Sevanam Crown, Dubai Silicon Oasis
Sevanam Holdings Ltd developed Sevanam Crown, an 11-storey building in Dubai Silicon Oasis. The homes are studios and one-bedroom apartments. That is a compact range, and it tells you who the building is for: one traveller, or two who do not need a spare room.
Developer
Sevanam Holdings Ltd
Storeys
11
Unit types
Studios and 1-bedroom apartments
Area
Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai
On this page
- Who a studio or a one-bedroom suits
- Morning in the building
- Afternoon: sauna and a play area
- Evening: front desk and the car
- A month in a studio
- A weekend, a week, a month
- The road in
- No metro, plenty of buses
- Lakes and running tracks
- Silicon Central and the food court
- Gyms, a startup hub and the working day
- Schools and nurseries
- Mosques and evenings
- Safari Park and Global Village
- Souq Extra and a cooler season
- The Pineapple Building
- Hospital and clinics
- What to weigh
- How the oasis began
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
Who a studio or a one-bedroom suits
With a mall and a hospital, plus parks and a lake path, inside one authority-run community, an apartment here suits you if you want to stay put, with a car for trips out. A studio is the natural choice for a solo stay of a few nights, because there is one room to heat or cool and one key to carry. A one-bedroom suits a couple on a longer visit, or one person who wants the bedroom door closed while the laptop is open. Groups that need more rooms are better served elsewhere in the community, where the villa clusters hold homes of three to five bedrooms, and the apartment towers run from studios to three-bedroom units.
Morning in the building
Start in the gym, which is inside the building. The swimming pool follows, and landscaped gardens give you a short walk once you are dry. A cafe or restaurant on site handles breakfast. You can run the whole morning without touching a car key, and the day has barely started.
Afternoon: sauna and a play area
The building has a sauna and a jacuzzi, which suit the hour after the gym or the long flight. A play area for children is part of the building too, so a family with one small child can still use a studio or a one-bedroom for a short stay. A short stay needs none of it, but a longer one finds the sauna and the pool doing real work.
Evening: front desk and the car
A reception desk serves the building. Security and CCTV cover it overnight. Parking is available if you arrive by car, which in this community is the usual way. Maintenance services are provided, so a leaking tap becomes a call to the building.
A month in a studio
A month in a studio is simple. The gym covers the weekday mornings. Al Maya sits in Silicon Gates 1 and Green Belt Supermarket in the IT Plaza building, for smaller daily shops. Silicon Central Mall holds a Lulu hypermarket for full grocery shops inside the community. A Carrefour Market with an in-store bakery and a butcher, plus a fish counter, is in Binghatti Terraces.
A weekend, a week, a month
A weekend in a studio is a base and a bed. The pool and the cafe on site cover most of what a short break needs, and the gardens give you somewhere to sit between meals. A week in the same studio starts to ask for more: a table that works as a desk, a stretch of garden for a walk after dinner. A one-bedroom gives that without raising the price of the stay by much. For a month, the one-bedroom is the sensible choice, because a separate room lets the working day end when you close the door.
The road in
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is the only airport you need. A taxi from arrivals is the convenient way, since taxis and ride-hailing, as well as private cars, are how most people reach the community. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Dubai Al Ain Road (E66) run beside the community, with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street (D54) as a further route. Traffic builds up at the main entrances and exits in the morning and evening peaks.
No metro, plenty of buses
The community has no metro station of its own, so you reach the network by bus, or by taxi and ride-hailing. Centrepoint on the Red Line is the metro station most often suggested for reaching the area, with RTA bus 320 covering the last leg. The community has more than 20 bus stops spread through its streets.
Lakes and running tracks
DSO Lake Ecological Park, on 57 Street, is open 24 hours and has a lake with paved paths for walking and jogging. DSO North Park stands by IT Plaza. It has play areas, a football court and a running track. Central Park is on 101 Street. It is open 24 hours and offers jogging and cycling, plus children's playgrounds.
Silicon Central and the food court
Silicon Central Mall has more than 150 stores, with Lulu Hypermarket and Brands For Less as anchor tenants. It also has more than 30 dining outlets, including a food court with a wide mix of cuisines. Fabyland and Total Ninja keep running year-round, which gives families indoor options in the hot summer months.
Gyms, a startup hub and the working day
Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), set up in 2015, is the start-up hub of the community and gives the area a working-from-DSO community. Nitro Gym is in Apricot Towers, Gym Nation is on the top floor of Souq Extra Mall and Fitness First is in Dubai Digital Park, so a second gym is never far from a laptop.
Schools and nurseries
GEMS Wellington Academy Silicon Oasis teaches from Nursery to Year 13 and offers British and IB pathways. Emirates British Nursery takes children from 3 months to 4 years and follows the EYFS curriculum.
Mosques and evenings
The community has several mosques within the villa clusters and residential zones. Casual dining covers Indian and Italian cuisine as well as Lebanese, and the hotels add restaurants and bars.
Safari Park and Global Village
Dubai Safari Park, IMG Worlds of Adventure and Global Village are the visitor attractions people combine with a stay in the community, and the road network that serves the community makes each of them a car or taxi trip.
Souq Extra and a cooler season
Souq Extra is a retail strip with more than 30 outlets. Carrefour, KFC and McDonald's are among them, and Starbucks too. The 24-hour lake park and the other open parks have jogging and cycling routes that suit the cooler winter months.
The Pineapple Building
The first phase of the authority's headquarters and the 560 Semmer Villas were completed in 2006. The headquarters, nicknamed the Pineapple Building, hosts many corporate offices.
Hospital and clinics
Fakeeh University Hospital is open 24 hours. It serves the community from neighbouring Academic City. Medi Family PolyClinic in SIT Tower offers general practice and specialist services.
What to weigh
No metro, traffic at the entries and exits and limited nightlife come with the community. It is a lively district for work and study, and construction under way brings noise and dust in places. An 11-storey building is lower than the towers elsewhere in Dubai, so expect a smaller lobby and a shorter lift ride. If you want more room, look at Mas Tower or Al Falak Residence, which each have their own guide.
How the oasis began
Dubai Silicon Oasis was set up by the Dubai government as a free-trade zone in 2003. It covers 7.2 square kilometres in Nadd Hessa and opened in 2004 as a hub for innovation and technology.
If you own here
Dubai requires a DET holiday home permit for each unit before it is listed, and every apartment or villa needs its own permit. Royale Stays manages homes for owners from a management fee of 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communication and maintenance. Our notes on managing a Dubai holiday home cover the wider picture.
Sources
Sources: betterhomes, Bayut, Property Finder, Wikipedia, GEMS Education, Houst.
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