National Bonds Jewels, Liwan
National Bonds Jewels is a 12-storey building developed by Binghatti Developers, with one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments on 14th Street of Queue Point in Liwan. A pool, a gym and a terrace sit under the same roof. The building carries most of a short stay by itself.
Queue Point, the main complex in Liwan, was developed by Al Mazaya Holding, and its apartment buildings carry the Mazaya name with numbers. This one carries a different name and a different developer. Liwan is a district of apartment blocks and villas set apart from the tourist centre, which is exactly what some visitors want.
Developer
Binghatti Developers
Storeys
12
Unit Types
1 & 2 Bedroom
On this page
- A weekend, a week or a month
- One bedroom or two
- A day without leaving the tower
- Twelve floors among shorter neighbours
- The extras next door
- The trade-off
- From DXB to the lobby
- The Red Line and the car
- The weekly shop
- Dinner on 92 Street
- Doctors and pharmacies
- Water wall and park
- Gardens in Dubailand
- Schools
- The districts next door
- Malls for a long afternoon
- Liwan's start in Dubailand
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
A weekend, a week or a month
For a weekend, the building does most of the work. You drop your bags, swim in the pool and sit in the jacuzzi, then go out once or twice for dinner. A one-bedroom fits a couple on that rhythm.
A week asks for more routine. The gym inside the building covers the mornings, and Fitness First and Go Fit are the mapped alternatives in Liwan if you want a change of scene. The retail units on site save you a trip when you run short of something small. A bigger shop means a drive to Carrefour Market or Choithrams, so it pays to batch that errand into one outing and let the building handle everything else.
A month is where the quieter facts start to matter. Security and CCTV cover the premises. Maintenance services are provided at the building, so a dripping tap or a tired air-conditioner has someone to report to, and a reception desk handles the questions that come with a longer stay. You notice those services in week three, long after the pool has stopped being new.
One bedroom or two
The building has two home types, and both have a separate bedroom. The one-bedroom suits a couple or one person working from home. The two-bedroom suits a family or two friends travelling together, and children have a play area in the building. If your group needs three bedrooms, other Queue Point towers offer them, and Liwan has three and four bedroom villas.
A day without leaving the tower
Start with the Techno Gym health club inside the building. A morning workout needs a lift and no taxi. A medium-sized pool and a jacuzzi are next to it for the hour after. When you want a change from the water, the public terrace gives you somewhere else to sit, and the play area keeps children busy while you do.
Twelve floors among shorter neighbours
Queue Point buildings vary in height. Mazaya 29 has six storeys and Mazaya 9 has ten, so at 12 storeys National Bonds Jewels stands taller than either. Taller means more floors sharing the lifts. The pool and play area are on site either way.
The extras next door
Mazaya 24 is a low-rise block of one and two-bedroom apartments with a playground and a pool with sundecks. Mazaya 29 adds a sauna and a daycare centre. This building has a jacuzzi and a reception desk but no sauna and no daycare centre, so pick Mazaya 29 if either one matters to your stay.
The trade-off
The tower suits you if you want a pool and a residential district at a calm remove from the centre. It suits you less if you want a beach or a lively street at the door, because the facilities here are inside the building and the district around it is built for living rather than strolling. That is the trade.
From DXB to the lobby
A taxi from Dubai International Airport (DXB) reaches Liwan in one leg, with no change on the way. The district sits near the junction of Al Ain Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road (E311). Dubai Silicon Oasis, the free zone beside Liwan, stands at that same junction. Once you are on the main routes, the building is easy to find.
The Red Line and the car
The Red Line starts at Centrepoint and runs through Burj Khalifa / Dubai Mall and Business Bay to the west-coast stations. Bus stops in the district include Silicon Oasis Lake and Dubai Digital Park 2.
Once the taxi stops, the reception desk at the building is your first stop with the bags. If you hire a car instead, the building has covered parking, which gives it a place to wait between trips. That suits a district where the main roads are close and the shops are a short drive apart. Between the car, the taxi and the train, you have three ways out of Liwan.
The weekly shop
Carrefour Market and Choithrams are among the supermarkets around Liwan, and Spinneys is another. Cedre Shopping Centre in Dubai Silicon Oasis is the closest shopping centre. You can cover a week without crossing the city.
Dinner on 92 Street
Pappa Roti and Barbeque Nation line 92 Street, and Clove Tree Restaurant and Saigon Station sit along it too. Daily restaurant serves Asian and Indian food on 91 Street. One Byte and GoThai are on 66 Street. Starbucks is also on 66 Street if you want a laptop table.
Doctors and pharmacies
Medicure Polyclinic and Aster Clinic are among the clinics serving Liwan, and Fakeeh University Hospital in Academic City is the nearest large hospital named for the area. Medicina Pharmacy is mapped as a pharmacy here, which covers the small errands.
Water wall and park
Liwan has few green spaces of its own, so the DSO Water Wall is one of the nearest places to walk. Central Park and Dubai Silicon Park are also named for the area.
Gardens in Dubailand
Dubai Miracle Garden opened in 2013 with a floral clock, a butterfly garden, a Heart Tunnel and an Airbus A380 flower structure. It stays closed from May to September because of summer heat. Dubai Butterfly Garden beside it is indoors and stays open through the summer, which makes it the better choice in July.
Schools
GEMS Wellington Academy in Dubai Silicon Oasis teaches the IB and British curricula. The Indian International School follows the Indian curriculum, and Vernus International School is another school inside the free zone. A family on a long stay should settle the school run before booking.
The districts next door
Dubai Silicon Oasis is a free zone of offices, a startup campus and a university campus, while Liwan is mainly apartment blocks and villas. Academic City, on the other side, is a university town along the Dubai-Al Ain Road with 27 colleges and universities. Liwan is where you sleep, and the two districts beside it are where people study and work.
Malls for a long afternoon
Dubai Outlet Mall opened in 2007 on the Dubai-Al Ain Road and has about 240 outlets carrying over 1,200 brands. It suits a long afternoon better than a quick errand.
Liwan's start in Dubailand
Liwan was launched by Dubai Holding in 2006 as a freehold community within Dubailand. Dubailand was put on hold in 2008 and resumed in mid-2013.
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. guide to managing homes across Dubai, Karma Residence and Monaco Residency have their own guides.
Sources
Sources: Bayut building page, Bayut, Wikipedia, Roads and Transport Authority, Gulf News, Propsearch.
Questions