Development Watch: The Edge
It’s been a year since we checked in with the massive Williamsburg waterfront development known as The Edge. While we’re sure plenty’s been happening behind the scenes, not a whole heck of a lot had happened on the ground until last week when backhoe (obscured by the porto-potties in this photo) arrived on site and…
It’s been a year since we checked in with the massive Williamsburg waterfront development known as The Edge. While we’re sure plenty’s been happening behind the scenes, not a whole heck of a lot had happened on the ground until last week when backhoe (obscured by the porto-potties in this photo) arrived on site and dug a ceremonial hole. Current plans for the site (which runs from North 5th to North 7th Streets along Kent Avenue) call for 1,000 residential units and 60,000 square feet of retail spread over three buildings, the tallest of which will top out at 29 stories. Of particular interest to the broader L-train-riding community: a water taxi pier at the end of North 6th Street. A look at DOB filings reveals that the architect is Stephen B. Jacobs, who’s also responsible for the Boulevard East project on Boerum Place.
The Edge [Douglaston Development] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Groundbreaking? Or Just Feeling a Little On-Edge? [I’m Not Sayin]
The Edge Is Very, Very Alive in Williamsburg [Curbed]
I am looking for others who put a deposit down on the Edge in the past and want to talk. Have seen only agents, ads, and negative comments on the web.
If you’re interesting in talking about group negotiation, I have created a private invitation only google group.
Send an e-mail to the-edge-williamsburg-brooklyn-buyers-google-group@googlegroups.com
let’s talk.
love the rendering with the images of sailboats cruising down the east river. um.
Anonymous 2:01: Yes the brown townhouses. Each contains 2 duplex condos. They were built in 1989.
Anonymous 2:01: Yes the brown townhouses. Each contains 2 duplex condos. They were built in 1989.
Word to the wise: never believe anything during a re-zoning except for the zoning itself. Don’t even look at the renderings. None of that, or even the ownership, is part of the approval process.
The brown townhouses? That must have been many years ago.
Stephen B. Jacobs is responsible for the condos on Grand between Lexington and Gates in Clinton Hill.
hey, Stephen B. Jacobs is every bit the visionary that Enrique Norten is.
I agree, the views will be killer! I hope there is a bigger supermarket and/or pharmacy, as most people will probably want to have those amenities right downstairs.
Any word about which of the towers will be built first? The one closer to Kent or the ones on East River edge?