529 5th Avenue, Manhattan
Commercial · built 1958 · Block 1278, Lot 69.
Building permits
- Alteration, filed Apr 13, 2026, estimated cost $209K, described as “Filing for interior renovation as per plans filed. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Apr 8, 2025, estimated cost $1.7M, described as “Filing for interior renovation as per plans filed. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Mar 12, 2025, estimated cost $347K, described as “Minor demolition & construction, changes to use & occupancy. No change to zoning or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Oct 11, 2024, described as “Installation of temporary plywood fence as per plan. Plywood fence 4-5 wide at 5 avenue and east 44TH street elevations. Shall be permitted at d.o.t no change in use, occupancy, or egress under this application. Dot permit filed separately…”
- Alteration, filed Sep 18, 2024, estimated cost $1.8M, described as “Filed herewith new partial interior & exterior work, as per plans filed on the 1ST & 2ND floor level & facade. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 11, 2024, estimated cost $12K, described as “Provide sinks, elec HWH and drain pump to 16th floor office space. No change in egress, use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 11, 2024, estimated cost $25K, described as “Provide non load bearing partitions, doors, ceilings and relocate diffusers in 16th floor office space. No change in egress, use or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jun 4, 2024, estimated cost $89K, described as “AT&T - Installation of new antenna sectors with related RRH units and GPS. Installation of new steel dunnage platform with related equipment cabinets. All work in compliance with TPPN 5/98. No change to occupancy, use, or egress.”
- Alteration, filed Jan 12, 2024, estimated cost $275K, described as “Filing for interior demo and general construction for commercial office space. No change in use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Nov 20, 2023, estimated cost $805K, described as “Minor interior renovation, new non bearing partitions, finishes and lighting. No change to use, egress or occupancy.”
- Alteration, filed Jul 3, 2023, estimated cost $127K, described as “Minor partition work, new ramp to vault (filed under separate application - M00832529), minor ceiling work and lighting”
- No Work, filed May 9, 2023, described as “Art exhibition experience with art backgrounds based on the popular children's book 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll”
- Alteration, filed Mar 7, 2023, estimated cost $103K, described as “Structural work for the 10th floor vault as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Feb 23, 2023, estimated cost $25K, described as “Jewelex - Minor construction work on part of the 18th floor as indicated on drawings. no change to use egress or occupancy”
- Alteration, filed Feb 23, 2023, estimated cost $7K, described as “Jewelex - Minor sprinkler work on part of the 18th floor as indicated on drawings.”
- Alteration, filed Dec 13, 2022, estimated cost $12K, described as “Installation of prep kitchen: dish + potwashing and handsink.”
- No Work, filed Sep 16, 2022, described as “Art exhibition experience with art backgrounds based on the popular children's book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 12, 2022, estimated cost $54K, described as “Related plumbing work associated with cooling tower replacement on the roof as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Aug 12, 2022, estimated cost $2.5M, described as “Mechanical work to replace cooling tower and related work on the roof and sub-cellar as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Aug 11, 2022, estimated cost $70K, described as “Mechanical work associated with the removal of duct work on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 11th floor as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Aug 11, 2022, estimated cost $17K, described as “Removal of plumbing fixtures and capping of piping on the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 11th floor as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Jul 8, 2022, estimated cost $73K, described as “Construction work to existing retail space on the 1st floor as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Jul 6, 2022, estimated cost $23K, described as “Sprinkler work to existing retail space on the 1st floor as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed Jul 6, 2022, estimated cost $33K, described as “Mechanical work to existing retail space on the 1st floor as indicated on drawings”
- Alteration, filed May 6, 2022, estimated cost $40K, described as “Construction work on the 5th floor (ARS Investment) as indicated on drawings. EN drawings are submitted under M00725538”
23 more, older permits are in this building’s full list on the map.
Property taxes
- Assessment
- $36,701,100
- 2026–27 tax
- $3,981,335
- Market value (city estimate)
- $81,558,000
- Taxable value
- $36,701,100
- Assessed land
- $6,480,000
- Assessed improvements
- $30,221,100
Zoning
C5-3: floor area ratio 18.68 built, above the 15.00 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.
Flood zone
Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.
Recent sales
- Jun 22, 2023: $107,608,985
Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.
Board and land use applications
- Greater East Midtown - Special Subdistrict (City Planning P2016M0316): Completed, decided Aug 15, 2017. This is an application by NYC Department of City Planning requesting a text amendment to establish the East Midtown Subdistrict and extend the Special Midtown District, and to rezone a half-block area from C5-2 to C5-3 to reinforce the…
In the news
Silverstein Properties Reveals Interactive Art Experience at 529 Fifth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan, New York YIMBY, Sep 25, 2022.