Empire State Realty Trust Announces ESRT Bees with Beehives at the Empire State Building and Three Other NYC Properties
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) announced today that it welcomed its newest, tiny tenants with honeybee hives installed at the Empire State Building, 1350 Broadway, 111 W. 33rd Street, and 501 Seventh Avenue. The hives will help restore the bee population to provide much-needed pollination to the surrounding areas and local, ethically sourced honey
New tenant benefit addresses critical need to help recovery of honeybee populations as part of ESRT's continued sustainability efforts
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) announced today that it welcomed its newest, tiny tenants with honeybee hives installed at the Empire State Building, 1350 Broadway, 111 W. 33rd Street, and 501 Seventh Avenue. The hives will help restore the bee population to provide much-needed pollination to the surrounding areas and local, ethically sourced honey.
"ESRT continues to attract high quality tenants and investors with its commitment to sustainability initiatives that benefit the market flight to quality, and now even honeybees have joined the flight to quality to our portfolio!" said Anthony E. Malkin, ESRT's chairman, president, and CEO. "These beehives engage tenants and employees around the important sustainability efforts in their offices and will produce honey sourced right from their workplace community."
Each hive contains up to 50,000 bees at the height of the six-month pollination season from April through September. Tenants can keep up with their building hive's activity – updates, photos, and videos provided by the beekeeper – on their own dedicated building page of the Alvéole website.
