Overview

• Amazon has moved its research and development division onto 33 of the East Side Tower’s 35 floors following the building’s recent opening.
• Approximately 2,500 Berlin-based employees have been centralized in the new facility, which can accommodate up to 3,000 staff.
• The ground floor houses 'Kiezlab', a free community space run by local non-profit groups for neighborhood initiatives.
• Dozens of demonstrators protested outside, symbolically renaming Warschauer Straße “Amazon Straße” in objection to the company’s local impact.
• The Verdi union criticized Amazon for declining to implement a collective bargaining agreement for its German workforce.