Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 2, 2026.
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Item 2. PROPERTIES
Summary of Office, Retail, and Multifamily Portfolio
As of December 31, 2025, our portfolio was comprised of approximately 7.9 million rentable square feet of office space and 0.8 million rentable square feet of retail space. Our portfolio was approximately 90.3% occupied and 93.6% leased, excluding properties that are under redevelopment, yielding approximately$552.0 million of annualized rent. We have 10 office properties and our retail properties are comprised of retail space at the base of our New York City office and multifamily properties, four standalone retail properties located in Manhattan and a portfolio of retail assets on North 6th Street (the "North Sixth Street Collection") in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. All properties are located in dynamic retail corridors with convenient access to mass transportation, a diverse tenant base and high pedestrian traffic. Our real estate segment includes all activities related to the ownership, management, operation, acquisition, repositioning and disposition of all of our real estate assets other than the observatory at the Empire State Building, which is included in our Observatory segment.
The tables below present an overview as of December 31, 2025.
| Annualized | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rentable · Percent · Percent · Rent per | |||||||||||||
| Square · Occupied · Leased · Annualized · Occupied · Number of | |||||||||||||
| Property Name | Location or Sub-Market | Feet (1) | (2),(3) | (3),(4) | Rent (5) | Square Foot (6) | Leases (7) | ||||||
| Office (8) | |||||||||||||
| The Empire State Building | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 2,711,351 | 91.8% | 96.0% | $172,538,871 | $69.96 | 148 | ||||||
| One Grand Central Place | Grand Central | 1,227,813 | 84.6% | 93.1% | 66,643,364 | 64.30 | 116 | ||||||
| 1400 Broadway (9) | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 917,281 | 92.9% | 96.8% | 54,120,027 | 63.57 | 17 | ||||||
| 111 West 33rd Street (10) | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 639,629 | 93.1% | 94.3% | 42,126,994 | 70.69 | 21 | ||||||
| 250 West 57th Street | Columbus Circle - West Side | 476,847 | 82.9% | 84.2% | 28,124,627 | 71.27 | 28 | ||||||
| 1359 Broadway | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 456,634 | 87.1% | 87.1% | 23,777,747 | 59.87 | 29 | ||||||
| 501 Seventh Avenue | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 455,432 | 89.2% | 89.2% | 22,687,884 | 55.89 | 15 | ||||||
| 1350 Broadway (11) | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 384,128 | 93.4% | 94.2% | 22,468,237 | 62.74 | 48 | ||||||
| 1333 Broadway | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 297,126 | 89.8% | 89.8% | 15,463,555 | 57.98 | 11 | ||||||
| Total/Weighted Average Office Properties | 7,566,241 | 89.9% | 93.5% | 447,951,306 | 66.14 | 433 | |||||||
| Retail Properties (8) | |||||||||||||
| 112 West 34th Street(10) | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 93,057 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 26,022,498 | 279.64 | 4 | ||||||
| The Empire State Building | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 88,143 | 78.3% | 78.3% | 7,989,316 | 115.79 | 11 | ||||||
| North Sixth Street Collection(12) | Williamsburg - Brooklyn | 87,355 | 91.2% | 97.5% | 11,408,527 | 143.17 | 16 | ||||||
| One Grand Central Place | Grand Central | 70,810 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 8,673,298 | 122.49 | 12 | ||||||
| 1333 Broadway | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 67,001 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10,507,517 | 156.83 | 4 | ||||||
| 250 West 57th Street | Columbus Circle - West Side | 63,443 | 93.2% | 94.8% | 9,237,589 | 156.30 | 6 | ||||||
| 1542 Third Avenue | Upper East Side | 58,161 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3,093,298 | 53.19 | 4 | ||||||
| 10 Union Square | Union Square | 58,049 | 88.2% | 88.2% | 7,962,960 | 155.51 | 8 | ||||||
| 1359 Broadway | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 29,247 | 99.4% | 99.4% | 2,250,533 | 77.39 | 5 | ||||||
