Elliman’s Janice Chang Buys 50 W 66th St Condo For $18M

11 March 2026

Douglas Elliman’s Janice Chang is dipping into her own supply of new development listings.

The broker and her husband, former Spire Development Corporation president Ross Nodell, paid $17.8 million for a condo at Extell Development’s 50 West 66th Street, where Chang heads sales. The deal for Unit 50N landed in public records on Wednesday.

The apartment has four bedrooms, 14-foot ceilings and a loggia, according to Chang, who said she and Nodell were drawn to the north- and east-facing unit due to its “sweeping views,” including Central Park, the Hudson River and George Washington Bridge.

Chang — whose team placed among the top new development agents in the city in The Real Deal’s latest rankings — said she’s lived in the neighborhood for nearly 30 years. She and Nodell currently live at the Park Millennium, a 280-unit luxury tower just a few blocks away from Extell’s Lincoln Square skyscraper.

The project picked up steam late last year, as a number of expensive deals hit the books, including a nearly $47 million deal for a 7,000-square-foot condo, Unit 41E, in December. The sale closed about two months after another apartment, Unit 47E, sold for roughly the same price and a 42nd-floor unit traded for $45 million.

Chang said the 127-unit building is roughly 80 percent sold, with closings underway since last year. She added that sales at the tower have benefited from a lack of new supply in the neighborhood, pointing to Zeckendorf Development’s 15 Central Park West, developed in the early 2000s, as the last major luxury project to launch in the area.

Amenities at the building include indoor and outdoor pools, basketball and pickleball courts and a porte cochere with valet parking. Among the units still on the market are a six-bedroom condo on the 62nd floor asking $85 million, as well as a five-bedroom, 51st-floor apartment asking $54 million.

Extell founder Gary Barnett’s latest stroke of success at the building came after years of fighting back against neighborhood opposition to the tower, including a lawsuit filed against the developer in 2019. The case was dismissed two years later, but the law firm representing Extell then sued the company for unpaid legal fees.