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WHY JOIN TJB SUPER YACHTS?

We are a dynamic and fast-growing boutique brokerage specialising in superyacht sales and superyacht charters, with our headquarter in London and international offices. Being part of the TJB Super Yachts’ team means living our collaborative, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking values. Founded in 2013, we cater to ultra-high net worth individuals and families who know our brokers on a first name basis. Our team strives to combine the traditional yachting values of passion and discretion with next-generation technology. We have a reputation built on the consistency of our impeccable customer service.

CURRENT VACANCIES

Whether you are just starting out on your career, or you have got a whole wealth of experience to bring to TJB Super Yachts, we want to hear from you!

Sales Broker

Palm beach, usa.

Charter Broker

Broker Internship

London, uk and palm beach, us (office based).

DON’T SEE A ROLE THAT SUITS YOU?

Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing the potential role you are interested in and we will be in touch when a fitting position arises. In the meantime, keep an eye on our website or follow us on TikTok , Instagram , LinkedIn , Twitter or Facebook for future vacancy updates.

Our team of yacht brokers and office staff is based around the world, with our headquarters located in Fulham, London. Employees at our Fulham office enjoy access to on-site parking, a brand-new gym, and a lounge area within the building. Additionally, we have a US office located in Palm Beach, Florida.

To foster a close-knit team dynamic, our team regularly gathers at both office locations and attends various yacht shows throughout the year. This ensures that we maintain strong connections and collaboration within the team.

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We'RE HIRING

Worth Avenue Yachts is looking for qualified candidates. Current positions and locations are listed on this page. 

Worth Avenue Yachts specializes in yacht sales and charter. Our team is continuously growing and currently seeking qualified applicants. Our yacht brokers work hard to facilitate the sale of their listings and to protect and promote the interest of their clients as well as provide services to new clients.

Do you have a passion for adventure? Our private yacht vacation team is looking for a well-traveled candidate who enjoys sharing their passion of the sea. An ideal applicant would have experience delivering custom yacht charters; be able to attend the most prestigious yacht shows and work tirelessly researching yachts, crews and the market to be able to find and recommend the best yachts.

Whether you are looking for a yacht crew vacancy as a deckhand, engineer, onboard masseuse, yacht stewardess, experienced yacht chef, chief stewardess, purser, first officer or yacht captain, manage your yacht career by registering with Cotton Crews.

CURRENT YACHT SALES POSITIONS

Yacht Broker – Sales

Office Location: Monaco

Worth Avenue Yachts is looking for a sales broker for the Worth Avenue Yachts office in Monaco. The ideal candidate would have several years of experience as a yacht broker with an established client base and possess strong communication, organizational and entrepreneurial skills.

Enthusiastically embrace the Worth Avenue Yachts values

Develop long-standing relationships with yacht owners and prospective buyers

Effectively communicate and negotiate with ultra-high net worth individuals

Be highly responsive to current and prospective clients

Provide after-sales support for yacht buyers and owners

Show product at off-site displays or shows, travel as needed to show and acquire new listings

Participate in customer delivery of each boat sold

Diligently maintain comprehensive client and prospect information

Project a professional image at all times

Introduce clients to Worth Avenue Team as needed to emphasize quality, efficiency, and collaboration within the company

Participate in boat shows and other events

Ability to work well both independently and as a team, domestically and internationally

Possess solid client base and listings along with proven fluency in marine industry sales

2+ years of sales experience within the mid to large yacht sector

 The ability to demonstrate an established client base

Strong communication, organizational and entrepreneurial skills

Ability to handle multiple clients, contracts, and inquiries at the same time

Well spoken, ethical, professional, and confident

To apply, send a cover letter along with your CV to Inquiries@WorthAvenueYachts.com with the position you are applying for.  

CURRENT YACHT CHARTER POSITIONS

Yacht Broker – Charter

The ideal candidate would have several years of experience as a luxury yacht charter broker with an established client base. He/she will also possess strong communication skills while being organized and self-motivated.

