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Meanwhile, plans for tge 2nd of 3 planned new buildings revealed. So only the tallest remains.


https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...-former-abcdisney-upper-west-side-campus

Developer adds new residential high-rise to growing Disney campus transformation


EDDIE SMALL
November 17, 2025

Extell Development is continuing its incredibly busy 2025 with plans for another major residential building at the former ABC/Disney campus on the Upper West Side, the latest component of its sweeping redevelopment of the site.

The Gary Barnett-led real estate firm intends to build a 25-story tower at 37 W. 66th St., according to plans recently filed with the city's Department of Buildings. It would stand 355 feet tall and span approximately 231,000 square feet, featuring 58 residential units and retail space on the ground floor. The overall lot spans about 50,000 square feet and would include 158 residential units, according to city records, indicating that Extell has at least one more building in mind for the site.

Extell filed plans to demolish the 14-story, almost 300,000-square-foot commercial building at the site earlier this year. A representative for the developer did not respond to questions about the project by press time.
The developer bought the sprawling media campus, which includes several properties on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street, in 2022 for more than $900 million from Silverstein Properties. It has been steadily filing plans for new buildings since then.

These include a 9-story, 50-unit building at 30 W. 67th St. and a 7-story, 31-unit building at 7 W. 66th St., both of which would contain at least some low-income housing units. The firm is also planning a condo tower at 77 W. 66th St. that would stand 1,200 feet tall, making it the tallest building on the Upper West Side.

Extell has long been a prominent name in the New York real estate world, but has been particularly active lately. It recently signed a contract to buy 123,000 square feet of air rights from St. Thomas church at 678 Fifth Ave. in Midtown for $36 million. It is also attempting to make two of its already ambitious mixed-use projects even larger in exchange for improving nearby subway stations: It hopes to increase its planned 37-story tower at 655 Madison Ave. to 74 stories, and hopes to increase the planned 27-story tower at the former Wellington Hotel site at 871 Seventh Ave. to 71 stories.