498 7th Ave, New York, NY

This is a 30,289 square foot office space located at 498 Seventh Avenue, a 25-story office and retail property in Times Square South. The space is white-boxed, featuring polished concrete floors, exposed columns, and new ADA-compliant core bathrooms. The property is situated between Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, Port Authority, and Herald Square subway station, offering access to various train lines. Penn Station provides light rail service via NJ Transit, Long Island Railroad, and Amtrak. The building is being revitalized with new entrances and street-level retail storefronts, a Gensler-designed 24/7 attended lobby with stone and granite finishes, new destination dispatch elevators, and turnstiles for touchless entry. Additional amenities include a private lounge on the lobby floor, a grab-and-go coffee shop and café, a hi-tech security system, and touchless fixtures in multi-tenant bathrooms. Increased cleaning personnel disinfect high-touch points, and wave sensors are mounted on property entry doors. Additional bike racks are installed. CASPR 200e Disinfecting Technology, consisting of UV lights, is installed in all passenger elevators. Electrostatic spraying is used in the lobby and on all high-touch points. Fresh air intake is increased by flushing the building with 100% outside air whenever possible. Toilet exhaust is upgraded to promote better air circulation, and Merv 13 air filters meet or exceed ASHRAE/CDC recommendations. Facial Recognition Turnstiles with StoneLock Facial biometric readers and the SV3 Visitor Management System offer contactless entry.