At number six on our year-end construction countdown of the tallest buildings underway in New York is 871 Seventh Avenue, a planned 1,050-foot mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Extell, the 71-story structure will span 484,000 square feet and yield 130 condominium units with an average scope of 2,315 square feet, as well as a 159,000-square-foot hotel with 156 rooms. The project will also include 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a 55-vehicle parking garage.
The skyscraper will replace the 26-story Wellington Hotel at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 55th Street.
Scaffolding and black netting has fully enshrouded the current occupant since our last update in early November, when the assembly was just beginning to cover the western elevation. Wellington Hotel signage was removed from the southwest corner and interior gutting should be well underway.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
871 7th Avenue. Photo by Michael Young.
The below diagrams, which were first shared on SkyscraperPage earlier this year, show the northern and southern elevations along with the height relative to the 810-foot-tall CitySpire, which is located on the same city block to the northeast. The facade appears to be a uniform glass curtain wall with a tight grid of mullions across the full height of the building. Though not depicted, the northern side facing Central Park will also likely utilize floor-to-ceiling windows for the condominiums and hotel units.
871 Seventh Avenue. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle.
A third diagram shows the more slender western face of 871 Seventh Avenue, illustrating its architectural height eclipsing that of One57 standing two blocks to the north. This image also offers a slightly more detailed preview of the façade, including what looks to be corner balconies on the final eight stories.
871 Seventh Avenue. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle. (Diagram credit: SkyscraperPage user NYguy)
Below is an aerial plan view and a ground-floor plan of the upcoming skyscraper.
871 Seventh Avenue. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle. (Aerial plan credit: SkyscraperPage user NYguy)
The property will feature separate entrances for the condominiums and hotel, and both will share the porte-cochere. Retail space will sit along Seventh Avenue.
871 Seventh Avenue. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle. (Floor plan credit: SkyscraperPage user NYguy)
Extell purchased the Wellington Hotel for $94.5 million in 2022, and originally filed plans in 2023 to construct a 27-story residential and hotel tower. The current supertall scope reflects the developer’s most recent filing with the Department of Buildings. In conjunction with the tower’s construction, Extell is expected to make infrastructure upgrades to the nearby 50th Street subway station along Broadway, serving the 1 train. These include new ADA elevators for both platforms and a new staircase east of Broadway and north of West 51st Street.
The site is located directly above an entrance to the 57th Street subway station, which serves the N, Q, R, and W trains. A new stairwell leading to this station will be built into the southwest corner of the ground floor, as shown in the above ground floor plan.
Demolition is anticipated to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026, as noted on site. A construction timeline for the new supertall skyscraper has yet to be announced.
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#6…?
Thank you 🙂
That flow of port cachere is backwards
Probably most outstanding feature!
Put this project on hold until Extell adds mixed income units,
this is America. still
again why should other tenants and other New Yorkers subsidize others rents that cant afford it without others paying?
I really want to understand. Are these people somehow better that they deserve others to pay ?
who gets to decide who gets the reduced rent?
will they be for those connected to the halls of power instead of friends of Castro it will be those connected to comrad Zohran.
oh and save your breadth whoever you are who keeps defending new mayor. He has told us under no uncertain terms what he is and what he stands for. believe it until proven otherwise.
and…..I am pro building – but come on, this is yet another pre-war fabric of our city building being lost because it’s not maxed FAR. Surely our stone and limestone canyons can be adapted. At the very least, build something of better quality at the site. no more bland boxes.
should everyone that serves these people have to schlep in to work from the hinterlands ?
Tear it all down, Gary. Making more money is the only purpose of life.
I should know more than most buildings in New York are not built for perpetuity, but it’s still heart-breaking to me to see The Wellington Hotel go.
Without telling you my life story, I was a regular guest at The Wellington from the time I was a child until 2020 when it closed as a result of the Pandemic.
I still have soaps, body lotions, glasses and mugs I bought when the hotel held its closing down sale. I can still smell the cleaner used in the hallways, which had a smell as distinctive as the soap, neither of which I could ever describe but always recognised.
The Park Cafe off the lobby also had a distinctive smell, and I made so many friends there over the years I’m still in touch with today.
As much as I understand commerce will always come first in New York, I’m still devastated to watch The Wellington be consigned to history and will always keep the memories.
agree.. Sad that it is being demolished. while it had seen better days, it was a somewhat affordable hotel of the old school variety. not. cheap pulled back mcSam POS.
City should save these and encourage growth farther west where there is land and not much worth saving architecturally speaking
I love it. Love all glass buildings.
I used to house my visiting relatives in the Wellington. It’s a distinguished, if uninspired, part of the streetscape. I’ll miss it.
More beautiful pre-war buildings torn down for souless recycled plastic facade glass bunkers for overshore money laundering. Gross
For all the scrutinizing “scrooges” & negative comments, from the anti-development “nay-sayers”, etc, there are other places to live besides NYC, if U R compelled to lambast every new tower project,(which is the heart & soul of nyc, Manhattan particularly, & is essentially “predicated” on reaching for the sky, stars & heavens, instead of constantly scrutinizing w/ scathing vitriol, the inherent VERTICALLY INTEGRATING NATURE OF THIS CITY & it’s pioneering spirit of high-rise buildings, with scathing vitriolic disdain, & smug sarcastic cynicism, either move somewhere else, or join an architectural project mgmt development firm!!!🤷♂️🧐, & actually apply your great enlightened & keen insightful critical analysis to enhance the aesthetic vision & outcome of some of these projects, Hey🤔🤷♂️, Why not be part of the SOLUTION!, not the problem!?,🤷♂️, just say’in☮️🌳👋😅👍, I like this super tall, we’re only here, (on Earth for a “fleeting moment” in geologic & in the transcendent spiritual realm that superspeeds all of our Earthly endeavours anyways, So PLEASE stop being such negative Nancy’s chronically complaining charlies🙏, Amen, God bless U all, & may peace prevail on Earth!☮️❤️🙂, Happy New Year Everyone!!!🆕2026📆🗓️🎉🎇☮️🎊🍻🍾🎆💞☮️🎇🗽🥂🧧☮️❤️🤔🙏🐰☃️🎉
Tearing down beautiful old buildings and building AI dribble it all looks the same and it’s all trash like your bot comment
I know I’ve asked before, and will probably get nasty replies… but when these older/historic buildings are demolished for new towers, do any of the architectural details get salvaged?
Or is everything sent to recycling plants and landfill?
All in the dustbin of History so we can get another plastic money laundering residential tower with tiny floor plates. Just like billionaires row look at the buildings at night all of the lights are off because no one lives there.
Hopefully the artwork in the lobby is saved