SL Green Realty Corp. Hires New Director of Security and Life Safety
April 26th, 2007 at 12:18 PM
New York, NY – April 26, 2007 – SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) today announced that Joseph Galasso joined the company to the newly created position, Senior Vice President, Director of Security and Life Safety.
In this new role, Mr. Galasso will be overseeing all facets of SL Green’s comprehensive Security and Life Safety initiatives. With a career spanning 20 years in law enforcement, he joins the company from the United States Department of Treasury where he served as Special Agent in charge of the Criminal Investigation field office in Boston. Mr. Galasso was the lead representative on many joint federal task forces working with the FBI, Secret Service, NYPD and Customs. His office supplied Special Agents for security details during Presidential Campaigns and National Conventions. He was responsible for planning, directing and evaluating the activities of all 150 Criminal Investigation Division employees in the states of New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Commenting on Mr. Galasso’s appointment, Edward Piccinich, Executive Vice President and Director of Property Management and Construction said, “The security and safety of our tenants is of paramount concern at SL Green and we are confident that Joe’s expertise in this area will serve to provide all our properties with the best in class security available today.”
About SL Green Realty Corp.
SL Green Realty Corp. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, that predominantly acquires, owns, repositions and manages a portfolio of Manhattan office properties. The Company is the only publicly held REIT that specializes exclusively in this niche. As of January 31, 2007, the Company owned 42 office properties totaling 25.0 million square feet. The Company’s retail space ownership totals 296,000 square feet at eight properties.
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