| 1010 Third Avenue | Upper East Side | 28,243 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3,077,783 | 108.98 | 1 | ||||||
| 501 Seventh Avenue | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 27,213 | 85.3% | 85.3% | 1,656,260 | 71.37 | 7 | ||||||
| 77 West 55th Street | Midtown | 25,388 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2,112,538 | 83.21 | 3 | ||||||
| 1350 Broadway (11) | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 19,511 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4,140,247 | 212.20 | 6 | ||||||
| 1400 Broadway (9) | Penn Station -Times Sq. South | 17,017 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2,078,883 | 122.17 | 7 | ||||||
| 561 10th Avenue | Hudson Yards | 11,822 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1,626,620 | 137.59 | 2 | ||||||
| 298 Mulberry Street | NoHo | 10,365 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1,986,316 | 191.64 | 1 | ||||||
| 345 East 94th Street | Upper East Side | 3,700 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 261,359 | 70.64 | 1 | ||||||
| Total/Weighted Average Retail Properties | 758,525 | 94.4% | 95.3% | 104,085,542 | 145.30 | 98 | |||||||
| Portfolio Total | 8,324,766 | 90.3% | 93.6% | $552,036,848 | $73.71 | 531 | |||||||
(1)Excludes (i) 186,226 square feet of space across the Company's portfolio attributable to building management use and tenant amenities, (ii)85,334 square feet of space attributable to the Company's Observatory, and (iii) square footage related to the Company's residential units.
(2)Based on leases signed and commenced as of December 31, 2025.
(3)Percent occupied and percent leased exclude 109,456 rentable square feet of broadcasting and storage space.
(4)Includes occupied space plus leases signed but not commenced as of December 31, 2025.
(5)Represents annualized base rent and current reimbursement for operating expenses and real estate taxes.
(6)Represents annualized rent under leases commenced as of December 31, 2025 divided by occupied square feet.
(7)Represents the number of leases at each property or on a portfolio basis. If a tenant has more than one lease, whether or not at the same property, but with different expirations, the number of leases is calculated equal to the number of leases with different expirations.
(8)Excludes approximately 396,000 square feet of space, comprised of 368,000 square feet of office space and 28,000 square feet of retail space, related to the December 2025 acquisition of 130 Mercer Street, which will be redeveloped. As of December 31, 2025, the percent occupied and percent leased were 70.6%, which was comprised of 68.3% for office space and 100% for retail space.
(9)Denotes a ground leasehold interest in the property with a remaining term, including unilateral extension rights available to the Company, of approximately 38 years (expiring December 31, 2063).
(10)Denotes a ground leasehold interest in the property with a remaining term, including unilateral extension rights available to the Company, of approximately 51 years (expiring June 10, 2077).
(11)Denotes a ground leasehold interest in the property with a remaining term, including unilateral extension rights available to the Company, of approximately 25 years (expiring July 31, 2050).
(12)Excludes approximately 15,000 square feet of space related to the June 30, 2025 acquisition of 86-90 North 6 th Street, which is under redevelopment. As of December 31, 2025, the percent occupied and percent leased were 0% and 49.5%, respectively.
Tenant Diversification
As of December 31, 2025, our office and retail portfolios were leased to a diverse tenant base consisting of approximately 537 leases. Our tenants represent a broad array of industries as follows:
| Diversification by Industry | Percent (1) (2) |
|---|---|
| Arts & entertainment | 3.2% |
| Broadcast | 1.0% |
| Consumer goods | 18.4% |
| Finance, insurance, real estate | 12.6% |
| Government entity | 2.2% |
| Healthcare | 2.0% |
| Legal services | 5.5% |
| Non-profit | 4.5% |
| Professional services | 8.8% |
| Retail | 20.1% |
| Technology, media and advertising | 16.0% |
| Other | 5.7% |
| Total | 100.0% |
(1) Based on annualized rent.
(2) Includes in-place tenants at 130 Mercer Street which was acquired in December 2025 and will be redeveloped.
