Niloofar Tower, Culture Village
Culture Village is a place of cobblestone walkways and traditional wind towers. There is an amphitheatre for live performances, and a dockyard where traditional dhow building is on display. Step out of Niloofar Tower and you walk into that picture, with the creek running through it.
Niloofar Tower is a 14-storey residential building in Culture Village, built by RMG Ltd. Below is a week there, and what it means if you own one of the flats.
- Developer: RMG Ltd
- Storeys: 14
- Completed: May 2017
- Mix: studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments
Developer
RMG Ltd.
Storeys
14
Completed
2017
Location
Culture Village, Al Jaddaf
On this page
- The tower and its flats
- Inside the flats
- Gym, pool and play area
- Where the name comes from
- Getting around
- The first errand
- Dinner by the water
- A free afternoon
- Families, schools and the hospital
- Hotels and serviced apartments
- What the district is like
- What is on in the city
- A week at Niloofar Tower
- What the register shows
- What owners get from us
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
The tower and its flats
Niloofar Tower holds studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments, and it is built around the open spaces and walkways of the village. Several high-speed lifts serve the floors, and basement parking gives each unit one space.
Guards watch the entrances round the clock, CCTV covers the building, and maintenance services are on call. Utilities come from DEWA.
Inside the flats
A studio has an open kitchen with built-in cupboards and a balcony with a creek view. The one-bedroom flats go further, with a large living and dining area, a modern kitchen, a second bathroom for visitors and double balconies.
In a two-bedroom flat you find two or three bathrooms and a closed kitchen, with built-in wardrobes and a maid's room. That layout suits a family or two couples travelling together, since each bedroom has its own space.
The balconies are wide, and they look onto the creek. You will spend your evenings on them, coffee in hand after a day out, watching the dhows and the water traffic go by.
Gym, pool and play area
The tower has a gym and a swimming pool. A children's play area sits alongside, and a 24-hour concierge desk keeps the front of the building staffed.
D1 Tower, close by, has a pool and a gym for its residents, with a sauna and a steam room.
Where the name comes from
Al Jaddaf means the rower, and the name links the district to dhow building and a shipyard on the creek. Culture Village is also known as Jaddaf Waterfront, and Dubai Wharf and Manazel Al Khor are among its developments.
Its towers borrow from Emirati and Islamic architecture. Palazzo Versace and Dubai Wharf stand in the same pocket, and so does D1 Tower.
Getting around
Dubai Healthcare City, Al Jadaf and Creek sit one after another on the Green Line, and the metro is a short hop from the village. A day of meetings or appointments stays simple. Bus C04 runs to Wafi Mall, Latifa Hospital, the Gold Souk and Union metro station.
There is a marine station too, and abras cross the creek to Dubai Festival City and Creek Harbour.
Sheikh Rashid Road, Oud Metha Road, Al Khail Road and the Dubai-Al Ain Road (E66) circle Al Jaddaf, with a link to the Business Bay Extension.
The first errand
Al Jaddaf has no large mall of its own. Wafi City, with a Carrefour and a cinema, is the nearest big shopping stop, and Dubai Festival City Mall is the other.
For groceries, W Mart, Real Mini Mart and Spring Green Mart are close, and a West Zone Supermarket has opened in Lilac Residence. You will not run out of milk, and shops are close.
Dinner by the water
Teible at the Jameel Arts Centre is one place to eat, and Arabesque Jaddaf and the D1 Restaurant and Lounge are others. Enigma and Vanitas add choice for an evening out, along with Giardino.
In the village itself, souks and restaurants sit along the creek-side walkways, and cafes are never far. Museums and an exhibition hall fill the cultural side, so a rainy afternoon has an answer. Near the tower, one coffee shop and seven restaurants fall inside a short search radius.
A free afternoon
Jaddaf Waterfront Park and Playground is the green space, and the sculpture park, the Jameel Arts Centre and the Jaddaf Waterfront Marina sit nearby, so an afternoon can be spent on foot between art, water and grass without once needing a taxi. Creek Park, with the Dubai Dolphinarium, and Zabeel Park are a ride away. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library stands on the creek.
Zabeel Stadium and the Dubai Police Officers' Club Stadium are beside Al Jaddaf, and sport is easy to find. If you came for a match, you are already close.
Families, schools and the hospital
The schools around the tower teach Indian, UK, French and American curricula, and the International Baccalaureate too. New Indian Model School and Gulf Indian High School are rated Good by KHDA, and Dubai English Speaking School and Lycee Francais International hold the top grade.
Swiss International School, Glendale International School and Dubai International School (American) are also around Al Jaddaf. For young children there are four nurseries: Chubby Cheeks and Dazzle Kids, and Daffodils and Kinderville.
Latifa Hospital, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital and the Dubai Healthcare City hospitals are all close, among them Emirates Specialty Hospital and Mediclinic City Hospital.
Hotels and serviced apartments
Marriott Executive Apartments and the Al Jaddaf Rotana Suite Hotel give the district a hotel side, and Palazzo Versace Dubai adds a grander name. An apartment here competes with those on space and a kitchen, and on a balcony that looks over the creek, which no hotel corridor can match for a long stay.
What the district is like
There are few villas, and nightlife is limited.
Our reading: a Green Line station, creekside walks and the Healthcare City hospitals close by make a creek-view apartment a good fit if you are in town on business or for medical care and want a quieter base than Downtown.
What is on in the city
Dubai's year has a clear shape. The shopping festival fills the winter. Ramadan and Eid come in spring, Summer Surprises runs through July and August, and November belongs to fitness.
This autumn the Dubai Fitness Challenge asks residents and visitors for thirty minutes of activity a day, and it runs through November. Dubai Run is a free morning run on Sheikh Zayed Road on 22 November, and the road stays closed to traffic until the runners have finished.
Diwali brings shopping offers and dining deals to the city in early November, with entertainment on top, and National Day follows at the start of December with fireworks and family activities. The Dubai Shopping Festival opens soon after, so a winter stay in Culture Village has something on almost every weekend.
A week at Niloofar Tower
Monday is a metro ride to a meeting or a clinic, then back to the balcony. Easy. On Tuesday you walk the cobblestones of the village, and on Wednesday you cross the creek by abra.
At the weekend you swim in the pool and take the children to the play area, then eat by the water, and the evening ends back on the balcony with the creek in front of you.
What the register shows
The register labels all of these as sales. Read the table as a snapshot of a handful of deals, not as a price list.
| Unit type | Sales | Dates | Price (AED) | Size (sq m) | AED per sq m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 5 | 17 Oct 2021 to 19 Jun 2026 | 400,000 to 900,000 | 49.66 to 119.86 | 8,055 |
| One-bedroom | 1 | 21 Feb 2022 | 598,220 | 84.34 | 7,093 |
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 and photography. We set the pricing and run check-in. We answer guest messages and handle maintenance. 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: Bayut, Property Finder, Roads and Transport Authority, Engel & Voelkers Dubai, dubizzle Property blog, Dubai Media Office, The National, Visit Dubai.
Questions