NEW YORK | 871 7th Ave (Wellington Hotel) | 1,050 FT | 71 FLOORS

[The New York Lion]

The area around Central Park is going to surpass Dubai Marina for the most supertalls in a single cluster on the planet.

And it may not be close.

Truly remarkable.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Crawford

Wow, another Midtown supertall. Extell delivers again!

This will help tie Billionaires Row and Times Square together. Also not far away from Extell's other neighborhood supertall, on Eighth Ave. The two towers may rise simultaneously.

Originally Posted by Hudson11

unsurprising but welcomed. Extell is known to bait and switch heights like at 50 w 66th.

Extell can be the king of supertall development in the city if they keep going.

[NYguy]

The FAA has changed its website, but you can still find the relevant information.

[ChiND]

If Extell is building this high here, you'd have to expect that it will build at least as tall at 655 Madison which is in a MUCH better location.

[TREPYE]

Originally Posted by The New York Lion

Extell is the best developer on the planet.

Huh??

Extell built probably the ugliest supertall in the planet with the Central Park Tower. They blemished the NYC skyline to build a 1500-foot building with ZERO aesthetic appeal (just being tall does not default into appeal), and basically yielded a space filling construct. If they came up with that I am terrified of what they can further besmirch the NYC skyline with.

[NYguy]

MAY 26, 2025

[NYguy]

More of a formality, but FAA approved....

[NYguy]

https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/cap...upply-12b-to-nine-extell-projects-130828

Extell Lands $1.2B In Equity From Hedge Fund For 9 Projects — Including 1.8M SF Disney Redevelopment


September 05, 2025
Sasha Jones

Wellington Hotel

Extell filed plans early this year to demolish the now-shuttered Wellington Hotel at 871 Seventh Ave.

The developer originally proposed a 336K SF hotel before expanding to a 457K SF high-rise with hotel and residential. However, its latest application, filed with the New York City Department of Buildings in January, received objections, meaning that Extell would have to resubmit plans before starting construction.

The TASE filings show that Extell is now considering a 600K SF hotel, residential and retail development at the site.

[NYguy]

Keeping an eye on this, just down the street…


https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/09/11/jpmorgan-puts-125-west-55th-street-for-sale/

JPMorgan offers Plaza District office building at big discount
Bank’s asset arm eyes $270M for 125 West 55th Street — half of what it sought pre-pandemic





By Rich Bockmann
September 11, 2025

JPMorgan is looking to sell a Plaza District office building for $270 million — roughly half of what it was asking for right before the pandemic hit five years ago.

The bank’s asset management arm put up for sale the 23-story building at 125 West 55th Street, known as Avenue of the Americas Plaza, The Real Deal has learned.

The asking price of $270 million is roughly half of the $550 million it was asking when it put the building up for sale in January of 2020.

The building is now about half empty, with the majority of vacant space concentrated in the upper floors, which command the highest rents.

The asking price for the roughly 587,000-square-foot building works out to about $450 per square foot.

[LeonUk]

Wouldn’t be surprising if it ends up as another mixed hotel/residential tower, especially with Born still in the mix.

[NYguy]

A residential tower there would be able to take advantage of the same Park views as the Wellington tower....

[NYguy]

Another Extell supertall on the move. I’ll have to get into this later…


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[ajbeaver25]

It almost reminds me of 15 HY but with setbacks

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by ajbeaver25

It almost reminds me of 15 HY but with setbacks

A boxier version.

This building - at 1,050 ft - would be basically the Empire State Building without the spire. It would be around the height of many of the supertalls planned and going up around the country. It’s a pretty significant height, but seems less so because of its location among so many giants.













https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...ion-project-former-wellington-hotel-site

Extell aims to massively expand project at former Wellington Hotel site


EDDIE SMALL
October 24, 2025

Extell Development has filed plans to nearly triple the height of its Manhattan project at 871 Seventh Ave., seeking to transform what was planned as a 27-story hotel into a 71-story mixed-use tower.

The Gary Barnett-led firm had filed plans in 2023 for a 27-story, roughly 336,000-square-foot hotel with 208 rooms at the address between West 55th and West 56th streets, but it now hopes to have the project stand 71 stories and 1,050 feet tall and span about 484,000 square feet, according to an application the company recently filed with the Department of City Planning. In exchange for the additional size, Extell would upgrade the nearby subway station at 50th Street and Broadway.

