, you will walk to the cafe, and if you do not, you can be at the Marina by the afternoon.
Pools, mosques and the small things
Discovery Gardens has a run of numbered community pools, such as Pool 4 and Pool 9.
Masjid Abdullah Ali Al-Chaafar and the mosque at Jumeirah Park are among the mosques here.
How the neighbourhood is laid out
The master developer is Nakheel. The project launched in 2010. The community covers roughly 560 hectares.
Sub-communities include Quortaj and Dubai Style, as well as Tilal Al Furjan. Al Furjan sits between Discovery Gardens and Jebel Ali Village.
Al Furjan Villas and Townhouses are next to Azure Residences, so the community mixes houses with apartment buildings.
Why a flat here suits a stay
Our reading is that a metro station in the community and a pavilion with shops and a clinic let you run groceries and a workout without a long drive. That suits a stay of a week or more.
A flat gives you a kitchen and a washing machine. For a couple working remotely or a family waiting on a school place, that beats a hotel room. It is a plain, practical choice.
The building itself is a 2017 block, not a new tower, so the draw is the district and not the lobby. An older block is easy to accept when the street outside works. The building rises twelve floors.
What the register shows
The register lists a handful of recent sales in the building. The residential ones are a studio and one-bedroom apartments, and there are two ground-floor shop sales alongside.
| Unit type | Sales | Dates | Price (AED) | Size (sq m) | AED per sq m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 1 | 22 Oct 2025 | 490,000 | 48.16 | 10,174 |
| One-bedroom | 2 | 12 Feb to 26 Feb 2026 | 650,000 to 849,000 | 74.49 to 83.43 | 9,451 |
AED per sq m is the median where a row has more than one sale.
What owners get from us
If you own here, we look after the whole stay. Royale Stays handles furnishing, photography and pricing. We also do check-in, guest messages and maintenance, and our management fee is from 15% of booking revenue.
Letting a flat here starts with the Department of Economy and Tourism holiday-home permit in your name, which we file.
Sources
Sources: Engel & Voelkers Dubai, Real Estate Club Dubai, Roads and Transport Authority, Inside Realty, Property Finder.
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