Adams Express Building

The Adams Express Building has about 651,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 633,000 square feet of office, 15,000 square feet of retail and 2,000 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.

City records list 1913 as the year built. The building is 33 floors tall.

The Adams Express Building is at 61 Broadway in the Financial District, Manhattan. City records list 57-61 Broadway, 7 Exchange Alley and 33-41 Trinity Place on the same tax lot (BBL 1000210001). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

61 Broadway is in ZIP code 10006, according to the city's tax lot records (NYC PLUTO 26v2) and the Department of Finance's assessment roll. The Adams Express Building is at 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, in the Financial District.

The lot is in the C5-5 zoning district. PLUTO lists a built floor area ratio (FAR) of 29.32 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Adams Express Building is Rector St (the R and W trains), about 150 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. Also nearby: Rector St (the 1 train), 1 min walk; Wall St (the 4 and 5 trains), 1 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 61 BROADWAY LLC INVESTOR BLOCKER JV LLC as the owner of record of the Adams Express Building (BBL 1000210001). 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.

Leasemark does not have the building's tenant roster, but SEC filings name companies with offices at the Adams Express Building. One investment manager files 13F holdings reports from the address: ARGUS INVESTORS' COUNSEL, INC.. Private companies do not file with the SEC, so the full list of tenants is longer, and a company can also report a building it owns.

The Adams Express Building last sold in May 2014 for $330 million, according to the deed recorded with the city. 61 BROADWAY OWNER LLC sold it to RXR 61 BROADWAY OWNER LLC. That comes to about $507 per square foot of floor area. The deed is ACRIS document 2014053002252001 (BBL 1000210001) 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 Adams Express Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 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 40.4 kBtu per square foot, 50% below the national median of 80.7 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 2,699 metric tons of CO2e (3.8 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Adams Express Building comes to about 1,938 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 5,378 tons for 2024 to 2029 (36% of the limit), so it would owe no penalty. From 2030 the limit drops to 1,909 tons and the same energy use counts as about 1,225 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 9 jobs at the Adams Express Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 33 floors (floors 1 to 33, the basement, the cellar, the mezzanine and the sub-cellar). The newest build-out, on floors 1 to 33, the basement, the cellar, the mezzanine and the roof, was first permitted in October 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing; filed cost estimate $778,000). A sidewalk shed permit here is active until December 28, 2026. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1000210001. 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 $47.6 million for the Adams Express Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $5.16 million a year, roughly $7.93 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1000210001 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Adams Express Building at $108.8 million ($35.1 million of it land) and its assessed value at $49 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value fell 5% from 2022/23 ($114.3 million) to 2026/27.

No space at 61 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.