The 37-storey, 460-feet-high Edge East Side high-rise in Berlin has been handed over to Pimco Prime Real Estate by project developer Edge and is therefore officially complete. In the near future, Amazon will relocate its Berlin headquarters to what is currently Berlin’s highest high-rise building.
More than 3400 people will work for Amazon in the high-rise building, according to the project developer. There is 65,000 square meters of floor space available for this purpose, and the total area amounts to 80,500 square meters. The building is located directly next to the Warschauer Straße underground station and also has a streetcar station on its doorstep.
This means that Amazon’s future staff will have good public transport options. Travel by car is not recommended, as the risk of traffic jams is high. A shopping center is directly adjacent to the new building.
The tower is also located in an area with a strong nightlife scene. The optically unusual building has caused some discussion in Berlin and also drew a few open but small protests. The protests highlighed the lack of rights for Amazon staff and had hoped to prevent Amazon from setting up shop on Warschauer Strasse.
Amazon itself has not yet issued a press release on the completion of the building.
As Tagesspiegel reported in October 2019, the planned number of employees will primarily serve the development of the online retailer and move into the tower. Back then it was reported that a move-in was planned for 2024, meaning that construction of the building has been completed on time.
I’ve been involved in the IT business for over 20 years, first as a Sysadmin (Mac & PC; 2000-2014) and then as a journalist (2005 onwards). I have attended many industry events, such as IDF, Displayweek, Computex, CES, and IFA, to cover subjects like mobile and local networks, Bluetooth standards, and developments in the mobile sector. Since 2017 I have also worked as an aviation journalist, which involves traveling around the world reporting about both planes and trains.
Growing up in regional Australia, I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.
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