Extell Development this week filed plans for an 86-story residential tower on the Upper West Side, advancing a proposal for the neighborhood’s next tallest building. Plans filed Wednesday with the city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) call for a 1,200-foot-tall tower with 430 apartments at 80 West 67th Street, also known as 77 West 66th Street, on the former Disney campus. The project would surpass Extell’s tower across the street at 55 West 66th Street by more than 400 feet, becoming the tallest building in the neighborhood.
The plan calls for 25,000 square feet of retail space, 187 enclosed parking spaces, and amenity spaces. The proposal details a slightly smaller project than the 90-story building depicted in massing diagrams last spring, when Landmark West and Manhattan Community Board 7 urged the Department of City Planning to amend the site’s zoning to require affordable housing.
The site qualifies for “as of right” development under existing rules, meaning that the project does not require a special permit or variance by the City Planning Commission. The city granted the designation decades ago as part of its effort to attract ABC to the Upper West Side, as reported by West Side Rag.
Extell CEO Gary Barnett last year appeared before Community Board 7 and said he could build more than 100 affordable units across two smaller buildings in an effort to avoid a prolonged legal battle like the one tied to the company’s project at 50 West 66th Street.
Council Member Gale Brewer and the community board pushed for additional affordable housing, with Brewer saying any affordability should be permanent and on-site.
The filing marks the latest addition to the former Disney/ABC campus, which Extell purchased in 2022 along with a nearby site at 54 West 67th Street for a combined $931 million from Silverstein Properties and Seven Valleys, according to The Spirit.
In January, the firm filed plans for a 25-story, 58-unit tower at 37 West 66th Street. The 355-foot-tall structure will span about 231,000 square feet and include ground-floor retail space in addition to the residential component.
Extell filed plans to demolish the 14-story, nearly 300,000-square-foot commercial building at the site in early 2025, as 6sqft previously reported. The site is expected to contain 158 residential units in total, suggesting Extell plans to build at least one additional structure on the lot. Other buildings slated for the site include a 9-story, 50-unit building at 30 West 67th Street, and a 7-story, 31-unit building at 7 West 66th Street.
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