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https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/extell...s-to-build-up/
Extell nabs former Wellington Hotel with potential plans to build up By Steve Cuozzo December 26, 2022 Quote:
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Only in New York can realistic and economically viable and sustainable supertalls seemingly pop up out of nowhere.
The G Man is perpetually making NYC even better. He typically doesn't go small. I would expect a MONSTER tower here to capitalize on Central Park views. |
It certainly didn’t pop out of nowhere. These things take years of planning, as Extell has even shown with it’s latest projects.
This site is across the street from the Park Central, which at one time had its own supertall tower in the works. That may still happen eventually. But what tgese sites have in common (due to zoning and air rights transfers), would be unobstructed views of Central Park (minus a supertall or two). https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...40210ADA1.jpeg https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...ED5211938.jpeg https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...E3BBD16D4.jpeg |
I think that the Wellington is a beautiful building. If Extell builds anything less than a 1,000’+, stunning tower, I’ll be disappointed. I’d hate to see this replaced with The vanilla tower he plans for 46th and 5th.
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Hate it, nothing but gotham on that block of 7th, and Extell will go to terra firma and build anew.
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Another nice prewar block gone... hopefully the replacement is nice
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Extell excels at destroying blocks like these. Fortunately Gary has a history of putting up worthy replacements.
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I had heard rumors of this a few years ago. Extell has been working on this block for a few years, at least. These assemblages take time, and are often done in a confusing set of purchases, to keep the assemblage under wraps.
I bet we get another major Billionaire's Row residential tower. Hopefully a landmark supertall. |
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I think the standard FAR transfer rules apply here, so only adjacent parcels, but right across the avenue we had renderings and a model floating around for a tall supertall envisioned for the Park Central hotel. They seem to have been purged from the internet.
aha, here we go. https://i.ibb.co/M6LQQxH/park-central.png https://global.discourse-cdn.com/bus...ede2edd02.jpeg |
Well it’s not a large site, and would hardly take up that block, even with assemblage. But seeing how it lines up, it’s the air rights that will line up to make this a tall tower to take advantage ofvthose Central Park views.
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Don’t forget this is also in the theater transfer subdistrict. Extell recently transferred some theater air rights to their hotel/observation supertall currently under construction. https://a4.pbase.com/o12/06/102706/1...b.IMG_7376.JPG More on that… https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/n...ir-rights.html Here’s the old thread for that Park Central proposal, which will likely be revived in some form in the future. https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=238485 |
I was confusing this with the Park Central.
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^ Yeah, there will always be new skyscrapers at various poibts of crossing from planning to reality. Most probably won’t make it, and we’ll likely never hear of many.
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Speaking of hotels that should be redeveloped: The Shoreham on 55th between 5th and 6th sits on very prime land, but its utter is crap.
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