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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001541401-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ESRT"
cik: "0001541401"
company_name: "Empire State Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:51:51.845811+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire State Realty Q1 Core FFO $0.20, acquires Williamsburg retail for $46M, refinances $184M

## Summary
- Net income $0.01 per share; Core FFO $0.20 per share for Q1 2026.
- Same-Store Property Cash NOI (ex termination fees) up 5.5% YoY; adjusted up 1.3%.
- Acquired vacant prime retail asset in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for $46M, redeploying capital from Metro Center sale.
- Completed $184M in financings: $53.5M mortgage refinancing and $130M senior unsecured notes at 5.99% due 2032.
- 2026 guidance unchanged: Core FFO $0.85-$0.89; commercial occupancy 90-92% year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001541401-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ESRT
- cik: 0001541401
- company_name: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140126000016/0001541401-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541401/000154140126000016/esrt-20260429.htm

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