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Organization and Description of Business
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Successor [Member]
  
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Organization and Description of Business
ORGANIZATION
Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") was organized as a Delaware limited partnership on November 28, 2011. Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) which was organized as a Maryland corporation on July 29, 2011 agreed to contribute $10 for a 50% initial General Partner’s interest in the Operating Partnership and Anthony E. Malkin agreed to contribute $10 for a 50% initial Limited Partner’s interest in the Operating Partnership. The contributions to the Company were funded on March 15, 2012. The Operating Partnership did not have any assets other than cash and did not have any meaningful operating activity until the consummation of the Company's initial public offering of its common stock (the "Offering") and the related acquisition of our predecessor and certain other entities on October 7, 2013. Our operations commenced upon completion of the Offering and the formation transactions (as defined below) on October 7, 2013. The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of the Company’s assets and conducts substantially all of its business. Upon completion of the Offering, the Company owned approximately 39.0% of the aggregate operating partnership units in the Operating Partnership.  The Company intends to elect and qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with the portion of its taxable year ending December 31, 2013. Therefore, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are not indicative of the Company’s past or future results and do not reflect its financial position, results of operations, changes in equity, and cash flows had they been presented as if the Company had completed its Formation Transactions and operating during the entirety of the periods presented. All references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and “ESRT” refer to Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.
The Company, as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, has responsibility and discretion in the management and control of the Operating Partnership, and the limited partners of the Operating Partnership, in such capacity, will have no authority to transact business for, or participate in the management activities of the Operating Partnership. Accordingly, the Operating Partnership has been consolidated by the Company.
We entered into a series of formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”), pursuant to which we acquired, substantially currently with the completion of the Offering through a series of contributions and merger transactions, the Operating Partnership's portfolio of real estate assets that comprise its portfolio and ownership interests in the certain management entities. The Formation Transactions are described in greater detail in the final prospectus relating to the Offering, dated October 1, 2013, which the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Operating Partnership owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area. The Operating Partnership owns 12 office properties, six standalone retail properties, and entitled land that will support the development of an office building and garage, all of which is included in the consolidated financial statements of the Operating Partnership starting on October 7, 2013. The Operating Partnership used the net proceeds of the Offering to pay certain holders of interests in the contributing entities of the initial portfolio that were non-accredited investors or who elected to receive cash for their equity interests in certain of such entities; pay fees associated with the Operating Partnership's new secured revolving and term credit facility; pay fees in connection with the assumption of indebtedness; pay expenses incurred in connection with the Offering and the formation transactions; repay a loan that was made to one of the contributing entities by certain investors in such entity; and for general working capital purposes and to fund potential future acquisitions.
Predecessor [Member]
  
