Binghatti Horizons, Dubai Silicon Oasis
Binghatti Developers developed Binghatti Horizons as a 12-storey block of 148 homes, and it was completed in 2017. The mix runs from studios through one-bedrooms to two-bedrooms, so a single building covers a solo traveller, a couple and a small family. It sits inside a district run by its own authority, laid out around a technology free zone. If you want a mid-height tower with shared facilities rather than a landmark, this is the shape you get.
Developer
Binghatti Developers
Storeys
12
Total units
148
Completed
2017
Location
Dubai Silicon Oasis
On this page
- Built between Dtec and Digital Park
- Pool, gym and a corner for children
- Parking, reception and who looks after the block
- Studio, one-bedroom or two
- Weekend, week or month
- Twenty-one minutes from DXB
- Bus 320, taxis and the Red Line
- The roads out at rush hour
- Meat One at the door
- Coffee, dinner and the Water Wall
- Silicon Central on a hot afternoon
- Lake path and North Park
- Classrooms for a longer stay
- Clinics and a hospital
- When the evenings are quiet
- If you own here
- One day out
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
Built between Dtec and Digital Park
Dtec, the start-up campus, opened in 2015. Dubai Digital Park followed in 2018 with smart apartments of its own, so the district reads as layers added one after another.
Binghatti Developers is the builder on this block's record. Its tower landed between those two openings. You are staying in a building that has stood for several years in a district that is still adding new ones. Some construction noise and dust nearby comes with that. It is a fair trade for a block with its facilities already in place.
Pool, gym and a corner for children
Bring swimwear and trainers, because a swimming pool, a gym and a children's play area all sit inside the building, and cafes or restaurants on site mean a coffee does not need a trip outside. With 148 homes sharing one pool and one gym, the scale is that of a neighbourhood block, which suits a quiet swim more than a crowd. If you train hard, Fitness First is the bigger gym, 0.48 km from the tower. A day can stay inside the block if you want it to: the gym in the morning, the pool in the afternoon, a coffee at the cafe on site, then the play area for children before dinner.
Parking, reception and who looks after the block
A reception desk serves the building, security and CCTV cover the premises, and maintenance services are on hand when something needs fixing. Parking for residents comes with the block. That matters because most people here drive or take taxis, and public parking elsewhere in the community is usually paid, so a space at the tower saves you a daily errand. If you arrive in a hire car, ask the desk about the parking first.
Studio, one-bedroom or two
You choose a layout by head count. One or two people on a short trip take a studio. A couple takes a one-bedroom for the separate bedroom. Two friends or a small family look at the two-bedroom, so nobody shares a room. The block stops at two bedrooms, though, and apartments in the district run up to three. A party of five or six is better placed in a neighbour than squeezed into a two-bedroom here.
Weekend, week or month
For a weekend, a studio is enough and you will hardly miss a bedroom door. A week starts to favour the one-bedroom. Longer stays suit the one-bedroom and the two-bedroom well, because a door then separates the laptop from the bed and a second person from the early alarm. The gym downstairs and the cafe on site help a routine hold together: a gym session, a laptop morning, a grocery run. With children, the play area downstairs gives the afternoon a fixed point.
Twenty-one minutes from DXB
Taxis from Dubai International (DXB) take about 21 minutes over 20.9 km of road, so one leg is the sensible plan after landing. The district's exits slow down at the morning and evening peaks. If you have a flight to catch, you will want to set off earlier than the drive time suggests. At the other end a reception desk takes your first-night questions, and the resident parking is there if you came by hire car.
Bus 320, taxis and the Red Line
The district has no metro stop of its own. The nearest bus stop, Silicon Oasis Axiom 1, is 0.56 km from the tower. Bus 320 reaches Centrepoint on the Red Line. Taxis and ride-hailing cars are the easier answer when you carry luggage or travel late at night.
