NYC’s top deals: Bally’s buys future casino site for $157M

There were 253 transactions totaling $894 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records was on the Upper West Side. Gary Barnett’s Extell Development Company sold another sponsor unit at its ultraluxury tower at 50 West 66th Street for $18.1 million. The buyer was Rise Park LLC. The 2,800-square-foot pad has three bedrooms and three and a half baths. The sale works out to about $6,500 per square foot.

🏆 Commercial: The top commercial deal recorded in the Big Apple was in the Bronx, where the City of New York offloaded its golf course site along Hutchinson River Parkway to Bally’s for $156.6 million. The site is where Bally’s plans to construct a casino with 3,500 gaming machines and 250 table games, a 500-key hotel and a 2,000-seat entertainment venue. The New York Gaming Commission late last year gave Bally’s the OK to build a casino along with two others, Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park and Resorts World…

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