Office building · Financial District, Manhattan
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10281
200 Vesey Street is a 54-floor office building in the Financial District, Manhattan, built in 1986, with about 2.1 million square feet of office space according to city records.
Also known as the American Express Tower. Formerly Three World Financial Center. Also at 200-220 Vesey Street and 3 World Financial Center.
- Office space
- 2.1M SF
- Floors
- 54
- Year built
- 1986
- Zoning
- BPC
The 4th largest of the 106 office buildings we track in the Financial District. Compare it with 6 neighbors
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Compared with its neighbors
How 200 Vesey Street compares
Next to the 6 nearest large office buildings, all within a 3 minute walk, 200 Vesey Street ranks 2nd of 7 by office floor area. It went up in 1986; the median neighbor dates from 1986. Its property tax is fully exempt on the city's assessment roll.
| Building | Office space | Floors | Built | Tax / SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Vesey Street | 2.1M SF | 54 | 1986 | Exempt |
| 250 Vesey Street | 1.7M SF | 34 | 1986 | Exempt |
| 225 Liberty Street | 2.0M SF | 44 | 1987 | Exempt |
| 200 West Street | 2.2M SF | 45 | 2009 | Exempt |
| 125 Barclay Street | 265K SF | 11 | 1932 | $10.80 |
| New York Mercantile Exchange, 1 North End Avenue | 500K SF | 16 | 1997 | Exempt |
| 101 Barclay Street | 1.1M SF | 26 | 1983 | $10.00 |
Sources: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2 for size, floors and year built; NYC Department of Finance 2026/27 roll for tax (taxable value times the class rate, before abatements, over the whole floor area). Large means at least 35,000 SF of the building's main use. Walking times are straight-line estimates.
NYC tax lot records
Building facts
- Also known as
- American Express Tower
- Formerly known as
- Three World Financial Center
- Other addresses
- 200-220 Vesey Street; 3 World Financial Center
- ZIP code
- 10281
- Building type
- Office building (city class O4)
- Total floor area
- 2,233,692 SF
- Commercial floor area
- 2,233,692 SF
- Office
- 2,091,937 SF
- Retail
- 29,283 SF
- Industrial and storage
- 12,472 SF
- Height
- 54 floors
- Average floor
- About 41,400 SF (floor area divided by floors)
- Year built
- 1986
- Lot area
- 82,617 SF
- Zoning district
- BPC
- Built FAR
- 27.04
- Tax lot (BBL)
- 1000160140
Nearest subway
- WTC Cortlandt
- World Trade Center
- Chambers St
Source: NYC Department of City Planning, PLUTO 26v2, pulled 2026-10-16; addresses from the Property Address Directory (PAD) 26b; other name and former name checked against Wikipedia, 200 Vesey Street; subway stations from the MTA Subway Stations dataset, pulled 2026-10-16. Floor areas are the city's estimates for the whole building, not available space. Walking times are straight-line estimates. How we build these pages. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
NYC storefront registry (Local Law 157)
Storefronts and vacancy
Owners registered 13 storefronts at 200 Vesey Street for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day.
- Storefronts registered for December 31, 2025
- 13
- Vacant that day
- 0
- Share vacant here
- 0.0%
- Share vacant across the Financial District
- 16.3%
- Share vacant citywide
- 9.2%
Vacant on December 31, by year
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Source: NYC Department of Finance, Storefronts Reported Vacant or Not (Local Law 157), annual filings for 2019 to 2025, pulled 2026-10-16. Owners of buildings with ground- or second-floor storefronts register each one every year with its status on December 31; counts are by tax lot, as the owners filed them. The 2025 filing was due June 1, 2026, so a storefront vacant then may have been leased since. A vacant storefront is not always on the market, and none here is listed on Leasemark unless it shows above.
NYC Department of Finance records
Owner, property tax and assessed value
The Department of Finance lists AMERICAN EXPRESS CO as the owner of record. For tax year 2026/27 the city values 200 Vesey Street at $636.5 million and assesses it at $286.4 million. Exemptions on the roll cover the whole taxable value, which is common for government, nonprofit and payment-in-lieu-of-taxes properties.
- Owner of record
- AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
- Tax class
- Class 4 (commercial and industrial)
- City market value
- $636,522,000
- Land market value
- $85,600,000
- Assessed value
- $286,434,900
- Exemptions
- $286,434,900
- Estimated yearly tax
- Fully exempt on the roll
City market value by tax year
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SEC filings (EDGAR)
Companies with offices here
2 public companies give 200 Vesey Street as their office address in SEC filings.
Public companies
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR, Financial Statement Data Sets (2025 Q4 to 2026 Q3) and Form 13F Data Sets (through August 2026), pulled 2026-10-24; names as filed. The address is the one each company reports to the SEC. This is not a tenant roster: private companies and most smaller firms do not file with the SEC, a company can report a building it owns, and an address can trail a move by a quarter. Care-of addresses, blank check companies and asset-backed issuers are left out.
