Megalith pays Disney $85M for Upper West Side office trio

Site would allow a 75,000 sf development

From left: Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom in Florida, 40 West 66th Street and Megalith's Sam Sidhu
From left: Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom in Florida, 40 West 66th Street and Megalith's Sam Sidhu

This is no Mickey Mouse deal. Megalith Capital Management has paid the Walt Disney Company $85 million for a trio of Office Buildings On West 66th Street, according to property records filed with the city today.

The sale closed March 4. The properties, Located Between Central Park West And Columbus Avenue, Are 36 West 66th Street, a two-story, 5,130-square-foot building; 38 West 66th Street, a two-story, 4,714-square-foot building; and 40 West 66th Street, a four-story, 6,902-square-foot building. In total, they would allow for a development of about 75,000 square feet.

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It is unclear which brokers were involved in the deal. Representatives for Megalith declined to comment, and Walt Disney didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment.

Megalith recently moved its headquarters to New York City from Philadelphia, and specializes in multifamily developments. It is currently working on a 12-story, 105-unit luxury rental building at 177 Front Street, as well as an adjacent 15-unit condominium building at 200 Water Street. The firm is also converting a 30,000-square-foot warehouse in Tribeca into full-floor loft-style apartments.