$7M build-out filed for Starbucks retail triplex at Empire State Building

Empire State Realty Trust, on December 8, filed plans for a $7 million renovation and build-out of the cellar, ground floor and second floor of the Empire State Building at 350 Fifth Avenue in Garment District, Manhattan. This is work to create a new, three-level store in the landmarked skyscraper. The plans for the space were disclosed just over a year ago, when The Real Deal reported on the 23,000-square-foot lease.

In October, plans were filed for a $12.5 million rehab of floors 14 and 15 of the building.

The Starbucks plans call for work on the cellar and floors one and two of the 1,250-foot-tall, 102-story building and were filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number M00607507.

The project is described in the filing as: general construction from the cellar, first and second floor as plans filed herewith. No change in use, egress, or occupancy.

The architect listed is William F. Collins Architects.

In May of 2013, the Empire State Building’s shareholders approved the sale of the landmarked building to the public in an IPO valued at $4.2 billion. Peter L. Malkin and his son Anthony E. Malkin had controlled the property since 1961, when it was purchased by a group of nearly 3,000 entities created by Malkin Properties in a $65 million syndication deal.

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