Grace Residency, Al Furjan
Nine storeys and 125 homes, none larger than a one-bedroom: that is Grace Residency in Al Furjan, developed by Grace Holdings Limited and completed in 2020. Every home is a studio or a one-bedroom, so the building is sized for one or two people at a time.
That mix points the building at solo travellers and couples, or at one person working from a laptop for a few weeks while the rest of the day is spent out in Dubai. It suits you less if you are travelling with children or sharing between friends, because the choice stops at one bedroom. Al Furjan offers everything from apartments to villas, so a larger party can stay in the same community and look at a different building.
Developer
Grace Holdings Limited
Storeys
9
Unit Types
Studios and 1-bedroom apartments
Area
Al Furjan, Dubai
On this page
- How long you stay decides which home
- Studio or one-bedroom, room by room
- The pool and the running track in one building
- A day inside, from the track to the desk
- Who answers the door
- Landing at DXB and getting to the door
- Buses that feed the stations
- What the name means
- Winter terraces and a mosque nearby
- Masakin gardens and the cycle links
- Beyond the gate: a butterfly garden and a mall
- A table after the pool
- A pharmacy, a clinic and the supermarket map
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
How long you stay decides which home
For a weekend, the swimming pool does most of the work, and you can fill a Saturday without leaving the building. A week brings the gym and the running track into play, so you can keep up a routine. It also brings you to the Spinneys supermarket at Al Furjan Pavilion for the shopping that a weekend skips.
A longer stay is where the parking, the reception desk and the maintenance service earn their place. Parking for residents is part of the building, a desk handles the front door, and maintenance services are on hand for the small faults that a month always turns up. Add a metro station inside the community and a pavilion with shops and a clinic, and a longer stay needs few long drives.
Studio or one-bedroom, room by room
A studio puts sleeping and living in one room, and the question is whether that suits the length of your stay. For two nights it does. For a few weeks, the bed and the laptop compete for the same floor, and some people want a door between them. That door is what a one-bedroom adds: a separate bedroom, and a living room that stays a living room. Grace Residency lists only those two home types, so you can choose by how long you plan to stay. Both types share the same pool, gym and running track in the building.
The pool and the running track in one building
The building carries its own swimming pool and gym, with a running track as well, which covers a full training week on the property. If the track is what drew you here, it is the part of the building that most sets it apart from a plain apartment block. When you want a change of scene, the Al Furjan Club offers pools and a gym, with sports courts and fitness studios alongside. The sports complex at Al Furjan Pavilion adds tennis courts and a sports hall.
A day inside, from the track to the desk
Take the facilities in the order a day runs. The running track opens the morning, the gym follows once the run is done, and the pool takes the middle of the day, when a swim is worth more than a second coffee. Parking for residents closes it for anyone who has driven out and back. The reception desk is the last stop on the way up, so a parcel or a question waits there rather than at your door.
Who answers the door
A reception desk, security with CCTV cover and maintenance services sit alongside the pool and gym in the same building, which keeps the practical side of a stay in one place. Al Furjan as a whole is fenced and gated with controlled visitor access, so the community checks who comes in as well as the building. If a friend is visiting, the gate comes first and the reception desk second.
Landing at DXB and getting to the door
From Dubai International Airport (DXB) a taxi takes you to the building in one leg. By rail, Route 2020 joins the main Red Line at Jebel Ali station. Al Furjan Metro Station opened on that extension on 1 January 2021. Discovery Gardens Metro Station is its neighbour on the same line. By road, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road and Al Yalayis Street are the routes around the community.
Buses that feed the stations
The metro link bus F45 starts at Al Furjan Metro Station and runs to Discovery Gardens. The F46 runs direct to Ibn Battuta Mall. Traffic on the main roads slows at peak hours, which is the moment to prefer the train over a taxi. Check the current timetable before relying on a bus.
What the name means
Furjan is given as meaning small villages. The layout matches, with village-style neighbourhoods. Phase one covered the East and South villages. All 800 villas and terrace homes sold within a week, which tells you how quickly the idea caught on.
Discovery Gardens borders Al Furjan. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road runs along the line between them. Al Furjan is quieter than Dubai Marina or JBR and lacks their party atmosphere, so the evenings here are for a table and an early night.
Winter terraces and a mosque nearby
Winter is Dubai's driest season. Daytime sits around 20 to 30 C with cooler evenings, and terraces and outdoor dining open up. Masjid Abdullah Ali Al-Chaafar is mapped as a mosque in Al Furjan.
Masakin gardens and the cycle links
Masakin Al Furjan has a large common garden with green areas and a children's play area. Barbecue spots add to it. Cycle routes connect Al Furjan to neighbouring Discovery Gardens.
Beyond the gate: a butterfly garden and a mall
Dubai Butterfly Garden keeps 8,000 to 10,000 butterflies of more than 50 species in two climate-controlled domes. It is open all year. JBR, Dubai Marina Walk and The View at The Palm are the main visitor spots reached by car from Al Furjan.
Ibn Battuta Mall has a Cinepolis cinema and a Carrefour, which makes it the easy wet-day answer. The F46 bus covers the trip. City Centre Me'aisem is the other big mall close to the community.
A table after the pool
Oregano serves Italian food inside Al Furjan Pavilion. Il passaggio is a second Italian address, and Block 23 at Jumeirah Park adds European dishes for an evening that needs a change.
A pharmacy, a clinic and the supermarket map
Aster Pharmacy is listed in Al Furjan for prescriptions. For a doctor, Medcare Medical Centre and the Fakeeh Medicentres branch at Jumeirah Park are mapped as clinics.
Al Furjan Pavilion opened in December 2016 as the community's retail and dining centre, with a Medicentre clinic beside the shops and a Spinneys that anchors the rest, so a first grocery run needs only one stop. Carrefour Market and Nesto serve the Avenue Residence centre. Danat Al Furjan Grocery and Geant fill in the rest of the supermarket map.
If you own here
Permits are not issued for properties whose sale agreements prohibit short-term rentals, and a developer no-objection certificate may be required where applicable. Royale Stays manages homes for owners from a management fee of 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communication and maintenance. Our guide to Al Furjan for owners sets out the permit steps.
Sources
Sources: Property Finder blog, dubizzle blog, Engel & Voelkers Dubai, Inside Realty, Wikipedia, Khaleej Times, Dubai Media Office, Bayut Area Guides, Real Estate Club Dubai, Ibn Battuta Mall official site, Dubai Miracle Garden site, Accor, Gulf News, Bayut, Propsearch.
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