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Commercial Observer · San Francisco

Instacart Takes 26K SF at ESRT’s 111 West 33rd Street

Via Commercial Observer · July 20, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · July 20, 2026

Why this matters

Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. San Francisco continues to clear office at the deepest discounts to 2019 basis seen in the cycle, while multifamily fundamentals have stabilized and life sciences in the Peninsula remains active. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.

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On the RET wire

Computed from Real Estate Trail’s own tracked coverage

Excerpt from Commercial Observer:
Grocery delivery app Instacart is getting a bigger home in Midtown. The San Francisco-based technology company has signed a 26,134-square-foot lease at Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT)’s 111 West 33rd Street , the lan…
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