Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine, Sept. 22, 2010
“I’m not Greta Garbo,” says Gary Barnett of Extell company, a developer of luxury Manhattan buildings and just about the only builder of consequence who hasn’t been stopped by the crash. While Barnett is an increasingly visible presence on the Manhattan skyline, most of his life is elsewhere.
“In 1994, Barnett made his first major New York purchase when he bought the Belnord, the H. Hobart Weekes–designed Upper West Side apartment tower on 86th Street. ‘This was like a 100-carat diamond in the rough. Somewhere in there is a really beautiful diamond.’”
Gary Barnett, New York Magazine, Sept. 22, 2010
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