Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House

The Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House has about 41,000 square feet of floor area in total, including 41,000 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 Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House to 1903-1905, designed by Robert W. Gibson. The building is 6 floors tall.

Robert W. Gibson, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission's building records, which list the style as Italian Renaissance and its original use as a town house.

Yes. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House an individual landmark on July 14, 1970 (LP-00271). Changes to a designated landmark, including many storefront, window and signage changes, need a permit from the Commission.

The Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House is at 649 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 2-4 East 52nd Street and 651-653 Fifth Avenue on the same tax lot (BBL 1012870069). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

649 Fifth 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 Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House is at 649 Fifth 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 5.14 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House is 5 Av/53 St (the E and F trains), about 350 feet away in a straight line, roughly 1 minute on foot. Also nearby: 51 St (the 6, E and F trains, connected to Lexington Av/53 St), 5 min walk; 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr (the B, D, F and M 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 OLYMPICGOLD LLC as the owner of record of the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House (BBL 1012870069). 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 Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House reported an ENERGY STAR score of 8 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 8 earns a D. 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 110.5 kBtu per square foot, 70% above the national median of 65.1 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 527 metric tons of CO2e (12.72 kg per square foot).

At its 2024 energy use, the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House comes to about 388 metric tons of CO2e a year under Local Law 97's coefficients, against a limit of 314 tons for 2024 to 2029: about 74 tons over, an estimated penalty of $20,000 a year. From 2030 the limit drops to 87 tons and the same energy use counts as about 195 tons, about 107 tons over, or an estimated $29,000 a year unless the building cuts its emissions. 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.

The Department of Buildings issued no permits for new jobs at the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House in the 12 months to October 2026; the last one was first permitted in May 2023. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1012870069. 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 $72.2 million for the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $7.83 million a year, roughly $189.03 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1012870069 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House at $171.8 million ($12.1 million of it land) and its assessed value at $77.3 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 41% from 2022/23 ($122.1 million) to 2026/27.

Owners registered 2 storefronts at the Morton and Nellie Plant House and Edward and Frances Holbrook House for December 31, 2024, 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 649 Fifth Avenue 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.