Esplora Residences, JVC
Esplora Residences is a 20-storey freehold apartment tower in JVC District 18, Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai, developed by a joint venture of Al Ahlia Real Estate Company, Orient Gate Real Estate and BNW Developments. The tower was originally marketed as Grand Heights before being renamed Esplora in 2025, shortly before handover, and offers a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments alongside three ground-floor retail units.
Developer
Al Ahlia Real Estate Company, Orient Gate Real Estate & BNW Developments
Unit mix
Studio, 1-bed and 2-bed apartments plus 3 retail units
Building
20 storeys, 146 units
Area
JVC District 18, Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai
About Esplora Residences
Esplora Residences is a 20-storey residential tower in JVC District 18, Jumeirah Village Circle, Dubai. Property research source propsearch.ae describes it as a development by a joint venture of Al Ahlia Real Estate Company, Orient Gate Real Estate and BNW Developments. Construction began in Q2 2016 and finished in August 2021.
The building was originally marketed under the name Grand Heights and was renamed Esplora in 2025, shortly before handover, per propsearch.ae. Esplora Residences comprises 146 units in total: a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, plus three retail units at street level. Its lobby features a double-height ceiling with bronze accents and botanical elements, and interior finishes include Italian Arabescato Breccia Viola marble and oak wood ceilings. The landscaped podium incorporates spherical gardens and sunken hard seating for outdoor communal space.
Developer and construction-timeline details are sourced from propsearch.ae's building guide, which states its own data is compiled from government regulatory departments combined with on-the-ground research.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Esplora Residences sits in JVC District 18, Jumeirah Village Circle. The nearest parks are Harmel Park, around 0.1 km away, and Al Nakhla Park and Sgal Park, each around 0.2 km away. Dubai Miracle Garden is roughly 4.5 km away, with Marina Walk around 6.3 km and The Storm Coaster around 6.8 km. For cinemas, Reel Cinemas at The Springs Souk is about 1.6 km away and Cinepolis at Circle Mall is around 2.1 km away. Golf facilities within a short drive include The Els Golf Club (2.2 km), Montgomerie Golf Course (2.9 km) and Jumeirah Golf Estates Golf Course (3.6 km).
A single outlet operates within the building itself at ground level, Star Mart Supermarket, giving residents a convenience option without leaving the tower. Several other established JVC apartment buildings sit within a couple of hundred metres: The Residence 6 is roughly 0.1 km away, and Golden Residence and Tower 108 Hotel Apartments are each roughly 0.2 km away, all confirmed by propsearch.ae's own nearby-outlets data for Esplora Residences. Royale Stays covers all three with their own dedicated guides: The Residence 6, Golden Residence and Tower 108. For the wider JVC picture, see Royale Stays' Airbnb Property Management in JVC guide.
Location and nearby-landmark details are sourced from the building's own portal location records and are general area context, not precise measured distances.
Unit Types at Esplora Residences
Esplora Residences comprises 146 units in a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, plus three ground-floor retail units, per propsearch.ae's building guide. A current live studio listing on the market measures 429 sq ft, and a current live one-bedroom listing measures 750 sq ft, giving a general sense of unit scale, though a fuller size breakdown across all 146 units was not published on the sources reviewed for this guide.
Amenities
Amenities at Esplora Residences include a fire pit, a kids' play area, a lobby lounge, an outdoor gym and fitness station, sunken seating, a swimming pool, and yoga and meditation areas, per propsearch.ae. The building's grand lobby features a double-height ceiling with bronze accents and botanical elements, and the landscaped podium includes spherical gardens and sunken hard seating for outdoor communal space.
Transportation & Access
From Esplora Residences it takes roughly 19 minutes to drive to Dubai Mall, 14 minutes to Palm Jumeirah, 16 minutes to Burj Al Arab and 18 minutes to The Walk, JBR, per propsearch.ae. Dubai International Airport (DXB) is roughly 25 minutes away by car, and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is roughly 34 minutes away.
Drive-time estimates are sourced from the building's own portal location records (mapping-service routing under typical traffic) and are general guidance, not live traffic information.
Price Guide: Buying and Renting at Esplora Residences
A published Dubai Land Department sale-transaction history for Esplora Residences was not available through the property research portal used for this guide at the time of research. The clearest available pricing signal instead comes from current live marketplace listings: a 429 sq ft studio apartment listed for sale at AED 660,000, and a 750 sq ft one-bedroom apartment listed for rent at AED 66,000 per year, both per propsearch.ae's live listing data.
These are current asking prices from individual live listings, not confirmed Dubai Land Department sale-transaction records, and should be treated as a general market snapshot rather than a guaranteed valuation. Prospective buyers or renters should confirm current pricing directly with a licensed agent.
Pricing figures above are asking prices from live marketplace listings at the time of research, not a live quote or a confirmed sale-transaction record.
Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Esplora Residences is a standard freehold residential apartment building, per propsearch.ae's own building classification, so it follows the usual freehold-apartment route for a Dubai holiday-home permit rather than needing to go through a hotel or building management company. See Royale Stays' Dubai holiday home permit guide for how a DTCM permit application generally works for a freehold owner in this position, covering eligibility, required documents and the general approval process. JVC is not currently one of Royale Stays' five core managed areas (Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina, Downtown Dubai, JBR and Business Bay), so no active-management history or earnings figures are implied for this specific building.
Owners of a comparable Dubai freehold apartment elsewhere in Royale Stays' core managed areas can enquire about the company's standard short-term rental management services, which start from a 15% fee and cover furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communications and maintenance.
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