Edge Visits Williamsburg Waterfront Blogger!

Williamsburg blogger I'm Not Sayin' got a visit from The Edge this week. If only it had been U2's guitar player rather than a representative of the developer throwing up the mega-development on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg known as The Edge. The Edge didn't specifically come to pay a courtesy call so much to scope out extra real estate, but the information imparted was valuable in allowing one to envision the day about 18 months from now when at least five 30+ story highrises will extend from N. 5th Street (Northside Piers) to N. 7th Street (The Edge). I'm Not Sayin'--who does a great job covering the waterfront--writes:

The folks bringing Williamsburg's "The Edge" had advertised a Spring 2006 groundbreaking; but aside from a week or two of exploratory pile-driving, we were spared from real construction. We'd convinced ourselves that the recently-flaccid condo and co-op market had spooked our new neighbors into a catatonic state of wait-and-see. But the Grim Reaper came a callin' today.

Bottom line, according to a Douglaston rep named Leah:
- the project will break ground in February
- all four towers will be built immediately; no phased-in construction nonsense like nextdoor at Northside Piers
- the units will be condos
- the sales office will be at the corner of Kent Avenue and North 6th

Imnotsayin may be looking for new digs very soon...

At last count, The Edge will include 892 residential units in the four buildings and 100,000 square feet of retail (if we were to wager, we would wager that this would be a prime location for a new Whole Foods or other large grocery).