509 Madison Avenue LLC
Lobbying client
509 Madison Avenue LLC is the single-asset entity, controlled by Kensico Properties, that is converting the 1929 office tower at 509 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan into a 96-key luxury hotel called The Lowell Modern, a project the City Planning Commission approved in February 2026 after a special-permit review. It has filed 20 disclosures since 2024, lobbying council members Julie Menin, Keith Powers, and Virginia Maloney through Fried Frank and Kasirer on real estate approvals and permits for the building.
- Council members lobbied
- 3
- Filings (since 2024)
- 20
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $316,039
Lobbied these council members
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Lobbyist firm
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real Estate Approvals
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real estate approvals
- Determination of Board or Commission - permit and approvals for 509 Madison
- Determination regarding real property - Various land use matters for 509 Madison Avenue