9.8 Group

9.8 Group operates from Midtown’s canal-level corridor, where the Financial District’s pulse meets the skyward reach of Broad Street. A quiet cluster of holding companies owns stakes across niche industries—energy, real estate, small manufacturing—and the 8th floor at 55 Broad St anchors a portfolio that rarely appears in headlines. Two elevators serve the floor, labeled simply for tenants; no clamor, no lobby art, just discreet elevator music and numbered doors. Industries shuffle on the 34th floor; down here, legal entities hold shell companies, trademarks, and investment vehicles—none retail-facing, none consumer brands. Tenants lease floor space by the suite rather than by the desk, a system that keeps the floor half-empty some afternoons and packed at quarter-end. The group itself sits inside Suite 810, its name on a frosted panel beside a code reader—no awning, no signpost. It’s the kind of address only a corporate lawyer or a courier memorizes. To arrange a call, dial (212) 964-0030 and ask the operator for Suite 810. The same elevator rides back up; the doors open to the same beige carpet and white ceilings every weekday. Directions to the 8th floor map can be pulled up directly—check the floorplan before you head in.