Belgravia Heights 1, JVC
Ellington Properties developed Belgravia Heights 1, a tower of 21 storeys in Jumeirah Village Circle. Its apartments come as studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms. Handovers began in December 2022. That makes it a young building with a short list of home sizes and a longer list of things to do downstairs.
The mix suits one or two adults for a week or a month, or a small family that is happy with two bedrooms. It suits you less if your group needs three bedrooms. Nothing in the building goes past two. Height is the one thing a list of home sizes does not show you. In a tower this tall, a studio low down and a two-bedroom high up are different stays, so the floor is worth asking about before you book.
Floors
21
Developer
Ellington Properties
Unit Types
Studio, 1BR, 2BR
Completed
2022
Handovers began December 2022. 15 residential floors above a 6-storey car-park podium.
Contents
- A morning that starts in the gym
- The pool at midday, the garden when it cools
- Which home for which length of stay
- After dark: dinner out and a silent street
- When a neighbouring tower fits better
- Getting around without a metro
- Arriving from the airport
- The weekly shop, the mall and the mosque
- Where the tower sits in the circle
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
A morning that starts in the gym
The day inside the tower begins with the gym. It comes with a games area. You can train early and be back upstairs before the day gets going, and if you work from the apartment, the gym break is a natural place to split the day in two. A concierge and security service covers the building as well, so you have a person to ask when something about the building is unclear.
Breakfast out is easy to find. LOUI Restaurant and Cafe and Teeneh ow Zeytoneh are two of the independent places listed in JVC. Joe & The Juice at Circle Mall covers the quick option when you would rather not sit down.
The pool at midday, the garden when it cools
When the afternoon turns hot, the swimming pool is where the day goes. The building also has landscaped gardens and an outdoor children's play area. If you travel with children, that play area is a reason to look at the two-bedroom layout: the children get a room, and the adults get somewhere to sit while the children burn off their energy. Jumeirah Village Circle as a whole is set up as a family-friendly, pet-friendly community.
When the garden downstairs is not enough, Circle Community Park has walking areas and play areas, plus space to exercise. District 12 has a large playground with views and trails of its own, and the tower sits in that district.
Which home for which length of stay
For a weekend or a week, a studio or a one-bedroom keeps things simple, and the pool and gym downstairs do the work of a hotel's leisure floor. For a month, the one-bedroom's separate bedroom matters more by the second week, when a living room starts doubling as an office. A two-bedroom suits a family or two friends who each want a door to close. The mix tops out at two. A weekend here can stay inside the building and Circle Mall.
After dark: dinner out and a silent street
Dinner in JVC is a matter of choosing a cuisine. Sticky Rice and Defne Turkish Restaurant are sit-down names listed for the community. Socialicious serves pan-Asian food and allows pets, and Wide Range Restaurant is a casual Indian spot. The silence at night can feel strange if you want a busier lifestyle, though it helps if you want an early start.
When a neighbouring tower fits better
A tower this size has limits, and it is better to know them before you book. A group of eight, or a family that wants a kitchen and outdoor space of its own, is better served by a villa. A villa gives a family the privacy and the kitchen that make a week or a month work, and JVC has plenty of them. Construction is still going on in parts of the community, so some streets are noisier than the finished districts.
If you want to compare blocks, Reef Residence is a JVC tower worth setting beside this one. Hanover Square is another. Ellington Properties and Damac developed apartment projects here, so you will meet more than one building from the same developers.
Getting around without a metro
It suits you less if you want a stay without taxis. The community has no station of its own. Al Furjan and Discovery Gardens are the closest. Every train trip therefore starts with a bus ride or a car.
RTA route J01 runs through the community. It stops at 39 places inside it. The route links JVC with Mall of the Emirates, which gives you a bus connection toward the Red Line and a large mall at the other end. The bus works as a backup, not as a plan for a late night.
By road, Dubai Marina and Motor City are common destinations. The community has few entry and exit points, which can bottleneck at peak hours. A flight or a dinner booking at the other end needs extra time built in.
Arriving from the airport
From Dubai International Airport (DXB) you reach the community by road, and a taxi covers it in one leg. The community sits between Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, with Hessa Street along its other edge. Circle Mall has its frontage off Hessa Street, on the edge of the community, which makes it an easy landmark to give a driver. A driver knows Circle Mall by name. At the tower, the concierge and security service is the first desk you meet.
The weekly shop, the mall and the mosque
Circle Mall opened with Spinneys supermarket as one of its anchor stores. The bigger shop usually happens there. West Zone and Choithrams are the other supermarkets listed for JVC. For milk and bread, All Day Minimart and Holiday Minimart sit close to residential blocks.
The mall also covers the wet-weather afternoon. It spans 532,000 sq ft, and parking for over 2,500 cars means the trip does not start with a hunt for a space. When the heat is the problem, the afternoon moves to Circle Mall.
A mosque at Circle Mall holds up to 300 worshippers and has a separate area for women, with access from the mall basement car park.
Where the tower sits in the circle
Nakheel launched Jumeirah Village Circle in 2005 as a freehold master development. It now runs to nine main districts, at the meeting point of Hessa Street, Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. Belgravia Heights 1 is one of the apartment towers that Ellington Properties added inside that frame, and its District 12 address puts it among the community's newer residential blocks.
If you own here
If you own here, the first question is the permit. Holiday home permits in Dubai are issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism, and owners register on the Holiday Homes System before renting out a unit. An apartment needs Residential on its title deed to qualify for a holiday home permit, and a unit whose sale and purchase agreement prohibits short-term rental cannot get one. 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. For the wider picture, our guide to JVC for owners covers the community.
Sources
Sources: Property Finder blog, What's On, Nakheel community page, Property Finder, Bayut area guide, Nakheel, Khaleej Times, Bayut, The Sandy Times, Nakheel press release, Gulf News, Propsearch, Ellington Properties.
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