Plazzo Residence, JVT
Plazzo Residence is a five-storey building in Jumeirah Village Triangle, developed by Plazzo Development Real Estate. The homes run from studios to two-bedroom apartments, so it works as a low-rise base for a couple, a small family or a solo traveller.
Five floors is a quieter scale than the towers many visitors expect from Dubai. JVT is a gated, freehold community divided into nine numbered districts. Villas and townhouses concentrate in four of them, and apartments fill the others.
Developer
Plazzo Development Real Estate
Storeys
5
Unit mix
Studio, 1 & 2-bedroom apartments
From the gym to the roof
The day can begin and end inside the building. Residents have a gym, and the building has a swimming pool, so a morning workout and a swim before breakfast need nothing more than a lift or a staircase.
At midday the children's play area takes over for a family. Cafes or restaurants on site mean lunch and a coffee do not need a car. In a community where almost every errand does need one, that is worth noticing.
The afternoon belongs to the heat rooms. The building has a jacuzzi, with a sauna and a steam room beside it, which turns a hot afternoon or a cool evening into something you plan around.
The evening goes to the roof or deck area. Below it, a reception desk serves residents and security with CCTV cover the premises, so a late return is a short walk past a staffed door.
Who uses what
A couple gets the most from the jacuzzi and the roof, with a table at the cafes on site when the evening needs a table and not a drive. The building makes it possible to do very little. That is the point.
A family starts with the play area and the pool, then adds a two-bedroom layout so the children have a room of their own. JVT also has a pet-friendly setting, with a veterinary clinic and pet shops in the area, which matters if a dog is travelling with you.
If you are working from the apartment, the gym gives the day two hard edges, one session before the first call and one after the last. Cafes or restaurants on site cover the long afternoon of calls, and maintenance services provided at the building keep a fault in the flat from becoming a lost day.
Home types for a longer stay
A studio keeps everything in one room, which suits a few nights. A one-bedroom puts a door between sleep and work, and a two-bedroom lets two adults each have a room or lets a family spread out. Over a month, the gym downstairs and maintenance services provided at the building matter more than the floor area, because they remove errands.
Parking for residents is part of the building, and you will want it. JVT is a car-first community rather than a rail-first one, with no metro station inside its boundaries. If you are arriving without a hire car, a studio here is a harder choice than the same studio in Business Bay.
The road in and the road out
A taxi from Dubai International (DXB) is the usual way in. The ride ends at a building with a reception desk. Keys and questions go to one place. A metro trip from here starts with a bus or taxi ride, or a drive, to a Red Line station.
JVT sits between Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Al Khail Road (E44), at the intersection of the two. Traffic backs up at the exits onto both roads during the morning and evening commuting peaks. Inside the community the roads are wide, laid out originally for villa access.
Al Fardan Exchange on the Red Line is the nearest station by car. The closest public bus stops are in Dubai Production City and The Springs, outside the community itself.
Parks and the weekly shop
JVT has community parks and cricket pitches, with basketball and tennis courts and room for padel and badminton too. Some parks have running tracks and barbecue areas, with water features, which gives a studio resident a garden they do not have to maintain.
Spinneys and Carrefour are both mapped inside the community, which makes a first-evening shop simple. Viva Supermarket, Good Day Market and Fresh Mint Market are the neighbourhood supermarkets named for the area. Danat Express and Cherry Grocery serve for a small top-up shop.
Smokey Woods and Thyme are restaurants named for JVT, with MRKT alongside. 24/7 Cafeteria is a cafe that stays open at all hours.
City Centre Me'aisem in Dubai Production City is the closest large mall district to the community.
Schools and clinics
Sunmarke School teaches the British curriculum from the early years to the sixth form, and Arcadia School follows the British curriculum too. Arcadia stands in District 9. For a family on a long stay, two British schools inside the community narrows the search.
Sunmarke opened in 2016. The campus has a running track and two swimming pools, with a football pitch beside them, so a school day there includes plenty of sport. Jumeirah International Nursery has a branch in JVT that follows the Early Years Foundation Stage, which gives a family with a small child a nursery inside the community.
Aldas Medical Clinic and Medcare Medical Center are the clinics named for the area, and Mediclinic Springs is a clinic with a paediatric focus.
A plain downside
It suits you less if you want a finished, quiet street. Some districts of JVT are still being built, which brings construction noise to parts of the community, and building work puts heavy trucks on the internal roads of some districts.
Sport and a day out
If the building gym is not enough, Gymnastex JVT is a gym with strength machines and certified gymnastics trainers, and The Football Academy is a sports complex in the community.
Each district has its own small cluster of parks and courts, plus a mosque, instead of one central park. Landscaped walkways and cycling tracks run through the community alongside the parks.
Dubai Miracle Garden, Dubai Butterfly Garden and Madame Tussauds Dubai are within a drive of JVT. Dubai International Stadium in Dubai Sports City and Dubai Autodrome in Motor City are short drives away.
JVT Mosque is in District 4. Samad Mosque in The Springs also serves the area.
How the village came about
Construction at Jumeirah Village Triangle began in 2005. It was largely complete by 2013. Nakheel is the master developer. It sells plots to private developers, who build many of the apartment projects, which is how a private company such as Plazzo Development Real Estate comes to build a small block in a Nakheel village.
Jumeirah Village Circle has more than 80 active mid-rise apartment towers, while JVT gives more of its land to villas and townhouses. If a five-storey block sounds too small, try Cloud Towers or Manara Tower, two other JVT buildings with guides on this site.
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. For the wider picture of the district, read our overview of letting in Jumeirah Village Triangle.
Sources
Sources: Bayut, Real Estate Club Dubai, Top Luxury Property, Nakheel, Property Finder, LEOS Developments, Wikipedia, Engel & Voelkers Dubai.
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