The roads out at rush hour
Traffic builds at the main entrances and exits in the morning and evening peaks, so the hour you leave matters more than the route. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Dubai Al Ain Road (E66) run beside the community, with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54) as a further way out. With parking at the building, driving is the default here. A rental car earns its fee.
Meat One at the door
Meat One is the nearest shop to the door, 0.02 km from the tower, and Aster Pharmacy is 0.32 km away for anything medical. For a bigger shop, Al Maya sits in Silicon Gates 1, and Green Belt Supermarket stands in IT Plaza. Both are a short drive from the tower.
Coffee, dinner and the Water Wall
Costa Coffee and Starbucks serve the shopping centres. For dinner, Foodings sits in Emirates Tower Residence 1. My Govindas is opposite Silicon Oasis Mall, and Chili Ways serves from the Silicon Central food court. The DSO Water Wall, 0.76 km from the tower, is the nearest named landmark and a fair first outing on the morning after you land.
Silicon Central on a hot afternoon
Silicon Central Mall holds more than 150 stores. Lulu Hypermarket and Brands For Less anchor it, and the mall is 1.07 km from the tower. Fabyland and Total Ninja are indoor attractions there. They give children somewhere to go when the afternoon turns too warm for the park.
Lake path and North Park
Two parks are within reach: one 0.43 km from the tower, and DSO Lake Ecological Park, on 57 Street, which is open around the clock and has a lake with paved paths for walking and jogging. DSO North Park sits by IT Plaza. It adds play areas, a football court and a running track.
Classrooms for a longer stay
The Indian International School, 0.6 km from the tower, follows the CBSE curriculum. GEMS Wellington Academy teaches from nursery upward with British and IB pathways. Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai runs undergraduate and graduate programmes in the community.
Clinics and a hospital
For anything beyond a pharmacy, Axon Clinic at 1.31 km and HLG Umar at 1.38 km from the tower are the nearest names on the map. Fakeeh University Hospital, in neighbouring Academic City, is open day and night for a full hospital.
When the evenings are quiet
This tower suits you if you want to stay put with a car, because a mall, a hospital, parks and a lake path all sit inside one community. It suits you less if you want nightlife on the doorstep or a metro stop at the end of the road, because the evenings are quiet outside the hotels. Binghatti Stars and Binghatti Gardens are two other buildings in the community with their own guides.
If you own here
Dubai requires a DET holiday home permit for each unit before it is listed, and every apartment needs its own permit. 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.
One day out
Dubai Safari Park and IMG Worlds of Adventure and Global Village are the visitor attractions people combine with a stay in the community. A taxi saves the wait at the end.
Sources
Sources: Dubai Silicon Oasis website, Wikipedia, Property Finder, Bayut area guide, Property Finder blog, Bayut, Property Finder area insights, GEMS Education school page, betterhomes, Houst, Propsearch.
You choose a layout by head count. One or two people on a short trip take a studio. A couple takes a one-bedroom for the separate bedroom. Two friends or a small family look at the two-bedroom, so nobody shares a room. The block stops at two bedrooms, though, and apartments in the district run up to three. A party of five or six is better placed in a neighbour than squeezed into a two-bedroom here.
Weekend, week or month
For a weekend, a studio is enough and you will hardly miss a bedroom door. A week starts to favour the one-bedroom. Longer stays suit the one-bedroom and the two-bedroom well, because a door then separates the laptop from the bed and a second person from the early alarm. The gym downstairs and the cafe on site help a routine hold together: a gym session, a laptop morning, a grocery run. With children, the play area downstairs gives the afternoon a fixed point.
Twenty-one minutes from DXB
Taxis from Dubai International (DXB) take about 21 minutes over 20.9 km of road, so one leg is the sensible plan after landing. The district's exits slow down at the morning and evening peaks. If you have a flight to catch, you will want to set off earlier than the drive time suggests. At the other end a reception desk takes your first-night questions, and the resident parking is there if you came by hire car.
