Lolena Residence, JVC
Al Masarat Real Estate developed Lolena Residence, a five-storey building in Jumeirah Village Circle. The homes range from studios to two-bedrooms, and a cafe or restaurant sits on site. If you want a quiet, low-rise address with a small set of shared rooms that you can learn in a day, it is built for that.
Developer
Al Masarat Real Estate
Storeys
5
Unit mix
Studios, 1 and 2-bedroom apartments
On this page
- Who it suits, and for how long
- A day inside, from gym to steam room
- As a couple: the one-bedroom fortnight
- Parks and a school
- What to weigh before you book
- From the terminal to the front door
- How the villas came first
- With a friend or a child: the two-bedroom
- Supermarkets and dinner
- The mall
- Roads, a bus route and no metro
- The car park and the desk
- Coffee downstairs
- Clinics and a pharmacy
- Working from the building
- On your own: the studio week
- What a five-storey block does not give you
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
Who it suits, and for how long
A studio suits one person for a weekend or a working week, and a one-bedroom suits a couple for a fortnight. The two-bedroom is for friends who share the rent, or for parents with one child. JVC suits remote workers and dog owners as well as families who want more space than a hotel gives, and a small building keeps that simple. A reception desk and security sit behind the front door, with maintenance services on call. The routine of a month does not depend on you chasing anyone. That is the real gain of a managed building.
A day inside, from gym to steam room
The day runs in three parts. The gym comes first, before the heat arrives, and the swimming pool takes the afternoon once the work is done. A steam room closes the day. You can finish a workday and a recovery routine without leaving the building, and a month of that is a habit and not an effort.
As a couple: the one-bedroom fortnight
JVC has housing from studios up to five-bedroom villas, and this building takes the compact end of that range. A one-bedroom gives a couple a door between the bed and the sofa, which matters on the third night. The pool and the steam room double as the weekend plan. Five storeys keep the lift ride short, and the corridor holds fewer doors than a tower's.
Parks and a school
Parks and jogging trails are among the community's amenities, with a kids' play area and padel courts. Sunmarke School stands behind the Limitless building on Al Khail Road, and it offers British and International Baccalaureate programmes from FS1 to Year 13.
What to weigh before you book
Construction is still going on in parts of JVC, so some streets are noisier than the finished districts. Most people end up with a car, because there is no metro inside the community. JVC has no large public parks, only a network of small green spaces. If you are comparing small blocks, Masaar Residence page is one to look at. Bloom Towers B page is another. Belgravia Heights 1 page is a third.
From the terminal to the front door
Your flight lands at Dubai International (DXB). One taxi leg reaches JVC, where three major roads feed the entrances because the community sits where Hessa Street, Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road meet. Circle Mall has its frontage off Hessa Street, on the edge of the community. That is the landmark to give a driver who does not know the district.
How the villas came first
Nakheel handed over its first villas in JVC in 2015, including 90 four-bedroom villas. They run to about 3,655 square feet each, with a large roof terrace and plenty of indoor and outdoor living space. Apartment blocks like this one came into the same layout.
With a friend or a child: the two-bedroom
The two-bedroom keeps a second adult or a child out of the working space. That is its whole case. A bay of your own in the car park and a reception desk that takes parcels make family logistics easier. Its shared rooms are built around adults, with a pool, a gym and a steam room, so younger children will want the parks of JVC for their outdoor time.
Supermarkets and dinner
Carrefour Market and Zoom are supermarkets in JVC, and Viva is another. Perfetto Pizzeria serves pizza, and Student Biryani is a restaurant in the community. Leila Cafe and IL Forno round out the evening list. A big shop and a quick dinner are different errands, and the community has a place for each, from the supermarket aisles to the pizzeria tables.
The mall
Circle Mall was built by Nakheel and opened in April 2021 on about 49,000 square metres. The Springs Souk is a shopping mall run by Emaar, and PizzaExpress, Le Pain Quotidien and The Coffee Club are among its restaurants and cafes. Me'aisem City Center is run by Majid Al Futtaim Malls. A wet afternoon has plenty of range.
Roads, a bus route and no metro
JVC has few entry and exit points, and they can bottleneck at peak hours, so a trip across the city rewards an early start. You reach the Red Line through Al Furjan or Gardens stations, the nearest metro stops. Route J01 links the community with Mall of the Emirates, giving you a bus connection toward the Red Line without a car.
The car park and the desk
Parking is provided for residents, and a reception desk serves the building. Security and CCTV cover the premises. Maintenance services are provided on site, so a leaking tap or a tired air-conditioning unit becomes a call to the desk and not a search for a contractor. In a district where most trips start in a car, a bay of your own is a real convenience.
Coffee downstairs
A cafe or restaurant downstairs gives the lobby a purpose in the morning. LOUI Restaurant and Cafe is one of the independent places in JVC if you want a change. Between the two options, breakfast is a choice and not a search.
Clinics and a pharmacy
Karama Medical Centre on Kaheel Boulevard is the clinic most households use for day-to-day care. Health Bay clinic is a clinic in JVC, and 800 Pharmacy is among the pharmacies in the community.
Working from the building
A work stay needs few things done well. The gym gives you a break between calls. The reception desk takes the courier. Maintenance services mean the air-conditioning gets fixed on the day it fails, and the cafe or restaurant on site saves you the lunch trip. Security with CCTV cover is part of the building's routine.
On your own: the studio week
A studio is one room that does everything, so the building has to do the rest. Here the rest is a gym and a pool, with a steam room for the hours when you are neither working nor sleeping. The gym fills the morning, the pool fills the afternoon and the steam room fills the evening. A cafe or restaurant downstairs makes the lunch break easy. By day four you know the building as well as a neighbour does.
What a five-storey block does not give you
Five storeys do not give you a skyline, and the shared rooms stop at the pool and the gym, with a steam room as the extra. It suits you less if you want a lobby with a long menu of amenities. The quiet streets and the silence at night can feel strange if you want a busier lifestyle. Some people choose JVC for exactly that quiet.
If you own here
An apartment needs Residential on its title deed to qualify for a holiday home permit, and hotel rooms and hotel apartments are not eligible. Royale Stays manages homes for owners from a management fee of 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communication and maintenance. The our Jumeirah Village Circle owner guide covers the permit steps in more detail.
Sources
Sources: The Sandy Times, Property Finder blog, Property Finder, Nakheel, Nakheel press release, Bayut area guide, The National, Gulf News, Bayut, Propsearch.
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