Empire State Realty Trust Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

– Net Income Per Fully Diluted Share of $0.07 in 4Q and $0.28 in 2024 –

– Core FFO Per Fully Diluted Share of $0.24 in 4Q and $0.95 in 2024 –

– Signed 1.325M Rentable Square Feet of Leases in 2024 and 379K in 4Q –

– $0.9B of Liquidity, No Floating Rate Debt Exposure –

– Provides 2025 Outlook –

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) is a NYC-focused REIT that owns and operates a portfolio of well-leased, top of tier, modernized, amenitized, and well-located office, retail, and multifamily assets. ESRT’s flagship Empire State Building, the “World's Most Famous Building,” features its iconic Observatory that was declared the #1 Attraction in the World – and the #1 Attraction in the U.S. for the third consecutive year– in Tripadvisor’s 2024 Travelers’ Choice Awards: Best of the Best Things to Do. The Company is the recognized leader in energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. Today the Company reported its operational and financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year. All per share amounts are on a fully diluted basis, where applicable.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Recent Highlights

• Net Income of $0.07 per share for the fourth quarter of 2024 and $0.28 per share for the full year.
• Core Funds From Operations (“Core FFO”) of $0.24 per share for the fourth quarter of 2024 and $0.95 per share for the full year, compared to $0.25 per share and $0.93 per share for the same respective periods in 2023.
• Same-Store Property Cash Net Operating Income (“NOI”), which excludes lease termination fees, decreased 2.9% for the fourth quarter and increased 5.2% for the full year as compared to the same periods in 2023. The fourth quarter change was primarily attributed to a decrease in positive non-recurring items by approximately $1.9 million relative to the prior period and increases in operating expenses. Adjusted for non-recurring items, fourth quarter Same-Store Property Cash NOI was flat.
• Manhattan office leased rate increased by 160bps year-over-year to 94.2%. The total commercial portfolio is 93.5% leased as of December 31, 2024. This is the 12^th consecutive quarter of positive commercial leased rate absorption.
• Manhattan office occupancy increased by 130bps year-over-year to 89.0%. The total commercial portfolio is 88.6% occupied as of December 31, 2024.
• Signed approximately 379 thousand rentable square feet of office leases in the fourth quarter and 1.325 million rentable square feet of office and retail leases in the full year. In our Manhattan office portfolio, blended leasing spreads were +10.8%, the 14^th consecutive quarter of positive leasing spreads.
• Empire State Building Observatory generated year-over-year NOI growth of 6.0% to $28.5 million in the fourth quarter and 5.8% NOI growth to $99.5 million for the full year.

Property Operations

As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s property portfolio contained 7.8 million rentable square feet of office space, 0.8 million rentable square feet of retail space and 732 residential units, which were occupied and leased as shown below.

Leasing

The tables that follow summarize leasing activity for the fourth quarter of 2024. During this period, the Company signed 20 leases that totaled 378,913 square feet with an average lease duration of 8.0 years. Average lease duration excluding early renewals and extensions was 12.3 years.

Total Portfolio

Manhattan Office Portfolio

Leasing Activity Highlights

• A 16-year 78,704 square foot expansion lease and a 141,224 square foot early 2-year lease extension at One Grand Central Place with an investment management tenant.
• A 16-year 38,550 square foot expansion lease with NYSERDA at 1333 Broadway.
• An 11-year 37,186 square foot expansion lease and a 27,377 square foot early 7-year lease extension with Booking Holdings at the Empire State Building.

Balance Sheet

The Company had $0.9 billion of total liquidity as of December 31, 2024, which was comprised of $385 million of cash, plus $500 million available under its revolving credit facility. At December 31, 2024, the Company had total debt outstanding of approximately $2.3 billion, no floating rate debt exposure, and a weighted average interest rate of 4.27%. At December 31, 2024, the Company’s ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA was 5.3x.

Dividend

On December 31, 2024, the Company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.035 per share or unit, as applicable, for the fourth quarter of 2024 to holders of the Company’s Class A common stock (NYSE: ESRT) and Class B common stock and to holders of the Series ES, Series 250 and Series 60 partnership units (NYSE Arca: ESBA, FISK and OGCP, respectively) and Series PR partnership units of Empire State Realty OP, L.P., the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”).

On December 31, 2024, the Company paid quarterly preferred dividends of $0.15 and $0.175 per unit for the fourth quarter to holders of the Operating Partnership’s Series 2014 and 2019 private perpetual preferred units, respectively.

2025 Earnings Outlook

The Company provides 2025 guidance and key assumptions, as summarized in the table below. The Company’s guidance does not include the impact of any significant future lease termination fee income or any unannounced acquisition, disposition or other capital markets activity.

The estimates set forth above may be subject to fluctuations as a result of several factors, including continued impacts of changes in the use of office space and remote work on our business and our market, our ability to complete planned capital improvements in line with budget, costs of integration of completed acquisitions, costs associated with future acquisitions or other transactions, straight-line rent adjustments and the amortization of above and below-market leases. There can be no assurance that the Company’s actual results will not differ materially from the estimates set forth above.

Investor Presentation Update

The Company has posted on the “Investors” section of ESRT’s website the latest investor presentation, which contains additional information on its businesses, financial condition and results of operations.

Webcast and Conference Call Details

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. will host a webcast and conference call, open to the general public, on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 12:00 pm Eastern time.

The webcast will be accessible on the “Investors” section of ESRT’s website. To listen to the live webcast, go to the site at least five minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register and download and install any necessary audio software. The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-3982 for domestic callers or 1-201-493-6780 for international callers.

Starting shortly after the call until February 27, 2025, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website, and a dial-in replay will be available by dialing 1-844-512-2921 for domestic callers or 1-412-317-6671 for international callers. The passcode for this dial-in replay is 13741464.

The Supplemental Report and Investor Presentation are additional components of the quarterly earnings announcement and are now available on the “Investors” section of ESRT’s website.

The Company uses, and intends to continue to use, the “Investors” page of its website, which can be found at www.esrtreit.com, as a means to disclose material nonpublic information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD, including, without limitation, through the posting of investor presentations that may include material nonpublic information. Accordingly, investors should monitor the “Investors” page, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.

About Empire State Realty Trust

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) is a NYC-focused REIT that owns and operates a portfolio of well-leased, top of tier, modernized, amenitized, and well-located office, retail, and multifamily assets. ESRT’s flagship Empire State Building, the “World's Most Famous Building,” features its iconic Observatory that was declared the #1 Attraction in the World – and the #1 Attraction in the U.S. for the third consecutive year – in Tripadvisor’s 2024 Travelers’ Choice Awards: Best of the Best Things to Do. The Company is the recognized leader in energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. As of December 31, 2024, ESRT’s portfolio is comprised of approximately 7.8 million rentable square feet of office space, 0.8 million rentable square feet of retail space and 732 residential units. More information about Empire State Realty Trust can be found at esrtreit.com and by following ESRT on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

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