New York, New York, July 23, 2025 – 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. The Company is a recognized leader in energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. Today the Company reported its operational and financial results for the second quarter 2025. All per share amounts are on a fully diluted basis, where applicable.

•Net Income of $0.04 per share.

•Core Funds From Operations (“Core FFO”) of $0.22 per share.

•Same-Store Property Cash Net Operating Income (“NOI”), excluding lease termination fees decreased 5.9% year-over-year. The second quarter change was primarily attributed to increases in real estate taxes and property operating expenses. These higher expense were partially offset by higher tenant reimbursement income. Adjusted for non-recurring items, which predominately consisted of positive items recognized in the second quarter of 2024, Same-Store Property Cash NOI decreased by 3.0%.

•Signed 221,776 rentable square feet of Manhattan office leases. In our Manhattan office portfolio, blended leasing spreads were +12.1%, the 16th consecutive quarter of positive leasing spreads.

•Manhattan office leased rate increased by 80 bps sequentially to 93.8%. The total commercial portfolio is 92.9% leased as of June 30th, 2025.

•Manhattan office occupancy increased by 140 bps sequentially to 89.5%. The total commercial portfolio is 89.0% occupied as of June 30th, 2025.

•Empire State Building Observatory generated NOI of $24.1 million.

•Closed on the previously announced acquisition of a retail asset located at 86-90 North 6th Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn, for a purchase price of $31.0 million.

As of June 30, 2025, 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 743 residential units, which were occupied and leased as shown below.

1 All occupancy and leased percentages exclude broadcasting and storage space.

The tables that follow summarize leasing activity for the second quarter of 2025. During this period, the Company signed 22 leases that totaled 232,108 square feet with an average lease duration of 9.9 years.

•A 14-year 39,610 square foot expansion lease with an investment management tenant at One Grand Central Place.

•A 12-year 39,237 square foot new lease with Elsberg Baker & Maruri at the Empire State Building.

•An 11-year 25,372 square foot new lease with Mott MacDonald Group at the Empire State Building.

•A 12-year 24,212 square foot renewal lease with SLCE Architects at 1359 Broadway.

The Company had $0.7 billion of total liquidity as of June 30, 2025, which was comprised of $95 million of cash, plus $620 million available under its revolving credit facility. At June 30, 2025, the Company had total debt outstanding of approximately $2.1 billion, no floating rate debt exposure, and a weighted average interest rate of 4.34%. At June 30, 2025, the Company’s ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA was 5.6x.

In the second quarter, the Company closed on the previously announced acquisition of a prime retail asset located at 86-90 North 6th Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn, for a purchase price of $31.0 million.

The asset represents a strategic redevelopment opportunity in a prime retail location at the southeast corner of North 6th Street and Wythe Avenue. With this acquisition, the Company now owns two of the three viable corners on North 6th Street and Wythe Avenue and over 600 linear feet of prime retail frontage on North 6th Street.

During the second quarter and through July 22, 2025, the Company repurchased $2.1 million of common stock at a weighted average price of $6.92 per share. The stock repurchase program began in March 2020 and through July 22, 2025, approximately $296 million has been repurchased at a weighted average price of $8.17 per share.

On June 30, 2025, the Company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.035 per share or unit, as applicable, for the second quarter of 2025 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 June 30, 2025, the Company paid a quarterly preferred dividend of $0.15 and $0.175 per unit for the second quarter of 2025 to holders of the Operating Partnership’s Series 2014 and 2019 private perpetual preferred units, respectively.

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.

Key Assumptions			2025 Updated Guidance (July 2025)			2025 Initial Guidance (Feb 2025)			Comments
Earnings
Core FFO Per Fully Diluted Share			$0.83 to $0.86			$0.86 to $0.89			•2025 includes ~$0.05 from multifamily assets
Commercial Property Drivers
Commercial Occupancy at year-end			89% to 91%			89% to 91%
SS Property Cash NOI (excluding lease termination fees)			–2.0% to +1.5%			–2.0% to +1.5%			•Assumes positive revenue y/y growth •Assumes a ~2.0 to 4.0% y/y increase in operating expenses and real estate taxes •2025 SS NOI y/y growth is expected to range from ~0.5 to 4.0% relative to 2024 excluding one-time items
Observatory Drivers
Observatory NOI			$90M to $94M			$97M to $102M			•Reflects average quarterly expenses of ~$9 to 10M

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.

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.

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. will host a webcast and conference call, open to the general public, on Thursday, July 24, 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, 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 July 31, 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 13753919.

