Just announced last week, it appears there will be new shopping facilities nearby. Seemingly at a loss for names, Nakheel has announced a new development “Jumeirah Islands Park”. Not sure where or what this will be, but read on and you might understand better than me.
Nakheel is creating a new concept in living and leisure at Jumeirah Islands, with the launch today of 84 townhouses and a 608,000 sqft waterfront recreational area.
The four bedroom Townhouses at Jumeirah Islands – of which 40 per cent have already been sold, with a sales value of AED140 million – each cover 3,630 sqft and come with a double garage, maid’s room, study and private garden. Prices range from AED3.95 million to AED4.86 million, depending on plot size, location and view. The gated community, set in lush gardens and greenery, includes a large swimming pool.
Nakheel’s Jumeirah Islands Park, also announced today, will provide a new leisure, dining and shopping hub for Jumeirah Islands and surrounding areas. The project comprises extensive communal parkland and a community centre featuring 10 retail outlets including a supermarket, four food and beverage outlets, a fitness centre, sports courts, jogging track and ample parking. As with all Nakheel parks, the new facility will feature trees and plants indigenous to the UAE.
Construction of the park, recreation centre and townhouses will begin in Q4 of 2013, with a two year timeline.
In case you weren’t informed, last week Nakheel told pet owners in JVT to respect the laws of the land or face the consequences. Dubai Municipality Veterinary Services has outlined the major faux-pas which range from feeding stray animals to allowing your dog to go on a rampage. Fines can go as high as 5,000 AED. Consult the attached document in English or Arabic for full details.
In addition to various violations, this document lists the dog breeds prohibited in Dubai as all Pitbull Terriers, Brazilian Fighting dog, Argentinian Fighting dog, American Staffordshire Terrier, Japanese Tosa and the big, bad Wolf! Other breeds are forbidden to be kept in apartments including the Rottweiler, Doberman and Sharpoi as well as cross-breeds from these two lists. Hum, I wouldn’t want to face a Wolf-weiler!
Certainly don’t take things into your own hands if you come across one of these banned dogs. Contact the concerned municipality service at 800 900 to report any major incidents if need be.
The following is the Nakheel e-mail dated 8:57 AM 23rd June 2013:
Dear Valued Residents,
Reference is made to the repeated incidents and complaints brought to our attention with regards to dogs in your Community. We would like to remind you of Nakheel Community Rules and Regulations in this regards. If you don’t have a copy, kindly inform us in order to forward you one.
In this regards, please find attached a copy from the Booklet prepared and issued by Dubai Municipality. Kindly note that Dubai Municipality has the Authority to inspect and penalize for the listed violations. If you observe any violation, you may directly contact Dubai Municipality on 800900 on 24X7 basis. After that, we also request you to notify the Security in order to assist the Dubai Municipality inspector in his job.
We respectfully look forward to your cooperation and appreciate your assistance with this matter.
Geant supermarket (http://www.geantonline.ae/) now delivers to JVT…Yes, you heard it correctly!! Why brave the summer heat, parking space debacles, trolley malfunctions, endless queues, hunting for coins, loading the car and unloading those heavy cool drinks and embarrassingly large packs of loo rolls when you can order your groceries online.
Geant has started offering the online service with FREE delivery to JVT recently and I gave it a try this week. I found the website easy to use and well organised. The products are divided into sections like, Fresh, Canned goods, Dairy etc. You can easily adjust quantities and I didn’t notice an increase in prices compared with the actual store prices. You can request a specific time and day and mine came on time, with cold things still cold!
Ladies who are going away for summer, leaving poor hubby to fend for themselves (or overdose on take-aways), there is even a favourites section where you can simply duplicate your previous orders for ease and convenience. Give it a try, you won’t regret it.
Final thoughts: maybe keep it a secret to the Triangle folks to avoid them getting too busy…just an idea 🙂
LIMITLESS HOSTS SUMMER EXHIBITION IN SUPPORT OF MAWAHEB – DUBAI’S ART STUDIO FOR ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Artists’ work on show at The Galleries at Downtown Jebel Ali
Dubai, 18 June 2013 … Limitless is teaming up with Mawaheb art studio in Dubai to showcase the work of 18 young adults with special needs at The Galleries at Downtown Jebel Ali this summer.
The exhibition, on now until 12 September, is supported by the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and displays 15 works of art from Mawaheb students.
The Mawaheb exhibition is being held in the lobby area of the Siemens-branded Galleries Building 2. Visitors can reach The Galleries via the Jebel Ali Metro Station or from exit 20 on Sheikh Zayed Road and following the signs directly into Downtown Jebel Ali. The show is open seven days a week and entry is free.
[EXCERPT from Limitless News Release 18 June 2013]
The following is an e-mail notification to residents/owners from Nakheel sent on Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:32 AM via JV.Community@nakheel.com
Dear Valued Residents,
This is with regards to the Notice sent on 29th April 2013 regarding Royal Eagle Contracting Company about their breaches to the Master Community Rules and Regulations.
Please be advised that we met with the highest level of management at Royal Eagle Contracting, who confirmed their commitment and compliance to the Rules and Regulations. Based on this, we confirm that they can provide/resume their services for residents/owners in the Community.
It’s time to improve upon the look, feel and content of this community website.
