In 2004 Bombay Dyeings decided to move its textile manufacturing facilities from Textile Mills (Worli) and Spring Mills (Wadala) to Ranjangaon close to Pune. This move was made aimed at freeing prime land in the city to enable real estate development. Soon after the project was stuck because of a PIL. In 2008, Bombay Dyeings emerged victorious when the case was heard at the SC.


Initially the development at Spring Mills involved residential, commercial and school segments. Here's a render of the residential tower that was designed by Singapore's DP architects:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5169/70919943.jpg

The design of the tower has been retained and is now being constructed aimed at non-resi sectors like commercial, IT and hospitality. This mixed used development involves construction of a 38 floor tower comprising of 5 lakh sq ft of space.

Larsen & Toubro bagged the construction order in April 2008 and announced the completion of the tower by December 2011. Given how fast the building is being constructed, It should top out within the next 6 months or so.


Some pictures that we have so far:

March 20
Copyright Kalyan
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6373/picture035cn.jpg


May 5
Copyright Alcahan
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/986/36071530.jpg


May 29
Copyright Kalyan
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5672/sdc10512u.jpg


Zoomed in:
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6618/wdalatower.jpg

^^ Nice. Going up quickly.

^^ nicely done. thanks. IU.

Hi IU, good job.

Here is a zoom in version of the same image.

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6618/wdalatower.jpg

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/6618/wdalatower.jpg

:)

The latest design of the tower also designed by DP architects is aimed at non-resi sectors and has not been released. This mixed used development involves construction of a 38 floor tower comprising of 5 million sq ft of space.

that must be a mistake. surely 5 lakh and not 5 million sq ft

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/SM2.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/2.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/5.jpg

FRONT VIEW

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/b1.jpg

Thanks IU for creating this thread.
You definitely deserve a lot of credit.

Also ,how can i forget all my friends who anticipated my contribution ?

BTW,The first photo from the top was shot from the 24th floor of the nearby highrise (Naperol Tower) where my relatives stay.I must thank them too. :)

^^Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :hug:

Looks nice. You know whats funny. It looks like they render that IU posted.

Thanks Kaylan as well. You two guys are the best :cheers:

^^Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :hug:

Looks nice. You know whats funny. It looks like they render that IU posted.

Thanks Kaylan as well. You two guys are the best :cheers:

Thanks a lot for your complement bro :cheers:

Indianpatriot

thanks. nice views there. This tower is a 40-fls tops. right now 39th flr is u/c. Its almost done. :cheers:

Amazing pics...thanks.

Thanks a lot IndianPatriot. Those different views of the tower are simply awesome.

:cheers:

So it turns out that they decided to retain the design despite changing the targeted market segment. I've updated the first post.


btw Sterling Engineering Services says on their website that the tower will have 41 floors --> Clicky
(http://sterlingengg.com/HighRise.htm)

that must be a mistake. surely 5 lakh and not 5 million sq ft

Nice catch. But that's what it said in this article:
The turnkey project involves construction of mixed-use developments of approximately four million sq ft at the Textile Mills in Worli and five million sq ft at Spring Mills in Wadala. These are expected to be completed by the end of December 2011.
....
In Wadala, the mixed used development will comprise 53 lakh sq ft of retail, 14 lakh sq ft of commercial, 20 lakh sq ft IT and 7 lakh sq ft hotel.
clicky (http://www.financialexpress.com/news/L-T-clinches-Rs-2-000-crore-Bombay-Dyeing-turnkey-project/297407/)

Huge thanks to all of you again.
It seems they have started a bit of cladding work .I will be posting more photos after a few days.Hopefully by that time cladding work would have progressed.

Some more for you


http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/springmills1.jpg

Excellent pictures.keep up the good work.

great pics there mate! keep 'em coming :D

great !

Now enjoy these mates!! :D
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/SMsideview.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/seenfromadistance.jpg

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/sm1.jpg

^^Your a legend mate! :cheers:

Some cool pics there IndianPatriot and Kalyan!

:cheers:

7 july 2009

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/spmill20.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/spmill1.jpg

looks like it has topped out.

^^Great update. Hope to see more :cheers:

Some cool pics there IndianPatriot and Kalyan!

:cheers:

Grt updates you guys. This tower kinda reminds me of the Aqua in Chicago. Don't know why!?

I am liking this building. I think its a decent structure.

I like the simple design of this building. No more funky columns and squares. They just look ugly and cheap. They could actually use the glass panels outside that would turn the building in to a top notch building (but sadly the rendering does not show that).

the tower has almost topped out. Their working on the last floor it seems since 3 out of the 4 distinct upper floors can be seen in this pic -

paging indianpatriot, Kalyan - can you confirm?

