Lord & Taylor Building

The Lord & Taylor Building has about 693,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 614,000 square feet of office and 79,000 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 Lord & Taylor Building to 1913-1914, designed by Starrett & Van Vleck. City tax records list 1920 as the year built. The building is 14 floors tall.

Starrett & Van Vleck, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Italian Renaissance Revival and its original use as a department store.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Lord & Taylor Building an individual landmark on October 30, 2007 (LP-02271). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Lord & Taylor Building is at 424 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 424-438 Fifth Avenue, 1-11 West 38th Street and 2-14 West 39th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1008400042). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

424 Fifth Avenue is in ZIP code 10018, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Lord & Taylor Building is at 424 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C5-3 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 13.52 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Lord & Taylor Building is 5 Av (the 7, B, D, F and M trains, connected to 42 St-Bryant Pk), about 900 feet away in a straight line, roughly 3 minutes on foot. Also nearby: Grand Central-42 St (the 4, 5, 6, 7 and S trains), 4 min walk; 34 St-Herald Sq (the B, D, F, M, N, Q, R and W trains), 6 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC as the owner of record of the Lord & Taylor Building (BBL 1008400042). 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 Lord & Taylor Building last sold in March 2020 for $978.1 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. 424 FIFTH AVENUE LLC sold it to AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC. That comes to about $1,411 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2020031201309007 (BBL 1008400042) 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 Lord & Taylor Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 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 41.6 kBtu per square foot, 47% below the national median of 78.7 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 3,041 metric tons of CO2e (4.38 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Lord & Taylor Building comes to about 2,215 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 5,258 tons for 2024 to 2029 (42% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 1,867 tons and the same energy use counts as about 1,231 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.

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 7 jobs at the Lord & Taylor Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 5 floors (floors 1, 2, 5, 6 and 11, the cellar, the mezzanine and the sub-cellar). The newest build-out, on the cellar, was first permitted in June 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $70,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1008400042. 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 $228.4 million for the Lord & Taylor Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $24.8 million a year, roughly $35.74 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1008400042 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Lord & Taylor Building at $509.3 million ($36.1 million of it land) and its assessed value at $229.2 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 102% from 2022/23 ($252 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered one storefront at the Lord & Taylor Building for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and it was not 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.

No space at 424 Fifth Avenue 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.