NEW YORK CITY-Sheldon Solow, the billionairedeveloper behind 9 W. 57^th St., is turning his attentionto Manhattan’s East Side. According to a New York Post story this morning bySteve Cuozzo, Solow has tapped Woody Heller ofStudley Capital Transaction Group to sell adevelopment site at 616 First Ave. overlooking the East River.

After Solow spent years obtaining regulatory, zoning andenvironmental reviews, the parcel – located between East35^th and East 36^th Streets – is fullyapproved for two new towers of 37 and 47 stories with a totalmaximum floor area of 730,240 square feet. Heller tells the postthat the site offers the “rare opportunity” to develop a site with“New York’s three most coveted view amenities – water, green spaceand skyline.”

Nearby, Solow is also planning to develop buildings on threecontiguous blocks just south of the United Nations. You canread the Post story here.