General Motors Building

The General Motors Building has about 1.8 million square feet of floor area in total, including 1.7 million square feet of office, 86,000 square feet of retail and 0 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 1968 as the year built, with a major alteration recorded in 2017. The building is 50 floors tall.

The General Motors Building is at 761 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. City records list 1-21 East 58th Street, 2-32 East 59th Street, 761-775 Fifth Avenue and 608-628 Madison Avenue on the same tax lot (BBL 1012940001). A space listed on Leasemark at any of these addresses shows up on this page.

761 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 General Motors Building is at 761 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 21.63 and a maximum commercial FAR of 15 for this lot.

The closest subway station to the General Motors Building is 5 Av/59 St (the N, R and W trains), about 500 feet away in a straight line, roughly 2 minutes on foot. Also nearby: 59 St (the 4, 5, 6, N, R and W trains, connected to Lexington Av/59 St), 5 min walk; 57 St (the M train), 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 767 FIFTH PARTNERS LLC as the owner of record of the General Motors Building (BBL 1012940001). 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 General Motors Building. 2 public companies report the address as their principal executive office: ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC (EL) and PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS (PWP). 11 investment managers and funds file 13F holdings reports from the address, including BAMCO INC, Belfer Management LLC and Castle Hook Partners LP. 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 General Motors Building reported an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 earns a C. 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 77.7 kBtu per square foot, 23% below the national median of 101 for a similar property. Its greenhouse gas emissions were about 14,249 metric tons of CO2e (7.73 kg per square foot).

In the 12 months to October 2026, the Department of Buildings issued first permits for 41 jobs at the General Motors Building. In the last two years, interior work was permitted on 50 floors (floors 1 to 50, the cellar and the sub-cellar). The newest build-out, on floor 6, was first permitted in September 2026 (construction, mechanical, plumbing, sprinklers; filed cost estimate $241,000). A sidewalk shed permit here is active until December 18, 2026. These are the Department of Buildings' DOB NOW work permits for tax lot 1012940001. 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 $788.9 million for the General Motors Building. At the Class 4 rate of 10.848% (tax year 2025/26, the latest rate the Department of Finance lists), that is about $85.6 million a year, roughly $46.90 per square foot of floor area, before abatements such as ICAP. The city's property tax records for BBL 1012940001 show the actual bill.

For tax year 2026/27, the NYC Department of Finance puts the market value of the General Motors Building at $1.84 billion ($236 million of it land) and its assessed value at $826.9 million, the 45% of market value the city assesses for Class 4 property. The city's market value rose 10% from 2022/23 ($1.66 billion) to 2026/27.

No space at 761 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.