Fuller Building

The Fuller Building has about 323,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 240,000 square feet of office and 82,000 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 Fuller Building to 1928-1929, designed by Walker & Gillette. The building is 42 floors tall.

Walker & Gillette, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Art Deco and its original use as store and offices.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Fuller Building an individual landmark on March 18, 1986 (LP-01460). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Fuller Building is at 597 Madison Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 41-51 East 57th Street and 595-599 Madison Avenue on the same tax lot (BBL 1012930026). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

597 Madison Avenue is in ZIP code 10022, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Fuller Building is at 597 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, in Midtown.

The lot is in the C5-3 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 25.02 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Fuller Building is 5 Av/59 St (the N, R and W trains), about 1000 feet away in a straight line, roughly 4 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 59 St (the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W trains, connected to Lexington Av/59 St), 4 min walk; 5 Av/53 St (the E and F trains), 5 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists FULLER MADISON LLC as the owner of record of the Fuller Building (BBL 1012930026). 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 Fuller Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 76 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 76 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 67.6 kBtu per square foot, 31% below the national median of 97.9 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 1,995 metric tons of CO2e (6.34 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Fuller Building comes to about 1,431 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 2,630 tons for 2024 to 2029 (54% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 948 tons and the same energy use counts as about 910 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 41 jobs at the Fuller Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 20 floors (floors 2, 4 to 7, 10 to 13, 18 to 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34 and 38, the basement and the ground floor). The newest build-out, on floor 13, was first permitted in September 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $329,000). These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1012930026. 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 $74.5 million for the Fuller Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $8.09 million a year, roughly $25.05 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1012930026 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Fuller Building at $196.4 million ($43.2 million of it land) and its assessed value at $88.4 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 26% from 2022/23 ($156 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 6 storefronts at the Fuller Building 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.

No space at 597 Madison 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.