Bus 320, taxis and the Red Line
The district has no metro stop of its own. The nearest bus stop, Silicon Oasis Axiom 1, is 0.56 km from the tower. Bus 320 reaches Centrepoint on the Red Line. Taxis and ride-hailing cars are the easier answer when you carry luggage or travel late at night.
The roads out at rush hour
Traffic builds at the main entrances and exits in the morning and evening peaks, so the hour you leave matters more than the route. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Dubai Al Ain Road (E66) run beside the community, with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54) as a further way out. With parking at the building, driving is the default here. A rental car earns its fee.
Meat One at the door
Meat One is the nearest shop to the door, 0.02 km from the tower, and Aster Pharmacy is 0.32 km away for anything medical. For a bigger shop, Al Maya sits in Silicon Gates 1, and Green Belt Supermarket stands in IT Plaza. Both are a short drive from the tower.
Coffee, dinner and the Water Wall
Costa Coffee and Starbucks serve the shopping centres. For dinner, Foodings sits in Emirates Tower Residence 1. My Govindas is opposite Silicon Oasis Mall, and Chili Ways serves from the Silicon Central food court. The DSO Water Wall, 0.76 km from the tower, is the nearest named landmark and a fair first outing on the morning after you land.
Silicon Central on a hot afternoon
Silicon Central Mall holds more than 150 stores. Lulu Hypermarket and Brands For Less anchor it, and the mall is 1.07 km from the tower. Fabyland and Total Ninja are indoor attractions there. They give children somewhere to go when the afternoon turns too warm for the park.
Lake path and North Park
Two parks are within reach: one 0.43 km from the tower, and DSO Lake Ecological Park, on 57 Street, which is open around the clock and has a lake with paved paths for walking and jogging. DSO North Park sits by IT Plaza. It adds play areas, a football court and a running track.
Classrooms for a longer stay
The Indian International School, 0.6 km from the tower, follows the CBSE curriculum. GEMS Wellington Academy teaches from nursery upward with British and IB pathways. Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai runs undergraduate and graduate programmes in the community.
Clinics and a hospital
For anything beyond a pharmacy, Axon Clinic at 1.31 km and HLG Umar at 1.38 km from the tower are the nearest names on the map. Fakeeh University Hospital, in neighbouring Academic City, is open day and night for a full hospital.
Milk, a pharmacy and a first dinner
Meat One supermarket is 0.02 km from the tower, and that makes it the nearest shop to the door, handy when you land with nothing in the fridge; Aster Pharmacy is 0.32 km away. Al Maya and Green Belt Supermarket cover the daily list for a longer stay. Souq Extra keeps a Carrefour for daily essentials.
Foodings sits in Emirates Tower Residence 1, My Govindas is opposite Silicon Oasis Mall and Chili Ways serves from the Silicon Central food court. The casual kitchens in the community lean towards Indian and Lebanese cooking, with the hotel restaurants adding bars for anyone who wants a later table.
Coffee, then the Water Wall
Costa Coffee and Starbucks both operate in the community's shopping centres, and Souq Extra has its own Starbucks. If you want a walk with a destination, the DSO Water Wall is 0.76 km away. It is the nearest named landmark on the map, which makes it a fair first outing on the morning after you land.
Which layout, and for whom
The building holds 148 homes in three layouts, from studios up to two-bedrooms. You choose by head count. One or two people on a short trip take a studio, a couple takes a one-bedroom for the separate bedroom, and two friends or a small family look at the two-bedroom so nobody has to share a room. Longer stays suit the one-bedroom and the two-bedroom well, because a door then separates the laptop from the bed and a second person from the early alarm. It was completed in 2017. You are staying in a building that has had time to settle in, with fittings that have been lived with rather than unwrapped last month.