The following tables set forth information regarding the 10 largest office tenants and 10 largest retail tenants in our commercial portfolio based on the respective annualized rent as of December 31, 2025.
| Top 10 Office Tenants (1) · Percent of Occupied Rentable Square Feet (3) · Percent of Office Annualized Rent (4) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant · Property · Lease Expiration (2) | ||||
| Empire State Building | Feb. 2026 - Aug. 2036 | 6.0% | 6.9% | |
| Flagstar Bank | 1400 Broadway | Aug. 2039 | 4.5% | 4.2% |
| Scholastic Inc. | 130 Mercer Street | Dec. 2040 | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Centric Brands Inc. | Empire State Building | Oct. 2028 | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| PVH Corp. | 501 Seventh Avenue | Jan. 2026 - Oct. 2028 | 3.4% | 2.9% |
| Institutional Capital Network, Inc. | One Grand Central Place | Dec. 2041 | 2.2% | 2.4% |
| Burlington Merchandising Corporation | 1400 Broadway | Dec. 2042 | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| Macy's | 111 West 33rd Street | May 2030 | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Coty Inc. | Empire State Building | Jan. 2030 | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| Li & Fung | 1359 Broadway, ESB | Oct. 2027 - Oct. 2028 | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Top 10 Retail Tenants (1) · Percent of Occupied Rentable Square Feet (5) · Percent of Retail Annualized Rent (6) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant · Property · Lease Expiration (2) | ||||
| Sephora USA, Inc. | 112 West 34th Street, 130 Mercer Street | Jan. 2029 - Jan. 2034 | 2.9% | 14.7% |
| Target Corporation | 112 West 34th St., 10 Union Sq. | Jan. 2038 | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| Foot Locker, Inc. | 112 West 34th Street | Sep. 2031 | 4.6% | 7.5% |
| URBAN OUTFITTERS | 1333 Broadway | Sep. 2029 | 7.6% | 7.3% |
| The TJX Companies, Inc. | 250 West 57th Street | Feb. 2041 | 6.3% | 4.6% |
| Capital One, National Association | 130 Mercer Street | Nov. 2033 | 1.8% | 3.4% |
| CVS Albany, L.L.C. | 298 Mulberry Street, 561 10th Avenue | Jan. 2030 - Dec. 2040 | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC | 250 West 57th Street, ESB, 10 Union Sq. | Jan. 2029 - Apr. 2033 | 1.2% | 2.9% |
| The New York City School Construction Authority | 1010 Third Avenue | Mar. 2039 | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| JP Morgan Chase Bank | One Grand Central Place | Dec. 2027 | 2.9% | 2.6% |
(1)Includes in-place tenants at 130 Mercer Street which was acquired in December 2025 and will be redeveloped.
(2) Expiration dates are per lease and do not assume exercise of renewal or extension options. For tenants with more than two leases, the lease expiration is shown as a range.
(3) Represents the percentage of occupied office rentable square feet of the Company's office portfolio.
(4) Represents the percentage of office annualized rent, including base rent and base rent and current reimbursement for operating expenses and real estate taxes, of the Company's office portfolio.
(5) Represents the percentage of retail occupied rentable square feet of the Company's retail portfolio.
(6) Represents the percentage of retail annualized rent, including base rent and base rent and current reimbursement for operating expenses and real estate taxes, of the Company's retail portfolio.
Lease Activity and Expirations
The following table sets forth new and renewal leases entered into at our properties, the weighted average annualized cash rent per square foot for new and renewal leases executed during the year, the previous weighted average annualized cash rent prior to the renewal or re-leasing of these leases and the percent increase in mark-to-market rent.
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |
| New and renewal leases, including Early Renewals, entered into during the year (square feet) | 1,009,009 | 1,324,824 | 981,907 |
| Weighted average annualized cash rent per square foot for new and renewal leases executed during the year | $75.10 | $72.12 | $65.43 |
| Weighted average annualized cash rent per square foot for previous leases | $71.40 | $69.66 | $61.46 |
| Increase in mark-to-market rent | 5.2% | 3.5% | 6.5% |
The following tables set forth a summary schedule of expirations for leases in place as of December 31, 2025 plus available space for each of the ten calendar years beginning with the year ended December 31, 2026 at the office and retail properties in our commercial portfolio. The information set forth in the table assumes that tenants exercise no renewal options and/or early termination rights.