Generate charter sales

Develop long-standing relationships with yacht owners and charter clients

Display high level of responsiveness to current and prospective clients and owners

Provide fast and effective service, ensuring seven-star service for clients

Research and provide accurate and well-informed yacht selections for clients

Maintain high levels of communication with all stakeholders throughout the booking and charter process

Travel as needed to show and acquire new listings

Develop and grow client book

Work with other Worth Avenue Yachts brokers to expand business and maximize internal business potential

Project and maintain a professional image

2+ years of luxury yacht charter broker experience with an established client base

Strong communication, organizational and listening skills

Ability to handle multiple clients, contracts, and inquiries at once

In-depth knowledge of onboard operations of charter yachts

To apply, send a cover letter along with your CV to Inquiries@WorthAvenueYachts.com with the position you are applying for.  

CREW POSITIONS

Is life on the water an alluring slogan for you? A  career in yachting  may be a good option. Worth Avenue Yachts works directly with  Cotton Crews  for all of our hiring and placement needs. Whether you are a seasoned yachting expert or a yachtie newbie, our partners at  Cotton Crews  can guide you through the process of finding the open position for you.

A career in yachting is an exciting way to see the world, one port at a time.

Whether you excel in the service industry or are mechanically inclined, there are many different positions onboard that may fit you. Common positions in yachting include Captain, Mate, Engineer, Chef, Steward(ess), Deckhand and more.

Yachting is a fun and rewarding career choice that demands hard work and extreme attention to detail. Many yachting careers require basic qualifications to in-depth licensing. Research and preparing your CV ahead of time will put you on the right track to joining the industry. For more information please visit  www.CottonCrews.com

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40M ALEGRE NOW AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER

Luxury Yacht Group is pleased to welcome 40m Alegre to our charter fleet. Available for charters this Winter in the Caribbean and Bahamas.

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Luxury Yacht Group has global resources to build, sell, charter and crew your yacht. Understanding that every happy yacht starts with a competent crew our resources focus on your crew and how they impact your yachting enjoyment.

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Luxury Yacht Group represents the finest yachts for charter around the world.

WE SUPPORT YOUR YACHT

We operate some of the best run yachts and work hard to support them with sensible shore based solutions. From basic payroll services to full service regulatory compliance we have the expertise to be sure that your yacht operates effectively.

THE BEST CREW HAVE DISCOVERED LUXURY

Luxury Yacht Group operates the largest crew agency with agents on three continents providing almost 24/7 coverage. The best crew have discovered Luxury.

New Construction

There is nothing more exciting than building your new yacht. We follow every detail and deliver on those details.

A simple guide on the process of buying a yacht.

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A simple guide on how to sell your yacht.

Why Charter with Luxury Yacht Group?

We book the finest yachts around the world. Our charter brokers know the yachts and most importantly their crew. We go the extra mile to be sure that your vacation is truly memorable.

Our Charter Marketing Expertise

Our team of marketing professionals will generate the best possible net income for your yacht. We have experience marketing yachts priced from $40-$700,000 per week.

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We can book all yachts worldwide but have curated a selection of our favorites here for you to review.

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We have prepared itineraries for some of the finest charter destinations around the world.

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Payroll & Accounting

We are experienced in accounting for yacht operations and crew payroll, providing streamlined, hassle-free payroll, contracts, and health insurance operation for yacht owners worldwide.

Support services have clear and simple pricing. Please review our offerings and their pricing here. We offer straightforward services and don't believe that you should have to enter into a big negotiation over the support service your yacht needs.

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Download library of very useful templates and forms published by Luxury Yacht Group. Go here for templated SEA's, terms and conditions, work lists and other useful "stuff".

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Luxury Yacht Group finds crew work onboard the finest yachts around the world. We place thousands of crew on yachts every year for full time, rotational, seasonal or day work positions.

The best crew have discovered Luxury! With over 140,000 crew registered and over 250,000 references verified Luxury Yacht Group is your “go to” resource for the finest crew to staff your yacht.

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Ecosystem Kalinka

Luxury real estate in Russia, Europe, Asia and Middle East for a comfortable life and profitable investment. Our team — it is an association of market professionals, innovations and digital technologies, traditions and continuous development.

In the premium real estate market

Share of the moscow market, clients, including the forbes list, objects in the company's database., market experts work in the company, cumulative revenue, company turnover per year, the most expensive penthouse sold, ekaterina rumyantseva.