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.

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. The Company is a recognized leader in energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. As of June 30, 2025, 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 743 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.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are including this statement for purposes of complying with those safe harbor provisions. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “aims," "anticipates," "approximately," "believes," "contemplates," "continues," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "hope," "intends," "may," "plans," "seeks," "should," "thinks," "will," "would" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. For the avoidance of doubt, any projection, guidance, or similar estimation about the future or future results, performance or achievements is a forward-looking statement.

Many important factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, and future events to differ materially from those set forth, implied, anticipated, expected, projected, assumed or contemplated in our forward-looking statements, including, among other things: (i) economic, market, political and social impact of, and uncertainty relating to, any catastrophic events, including pandemics, epidemics or other outbreaks of disease, natural disasters and extreme weather events, terrorism and other armed hostilities, as well as cybersecurity threats and technology disruptions; (ii) increased costs due to tariffs or other economic factors; (iii) a failure of conditions or performance regarding any event or transaction described herein; (iv) resolution of legal proceedings involving the Company; (v) reduced demand for office, multifamily or retail space, including as a result of the changes in the use of office space and remote work; (vi) changes in our business strategy; (vii) a decline in Observatory visitors due to changes in domestic or international tourism, including due to health crises, geopolitical events, currency exchange rates, and/or competition from other observatories; (viii) defaults on, early terminations of, or non-renewal of, leases by tenants; (ix) increases in the Company’s borrowing costs as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; (x) declining real estate valuations and impairment charges; (xi) termination of our ground leases; (xii) limitations on our ability to pay down, refinance, restructure or extend our indebtedness or borrow additional funds; (xiii) decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; (xiv) difficulties in executing capital projects or development projects successfully or on the anticipated timeline or budget; (xv) difficulties in identifying and completing acquisitions; (xvi) impact of changes in governmental regulations, tax laws and rates and similar matters; (xvii) our failure to qualify as a REIT; (xviii) incurrence of taxable capital gain on disposition of an asset due to failure of compliance with a 1031 exchange program; (xix) our disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, including any material weakness; and (xx) failure to achieve sustainability metrics and goals, including as a result of tenant collaboration, and impact of governmental regulation on our sustainability efforts.

For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact the company's future results, performance, or transactions, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and any additional factors that may be contained in any filing we make with the SEC.

While forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, they do not guarantee future performance. Any forward-looking statement contained in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it was made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events, or other changes after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable law. Prospective investors should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company (or to third parties making the forward-looking statements).

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2 This contract asset represents the amount of obligation which was released on February 5, 2025, upon the final resolution of the foreclosure process on First Stamford Place.

This presentation includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are including this statement for purposes of complying with those safe harbor provisions. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “aims," "anticipates," "approximately," "believes," "contemplates," "continues," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "hope," "intends," "may," "plans," "seeks," "should," "thinks," "will," "would" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. For the avoidance of doubt, any projection, guidance, or similar estimation about the future or future results, performance or achievements is a forward-looking statement.

Many important factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, and future events to differ materially from those set forth, implied, anticipated, expected, projected, assumed or contemplated in our forward-looking statements, including, among other things: (i) economic, market, political and social impact of, and uncertainty relating to, any catastrophic events, including pandemics, epidemics or other outbreaks of disease, natural disasters and extreme weather events, terrorism and other armed hostilities, as well as cybersecurity threats and technology disruptions; (ii) increased costs due to tariffs or other economic factors; (iii) a failure of conditions or performance regarding any event or transaction described herein; (iv) resolution of legal proceedings involving the Company; (v) reduced demand for office, multifamily or retail space, including as a result of the changes in the use of office space and remote work; (vi) changes in our business strategy; (vii) a decline in Observatory visitors due to changes in domestic or international tourism, including due to health crises, geopolitical events, currency exchange rates, and/or competition from other observatories; (viii) defaults on, early terminations of, or non-renewal of, leases by tenants; (ix) increases in the Company’s borrowing costs as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; (x) declining real estate valuations and impairment charges; (xi) termination of our ground leases; (xii) limitations on our ability to pay down, refinance, restructure or extend our indebtedness or borrow additional funds; (xiii) decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; (xiv) difficulties in executing capital projects or development projects successfully or on the anticipated timeline or budget; (xv) difficulties in identifying and completing acquisitions; (xvi) impact of changes in governmental regulations, tax laws and rates and similar matters; (xvii) our failure to qualify as a REIT; (xviii) incurrence of taxable capital gain on disposition of an asset due to failure of compliance with a 1031 exchange program; (xix) our disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, including any material weakness; and (xx) failure to achieve sustainability metrics and goals, including as a result of tenant collaboration, and impact of governmental regulation on our sustainability efforts. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact the company's future results, performance, or transactions, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and any additional factors that may be contained in any filing we make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

While forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, they do not guarantee future performance. Any forward-looking statement contained in this presentation speaks only as of the date on which it was made, and we assume no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events, or other changes after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable law. Prospective investors should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company (or to third parties making the forward-looking statements).

