Starrett-Lehigh Building

The Starrett-Lehigh Building has about 1.8 million square feet of floor area in total, including 1.8 million square feet of office and 20,000 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 Starrett-Lehigh Building to 1930-1931, designed by Russell G. & Walter M. Cory and Yasuo Matsui (associate). The building is 19 floors tall.

Russell G. & Walter M. Cory and Yasuo Matsui (associate), according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Modern and its original use as warehouse and freight terminal.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Starrett-Lehigh Building an individual landmark on October 7, 1986 (LP-01295). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Starrett-Lehigh Building is at 601 West 26th Street in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. City records list 245-259 Eleventh Avenue, 200-218 Twelfth Avenue and 600-650 West 27th Street on the same tax lot (BBL 1006720001). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

601 West 26th Street is in ZIP code 10001, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Starrett-Lehigh Building is at 601 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001, in Hudson Yards.

The lot is in the M2-4 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 14.79 and a maximum commercial FAR of 5 for this lot. It is inside the West Chelsea Historic District, so exterior changes go through the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The closest subway station to the Starrett-Lehigh Building is 34 St-Hudson Yards (the 7 train), about 0.4 miles away in a straight line, roughly 8 minutes on foot. The MTA lists it as an accessible station. Also nearby: 23 St (the C and E trains), 12 min walk; 34 St-Penn Station (the A, C and E trains), 14 min walk. Walking times are straight-line estimates; the street route is longer.

The NYC Department of Finance's 2026/27 assessment roll lists RXR SL OWNER LLC as the owner of record of the Starrett-Lehigh Building (BBL 1006720001). 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 Starrett-Lehigh Building last sold in July 2011 for $920 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. 601 WEST ASSOCIATES LLC sold it to RXR SL OWNER LLC. The deed is ACRIS document 2011080200228001 (BBL 1006720001) 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 Starrett-Lehigh Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 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 77.5 kBtu per square foot, 38% below the national median of 125.6 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 14,298 metric tons of CO2e (7.37 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 19 jobs at the Starrett-Lehigh Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 13 floors (floors 1, 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11, 13 to 15 and 18, the cellar and the mezzanine). The newest build-out, on floor 9, was first permitted in July 2026 (construction; filed cost estimate $160,000). A sidewalk shed permit here is active until November 16, 2026. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1006720001. 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 $221.6 million for the Starrett-Lehigh 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 million a year, roughly $13.10 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1006720001 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Starrett-Lehigh Building at $492.5 million ($32.4 million of it land) and its assessed value at $221.6 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 11% from 2022/23 ($444.7 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 20 storefronts at the Starrett-Lehigh Building for December 31, 2025, the newest annual filing the city has published, and 5 of them stood vacant that day. At least one storefront here has been reported vacant at the end of every year since 2019. 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 601 West 26th 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.