327 East 47th Street

327 East 47th Street has about 41,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 41,000 square feet of office, 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 327 East 47th Street to 1969-1971, designed by Junzō Yoshimura, George G. Shimamoto, Kelly & Gruzen. The building is 5 floors tall.

Junzō Yoshimura, George G. Shimamoto, Kelly & Gruzen, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Modernism (late) and its original use as a cultural center.

The tax lot at 327 East 47th Street includes Japan Society Headquarters, an individual landmark designated March 22, 2011 (LP-02420). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

City records list 327-333 East 47th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1013400016) as 327 East 47th Street. A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

327 East 47th Street is in ZIP code 10017, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The full mailing address is 327 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C1-9 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 4.12 and a maximum commercial FAR of 2 for this lot.

The closest subway station to 327 East 47th Street is Lexington Av/53 St (the E, F and 6 trains, connected to 51 St), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, roughly 7 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: Grand Central-42 St (the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S trains), 8 min walk; 5 Av/53 St (the E and F trains), 13 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists JAPAN SOCIETY, INC. as the owner of record of 327 East 47th Street (BBL 1013400016). Deeds and mortgages for the lot are public in ACRIS, the city's property records system.

327 East 47th Street reported an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 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 48.7 kBtu per square foot, 36% below the national median of 76.5 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 197 metric tons of CO2e (4.75 kg per square foot).

The Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists exemptions covering the whole taxable value of 327 East 47th 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 1013400016 show what is actually billed.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of 327 East 47th Street at $12.8 million ($4.38 million of it land) and its assessed value at $5.74 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 28% from 2022/23 ($9.97 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 327 East 47th 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.