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NYC energy benchmarking (Local Law 84)
Energy score, grade and emissions
200 Vesey Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 82 out of 100 for 2024 in its Local Law 84 benchmarking filing. Under Local Law 33 that score earns a B (70 to 84). Its site energy use came to 85.7 kBtu per square foot, 37% below the national median of 136.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 16,634 metric tons of CO2e (7.27 kg per square foot).
- ENERGY STAR score (2024)
- 82 of 100
- Grade this score earns (Local Law 33)
- B (70 to 84)
- Property type (Portfolio Manager)
- Office
- Site energy use intensity
- 85.7 kBtu/SF
- National median for the type
- 136.5 kBtu/SF
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 16,634 t CO2e
- Emissions per SF
- 7.27 kg CO2e
- Floor area in the filing
- 2,288,303 SF
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
ENERGY STAR score by year
Energy sources in 2024
Source: NYC Department of Buildings and Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, NYC Building Energy and Water Data Disclosure for Local Law 84 (2024 filing), pulled 2026-10-16; grade cutoffs from the Department of Buildings energy grades page. Figures are as the owner filed them in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The grade is the one the filed score earns under the law's cutoffs; the Department of Buildings assigns the grade a building posts, which can differ.
NYC Department of Buildings permits
Work permits and build-outs
In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 9 jobs at 200 Vesey Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 14 floors (floors 1, 4, 5, 9, 12 to 15, 18, 25, 26, 42, 48 and 49 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floors 14 and 15, was first permitted in July 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $465,000).
- New jobs, last 12 months
- 9
- Initial permits, last 12 months
- 20
- Newest job first permitted
- July 2026
- Interior build-outs, last 24 months
- 13
- Floors with interior work, last 24 months
- 1, 4, 5, 9, 12 to 15, 18, 25, 26, 42, 48 and 49, cellar
Recent build-outs
New jobs by year
Build-outs across the Financial DistrictWhere NYC offices are being built out
Source: NYC Department of Buildings, DOB NOW: Build Approved Permits, pulled 2026-10-24 (permits issued through 2026-10-22). A job counts once, when its first permit is issued; renewals are not new work. A build-out groups jobs on the same floors first permitted within 120 days of each other. Costs are the estimates filed with the jobs. Jobs filed before DOB NOW (in the older BIS system) are not counted. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.
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Questions about 200 Vesey Street
What is the address of the American Express Tower?
The American Express Tower is at 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281, in the Financial District. It was formerly known as Three World Financial Center.
How big is 200 Vesey Street?
200 Vesey Street has about 2.2 million square feet of floor area in total, including 2.1 million square feet of office, 29,000 square feet of retail and 12,000 square feet of industrial and storage space, according to NYC PLUTO 26v2. These are the city's estimates for the whole building, not space that is available.
When was 200 Vesey Street built?
City records list 1986 as the year built. The building is 54 floors tall.
What other addresses does 200 Vesey Street have?
City records list 200-220 Vesey Street and 3 World Financial Center on the same tax lot (BBL 1000160140) as 200 Vesey Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.
What is the ZIP code of 200 Vesey Street?
200 Vesey Street is in ZIP code 10281, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281, in the Financial District.
What is the zoning at 200 Vesey Street?
The lot is in the BPC zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 27.04 for this lot.
What subway station is closest to 200 Vesey Street?
The closest subway station to 200 Vesey Street is WTC Cortlandt (the 1 train), about 950 feet away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: World Trade Center (the E, 2, 3, A, C, R and W trains, connected to Cortlandt St and Chambers St and Park Place), 6 min walk; Chambers St (the 1, 2 and 3 trains), 6 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.
Who owns 200 Vesey Street?
The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists AMERICAN EXPRESS CO as the owner of record of 200 Vesey Street (BBL 1000160140). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.
Who are the tenants at 200 Vesey Street?
Leasemark does not have the building's tenant roster, but SEC filings name companies with offices at 200 Vesey Street. 2 public companies report the address as their principal executive office: AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP); and ARENA GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. (PAAI). 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.
What is the energy grade of 200 Vesey Street?
200 Vesey Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 earns a B. 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 85.7 kBtu per square foot, 37% below the national median of 136.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 16,634 metric tons of CO2e (7.27 kg per square foot).
Is there construction at 200 Vesey Street?
In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 9 jobs at 200 Vesey Street. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 14 floors (floors 1, 4, 5, 9, 12 to 15, 18, 25, 26, 42, 48 and 49 and the cellar). The newest build-out, on floors 14 and 15, was first permitted in July 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $465,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1000160140. A permit is approval to do the work; it does not say who the work is for or whether it is finished.
What are the property taxes at 200 Vesey Street?
The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists exemptions covering the whole taxable value of 200 Vesey Street, so there is no property tax on the roll to estimate. That is common for government, nonprofit and payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) properties. The city's property tax records for BBL 1000160140 show what is actually billed.
What is the assessed value of 200 Vesey Street?
For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 200 Vesey Street at $636.5 million ($85.6 million of it land) and its assessed value at $286.4 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 24% from 2022/23 ($513.9 million) to 2026/27.
Are there vacant storefronts at 200 Vesey Street?
Owners registered 13 storefronts at 200 Vesey Street for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront may have come free since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.
Is there office space for lease at 200 Vesey Street?
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