Extell’s Gary Barnett and 20 West 47th Street

Gary Barnett’s Extell Development has sold an office building that was formerly part of the Frank Ring portfolio at 20 West 47th Street for $38.59 million, according to public records filed with the city today.

Extell, which was already a 75 percent stakeholder in the building, wrested full control of the building from the Rings in a court-ordered judicial sale in February 2011. [more]

Gary Barnett and 20 West 47th Street

Gary Barnett won the 14-story office building located at 20 West 47th Street at a judicial sale today in the rotunda of the State Supreme Court building at 60 Centre Street, with a winning bid of $73 million (note: correction appended).

Barnett, president of Extell Development, beat out multiple bidders, including Parkway Realty and Bluestone Group, for the building between Fifth and Sixth avenues.

“We think the price for a 150,000-[square-foot] building, close to Fifth Avenue, with a large jewelry exchange made sense for us to purchase,” Barnett said in an e-mail. “We expect the whole block to be upgraded once the International Gem Tower (which his firm is building on the same block at 50 West 47th Street) goes vertical, which will be within two months.”… [more]