Pier 8 comprises of 39-storey high-end luxury apartment tower along with retail and leisure facilities. The tower accommodates 234 apartments in total.
Leisure and recreational facilities in the four-storey podium include restaurants, swimming pools and health clubs. The podium also provides retail shops and garden apartments along the waterfront.
Lower podium level-P2 is located at the level of the marina boardwalk and provides a strip of retail along the waterfront edge and pedestrian connectivity for all the residents to the marina.
All 1 and 2 bedroom apartments are provided with generous balconies overlooking the marina and or the pool deck.
Each apartment is designed to maximise views of the marina. A typical floor plate of 9,221 sqft with three 1 bedroom apartments and three 2 bedroom apartments.
The design mainly utilises crisp white composite aluminum cladding panels with a combination of clear and grey tinted glass. Inspired by the prominent waterfront location of the site, the tower is a simple white sail-like form.
Deep set balconies punctuate the front end of the tower, offering spectacular views over the marina. The white spine also folds and manifests itself along the entire waterfront façade of the podium.
The design takes into consideration climatic condition and orientation of the building. A combination of sun shading elements, including aluminum brise-soleils, deep projecting balconies. Each garden apartment and penthouse is provided with large terraces and balconies offering extensive views of the marina.
Amenities in Pier 8, include a health club, retail, restaurants and leisure outlets. The Pier 8 Development is a luxury residential building located in the Dubai Marina directly on the water.
Pier 8 is located directly on the marina. Ideally situated to provide quick essentials for every day life. With cosmopolitan restaurants is the boardwalk, offering variety of cuisines. The stroll home along the marina promenade in the fresh sea breeze is the perfect way to end the evening.
The vision of Dubai Marina is to create an awe-inspiring city-within-a city that delights residents with its cosmopolitan, free-spirited atmosphere and unique, invigorating lifestyle. It will be an urban centre on the water, comparable to the most exclusive waterfront developments in the world's leading cities. Ideally positioned along Dubai's new growth corridor, Dubai Marina will be the place where people meet, laugh, live and enjoy life to the full. Always alive, with the glittering Marina at its heart, Dubai Marina will be unlike any other place, in Dubai, the Middle East and even the world.
IBN Batutta Mall - This is the nearest mega-mall to Dubai Marina--not at the Marina itself but (across Sheikh Zayed Road) within sight of some of the towers. It is described as 6 malls in one, each having a different theme--China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia, Andalusia.
Last Updated: 10th Dec - 09:15 am