We compute Funds From Operations ("FFO") in accordance with the “White Paper” on FFO published by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, which defines FFO as net income (loss) (determined in accordance with GAAP), excluding impairment write-off of investments in depreciable real estate and investments in in-substance real estate investments, gains or losses from debt restructurings and sales of depreciable operating properties, plus real estate-related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs), less distributions to non-controlling interests and gains/losses from discontinued operations and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. FFO is a widely recognized non-GAAP financial measure for REITs that we believe, when considered with financial statements determined in accordance with GAAP, is useful to investors in understanding financial performance and providing a relevant basis for comparison among REITs. In addition, we believe FFO is useful to investors as it captures features particular to real estate performance by recognizing that real estate has generally appreciated over time or maintains residual value to a much greater extent than do other depreciable assets. Investors should review FFO, along with GAAP net income, when trying to understand an equity REIT’s operating performance. We present FFO because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our operating performance and believe that it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of REITs. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our results of operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of performance is limited. There can be no assurance that FFO presented by us is comparable to similarly titled measures of other REITs. FFO does not represent cash generated from operating activities and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) determined in accordance with GAAP or to cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP. FFO is not indicative of cash available to fund ongoing cash needs, including the ability to make cash distributions. Although FFO is a measure used for comparability in assessing the performance of REITs, as the NAREIT White Paper only provides guidelines for computing FFO, the computation of FFO may vary from one company to another.

Net Operating Income ("NOI") is a non-GAAP financial measure of performance. NOI is used by our management to evaluate and compare the performance of our properties and to determine trends in earnings and to compute the fair value of our properties as it is not affected by: (i) the cost of funds of the property owner, (ii) the impact of depreciation and amortization expenses as well as gains or losses from the sale of operating real estate assets that are included in net income computed in accordance with GAAP, (iii) acquisition expenses, loss on early extinguishment of debt, impairment charges and loss from derivative financial instruments, or (iv) general and administrative expenses and other gains and losses that are specific to the property owner. The cost of funds is eliminated from NOI because it is specific to the particular financing capabilities and constraints of the owner. The cost of funds is eliminated because it is dependent on historical interest rates and other costs of capital as well as past decisions made by us regarding the appropriate mix of capital which may have changed or may change in the future. Depreciation and amortization expenses as well as gains or losses from the sale of operating real estate assets are eliminated because they may not accurately represent the actual change in value in our office or retail properties that result from use of the properties or changes in market conditions. While certain aspects of real property do decline in value over time in a manner that is reasonably captured by depreciation and amortization, the value of the properties as a whole have historically increased or decreased as a result of changes in overall economic conditions instead of from actual use of the property or the passage of time. Gains and losses from the sale of real property vary from property to property and are affected by market conditions at the time of sale which will usually change from period to period. These gains and losses can create distortions when comparing one period to another or when comparing our operating results to the operating results of other real estate companies that have not made similarly-timed purchases or sales. We believe that eliminating these costs from net income is useful to investors because the resulting measure captures the actual revenue generated and actual expenses incurred in operating our properties as well as trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. In some cases, the Company also presents (1) Property Cash NOI, which excludes Observatory NOI and the effects of straight-line rent, fair value lease revenue, and straight-line ground rent expense adjustment, and (2) Property Cash NOI excluding lease termination fees. Property Cash NOI is presented solely as a supplemental disclosure that management believes allows investors to compare NOI performance across periods without taking into account the effect of certain non-cash rental revenues and straight-line ground rent expense adjustment. Similar to depreciation and amortization expense, fair value lease revenues, because of historical cost accounting, may distort operating performance measures at the property level. Additionally, presenting NOI excluding the impact of straight-line rent and straight-line ground rent expense adjustment provides investors with an alternative view of operating performance at the property level that more closely reflects net cash generated in the portfolio. Presenting Property Cash NOI excluding lease termination fees provides investors with additional information that allows them to compare operating performance between periods without taking into account termination fees, which can distort the results for any given period because they generally represent multiple months or years of a tenant’s rental obligations that are paid in a lump sum in connection with a negotiated early termination of the tenant’s lease and are not reflective of the core ongoing operating performance of the Company’s portfolio. However, the usefulness of NOI, Property Cash NOI, and Property Cash NOI excluding lease termination fees is limited because it excludes general and administrative costs, interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense and gains or losses from the sale of properties, and other gains and losses as stipulated by GAAP, the level of capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which are significant economic costs. NOI and Property Cash NOI may fail to capture significant trends in these components of net income which further limits its usefulness. NOI and Property Cash NOI are measurements of the operating performance of our properties but do not measure our performance as a whole. These metrics therefore are not substitutes for net income as computed in accordance with GAAP. These measures should be analyzed in conjunction with net income computed in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may use different methods for calculating NOI, Property Cash NOI or similarly titled measures and, accordingly, our measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies that do not define the measure exactly as we do.

