439.7 meters. That is exactly the maximum height of the Wildberries headquarters according to the current project documentation—41.7 meters more than the company had stated when it presented the project in 2024. The figure surfaced in an unexpected place: in the technical specifications of JSC “Research and Design Center ‘Construction’” for a government procurement contract for piezometric wells. Msk1 was the first to notice it; by evening, the data had been confirmed by Vedomosti and Moskovskaya Perspektiva. The absolute elevation of the highest point is 566.4 meters above sea level.
Moscow Gets a New Record Holder
Currently, the capital’s tallest building is the “Vostok” tower in the “Federation” complex, standing at 374 meters. The RWB skyscraper will surpass it by 65.7 meters and claim the title of Moscow’s tallest building. The only building taller in the country will remain St. Petersburg’s “Lakhta Center” at 462 meters; in Europe, the ranking is the same—second place. The number of floors has also increased: early versions of the project called for 75–76 floors, but now there will be 80 above-ground floors and six underground floors dedicated to parking.
What Exactly Is Being Built
The building’s floor area is 202,674 square meters, and the office section is designed to accommodate 17,000 workstations. The foundation is relatively compact, measuring approximately 53 by 49 meters, which explains the building’s elongated silhouette. The estimated cost is about 60 billion rubles. The developer is RWB, a joint holding company of Wildberries and Russ; the technical client is VB Engineering LLC. The building permit was issued in July 2025. The company promises completion by the third quarter of 2030, with employees moving in a year later.
The site currently features an excavation pit and piles
Construction is underway on Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, plot 16/1: the entrance hall of the Bagration Bridge used to stand here. The foundation pit has already reached a depth of about thirty meters; piles are being driven, and utilities are being laid. There are many images of the future tower circulating online—all of them depict competing facade concepts still in the design phase. The final design has yet to be approved, and we’ll feature it in a separate article.
The project has a long history
Gals-Development initially developed this site. The tower was then called “Prime,” and the architecture was designed by Sergey Choban’s SPEECH firm—the Architectural Council approved the project back in 2022. Two years later, the site was transferred to RWB, and under the new owner, the headquarters project was approved in January 2025. There is still some confusion regarding the name: the media have dubbed the tower “Bagration” after the neighboring bridge, although that name has been used since 1997 for the business center of the same name located within the business district. The skyscraper has yet to receive an official name.
The cluster’s other giants currently under construction—from “Dow House” to iCity—are listed in the “Moscow City Towers” section. We’re following the RWB project in the portal’s news section.
