New York Times Building

The New York Times Building has about 590,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 346,000 square feet of office and 244,000 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 New York Times Building to 1912-1932, designed by Buchman & Fox (architect), George A. Fuller Co. (builder). The building is 16 floors tall.

Buchman & Fox (architect), George A. Fuller Co. (builder), 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 New York Times Building an individual landmark on April 24, 2001 (LP-02091). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The New York Times Building is at 229 West 43rd Street in Times Square, Manhattan. City records list 217-247 West 43rd Street and 216-232 West 44th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1010157501). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

229 West 43rd 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 New York Times Building is at 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036, in Times Square.

The lot is in the C6-5 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 11.64 and a maximum commercial FAR of 10 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the New York Times Building is 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal (the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W and S trains, connected to Times Sq-42 St), about 600 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 49 St (the N, R and W trains), 5 min walk; 42 St-Bryant Pk (the B, D, F, M and 7 trains, connected to 5 Av), 6 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The New York Times Building is a condominium of 2 tax lots. COLUMBIA REIT-229 W. 43RD STREET, LLC, one of 2 owners of record on the roll, owns the units that make up 58% of its market value. That is from the NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll (BBL 1010157501). Deeds and mortgages for each unit are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

The New York Times Building's 2024 Local Law 84 benchmarking filing got no ENERGY STAR score (too much of the floor area is classed as other uses), and Local Law 33 letter grades come from that score, so the filing does not yield an A to D grade. Its site energy use came to 73.8 kBtu per square foot, 36% above the national median of 54.3 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 4,746 metric tons of CO2e (6.95 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the New York Times Building comes to about 3,508 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 5,926 tons for 2024 to 2029 (59% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 2,170 tons and the same energy use counts as about 2,209 tons, about 38 tons over, or an estimated $10,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions. 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.

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 12 jobs at the New York Times Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 11 floors (floors 5 to 12, 14, 16 and 18 and the sub-cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 7, was first permitted in October 2026 (construction, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $3 million). A sidewalk shed permit here is active until December 19, 2026. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1010157501. 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 $122.3 million for the New York Times Building (the sum of its 2 condominium tax lots). At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $13.3 million a year, roughly $22.50 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1010157501 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the New York Times Building at $290.1 million ($37.4 million of it land) and its assessed value at $130.6 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 15% from 2022/23 ($251.9 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 8 storefronts at the New York Times Building for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and 5 of them stood vacant that day. These are the owners' filings with the Department of Finance under Local Law 157, so a storefront vacant on December 31, 2025 may have been leased since. Owners and brokers can list a storefront on Leasemark for free.

No space at 229 West 43rd Street is listed on Leasemark right now. Owners and brokers can list space here for free, and tenants can post a requirement to be matched when space opens up.