Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) is a state-of-the-art technology park and free zone located at the intersection of Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road (E311) and Al Ain Road (E66), and next to Academic City.
DSO is the only free zone in Dubai where you can live as well as work. The community offers a balanced lifestyle with dedicated commercial spaces and a wide range of residential properties to choose from. The expansive network of roads makes it a well-connected community with the neighbors.
DSO comprises four component parts:
Industrial,
Commercial,
Educational and
Residential, all served by public facilities.
Cedre Villas and Semmer Villas are the two main residential areas, and here you can find both villas and townhouses. Several high- and low-rise apartment buildings are to be found in Silicon Residences and Silicon Park. You can buy or lease the property here. And so many properties are to be built in upcoming years.
Proximity to Landmarks:
It takes roughly-
- 20 minutes to Dubai Mall
- 30 minutes to Palm Jumeirah
- 29 minutes to Burj Al Arab
- 33 minutes to The Walk JBR.
- 25 minutes to Dubai International Airport (DXB)
- 37 minutes to Al Maktoum International Airport
Amenities:
Silicon Oasis has two community centers, one in each of the two residential areas, Cedre Villas and Semmer Villas. They both have Spinneys supermarkets, a variety of shops and eateries and a swimming pool.
In DSO there are amenities like children’s wading pools, squash courts, gymnasia, yoga rooms, nursery rooms, and multi-purpose halls. There are two floodlit tennis courts in each community.
Hotels in here:
There are mainly two hotels which are:
- Radisson Blu Hotel Apartments Dubai Silicon Oasis
- Premier Inn Dubai Silicon Oasis
Schools:
There are many nurseries in Dubai Silicon Oasis like Emirates British Nursery and British Orchard Nursery, and also GEMS Wellington Academy. The closest options include Murdoch University in Dubai, Herriott-Watt University, and the University of Wollongong. In addition, the community is home to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
Hospitals:
There are several medical clinics present at convenient intervals within the community. The names of clinics here are Aster Clinic, Magnum Gulf Medical Center, and Medicure Clinic. Fakeeh University Hospital in Academic City is accessible within a few minutes. DSO is also home to quite a few pharmacies.
Pros of living in DSO are:
- You get a vast choice of properties
- Access to school and universities
- Reasonable living costs
- Strategically located
- Various amenities
Cons of living in DSO are:
- Limited access to Metro stations
- Ongoing construction