It looks like Kelly and Ryan could soon be broadcasting from Hudson Square — or another new Manhattan site.
Disney-owned ABC is seeking to cut a deal to move its longtime Midtown digs to a new building — and one of the prospective sites is on Trinity Church property at 4 Hudson Square, sources said.
The site bounded by Hudson, Varick, Vandam and Spring streets now includes 304 Hudson — a circa-1898, U-shaped office building on the western end.
Under a 2013 zoning scheme, the eight-story No. 304, with 300,000 square feet, could be enlarged by adding stories, and the remainder of the block turned into housing.
The site can hold up to around 1.2 million square feet, sources said, and when The Mouse wants a new house, everyone listens.
“They are looking at that property site and others with the criteria that it’s the best building to meet their 21st-century technology needs,” said a Disney spokesman.
Meanwhile, Disney has tentatively agreed to sell Silverstein Properties several Lincoln Square buildings, including its HQ and a few ABC studios around Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street, for more than $1 billion.
The deal, which will go hard by the summer, was marketed by Cushman & Wakefield and first reported by the Commercial Observer.
It is expected that Disney would lease it back for several years because the entertainment company will need new offices and state-of-the-art studios for shows like “Live with Kelly and Ryan” and “The View,” and any new building will take time to construct and fit out.
Trinity declined to comment. Stay tuned.
