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PROJECT NAME: EDGE Grand Central Berlin
SUMMARY
Located next to Berlin Hauptbahnhof, EDGE Grand Central is the first German building to be precertified Gold by the WELL Building Standard and Platinum by DGNB and will be delivered as the smartest and most innovative office building in Germany. Equipped with a state-of-the-art IP backbone, EDGE Grand Central aims to minimize energy use and will connect everyone and everything wired in or wirelessly, making working lives easy and enjoyable.
TIMELINE
Date acquired: 2016—Purchase of plot
Date started: Third quarter of 2017—Start of construction
Date completed: Fourth quarter of 2020
Date opened: December 2020
SITE COMPOSITION
Building: One building
Street/parking: Entrance Invalidenstrasse 65, Berlin
Open space: Ground floor and first floor (restaurant, coffee bar, coworking space)
SITE SIZE
Gross floor area: 22,800 square meters (245,400 square feet)
Net floor area: 20,100 square meters (216,400 square feet)
Retail and restaurant net floor area: 500 square meters (5,400 square feet)
Office net floor area: 19,600 square meters (211,000 square feet)
Parking: 80 parking spaces
PROJECT TEAM
Developer: EDGE
Architect: Bolwin Wulf Architekten
Designer: EDGE Workspaces/Combine Design
General contractor: BAM
Engineers: WTM, BAM
Consultant: SMV
KEYWORDS
smart building, sustainable office, user-centric design, Edge, well-being
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ADDRESS
Invalidenstrasse 65, 10557 Berlin, Germany
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