These improvements to the 1 train station would consist of building elevators to help commuters access its southbound and northbound platforms, along with building a staircase into the station east of Broadway and north of West 51st Street. The elevators in particular would make the station more accessible to people with disabilities, the application says.

The overall expanded project would be split between roughly 301,000 square feet of residential space and 183,000 square feet of commercial space, split between 159,000 square feet of hotel space and 24,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The development would include 156 hotel rooms, 130 residential units and 55 parking spots on the second floor accessible through a two-car elevator.

Extell filed a similar application over the summer to massively expand the size of its project at 655 Madison Ave., an office tower at the corner of East 60th Street it purchased last year for roughly $160 million. The firm had initially planned to build a 37-story mixed-use tower at the site but has applied to make it 74 stories tall instead in exchange for making improvements to the Fifth Avenue/59th Street subway station.

[NYguy]

OCTOBER 24, 2025

[mrnyc]

the wellington vs the 1000’ tower

[NYguy]

A comparison between Extell's 871 7th (Wellington) and Extell's 655 Madison. We now wait for Extell's ABC site tower, which will be the tallest of the trio. All 3 will be taller than Extell's 740 8th Avenue supertall.

[NYguy]

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/10/24/gary-barnett-supersizes-another-midtown-project/

Gary Barnett supersizes another Midtown project
Extell Development aims for 71-story tower at Wellington Hotel site





Oct 24, 2025

Gary Barnett’s catchphrase in recent months may as well be “bigger is better.”

Extell Development filed plans to nearly triple the height of a project at 871 Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, the site of the now-closed Wellington Hotel, Crain’s reported. Where the firm once sought a 27-story hotel, it’s now pursuing a 71-story mixed-use project.

The development would be 1,050-feet tall and span 484,000 square feet, according to an application with the Department of City Planning.

A majority of that space would be residential, calling for 130 units, but there would also be 159,000 square feet of hotel space — 156 rooms — and 24,000 square feet for retail. Plans also call for a 55-car garage on the second floor and a two-car elevator.

A few months ago, Extell revealed a similar plan to greatly enlarge a project in Midtown. Extell filed a rezoning application for 655 Madison Avenue, eyeing a 74-story property, or double the number of stories Barnett plotted for when he first filed plans for the site last fall.

The rezoning application detailed a 765,000-square-foot project that would stand 1,162 feet tall and feature 154 residential units. The residential space would span 476,000 square feet, while the 233,000 square feet of commercial space would be split between office and retail, the majority dedicated to the former.

[chris08876]

Demolition Prep Underway for Extell Supertall at 871 Seventh Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan

Demolition preparations are underway at 871 Seventh Avenue, the site of a 1,050-foot mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Extell, the 71-story structure will span 484,000 square feet and yield 130 condominium units with an average scope of 2,315 square feet, as well as a 159,000-square-foot hotel with 156 rooms. The project will also include 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 55-vehicle parking garage. The skyscraper will replace the 26-story Wellington Hotel at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 55th Street.

No finalized renderings have been revealed for the forthcoming project apart from the below diagrams, which were shared on SkyscraperPage earlier this year. The first shows its southern elevation and height relative to the 810-foot-tall CitySpire, which is located on the same city block to the northeast. Though lacking detail, the drawing appears to depict a glass curtain wall with a tight grid of mullions across the full height of the building. The second image looks south at the skyscraper’s northern profile, shown only as an outline. However, given that this side of the tower will face Central Park, it’s safe to assume it will feature floor-to-ceiling windows for the condominiums and hotel units.

The current occupant’s retail spaces have been vacated and scaffolding is beginning to climb up the western face of the building. Workers are steadily gutting the interiors and hauling away debris through the entryway along Seventh Avenue.

The skyscraper’s development site is located directly above an entrance to the 57th Street subway station, which serves the N, Q, R, and W trains. A new stairwell leading to this station will be built into the southwest corner of the ground floor, as shown in the above ground floor plan.

Demolition is anticipated to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026, as noted on site. A construction timeline for the new skyscraper has yet to be announced.

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[BK1985]

I wish Shop was the architecture studio on this. Atleast there would be some visual interest. Fingers crossed that when actual renderings surface, it will be somewhat decent but I’m not really optimistic.