In the Company’s analysis of NOI, particularly to make comparisons of NOI between periods meaningful, it is important to provide information for properties that were owned by the Company throughout each period presented. The Company refers to properties acquired prior to the beginning of the earliest period presented and owned by the Company through the end of the latest period presented as “Same Store”.

Same Store therefore excludes properties acquired after the beginning of the earliest period presented or disposed of prior to the end of the latest period presented. Accordingly, it takes at least one year and one quarter after a property is acquired for that property to be included in Same Store. The Company’s definition of Same Store also excludes properties held-for-sale or those which we otherwise expect to dispose of in the subsequent quarter, properties placed in receivership, and our multifamily properties. For mixed-use properties, all same store property NOI is represented in the property category that comprises the majority of that mixed-use property's NOI. As of June 30, 2025, Same Store excludes the North Sixth Street Collection which was acquired in September 2023, September 2024, October 2024 and June 2025, and First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT which was placed into receivership in May 2024 and title subsequently transferred to the lender in February 2025.

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. The Company is a recognized leader in energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality.

(1) This contract asset represents the amount of obligation which was released on February 5, 2025, upon the final resolution of the foreclosure process on First Stamford Place.

(1) The following table reflects the components of rental revenue:

The preceding table of the components of rental revenue is not, and is not intended to be, a presentation in accordance with GAAP. The Company believes this information is frequently used by management, investors, securities analysts and other interested parties to evaluate the Company’s performance.

(1) Based on leases signed and commenced as of end of period. Added in the quarter ended December 31, 2024, for all comparative periods percent occupied excludes storage and broadcasting space.

(2) Represents occupancy and includes signed leases not commenced. Added in the quarter ended December 31, 2024, for all comparative periods percent leased excludes storage and broadcasting space.

(4) Market capitalization represents the sum of (i) Company's common stock per share price as of June 30, 2025 multiplied by the total outstanding number of shares of common stock and operating partnership units as of June 30, 2025, (ii) the number of Series 2014 perpetual preferred units at June 30, 2025 multiplied by $16.62, (iii) the number of Series 2019 perpetual preferred units at June 30, 2025 multiplied by $13.52, and (iv) our outstanding indebtedness as of June 30, 2025.

(5) Calculated based on trailing 12 months Adjusted EBITDA. For the periods ended March 31, 2025, December 31, 2024, September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024 excludes trailing 12 months Adjusted EBITDA of $2 million, $5 million, $9 million and $12 million, respectively, relating to First Stamford Place, Stamford CT, which was placed into receivership at the end of May 2024 and title subsequently transferred to the lender in February 2025.

(6) Represents the amount of Core FFO paid out in distributions.

(7) Based on the closing price per share of Class A common stock on June 30, 2025.

(8) We have two classes of common stock as a means to give our OP Unit holders voting rights in the public company that correspond to their economic interest in the combined entity. A one-time option was created at our formation transactions for any pre-IPO OP Unit holder to exchange one OP Unit out of every 50 OP Units they owned for one Class B share, and such Class B share carries 50 votes to the extent such holder continues to hold 49 OP units for every Class B share.

(9) Represents fully diluted common stock and operating partnership units as it includes unvested restricted stock and unvested LTIP units.

(1) Revenues include the same-store portion of Rental revenue and Other revenue and fees. Operating expenses include the same-store portion of Property operating expenses, Ground rent expenses, and Real estate taxes.

(2) Includes 475,744 rentable square feet of retail space in the Company's nine Manhattan office properties.