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About Empire State Realty Trust

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) 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.” The company's office and retail portfolio covers 10.1 million rentable square feet, as of Dec. 31, 2020, which consists of 9.4 million rentable square feet across 14 office properties, including nine in Manhattan, three in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and two in Westchester County, New York; as well as approximately 700,000 rentable square feet in the retail portfolio.

Empire State Realty Trust is a leader in energy efficiency in the built environment and sustainability space, with 76 percent of the eligible portfolio ENERGY STAR certified and 100 percent fully powered by renewable wind electricity. As the first commercial real estate portfolio in the Americas to achieve the evidence-based, third-party verified WELL Health-Safety Rating for health and safety, ESRT additionally earned the highest possible GRESB 5 Star Rating and Green Star recognition for sustainability performance in real estate and was named a Fitwel Champion for healthy, high-performance buildings.

100% Renewable Wind Energy

Entire portfolio is 100% powered by renewable wind energy and is the nation’s largest 100% user of green power in real estate per the EPA

Fitwel Champion

83% of Manhattan portfolio is certified a rigorous third-party building certification system that supports healthier workplace environments to help improve occupant health and productivity

GRESB 5 Star Rating

Earned GRESB 5 Star Rating, Green Star Recognition & a score of 88 in 2020, an achievement that places ESRT in the top 20% of all GRESB respondents

WELL Health-Safety rating

First commercial portfolio in the Americas to achieve the WELL Health-Safety rating, an evidence based third-party verified rating of the health and safety policies and protocols for new and existing buildings

10.1 Million Square Foot Office & Retail Portfolio

Fully modernized, energy efficient with Indoor Environmental Quality leadership centrally located near mass transit

Manhattan portfolio value proposition

Substantially lower price point versus rents for new construction/aged Class A properties, and offer much more value than Class B properties

$1.6 Billion of Liquidity

Comprised of $527M cash plus $1.1BN undrawn capacity on revolving credit facility

$35 Million Upside in Contractual revenue

From signed leases that have not yet commenced and burn off of free- rent through 2025

Upside from Observatory performance restoration

Pre-COVID, Observatory generated $129 million in annual revenue