Jun 08, 2021 / 12:45PM GMT
Stephen Thomas Sakwa - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division - Senior MD & Senior Equity Research Analyst
Good morning. This is Steve Sakwa. I am the senior REIT analyst at Evercore ISI. I'm very happy to be hosting senior management of Empire State Realty Trust. Joining me this morning are Tony Malkin, the CEO; and Christina Chiu, the CFO; and Tom Durels, Head of Leasing. I am going to lead a short Q&A discussion with management. There is a chat function at the bottom of the Zoom session here. (Operator Instructions) So first of all, thanks for joining me this morning.
Questions and Answers:
Stephen Thomas Sakwa - Evercore ISI Institutional Equities, Research Division - Senior MD & Senior Equity Research AnalystI guess the big question is obviously the reopening of the gateway cities and how that sort of dovetails into leasing. So maybe, Tony, if you could just sort of start with what you guys are seeing on the ground as it relates to tenants returning to the big cities, in particular, New York, how your buildings have