---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-309336"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:27:46.566309+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ESRT posts Q3 EPS loss of $0.04, Core FFO $0.20; agrees to buy two Manhattan multifamily assets for $307M

## Summary
- Core FFO $0.20 per diluted share; GAAP EPS loss $0.04 per share.
- Signed conditional agreement to acquire two multifamily assets (625 units) for ~$307M including $186M assumed debt.
- Same-store cash NOI ex termination fees down 5.7% YoY; portfolio occupancy 83.5%.
- Observatory revenue $12.8M, NOI $6.4M; attendance ~255,000 visitors in Q3.
- $1.4B liquidity; no debt maturities until Nov 2024; $6.5M stock buyback in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-309336
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000119312521309336/0001193125-21-309336-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000119312521309336/d192573d8k.htm

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