Office and Retail Portfolio(1)
| Year of Lease Expiration | Number of Leases Expiring (2) | Rentable Square Feet Expiring (3) | Percent of Portfolio Rentable Square Feet Expiring | Annualized Rent (4) | Percent of Annualized Rent | Annualized Rent Per Rentable Square Foot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available | — | 680,169 | 7.8% | $— | —% | $— |
| Signed leases not commenced | 20 | 282,664 | 3.2% | — | —% | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025(5) | 7 | 137,688 | 1.6% | 8,983,175 | 1.5% | 65.24 |
| 2026 | 58 | 438,754 | 5.1% | 27,327,321 | 4.6% | 62.28 |
| 2027 | 77 | 637,739 | 7.3% | 43,493,933 | 7.4% | 68.20 |
| 2028 | 61 | 861,251 | 9.9% | 52,878,916 | 9.1% | 61.40 |
| 2029 | 67 | 744,680 | 8.5% | 65,659,565 | 11.2% | 88.17 |
| 2030 | 55 | 697,240 | 8.0% | 52,285,897 | 9.0% | 74.99 |
| 2031 | 41 | 246,641 | 2.8% | 28,524,653 | 4.9% | 115.65 |
| 2032 | 30 | 383,114 | 4.4% | 29,289,194 | 5.0% | 76.45 |
| 2033 | 39 | 294,059 | 3.4% | 26,057,091 | 4.5% | 88.61 |
| 2034 | 25 | 385,204 | 4.4% | 35,475,299 | 6.1% | 92.09 |
| 2035 | 24 | 466,371 | 5.3% | 32,847,860 | 5.6% | 70.43 |
| Thereafter | 53 | 2,479,235 | 28.3% | 181,172,820 | 31.1% | 73.08 |
| Total | 557 | 8,734,809 | 100.0% | $583,995,724 | 100.0% | $75.14 |
Office Properties(1),(6)
| Year of Lease Expiration | Number of Leases Expiring (2) | Rentable Square Feet Expiring (3) | Percent of Portfolio Rentable Square Feet Expiring | Annualized Rent (4) | Percent of Annualized Rent | Annualized Rent Per Rentable Square Foot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available | — | 637,194 | 6.9% | $— | —% | $— |
| Signed leases not commenced | 17 | 268,943 | 3.6% | — | —% | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025(5) | 6 | 137,335 | 1.8% | 8,947,459 | 2.0% | 65.15 |
| 2026 | 55 | 422,156 | 5.6% | 26,174,557 | 5.8% | 133.68 |
| 2027 | 71 | 577,734 | 7.6% | 35,215,245 | 7.9% | 60.95 |
| 2028 | 57 | 849,841 | 11.2% | 51,044,781 | 11.4% | 60.06 |
| 2029 | 55 | 619,338 | 8.2% | 40,904,165 | 9.1% | 66.05 |
| 2030 | 44 | 666,742 | 8.8% | 45,008,542 | 10.0% | 67.51 |
| 2031 | 30 | 171,927 | 2.3% | 12,659,300 | 2.8% | 73.63 |
| 2032 | 23 | 344,120 | 4.5% | 25,255,254 | 5.6% | 73.39 |
| 2033 | 25 | 236,815 | 3.1% | 15,284,089 | 3.4% | 64.54 |
| 2034 | 16 | 343,749 | 4.5% | 24,217,107 | 5.4% | 70.45 |
| 2035 | 20 | 458,489 | 6.1% | 31,568,132 | 7.0% | 68.85 |
| Thereafter | 34 | 2,199,624 | 25.8% | 152,046,970 | 29.6% | 147.60 |
| Total | 453 | 7,934,007 | 100.0% | $468,325,601 | 100.0% | $66.64 |
Retail Properties(1)
| Year of Lease Expiration | Number of Leases Expiring (2) | Rentable Square Feet Expiring (3) | Percent of Portfolio Rentable Square Feet Expiring | Annualized Rent (4) | Percent of Annualized Rent | Annualized Rent Per Rentable Square Foot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available | — | 42,975 | 4.7% | $— | —% | $— |
| Signed leases not commenced | 3 | 13,721 | 0.9% | — | —% | — |
| Fourth quarter 2025(5) | 1 | 353 | —% | 35,716 | —% | 101.18 |
| 2026 | 3 | 16,598 | 2.2% | 1,152,764 | 1.1% | 69.45 |
| 2027 | 6 | 60,005 | 7.9% | 8,278,688 | 8.0% | 137.97 |
| 2028 | 4 | 11,410 | 1.5% | 1,834,135 | 1.8% | 160.75 |
| 2029 | 12 | 125,342 | 16.5% | 24,755,400 | 23.8% | 197.50 |
| 2030 | 11 | 30,498 | 4.0% | 7,277,355 | 7.0% | 238.62 |
| 2031 | 11 | 74,714 | 9.8% | 15,865,353 | 15.2% | 212.35 |
| 2032 | 7 | 38,994 | 5.1% | 4,033,940 | 3.9% | 103.45 |
| 2033 | 14 | 57,244 | 5.8% | 10,773,002 | 6.6% | 448.40 |
| 2034 | 9 | 41,455 | 3.6% | 11,258,192 | 3.4% | 666.25 |
| 2035 | 4 | 7,882 | 1.0% | 1,279,728 | 1.2% | 162.36 |
