Extell Development has snagged a recent spate of pricey deals at 50 West 66th Street.
The latest was a $46.75 million closing for Unit 41E, according to public records. The nearly 7,000-square-foot unit was combined from two smaller units on the 41st floor, according to an amendment to the development’s offering plan filed with the New York Attorney General’s office.
The unit features six bedrooms and six bathrooms, along with 288 square feet of outdoor space, according to the offer plan. As has been the case with a number of the building’s largest listings, the condo was never listed publicly.
The sale fell just short of the most expensive apartment sale recorded at the building so far. Unit 47E closed for $46.77 million in October, the West Side Rag first reported. One week later, a third unit on the 42nd floor sold for almost $45 million, according to public records.
All three units, the most expensive closings in the building to date, spanned 6,942 square feet and closed for over $6,400 per square foot.
Some of the most expensive units that have found buyers still have yet to close. Unit 52E, another combination unit spanning nearly 7,000 square feet, nabbed a contract with a last asking price of $54.5 million last December. (Mansion Global reported this week that the deal is expected to close for that price, but has yet to be recorded.)
The recent deals cap off what has been a strong year for the Lincoln Square tower, which has been more than a decade in the making after developer Gary Barnett scooped up the first parcel of the assemblage in 2014.
Barnett has since had to navigate stiff local opposition to the 775-foot-tower, culminating in a 2019 lawsuit that was ultimately thrown out in 2021. Following that suit, the law firm Extell hired to defend its project sued for unpaid legal fees last year.
But 2025 has seemed to make the trials and tribulations all worth it. Since starting closings earlier this year, the building is now over 70 percent sold, according to Marketproof.
Amenities at the 127-unit tower include full-size basketball and pickleball courts, an indoor saltwater lap pool, bowling alley and sauna and steam room. The building will have another set of amenities on the 20th floor that include an outdoor saltwater pool and hot tub.
Barnett is busy elsewhere on the Upper West Side, where he’s slowly unveiled a number of buildings planned on the site of the former Disney campus.
In November, Extell filed plans with the city for a 355-foot-tall building at 37 West 66th Street, which called for 58 residential units and ground-floor retail. The overall lot calls for up to 158 residential units, indicating that more building is likely to come.
On another piece of the former Disney Campus, Barnett is hoping to build a 1,200-foot supertall on Columbus Avenue that would dwarf his and every other tower in the area.
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