The pool, the gym and the play area
The amenities are what turn a flat here into a place to spend an afternoon. A swimming pool serves residents, a gym sits inside the building and a play area keeps children busy while you watch from the poolside. Cafes or restaurants on site mean a coffee does not require leaving the block. With 148 homes sharing one pool and one gym, the facilities stay at neighbourhood scale, which suits a quiet swim more than a party. If you want a bigger gym, Fitness First is 0.48 km away.
Behind the front door
A reception desk serves the building, security and CCTV cover the premises, and maintenance services are on hand. Parking for residents comes with it. That matters because this is a district where most people drive. Public parking elsewhere in the community is usually paid, so a space at the building saves you a daily errand.
Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere
This tower suits you if you want to stay put with a car, because a mall, a hospital, parks and a lake path all sit inside one community. It suits you less if you want nightlife on the doorstep or a metro stop at the end of the road, because the evenings are quiet outside the hotels. Binghatti Stars and Binghatti Gardens are two other buildings in the community with their own guides.
Working from the flat
The Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus, known as Dtec, opened in 2015 as the start-up hub of the community, and it gives the area a crowd that works from here. Dubai Digital Park, set up in 2018, mixes office and retail space with smart apartments. If you stay a month or more, the setting makes a routine easy, with a gym session, a laptop morning and a grocery run all inside the same few streets.
A free zone with a plan
The Dubai government set Dubai Silicon Oasis up as a free-trade zone in 2003, and it opened in 2004 as a hub for innovation and technology. It covers 7.2 square kilometres in Nadd Hessa. The authority's headquarters, nicknamed the Pineapple Building, hosts many corporate offices. That origin explains the layout you see, with offices, campuses and residential blocks planned together rather than added one at a time.
Buses, taxis and the Red Line
The nearest bus stop, Silicon Oasis Axiom 1, is 0.56 km from the tower. The usual route to the metro is bus 320 to Centrepoint on the Red Line. Taxis and ride-hailing cars are the easier answer when you carry luggage or travel late at night.
The roads out
Traffic builds at the main entrances and exits in the morning and evening peaks. The hour you leave matters more than the route. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Dubai Al Ain Road (E66) run beside the community, with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54) as a further way out.
Lake path and play parks
The nearest park is 0.43 km away, and DSO Lake Ecological Park, on 57 Street, is open 24 hours and has a lake with paved paths for walking and jogging. DSO North Park is by IT Plaza. It adds play areas, a football court and a running track.
A free afternoon at Silicon Central
Silicon Central Mall is 1.07 km away, and it has more than 150 stores. Fabyland and Total Ninja are the two indoor family attractions inside it, which gives children somewhere to go when the afternoon turns hot.
Campuses and classrooms
The Indian International School is 0.6 km from the door, and GEMS Wellington Academy teaches from nursery to Year 13 with British and IB pathways. Rochester Institute of Technology Dubai runs undergraduate and graduate programmes in the community.
A clinic and a hospital
Axon Clinic is 1.31 km away, and HLG Umar hospital is 1.38 km from the tower. Fakeeh University Hospital in neighbouring Academic City is open 24 hours for a full hospital.
If you own here
Dubai requires a DET holiday home permit for each unit before it is listed, and every apartment needs its own permit. 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. Our overview of managing a Dubai home explains the service behind these pages.
When family visits
Once the two-bedroom is full, the rest of the family does not have to squeeze in. Radisson Blu Hotel Apartments is a four-star serviced residence, Radisson Red sits inside Dubai Digital Park, and a three-star hotel with a gym and a pool is in the community too. Relatives who book any of them stay inside Dubai Silicon Oasis. You can meet at the mall or the lake park by day and part ways at night.
One day out
Dubai Safari Park and IMG Worlds of Adventure are the visitor attractions people combine with a stay in the community. IMG is about a 20-minute drive away. Dubai Safari Park is nearer. A taxi for the day saves the wait at the end.
Sources
Sources: Bayut, Bayut area guide, Property Finder, betterhomes, Wikipedia, Property Finder blog, Property Finder area insights, GEMS Education school page, Houst, Propsearch.
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