NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) (the “Company”), a leading real estate investment trust with office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, today announced that the Empire State Building Observatory is closed at this time.
Please check www.empirestatebuilding.com and the Empire State Building’s social media channels for updates.
As disclosed in the Company’s most recent supplemental dated December 31, 2019, the Observatory generated net operating income (“NOI”) of $13 million in the first quarter of 2019 and $24 million in the second quarter of 2019. A reconciliation of NOI to net income is provided in the supplemental, which can be found on the investor relations section of the Company’s website.
About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building, the world's most famous building. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company's office and retail portfolio covers 10.1 million rentable square feet, as of December 31, 2019, consisting of 9.4 million rentable square feet in 14 office properties, including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut and two in Westchester County, New York; and approximately 700,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio.
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