The Offerman Building is located at 505 Fulton Street in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the Laboz family leased out the lowest floors as retail space and converted the upper stories to apartments. Martin's occupied the Offerman Building for nearly six decades, moving out during 1979, after which the Laboz family's company United American Land bought the building. The structure was then used as offices from 1909 to 1922, when Martin's department store moved into the building. Bauland operated the store from 1897 to 1903, and Chapman & Co. occupied the building until 1895, when Offerman took over the store. The Offerman Building opened on May 1, 1891, and was expanded along Duffield Street in 1892 after the store's business grew significantly.
The building was developed by Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company president Henry Offerman, who agreed in late 1889 to lease the entire structure to S.
The building's interior has been rearranged multiple times throughout the years by the 2010s, only the basement and first two stories remained in retail use. Inside, the building was originally used in its entirety as a department store, with various selling departments on each floor, as well as a small mechanical plant in the basement. The Fulton Street wing is mostly seven stories high (except for the central eight-story section), while the Duffield Street wing is six stories high. On the Fulton and Duffield Street wings, the first and second stories of the facade are clad in stone, while brick and terracotta are used on the upper stories. The building is divided into three section: the original wings on Fulton Street to the south and Duffield Street to the east, as well as a three-story glass annex on Bridge Street to the west that dates from the 2010s. The building is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although the lower stories remain in commercial use, the upper stories were converted into a 121-unit residential complex in the 2010s. Lauritzen in the Romanesque Revival style, the eight-story building was built between 18 to house the S. The Offerman Building is a historic commercial building at 503–513 Fulton Street in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City.
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