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Organization and Description of Business
Organization and Description of Business
As used in these condensed combined financial statements, unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” and “our company” mean the predecessor (as defined below) for the periods presented and Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. and its combined subsidiaries upon the consummation of its initial public offering of Class A common stock (the "Offering"), and the formation transactions defined below.
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. is a Maryland corporation formed on July 29, 2011 to acquire the assets or equity interests of entities owning various controlling and non-controlling interests in real estate assets and certain management businesses controlled and/or managed by Mr. Peter L. Malkin and Mr. Anthony E. Malkin, or the Sponsors.
Prior to or concurrently with the completion of the Offering, we engaged in a series of formation transactions pursuant to which we acquired, through a series of contributions and merger transactions, these assets, interests, and businesses which we refer to as our formation transactions. The formation transactions enabled us to (i) combine the ownership of our property portfolio under our operating partnership subsidiary, Empire State Realty OP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or our operating partnership; (ii) succeed to the asset management, property management, leasing and construction businesses of the predecessor; (iii) facilitate the Offering; and (iv) elect to be and qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. On October 7, 2013, we completed the Offering. See Note 12 - Subsequent Events. We did not have any operating activity until the consummation of the Offering and the formation transactions on October 7, 2013. Accordingly, we believe that a discussion of the results of Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. would not be meaningful for the periods covered by these financial statements prior to the completion of those transactions.
The Predecessor
The predecessor is not a legal entity but rather a combination of (i) controlling interests in (a) 16 office and retail properties, (b) one development parcel, and (c) certain management companies, which were owned by certain entities that the Sponsors owned interests in and controlled, which we collectively refer to as the controlled entities, and (ii) non-controlling interests in four office properties (which include two of the 16 properties set forth in (i) above), held through entities which we collectively refer to as the non-controlled entities, and are presented as uncombined entities in our combined financial statements. Specifically, the term “the predecessor” means (i) Malkin Holdings LLC, a New York limited liability company that acted as the supervisor of, and performed various asset management services and routine administration with respect to, certain of the existing entities (as described below), which we refer to as “the supervisor;” (ii) the limited liability companies or limited partnerships that previously (a) owned, directly or indirectly and either through a fee interest or a long-term leasehold in the underlying land, and/or (b) operated, directly or indirectly and through a fee interest, an operating lease, an operating sublease or an operating sub-sublease, the 18 office and retail properties (which include non-controlling interests in four office properties for which Malkin Holdings LLC acted as the supervisor but that are not consolidated into our predecessor for accounting purposes) and entitled land that will support the development of an approximately 380,000 rentable square foot office building and garage that we own after the formation transactions, which we refer to as the “existing entities;” (iii) Malkin Properties, L.L.C., a New York limited liability company that served as the manager and leasing agent for certain of the existing entities in Manhattan, which we refer to as “Malkin Properties;” (iv) Malkin Properties of New York, L.L.C., a New York limited liability company that served as the manager and leasing agent for certain of the existing entities in Westchester County, New York, which we refer to as “Malkin Properties NY;” (v) Malkin Properties of Connecticut, Inc., a Connecticut corporation that served as the manager and leasing agent for certain of the existing entities in the State of Connecticut, which we refer to as “Malkin Properties CT;” and (vi) Malkin Construction Corp., a Connecticut corporation that is a general contractor and provided services to certain of the existing entities and third parties (including certain tenants at the properties in our portfolio), which we refer to as “Malkin Construction.” The term “the predecessor’s management companies” refers to the supervisor, Malkin Properties, Malkin Properties NY, Malkin Properties CT and Malkin Construction, collectively. The predecessor accounted for its investment in the non-controlled entities under the equity method of accounting.
Controlled Entities:
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, properties that the Sponsors owned interests in and control, and whose operations are 100% consolidated into the financial statements of the predecessor include:
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Predecessor
Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements
(amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)
Office:
One Grand Central Place, New York, New York
250 West 57th Street, New York, New York
1359 Broadway, New York, New York
First Stamford Place, Stamford, Connecticut
Metro Center, Stamford, Connecticut
383 Main Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut
500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, New York
10 Bank Street, White Plains, New York
Fee ownership position of 350 Fifth Avenue (Empire State Building), New York, New York
Fee ownership position of 501 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York
Retail:
10 Union Square, New York, New York
1010 Third Avenue, New York, New York
77 West 55th Street, New York, New York
1542 Third Avenue, New York, New York
69-97 Main Street, Westport, Connecticut
103-107 Main Street, Westport, Connecticut
Land Parcels:
We own entitled land at the Stamford Transportation Center in Stamford, Connecticut, adjacent to one of our office properties that will support the development of an approximately 380,000 rentable square foot office building and garage.
The acquisition of interests in our predecessor were recorded at historical cost at the time of the formation transactions.
 
Non-Controlled Entities:
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, properties in which the Sponsors owned and controlled non-controlling interests and whose operations are reflected in our predecessor’s combined financial statements as an equity interest include:
Office:
Master operating lease position of 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York—Empire State Building Company L.L.C.
Master operating lease position of 1350 Broadway, New York, New York—1350 Broadway Associates L.L.C. (long term ground lease)
1333 Broadway, New York, New York—1333 Broadway Associates L.L.C.
Master operating lease position of 501 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York—501 Seventh Avenue Associates L.L.C.
All of our business activities are conducted through our operating partnership. We are the sole general partner of our operating partnership. Pursuant to the formation transactions, our operating partnership (i) acquired interests in the office and retail properties owned by the controlled entities (including our predecessor management companies) and the non-controlled entities and (ii) assumed related debt and other specified liabilities of such assets and businesses, in exchange for shares of our Class A common stock, Class B common stock, operating partnership units, and/or cash.
We are self-administered and self-managed. Additionally, we formed or acquired one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, that are owned by our operating partnership. The TRSs, through several wholly-owned limited liability

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Predecessor
Notes to Condensed Combined Financial Statements
(amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)
companies, conduct third-party services businesses, which include the Empire State Building Observatory, cleaning services, cafeteria, restaurant and fitness center, property management and leasing, construction, and property maintenance.