CEO of Kalinka Ecosystem

Our Mission: Tradition & Innovation

Pre–sale preparations

• Examination of competitors' sales
• Securing our sales plan
• Creation of a sales office
• Product training for brokers
• Development of efficient financial instruments
• Developing sales incentives

• Implementation of sales plan
• Premium brokerage/ brokers school
• Own client base
• Sales funnel management
• Mortgage broker services
• Legal support
• Monitoring of all stages of implementation

After–sales service

• Working with accounts receivable
• Informing the customer about the project status
• Working with customer reviews
• Loyalty programs
• Recommendation deals

International recognition

Aldar Properties

TOP Performing Dubai Agency

TOP 15 Performing Agency

Envoy Category

AZIZI Developments

TOP Performing Agency New Grade Reached

Select Group

TOP Performing Agent Runner Up

#1 Agen Newcomer of the Year

TOP Performing Sales Agent Ambassador Category

New grade reached Consul Category

Rolls–Royce

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENCY MARKETING RUSSIA

2021 – 2022

Awwards Winner

2019 – 2020

BEST REAL ESTATE AGENCY SINGLE OFFICE MOSCOW

REAL ESTATE AGENCY MOSCOW

2018 – 2019

2017 – 2018

official airline partner

The Telegraph

2016 – 2017

Rolls–Royce motor cards

2014 – 2015

in association with

Virgin Atlantic

PROPERTY CONSULTANCY RUSSIA

2013 – 2014

Best real estate company for high price category real estate according to the magazine «Novyy Adres»

First place in the Forbes rating № 4 (25). Leader in the number of closed deals in the segment of high-budget real estate according to the survey of NVM Business Consulting.

First place in the real estate market records award in the category of «Professional pride» with the project «Dvoryanskoye Gnezdo».

Only Russian company to win in three «International Property Awards» nominations.

Best real estate agency in Russia according to the «Premio Internazionale Le Fonti» award. Winner of two «International Property Awards» nominations.

Best real estate agency in Russia according to the «International Property Awards» with the presence of representatives of The Daily Telegraph.

First place in the «European Property Awards» in «Real Estate Agency Marketing for Russia». A high appraisal of an important part of the company’s work — management of marketing and sales of real estate developers.

First place in the «European Property Awards» in «Real Estate Agency for Moscow, Russia»

Best company in both Real estate and Marketing according to the «European Property Awards»

Solutions for developers, investors and buyers

Urgent buyout of distress-assets, apartments trade-in, accurate assessment with ai, investors club, apartments for sale, investing in redevelopment.

«Working daily with buyers and sellers of real estate. We know everything, from the customer’s first call up to the final sales.»

Ekaterina Rumyantseva,

our own full-time team of analysts and investment advisors

Created and implemented more than 200 consulting projects, analysis of the target group behavior utilizing a modern crm system, analysis of 1,000 customer requests and 300 transactions per year, own real estate database, updated daily, purchase and support of related databases, data on real estate lots in “closed sales”, information about the actual transaction sum and bargaining, kalinka realty.

Buying, selling and renting real estate

Kalinka Consulting

Complex solutions for developers

Kalinka Legal services

Legal support and audit

Kalinka Design

Professional selection of architects and designers

Kalinka analytics

Reviews of the real estate market in Moscow and MO

Kalinka Media

Current webinars and  situation in market

Kalinka International

Profitable investment. Citizenship and residence permit

30% of real estate transactions are not done after the purchase decision has been made. That’s why we maintain a constant dialogue with the buyer, lawyers, mortgage brokers and designers, to study the needs and implement the solution.

