Extell Closes on 10th Avenue Parcel for Holl’s Wacky Tower

Eliot Brown — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:13:41 -0400

Maverick developer Gary Barnett and his Extell Development Company have closed on a sliver of Port Authority-owned land at 31^st Street and 10^th Avenue for about $17 million, property records show. The 7,500-square-foot piece of land was the final parcel needed by Extell in preparation for its planned 61-story, 780,000-square-foot mixed-use tower set to rise, as the company had been assembling a lot around a former Stuart Dean-owned building for years.

The developers have been reticent to release any renderings of their skinny tower, though their offbeat architect, Steven Holl, revealed a decidedly un-detailed, blurry image of the wavy structure on the Charlie Rose show earlier this year, providing fodder for the blogosphere.

The planned tower, which could connect to the High Line viaduct-turned-parkland, sits just across the street from the Western rail yards where Extell has submitted a bid to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to develop the 26-acre site.

While designs of the bids have yet to be shown to the public, perhaps Extell is planning something to match the 31^st Street tower. Their architect for the massive complex: Steven Holl.

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Extell Closes on 10th Avenue Parcel for Holl’s Wacky Tower