DAMAC Towers by Paramount, Business Bay
From studio to three-bedroom, DAMAC Properties developed DAMAC Towers by Paramount to cover every size from a solo work trip to a family month. That range is the first thing to know, because it decides whether this address fits you. A studio suits one traveller on a work trip. A three-bedroom gives a family, or two couples sharing a stay, a door each.
Developer
DAMAC Properties
Units
Studio to 3BR
Area
Business Bay
Contents
- Everything under one roof
- From the taxi rank to the first shop
- For a working week: the gym and a lounge
- For a family: the play area and the gardens
- For two, a spa floor and a cinema night
- Rush hour and the canal boat
- The skybridge and the Red Line
- A district drawn on a grid
- A clinic and a nursery
- Across the canal to the fountain
- Dinner in a hotel restaurant or a hotel bar
- Bay Avenue and the canal lawn
- If you own here
- Who should pick a neighbour
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
Everything under one roof
Business Bay is a district of towers. Most buildings here have more than twenty floors. What sets this address apart is how much sits inside it. Retail units and cafes or restaurants share the building with a spa and a cinema room, so a wet evening or a hot afternoon does not have to send you anywhere. Many Business Bay apartments look over the Dubai Canal, the Burj Khalifa or the skyline, so the floor and the side of the building you take are worth settling before you book.
From the taxi rank to the first shop
Taxis and Uber both serve Business Bay, and a taxi from DXB reaches it in one leg. If you prefer rail, the Red Line runs between DXB Terminals 1 and 3 and Business Bay Metro Station, which is stop R26 and sits one stop from Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall.
The building has a reception desk for residents and security with CCTV cover, plus parking, so arriving by car or by taxi ends at a staffed door. You do not have to hunt for an entrance with a suitcase in the heat.
The first shop is inside the building, because a supermarket sits within the building or its podium. Life Pharmacy is mapped in the district for anything small, and for the next morning Cafe Delices and Caffe Divino are the named cafes, with Vyne Restaurant and Bar and Circle Cafe listed for breakfast and weekend brunch.
For a working week: the gym and a lounge
If you are in town for work, Business Bay gives you an apartment with a kitchen rather than a hotel room. The building gym covers the early session, and a residents' lounge or function room gives you somewhere that is not the sofa when a call runs long. Maintenance services are provided at the building, which matters by the fourth day of a month-long stay when something in the flat needs fixing. UFC Gym and Fitness First sit in other towers if you want a different gym.
For a family: the play area and the gardens
Children get a play area inside the building, and the landscaped gardens give everyone somewhere to sit outdoors. When the garden is not enough, Bay Avenue Park has a skate park in a graffiti-style design that teenagers like, and the same park has space for cycling and football. A three-bedroom is the layout to ask about, since it lets the adults keep a door shut after the children are asleep.
For two, a spa floor and a cinema night
For a couple the building works like a small retreat, and the day has an order. The swimming pool takes the bright hours. A sauna and a steam room take the cooler ones, and the cinema room is there for the evening when you would rather stay in than book a table. You can plan a whole weekend around the floors below your flat if the heat or the traffic argues against going out.
Rush hour and the canal boat
Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Khail Road and Ras Al Khor Road are the three roads that serve the district, and peak-hour traffic slows all of them. Sheikh Zayed Road is where the queue builds. Several RTA bus routes call at the metro station, among them the F14 and the X22. A bus beats a slow taxi queue.
The canal has its own service. Marine line DC2 stops at Marasi and Business Bay stations among others. It charges a flat AED 2 per stop. It runs from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and from 10am on Sundays.
The skybridge and the Red Line
Business Bay Metro Station is on the Red Line at the junction of Sheikh Zayed Road and 35th Street, in Fare Zone 6. A skybridge links it with the Al Wasl side. That saves a hot street crossing. Buses suit some trips better than the metro because the towers are spread out, and the metro is busy at peak hours.
A district drawn on a grid
Business Bay has been under development since 2005, and it was designed to echo business centres such as Manhattan and Ginza in Tokyo. Close to 60 percent of its land is mixed use, which is why a tower here can hold a supermarket and a spa, with a cinema room, under the same address as the flats.
A clinic and a nursery
Emirates Hospital Clinic is on Bay Avenue and Aster Clinic is in the district. Medcare Hospital in Safa is further out by car. Blossom Nursery and Learning Tree Nursery are the nurseries named for Business Bay. For school age, Jumeirah English Speaking School and GEMS Jumeirah Primary School are in nearby Al Safa, so a longer family stay means a morning drive.
Across the canal to the fountain
The Dubai Mall and Souk Al Bahar are both mapped as shopping malls in Business Bay, and the Dubai Fountain and Burj Khalifa are listed as attractions. That makes a first evening easy to plan: you shop, you watch the fountain and you go home by taxi or the Red Line. Rain or heat on the day? The malls carry the whole outing indoors.
Dinner in a hotel restaurant or a hotel bar
Kitchen 6 and Prime 68 are well-known places to eat, with Sports on 4 and Oud Lounge for a longer evening out. Waka is at The Oberoi, and Tong Thai sits in the JW Marriott Marquis, so a hotel lobby is often the start of the evening.
Bay Avenue and the canal lawn
Bay Avenue Mall is the main retail centre in Business Bay, inside the Executive Towers, and it has two levels of indoor and outdoor retail space. For fresh air, Business Bay Canal Lawn and WaterPlace Park are two of the named green spaces in the district. The canal promenade itself has walking paths and cycling tracks beside waterside dining, and Burj Park nearby gives you a view of the Burj Khalifa.
If you own here
Royale Stays manages homes for owners from a management fee of 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communication and maintenance. Ahad Residences, Millennium Binghatti Residence and Paramount Tower Hotel & Residences, Business Bay have their own guides. Our guide to Business Bay for owners sets the district out from the ownership side.
Who should pick a neighbour
It suits you less if you want a quiet residential street. Business Bay is work-driven. It can feel transactional, though canal walks and cafes count in its favour, along with its central position. Meera Tower and The Scala Tower are two other Business Bay buildings to weigh against this one, and Executive Towers is a group of twelve towers with studios up to four-bedroom apartments. Compare the floor, the view side and the home size before you confirm a booking.
Sources
Sources: Bayut, betterhomes, Property Finder blog, Roads and Transport Authority, Property Finder, Bayut area guide, RGEstate, Wikipedia, Business Bay, Gulf News, Dubai Media Office, Propsearch.
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