Standard Oil Building

The Standard Oil Building has about 861,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 857,000 square feet of office, 4,000 square feet of retail and 1,000 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.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records date the Standard Oil Building to 1884-1885, designed by Ebenezer L. Roberts. The building is 32 floors tall.

Ebenezer L. Roberts, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Renaissance and its original use as an office building.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Standard Oil Building an individual landmark on September 19, 1995 (LP-01930). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Standard Oil Building is at 26 Broadway in the Financial District, Manhattan. City records list 1-11 Beaver Street, 10-30 Broadway and 73-81 New Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1000220013). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

26 Broadway is in ZIP code 10004, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Standard Oil Building is at 26 Broadway, New York, NY 10004, in the Financial District.

The lot is in the C5-5 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 18.69 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Standard Oil Building is Bowling Green (the 4 and 5 trains), about 400 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: Broad St (the J and Z trains), 2 min walk; Rector St (the R and W trains), 3 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists BROADWAY 26 WATERVIEW LLC as the owner of record of the Standard Oil Building (BBL 1000220013). 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.

The Standard Oil Building last sold in March 2007 for $225 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. INDEPENDENCE LLC sold it to BROADWAY 26 WATERVIEW LLC. That comes to about $261 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2007032800500001 (BBL 1000220013) in the city's property records. A sale of the company that owns a building is not recorded as a deed, so it would not show there.

The Standard Oil Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 earns a C. 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 107 kBtu per square foot, 24% below the national median of 141.4 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 8,555 metric tons of CO2e (9.94 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Standard Oil Building comes to about 7,273 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 6,526 tons for 2024 to 2029: about 748 tons over, an estimated penalty of $200,000 a year. From 2030 the limit drops to 2,317 tons and the same energy use counts as about 5,494 tons, about 3,178 tons over, or an estimated $852,000 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 3 jobs at the Standard Oil Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 4 floors (floors 7, 9, 15 and 22). The newest build-out, on floor 22, was first permitted in September 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing; filed cost estimate $100,000). A sidewalk shed permit here is active until November 3, 2026. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1000220013. 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 $68.3 million for the Standard Oil Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $7.41 million a year, roughly $8.60 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1000220013 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Standard Oil Building at $151.7 million ($27.7 million of it land) and its assessed value at $68.3 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 7% from 2022/23 ($141.7 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 3 storefronts at the Standard Oil Building for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and none stood vacant that day. A year earlier, 1 of 3 stood vacant. 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.

No space at 26 Broadway 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.