Our Partners

• AB Development
• ANT Development
• Capital Group
• Central Properties
• Insigma Development

Investment companies

• Capital Partners
• Hines International
• Absolut Bank
• VTB Capital
• Gazprombank
• Sberbank Capital
• Otkritie Capital

Design and architecture

• Andrew Martin
• Artistic Design
• Aukett Swanke
• Candy & Candy
• Helene Benhamou
• Jade Jagger
• Kelly Hoppen

Kalinka International (UAE, Turkey)

Programs for any purpose:

• Visa-free travel
• Life and business abroad
• Tax residency
• Cross-border movement under restrictions
• Education and career of children abroad

Kalinka Dubai

• Buying property in the UAE
• Sightseeing tours of the best residential complexes in Dubai
• Capital transfer (urgent purchase of ready-made companies in the UAE, opening an account)
• Long stay apartments
• Yacht charter
• School education
• Restaurants, shopping, household matters
• Flight organization.
• Assistance with international itinerary planning

Simplified visa system

No income tax, high return on investment, full ownership.

The Ritz-Carlton Residences

Collection of luxury residences

UAE, Dubai, Dubai International Financial Center, Al Sukuk Street, 9/1

The complex is located on the coast of the picturesque bay of Dubai Creek, where the world-famous Ras Al Khor flamingo and wildlife sanctuary is located. A unique location among mangrove forests, small lagoons and lakes combines peace and tranquility with the advantages of a large metropolis.

Rent – Start of sales.year

DAMAC Lagoons

Family low-rise residential complex

UAE, Dubai, Dubai Land, El Hebia Fift

Family low-rise residential complex in the spirit of the Mediterranean cities in the depths of Dubai. Convenient location allows you to get to large shopping centers, business clusters and offices of international companies in 20 minutes. Nearby are medical facilities, schools, an equestrian club, golf courses and the Dubai Sports City multifunctional complex.

Rent – year

DAMAC Cavalli Tower

UAE, Dubai, Dubai Media City

Elite residential complex on the west coast of Dubai, in the prestigious Al Sufuh area.

Atlantis The Royal Resort & Residences

Complex in the center of the Palm Jumeirah crescent

UAE, Dubai, Jumeirah, Palm JumeirahUnited Arab Emirates, Dubai, Jumeirah, Palm Jumeirah

Luxury residential complex in the center of the crescent of the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. The developed infrastructure of the man-made island is impressive: gourmet restaurants, modern fitness studios, luxurious wellness clubs, shops and boutiques in Nakheel Mall. Well-maintained walking and jogging paths stretch along the many kilometers of beaches with snow-white sands.

Canal-front luxury serviced apartments

UAE, Emirate of Dubai, Zabeel, Business Bay

Luxury canal-front serviced apartments in the heart of Dubai.

W Residences Dubai Downtown

Complex in the prestigious Downtown area

UAE, Dubai, Zabeel, Burj Khalifa

Elite residential complex in the prestigious Downtown area, in the center of Dubai.

Kalinka Turkey

• Elite real estate
• New buildings and secondary offers
• Investment property
• Sightseeing tours
• Second Citizenship by Investment Program

Get a selection of foreign investment offers

Moscow exclusive properties, 6 unique projects, popular areas of moscow, secure business transactions, developed infrastructure.

Sociocultural cluster with modern apartment buildings

Zvenigorodskaya 2nd st., 12

The residential quarter is located on an area of 4.5 hectares, 200 meters from the Ulitsa 1905 Goda metro station, surrounded by parks: Krasnaya Presnya, Krasnogvardeyskie Prudy, the December Uprising Park and the Presnensky Childrens Park

Poklonnaya 9

Premium apartment house

Poklonnaya st., 9

he complex is located in a prestigious location in the west of the capital. Panoramic windows offer magnificent views of Victory Park, Sparrow Hills and Moscow City towers.

Victory Park Residences

Elite family residences in the west of the capital

Brothers Fonchenko st., vl. 3

he complex is surrounded by green parks and iconic sights of the city. Panoramic windows offer magnificent views of Poklonnaya Gora, the Triumphal Arch and City skyscrapers.

Capital Towers

Residential skyscrapers 500 meters from Moscow City

Krasnopresnenskaya emb., 14, building 1

A 10-minute walk from the metro stations "International" and "Vystavochnaya", a little further - the platform of the MCC "Business Center" and "Testovskaya" of the first Moscow diameter. For motorists, convenient exits to the Third Ring Road and the Garden Ring are located 6 minutes from the complex.

