Aurora is ground plus five floors. In a district increasingly defined by towers, that is the distinguishing feature and it is an underrated one.
Low-rise buildings in JVC carry practical advantages that do not appear on a brochure: lower service charges, faster lifts, fewer units competing at re-letting time, and none of the peak-hour lobby congestion that comes with a 500-unit tower. Aurora’s façade takes its cue from the northern lights, with faceted surfaces designed to catch and throw light across the elevation.
Studios, one and two-bedroom apartments in District 12, sized from roughly 380 to 2,057 sq ft.
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The building
Ground plus five storeys, which puts the entire building within walking distance of the entrance. Unit sizes run from about 380.40 sq ft at the smallest studio to 2,057.31 sq ft at the largest two-bedroom layout — a wide spread for a low-rise, and it means the building serves both single professionals and small families rather than targeting one narrow tenant type.
That mixed profile is worth weighing against Amberhall and Apex, both of which are concentrated almost entirely in studios and one-beds. In Aurora you are not competing with 300 near-identical units in your own building when it comes time to let.
The design language follows Binghatti’s signature palette and geometric detailing, applied at a scale where the façade reads as a whole rather than as a repeating module up forty floors.
Amenities
Indoor gym plus outdoor workout areas. Adult swimming pool with jacuzzi. Separate children’s pool. Kids’ play area. Landscaped gardens. CCTV security throughout.
The dedicated split between adult and children’s pool provision is a genuine consideration for families, and in a building this size the facilities are not oversubscribed the way a shared deck serving 600 apartments would be. Amenity-to-resident ratio is one of the quiet advantages of low-rise stock, and one that tenants notice even when they cannot articulate why the building feels better.
Location — District 12
District 12 sits close to Hessa Street (D54) and Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311), giving direct connection to the northern arterials.
From Aurora
Approx.
Circle Mall
5–8 min
Mall of the Emirates
15 min
Dubai Marina
20 min
Downtown Dubai
20 min
DXB Airport
25–30 min
JVC spans approximately 870 hectares with over 150 low to mid-rise buildings arranged around central parks. The community was launched by Nakheel in 2005 and has matured into one of Dubai’s most established mid-market districts, with schools, nurseries, supermarkets and healthcare all built out rather than promised.
Pricing and payment
Published entry pricing has ranged from AED 666,666 to AED 775,000. The payment plan is 70/30 — 70% across the pre-handover period, 30% at handover.
Handover was scheduled variously for June 2025, Q4 2025 and 30 December 2025. All of those dates have passed, so Aurora should now be a completed building. That reframes the proposition entirely: buyers today are looking at ready or near-ready stock, which means no construction risk, immediate rental income potential, and a payment structure that will look nothing like the original off-plan terms.
Median project price has been tracked at around AED 1,672 per sq ft, against a JVC community average that has been quoted between AED 1,150 and AED 1,481 depending on the sample. That is a premium, and it is worth understanding what you are paying it for — new stock, low-rise format, and Binghatti finish specification.
Add DLD 4% plus registration and trustee fees for all-in acquisition costs of roughly 7–8%.
Indicative pricing. Check xploon.com for current prices and availability.
The investment read
Aurora’s case rests on three things.
Service charges should sit below the JVC tower average. Older low-amenity buildings charge AED 8–10 per sq ft annually; full-amenity high-rises run AED 18–20. A G+5 with a moderate amenity set should land in between, and on net yield that gap is worth more than most buyers account for.
Internal competition is low. A building of this size does not flood its own rental market at handover, which is a real risk in 500-plus unit towers where dozens of near-identical units hit the listings in the same month.
And it is ready, or close to it. Buying completed stock removes the largest variable in off-plan investment and starts the rental clock immediately rather than in eighteen months.
Against that: low-rise means no view premium, and the smaller unit count means fewer options if your preferred layout and orientation are not available. JVC’s district-wide picture — rising sale prices against softening new-let rents through 2026 — applies here as everywhere in the community.
The wide unit-size range up to 2,057 sq ft opens a tenant segment that studio-heavy towers cannot reach, and larger units in JVC have a thinner competitive set than the studio band.
About Binghatti
Founded 2008 by Hussain Binghatti; the architectural division was established in 2013 by Muhammad Binghatti, now CEO and Chairman, and the signature façade language is his. Over 25,000 units delivered across 60-plus completed developments, with a portfolio above AED 80 billion.
All design, engineering and construction is handled in-house without an external main contractor — the reason Binghatti runs 12 to 18 month delivery cycles and accounted for over 20% of all new project completions in Dubai in 2025. H1 2026 brought AED 3 billion in profit on 50% revenue growth, eight new launches and 1,700 homes delivered, with reported cancellation rates below 1%.
For a project at or past handover, the relevant question shifts from delivery risk to build quality and after-sales handling. Binghatti’s JVC portfolio is extensive enough that comparable buildings in the district can be inspected directly — worth doing before you commit.
All off-plan payments were held under RERA escrow in a project-specific account, released against verified milestones.
Direct from Binghatti with no broker and no commission. Filter above for current availability, floor plans and terms.
Frequently asked questions
Handover was scheduled for dates ranging from June 2025 to 30 December 2025, all of which have now passed, so the building should be complete. Confirm current status through the filters above — if the project is handed over, you are buying ready stock rather than off-plan, which changes payment terms and lets you inspect the actual unit before committing.
Published entry pricing has ranged from AED 666,666 to AED 775,000, with larger two-bedroom layouts pricing considerably higher. Median project pricing has been tracked around AED 1,672 per sq ft. Use the filters above for current figures, as completed-stock pricing differs from original off-plan release pricing.
Sizes range from approximately 380 sq ft for the smallest studio to 2,057 sq ft at the top of the two-bedroom range. That is a wider spread than most Binghatti JVC projects, which tend to concentrate in studios and one-beds.
Low-rise stock typically carries lower service charges, has fewer units competing in the same rental market, and offers a better amenity-to-resident ratio. The trade-off is no view premium and fewer available layouts. For yield-focused buyers the service charge saving alone can be worth a meaningful fraction of a percentage point on net return.
Gross yields across JVC run 6–10% depending on unit type, with studios at the top of the range. Net yield falls 1.5–2 points below that once service charges, management, vacancy and maintenance are deducted. Because Aurora is low-rise, its service charge should sit below the district's tower average, which works in favour of net return.