| Thereafter | 19 | 279,611 | 37.0% | 29,125,850 | 28.0% | 104.17 |
| Total | 104 | 800,802 | 100.0% | $115,670,123 | 100.0% | $155.45 |
(1)Includes in-place leases at 130 Mercer Street which was acquired in December 2025 and will be redeveloped.
(2)If a tenant has more than one lease, whether or not at the same property, but with different expirations, the number of leases is calculated equal to the number of leases with different expirations.
(3)Excludes (i) 186,226 square feet of space across the Company's portfolio attributable to building management use and tenant amenities, (ii)85,334 square feet of space attributable to the Company's Observatory, and (iii) square footage related to the Company's residential units.
(4)Represents annualized base rent and current reimbursement for operating expenses and real estate taxes.
(5)Represents leases that are included in occupancy as of December 31, 2025 and expire on December 31, 2025.
(6)Excludes (i) retail space in our Manhattan office properties and (ii) the Empire State Building broadcasting licenses and Observatory operations.
Portfolio Transaction Activity
In December 2025, we closed on the sale of an office property, Metro Center, in Stamford, Connecticut at a sale price of $64.0 million in addition to a release to us of approximately $6.2 million of restricted cash previously held in escrow. In connection with this sale we repaid the related $71.6 million mortgage.
In December 2025, we closed on the acquisition of 130 Mercer Street (555-557 Broadway, "The Scholastic Building"), located in the SoHo submarket of Manhattan, for a purchase price of $386.0 million.
In June 2025, we closed on the acquisition of two retail properties on North 6 th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for a purchase price of $31.0 million.
In September and October 2024, we closed on the acquisition of a portfolio of retail properties on North 6 th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for an aggregate purchase price of $195.0 million.
In March 2024, we executed a buyout of the 10% non-controlling interest in two of our multifamily properties located at 561 10 th Avenue and 345 East 94 th Street in Manhattan for $14.2 million in cash and the assumption of $18.0 million of in-place debt and now own 100% of the ownership interests in these assets.
In September 2023, we closed on the acquisition of a Williamsburg retail property located on the corner of North 6 th Street and Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, for a purchase price of$26.4 million.
In April 2023, we closed on the sale of 500 Mamaroneck Avenue in Harrison, New York at a gross asset valuation of$53.0 million.
In February 2023, we closed on the sale of 69-97 and 103-107 Main Street in Westport, Connecticut at a gross asset valuation of$40.0 million.
Net Operating Income ("NOI") from our office, retail, multifamily, and Observatory operations were approximately
57%, 16%, 5%, and 22% of total NOI, respectively, after the effect of the 2025 acquisitions and disposition, through an implied annualized NOI for 130 Mercer derived from its purchase price and Asset Value calculated in accordance with our credit facility agreement, and the removal of Metro Center NOI. See Part II, ITEM 7, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition of Results of Operations — Net Operating Income" for the definition of NOI and a reconciliation to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to NOI.
Refer to "Financial Statements — Note 3 Acquisitions and Dispositions"in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.
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