The residential complex “Ostrov” in Mnevnikovskaya Floodplain is a giant project of Donstroy Invest company. However, the floodplain itself is even bigger – the future residential complex does not occupy it entirely, but is located in the middle part of the drop-shaped territory surrounded by a bend of the Moskva River. There are overgrown green areas on the sides, future parks and several construction sites. The “Island” is adjacent to the river in the northern part, where two blocks, 1 and 4, are located near the water; to the west of the territory several sports facilities have either already been built or are under construction, including the Tatiana Navka Ice Palace, a building with an artificial wave and an outdoor stadium. In the northeastern part of the floodplain, near the Mnevniki subway station, plans for the Parliamentary Center, which has been talked about since 2015, seem to still be lukewarm; but little is known.

The residential complex, however, is not just famous – it is developing very rapidly around another new metro station, Terekhovo. Construction and design are underway here. The area of the territory of the complex is 36.6 hectares, the total area of everything that is planned to be built is about 1.5 million square meters, which is a lot – in fact, it is the size of a whole city. The location of the complex is positioned like this: the developer doesn’t hide the closed nature of the territory and considers it an advantage – an “island” separated from the city (even though it is a peninsula, of course) surrounded by the river and greenery. Everyone has probably seen the ad displaying the water “bagel”; we'll come back to it later. Another repeatedly marketed feature of the project is the attention to modern technology and energy efficiency – there are planned drone stations, G5 Internet and other technical innovations.