Arada plans ‘wellness’ project in Downtown Dubai

• Fitness-led hotel and branded residences
• To offer gym, spa, clinic and restaurants
• 42-floor tower designed by Dutch firm MVRDV

UAE-based property developer Arada has unveiled plans for Inaura Downtown, a fitness-led hotel and branded residences scheme in Dubai that is part of the company’s growing focus on “wellness” living. 

The project’s amenities are designed to encourage a health- and fitness-focussed lifestyle, Arada said. They include a 3,000-square-metre gym — the Arada-owned Formative brand — offering yoga, boxing, pilates and dance studios, as well as a spa with cryotherapy, hydrotherapy and immersive sound and bath therapies, a medical clinic, cafes and restaurants. 

Inaura Downtown has been designed by Dutch architectural practice MVRDV. The tower is more than 200 metres tall and 42 floors high, with accommodation comprising the luxury Inaura Hotel, plus 114 branded residences including a three-storey, six-bedroom The Sky Penthouse, as well as two duplex, five-bedroom Sky Villas and a collection of one- to four-bedroom apartments. 

The building features a central orb-shaped structure planned to host Sky Lounge, a social and dining space. It offers residents and visitors a 360-degree view of the Burj Khalifa, Business Bay and Dubai Mall, according to Arada. 

There are also co-working spaces, meeting rooms, a cinema, library and children’s play area. Off-plan sales are expected to launch this month. 

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Ahmed Alkhoshaibi, group chief executive of Arada, said the project is the first in a series of “kinetic wellness” destinations planned by the developer to be scaled globally. 

“It combines rhythm, function and purpose to meet a growing demand for homes and hotels that prioritise movement, balance and everyday performance,” Alkhoshaibi said. 

Arada’s executive vice-chairman Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud said: “This brand reflects how people now want to live: connected to their environment and supported by spaces that foster momentum.” 

Arada has launched other wellness-led living concepts in recent months, such as Akala, also in Downtown Dubai, which it says will be the world’s first “precision wellness” destination, focused on longevity and restorative care.