Leasing Activity Builds as SL Green and Vornado’s
$125M Redevelopment Project Moves Forward

New York, NY – April 24, 2013 – SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE: SLG) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) today announced two new leases totaling 99,082 square feet at  280 Park Avenue, the 1.2 million-square-foot, 43-story Class A office building located between East 48th and 49th Streets.

• Blue Mountain Capital, a prominent asset manager focused on the credit markets and equity derivatives markets, signed a 10-year lease covering 49,541 square feet on the entire 12th floor. Blue Mountain will relocate from the 5th floor where it has a short term lease covering 22,250 square feet.


• Promontory Financial Group LLC, a leading strategy, risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm focusing primarily on the financial services industry, signed a 10-year lease, covering 49,541square feet on the entire 11th floor. Promontory will relocate from the 40th floor where it has a short term lease covering 19,495 square feet.

These transactions follow other recent 2012 leasing activity at the building, including an early renewal with Cohen & Steers for 87,677 square feet and renewal and expansion with Viking Global Investors covering 40,399 square feet.

The leasing activity reflects market enthusiasm for the comprehensive $125 million redevelopment plan currently being executed by the SL Green/Vornado partnership.  The project will position 280 Park as a premier, state-of-the-art property strategically located in the desirable Grand Central Terminal submarket.

The capital plan includes a new world-class lobby spanning the entire block front between 48th and 49th Streets, a new center block interior courtyard with reflecting pool, new glass curtain wall connecting the eastern and western sides of the base floors, redesigned plaza, new elevator cabs and bathrooms, new thin line perimeter induction units providing visibility to  windows with floor to ceiling glass, upgraded  infrastructure including new electric distribution, emergency generator, state-of-the-art security, increased HVAC capacity and an extensive program to enhance environmental sustainability.

Brad Siderow of Siderow Organization acted on behalf of Blue Mountain; there was no tenant broker acting on behalf of Promontory Financial Group; joint landlords SL Green/Vornado were represented by CBRE’s Mary Ann Tighe and Peter Turchin.

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CONTACT:

Steven Durels, Exec VP,

Director of Leasing and Real Property

SL Green Realty Corp.

(212) 216-1617

Joseph Macnow, CFO

EVP Finance & Administration

Vornado Realty Trust

(201) 587-1000

Melanie Keenan

Rubenstein Associates

(212) 843-8092

mkeenan@rubenstein.com