Neva Towers

Complex on the territory of the business center Moscow-City

Krasnogvardeisky 1st pr-d, 17-18

Panoramic windows offer direct views of the legendary Ukraina Hotel, the Government House and the embankments of the Moscow River. Residents have access to the entire infrastructure of the business district within a 10-minute walk. Afimall shopping center, multiplex cinema, cafes and restaurants, fitness studios, beauty salons and viewing platforms.

Club city on the river

Volokolamskoe sh., vl. 71/12

Moskvoretsky Park is a 5-minute walk away. In 10 minutes by car - the parks Shodnya, Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo and Stroginsky. A grandiose sports infrastructure is planned on the territory of the peninsula: more than 30 types of activities in one location and three yacht clubs in the neighborhood.

Community participation

PR and Media

Kalinka is in the TOP-3 in terms of citation in  the media in the elite real estate market and in the TOP-5 of business class and investment segment. Monthly number of publications mentioning Kalinka  — 250-300. Main sources: RBC, Forbes, Vedomosti, Kommersant, BFM, Elitnoe.ru. Joint analytics and press releases with leading Moscow developers: Insigma, AEON, Level Group and others. The Kalinka press service is always open to the media: journalists can be sure of comments, interviews and expert opinions. We promptly respond to requests and help the editors in the preparation of objective and high-quality materials.

A fifth of the entire interior improvement in the premium segment is created in the area of Minskaya Street

According to research of the Kalinka Ecosystem, the total area of internal landscaping in 40 projects on the premium real estate market in Moscow is 43.5 hectares.

Russians remain the leaders in buying Turkish real estate

Russians still occupy the first place in the demand for real estate in Turkey among foreigners. However, compared to 2022, there is a decrease in demand from our fellow citizens by 17%.

"Obydensky No. 1" became the best-selling club house in Moscow

According to a study of the Kalinka ecosystem, sales in 11 club houses started in the capital in 2023. The leader in sales was the club house "Obydenskiy No. 1", in other projects clients purchased on average four times fewer apartments.

The Kalinka ecosystem has summed up the results of its first year of operation in the UAE.

The Kalinka ecosystem has strengthened its top management team.

In two regional divisions of the company - Kalinka Turkiye and Kalinka Middle East - new sales directors have been appointed.

Kalinka Middle East has received several awards from a leading developer in Abu Dhabi.

The company won in several nominations as a developer of Aldar Properties and has been included among the best real estate agencies in Abu Dhabi.

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General manager of Kalinka Moscow

Alexander Shibaev

General manager of Kalinka Middle East

Yulia Kovaleva

City real estate manager

Polina Medelyanovskaya

Denis Trusov

Dmitry Mezhinsky

Mikhail Dolgov

Head of Country Property Department

At Chocolate Factory Site, a New Kind of Luxury Box

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By Anne Barnard

• Sept. 15, 2008

MOSCOW — Perhaps it was only a matter of time, after the sushi bars and the cappuccino bars and the wine bars and the art spaces: Lofts are coming to Moscow.

Here in the capital of the former workers’ state, the first old factory building to be converted into apartments — with soaring ceilings and gritty details that would make any New York real estate broker tremble — is an icon of Soviet industry, and of Russia’s transition to capitalism.

The Krasny Oktyabr chocolate factory — named Red October in honor of the 1917 revolution — sits on an island in the Moscow River, across from the Kremlin’s turreted walls and gold-domed churches.

Its crenellated red-brick building, built in the late 19th century when the company was a German-owned purveyor to the tsars, is a beloved landmark that conjures up images of Willy Wonka’s magical workshop. In winter, when the factory was working, its chimney sent white puffs of steam drifting over the frozen river, and from the opposite bank workers in white kerchiefs and aprons could be seen scurrying in and out.

No more. In this oil-rich boomtown, where a square yard of downtown residential space sells routinely for $20,000 and sometimes for as much as $50,000, city planners and shareholders have decided that assembly lines next to the Kremlin no longer make sense.

The factory’s fate tells a story of how one Russian business has evolved with the zigs and zags of the country’s economy since the fall of first the Romanovs and then the Soviet Union.

