Helmsley, Lawrence Wien, and Pierre du Pont III. In 1969, Prudential Insurance Company became the owner of the Empire State Building, following a merger between the Helmsley-Spear Management and ...

Tourists looking to watch the sunset from the Empire State Building’s observation deck could soon be forced to fork over more than $100. That’s because the owners of the storied landmark have ...

Dynamic pricing — the controversial practice that essentially increases prices for tickets as demand for them rises — is heading to the Empire State Building, the owner of the famous ...

According to myth, a penny dropped from the Empire State Building can kill someone below. But is it true? Mythbusters tested it out. They made a gun that can fire a penny at 64.4 miles per hour ...

A popular myth claims that the top of the Empire State Building was meant to serve as a docking station for dirigibles, but the building's owners say that the story is just hot air.

The REIT has also positioned itself as a sustainability leader among commercial real estate owners and operators. That began even before the 2011 founding of ESRT, with a major retrofitting of the ...

In 1945, a B-25 bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Amazingly, the building suffered only minor damage. The Empire State ...

In 1945, a B-25 bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Amazingly, the building suffered only minor damage. The Empire State ...