I’ve already taken a first step and convinced two fellow JVTers to contribute to this blog. Together, we’ll be unearthing some interesting facts, little known information and just overall fun things that people are organizing in the community. We intend to start a ‘reviews’ section and will provide you our unbiased thoughts about local, nearby establishments such as restaurants, shops, great reads and innovative products that local residents have come across. We also plan to interview some people that call JVT home or work for us in the community – a ‘meet’ the neighbors feature to learn more about what others are doing. So stay tuned for stories from our very own Mrs. Moneypenny and Tessa.
We’d also like to give a new look and feel to the site. To this end, we’re putting out this call today for photographs. Who can rival the great photos taken by pilot Karim Nafatni shared on our community Facebook page? Send us your photos of JVT in the ‘olden days’, an unusual shot, a sunset or sunrise (if you’re that type of person) or even your own attempt at an aerial view! The choice is yours. Select one of your photos that best represents life in JVT from your perspective and send* it to us before 28th June (jvtcommunityblog@gmail.com). The winning photo will be featured on the home page of a newly designed site coming this September.
We hope to keep improving the blog and look to you, our readers, to tell us what else might add to your experience when you visit the site.
Thanks !
— Lee
* By sending any photo, you authorize the website www.jvtcommunity.com to publish the provided photograph. Photos will not be used for commercial purposes but only to enhance the visual appeal of the aforementioned site, a blog to exchange information and foster a positive community spirit.
A few of Karim’s photos of Dubai for inspiration: (click to enlarge)
Inside the Limitless building, we will soon have a new shopping facility!
Work has begun on the fit out of Milestone Café and Food Market, a 9,000 sqft community shopping facility at Limitless’ Al Khail Plaza building in Dubai’s Jumeirah Village Triangle.
The store, which has undergone a number of enhancements to its original concept and design in order to gain approvals from the relevant authorities and better serve the community, is now expected to open by the end of this year, according to Milestone owners, Universal Trade House (UTH).
Spread over two floors with onsite parking and an ATM, the new facility includes a café concept food store with a delicatessen, fresh fruits, vegetables and meat, a fish counter and a wide range of everyday household essentials. There are plans for deliveries within the Jumeirah Village Triangle area, an online ordering service and a customer loyalty scheme, according to UTH.
Bahaa Abouhatab, Limitless Head of UAE Projects, said: “Our Al Khail Plaza building is on the corner of Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, with easy access from both. Milestone will be a great addition to Jumeirah Village and neighbouring areas, and we look to welcoming them on board.”
The JVT Book Club is going strong. After last week’s monthly session, I started thinking about why we’ve all joined this group.
Different reasons have motivated each of us. Several members are avid readers or dare I say they ‘devour’ books at an unimaginable pace. Being part of yet another book club is something one member simply could not resist.
Others, like me, have committed to the book club in order to ensure I read at least one book a month. It’s not that I don’t love to read, it just seems to always get pushed aside due to other priorities like sleep at the end of a grueling day as mother, business owner and wife.
I believe we all share another reason, camaraderie. It’s a fun group; stimulating conversation is peppered with interesting debate. A recent quote I stumbled upon resonates with me when I think about our book club. As Samuel Johnson, an English writer, once said, “a writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” Indeed, we have a lot to say about the books we read bringing the novel to life in a way not possible on your own.
Each month, a half dozen ladies living in JVT suggest a new book for the Club to read. The suggestions are put to a vote, and in a very democratic process, we select each month’s reading. The welcoming group is always happy to add a new reader to their ranks. If you’re interested, please let us know!
At our second book club meeting, we have decided it would be fun for our next reading to be a favorite book that has been turned into a movie. We’ll have to read the novel and then watch the film. I am quite sure this will lead to a lot of heated debate about which is preferred – the book or the movie.
So, before heading off for a few days for Easter break, I’m posting this new poll. Only three choices, let’s see which comes out on top.
Let the voting begin!
Make your choice before April 3rd, which should give us all enough time until our next meeting on 30th April, 8:15pm.
P.S. – be sure you are on the book club list to receive e-mail updates about the selection and the location of our next meeting. If not, contact me.
The first meeting of the new JVT book club was a smashing success. Six ladies enjoyed stimulating conversation on the back patio of a District 8 villa. Hopefully we didn’t disturb the neighbors with our loud laughing about certain passages in the book. Oh yes, we did discuss the book.
But first we learned a little bit about each other, and I have to admit, I felt a rather intimidated in the presence of so many literary lovers. I have never run a book club before and I generally get around to reading about two books a year. Actually, that is the reason I wanted to get this group going. It’s a great way to push myself to read more, and not just cheesy chicklit, although the group promised we might do one of those when the sweltering heat requires a bit of a break and a more light read.
I think everyone enjoyed the multiple interpretations we had about various passages in the book. The overall consensus is that Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng is a rather good read. We considered it a historical fiction and found that the story was shrouded in secrets that unravel close to the end. Perseverance was the key to this book. Several of us were left frustrated by the ending and many found that the book gave us some new knowledge and insights on the world. I really look forward to hearing the author speak at the upcoming Emirates Litfest. We raised a number of questions last night and it will be fascinating to enter into a dialogue directly with the author.
If you live in JVT, and love to read, or would like to read more, join our club. We are now voting for the next reading. All votes will be counted by Monday 5 March midnight so that those of us without Kindles can source a real paperback.
Next meeting: Tuesday 26 March 2013 at 8:15pm.
Sign up to be in the club to receive details on location.
Jumeirah Village Triangle 