Bush Tower

The Bush Tower has about 218,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 202,000 square feet of office and 16,000 square feet of retail, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records date the Bush Tower to 1916-1918, designed by Helmle & Corbett. The building is 29 floors tall.

Helmle & Corbett, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as neo-Gothic and its original use as an office building.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Bush Tower an individual landmark on October 18, 1988 (LP-01561). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Bush Tower is at 130 West 42nd Street in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 133-139 West 41st Street and 130-134 West 42nd Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1009940045). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

130 West 42nd Street is in ZIP code 10036, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Bush Tower is at 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C6-7 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 15.29 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Bush Tower is Times Sq-42 St (the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, S, A, C and E trains, connected to 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal), about 300 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 42 St-Bryant Pk (the B, D, F, M and 7 trains, connected to 5 Av), 2 min walk; 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr (the B, D, F and M trains), 7 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists RYAN L.L.C. as the owner of record of the Bush Tower (BBL 1009940045). Big buildings are usually held through a company set up for that one property, so the name on the roll can differ from the landlord's brand or the managing agent. Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

Leasemark does not have the building's tenant roster, but SEC filings name companies with offices at the Bush Tower. One public company reports the address as its principal executive office: INTELLIGENT BIO SOLUTIONS INC. (INBS). Private companies do not file with the SEC, so the full list of tenants is longer, and a company can also report a building it owns.

The Bush Tower reported an ENERGY STAR score of 97 for calendar year 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33, as amended by Local Law 95 of 2019, a score of 85 or higher earns an A, 70 to 84 a B, 55 to 69 a C and under 55 a D, so 97 earns an A. The Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, so the posted label can differ if a filing was corrected. Its site energy use came to 41.5 kBtu per square foot, less than half the national median of 125.4 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 878 metric tons of CO2e (3.5 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Bush Tower comes to about 718 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 1,899 tons for 2024 to 2029 (38% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 674 tons and the same energy use counts as about 496 tons, still under the limit. This is an estimate from the owner's 2024 benchmarking filing using the coefficients and per-use limits in the law and the Department of Buildings rule, at $268 per ton over. It is not the building's Local Law 97 report, which can count credits and deductions this estimate cannot.

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at the Bush Tower in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in July 2023. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1009940045. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists a taxable value of $31.1 million for the Bush Tower. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $3.37 million a year, roughly $15.46 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1009940045 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Bush Tower at $73.2 million ($17 million of it land) and its assessed value at $33 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 16% from 2022/23 ($63 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 130 West 42nd Street is listed on Leasemark right now. Nearby on Leasemark: office space for lease at 783 Madison 4th Floor in the Upper East Side (994 SF, $66.40/SF/yr). Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.