In the 19th century, the German-owned Einem factory, as it was then known, decorated its ornate chocolate boxes with the faces of the tsars. After nationalization, new labels showed revolutionaries storming the Winter Palace. Later, one box showed a smiling child, with the logo, “Thank you, Stalin, for our happy childhood!”

In the 1990s, the factory’s managers gamely embraced privatization. But at a time when businesses were getting rid of their Soviet associations, they kept the name Krasny Oktyabr; it was better known and better for business. And they kept making chocolate bars named Alyonka, for the daughter of the first female cosmonaut, and Slava, or Glory, which evoked Soviet slogans.

Now, Krasny Oktyabr, still rolling with the times, has become what every Russian company seems to want to be: a real estate developer.

The workers, mostly women, have been relocated to another candy factory, one of 14 in the United Confectioners holding company, which now owns the Red October brand. They make the same chocolates, but on new, modern machines far from the city center, part of a drive by the city government to move industry to the outskirts.

Guta-Development, a real estate company that has acquired 75 percent of United Confectioners, is planning to make the Krasny Oktyabr lofts the centerpiece of a luxury construction project on Bolotny Island, the crescent of land that divides the river just south of the Kremlin.

At first, preservationists were appalled. Over the past 15 years, developments for Moscow’s new rich have managed to be simultaneously rococo, shoddy and gargantuan. And the Moscow city government, which has ultimate control over the project, has a less than tasteful track record, as typified by the kitschy statue of Peter the Great that towers over the tip of Bolotny Island.

But Guta, to the cautious relief of people like David Sarkisyan, director of the Shchusev Museum of Architecture, has decided to market the development to the thinking billionaire.

The developers are betting that Russians who are now at home in New York and London — the tiny group that, in Mr. Sarkisyan’s words, is “starting to have some taste” — have learned to value architecture that fits into its historical context and physical surroundings. They believe such buyers will pay millions of dollars to live in an urban, post-industrial streetscape with shops and sidewalks open to the public.

Their marketing presentations carefully explain that lofts are unusual residences without interior walls, pioneered by “the king of Pop Art, Andy Warhol.”

Of course, it was largely penniless artists who reclaimed New York’s SoHo and Chelsea factory lofts as bare-bones residences before the wealthy discovered them. Moscow, trend-obsessed and still dominated by top-down urban planning, is skipping that stage.

But Guta hopes to piggyback on the work of developers who have reclaimed 19th-century factory buildings as cultural sites, drawing Muscovites’ eyes to the stark beauty of old steel and brick. Gazgolder and Vinzavod, a former gas works and wine factory, holds art shows and musical performances. Krasnaya Roza, or Red Rose, is a former silk factory converted into upscale offices.

“This is that rare case where aesthetic and commercial interests don’t collide, but wonderfully coincide,” said Anton Chernov, Guta-Development’s general director, in a written response to questions.

Many details remain under wraps. But the company has vowed that the area will stay open to the public, that three historic buildings, including the factory and a former imperial yacht club on the tip of the island, will be preserved and that the new buildings will harmonize with them and be low enough not to block Kremlin views from other parts of downtown.

Guta invited architects from Moscow and around the world, including world-class talents like Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel, to propose designs for apartments, offices, public cultural spaces and a hotel.

The most avant-garde idea, a Nouvel apartment building that would have echoed the red-brick facade of the factory but had a contorted, cracked shape, like a brick hit with a hammer, was rejected: too adventurous for the Moscow government.

The lofts are to be designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. A model apartment, in another brick building that is being preserved, has exposed brick and wooden beams, a sunken sitting area with black leather couches, a granite fireplace and a baby grand piano.

The factory’s Soviet-era sign, with Krasny Oktyabr spelled out in red cursive letters, will remain on top of the building. It adorns the business cards of the developers, who have grasped that the factory’s history, Soviet and otherwise, is a wonderful marketing tool.

But for now, in a place where chocolate not so long ago gushed from ancient green pipes — some machinery dated from the 1920s — the factory floors stand empty.

Ceilings of up to 25 feet and tall rows of windows overlooking the river kept space bright even during a downpour one recent afternoon. Details like iron floor tiles, wrought-iron banisters and brick interiors will remain, waiting for Russians to embrace yet another trend.