"We didn't know beforehand that next year's race was going to cost more, " said 29-year-old Wei Jen Lim, a MidtownWest resident who competed Saturday, of the 34% cost increase.
Extell Development Co. earlier this month filed plans with the city for a 600-unit rental building at West 41st Street and 10th Avenue, betting on the burgeoning residential area west of Midtown Manhattan.