Aug 15
Copyright Manvendra
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4889/img2761pim.jpg

^^ Nice update IU. Yeah it has topped out. They are working on the interiors now.I could see some cladding work going on yesterday.

cool. thanks for the confirmation. Can you take some pics of the tower and its cladding when you find time?

Nice updates. Bonus points for Non-Residential use.

cool. thanks for the confirmation. Can you take some pics of the tower and its cladding when you find time?

Sorry for the delay . I was not free for the last couple of days.
Anyway,back to the topic- They have just started putting on the glass-panels,which are visible in the following pics.
photo copyright:self
20 Aug 2009
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/y2.jpg
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/y1.jpg

Sorry for the delay . I was not free for the last couple of days.

no worries man. nice update

Great Updates!!!

December 3
Copyright nanikore
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7964/spingmills.jpg

gr8 updates IU.........
will look awesome after cladding.
but its environment is ugly ,love to have few more like this....

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/indianpatriot/SM2.jpg

This one looks nice for a change. Looks like its gonna be better than the renders.

Looks quiet lonely by itself. Wheres IP, missing his updates.

Great building.

Cant beleive its not residential.

The tower has topped out. I took this zoomed in shot from a flyover on ambedkar marg-

January 4
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6260/img1171e.jpg

WooHoo
http://fast1.onesite.com/blogs.telegraph.co.uk/user/daniel_hannan/e0c1b1e77345e052930f9160a4015da4.jpg

Great!

Bombay Dyeing's real estate company - Bombay Realty's website is now under construction: http://bombayrealty.in

The mill compound's new name is Island City Centre and future developments include a 5 star hotel, commercial and retail space.

Oh so that Island City Centre I posted in the projects thread turned out to be the Spring Mills Tower.

Good project!

I like this project.

2 old images from Simplex Infra's website-

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6163/springmillsunderconstru.jpg

Quality of the pictures is pretty good.

I love this building!

IU, can you change the title to The Island City Centre.

I've changed it to Springs since that's what it's called. Island City Centre is the new name for the compound/BD mill land.

Oh my bad, thought you said the towers name was changed :doh:

2 old images from Simplex Infra's website-

Impressive to see that Simplex has diversified out from its traditional focus of piles and foundations. Or has Simplex only done the foundations for this tower?

Feb 12
Copyright MPE
http://i41.tinypic.com/14csdo1.jpg

Posted this a few months ago

which one is spring mill tower or island????

Same thing

Same thing
thats fast reply,,,thanks :)

Impressive to see that Simplex has diversified out from its traditional focus of piles and foundations. Or has Simplex only done the foundations for this tower?

Foundations only I believe. The tower has been constructed by L&T.

photos copyright Suvesh

1
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9536/springmill2suvesh.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/i/springmill2suvesh.jpg/)

2
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2981/springmillsuvesh1.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/springmillsuvesh1.jpg/)

I like it. But it's only the lonely side of the island.

April 3
Copyright MPE
http://i43.tinypic.com/2vsjnfb.jpg

IU boss, change title to T/O please.

I gotta admit, the tower looks pretty good. :okay:

Pretty Cool.

If only this elegant building was located more centrally like in Mahalaxmi or Worli as it would add to the other talls in that area and acheieve a more prominent skyline.

^Yeah this thing looks like its in the middle of nowhere in some pics.

very good example of residential building.

very neat!

its looks like a model rather than a real structure........but still cool enough!

April 19
Copyright Sbaliga
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5906/dpp80i.jpg

^^ holy snap!! a thing of beauty. This one started off in no time. topped off even faster. now glass cladding done in no time too. :cheers:

the builders from that never ending 'legend' need to take a course of springs-41fls. :cheers:

thanks IU and Sbaliga.....man so much pic in one day....thanks again:)

25 April should be celebrated as Independence Day on SSCI, from "No-PIC-Update-Empire".

It is a beauty indeed.

Here's an ad, with better render -

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/2161/4359othmainimage.jpg

Wasn't it commercial?

This is an excellent building. I am loving it.

Wasn't it commercial?

Well yeah, it was meant to be Commercial/IT/Hospitality.

Depending on how recent/accurate that advert is, maybe in the end theyve decided that having a 41fl residential tower in the middle of Wadala made more sense than a 41fl non-resi in the middle of Wadala?

Love it!

Why is the title complete? Any and update from last month -

August 17
Copyright MPE
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8775/4359oth17thaug2010.jpg

i enquired, all the flats hv been booked at an estimated average cost of 22000psf.....thats high for wadala i guess!!

they r gonna start 2nd tower soon at thye same spring mills complex...the entire complex will b residential...

commercial tower, hotel nd mall will be coming up at the land at elphinstone road which houses hard rock cafe....

I thought there was going to be something more at the site. Because there is lots of space still in the complex.

is this 38 floor or 41?