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(“Bloomberg”) occupies all of the office space.
−Removed: The Home Depot (83,000 square feet) is the principal retail tenant;
+Added: The Home Depot (83,000 square feet) was the principal retail tenant at the property until its lease expired on January 31, 2025;
• Rego Park I, a 338,000 square foot shopping center, is located on Queens Boulevard and 63 rd Road in Queens.
−Removed: The center is anchored by a 50,000 square foot Burlington and a 36,000 square foot Marshalls.
−Removed: On December 3, 2022, IKEA closed its 112,000 square foot store at our Rego Park I property under a lease that was set to expire in December 2030.
−Removed: The lease included a right to terminate effective no earlier than March 16, 2026, subject to payment of rent through the termination date and an additional termination payment equal to the lesser of $10,000,000 or the amount of rent due under the remaining term.
−Removed: On September 27, 2023, we entered into a lease modification agreement with IKEA which accelerates its lease termination date to April 1, 2024.
−Removed: Under the lease modification agreement, IKEA will pay its remaining rent due through March 16, 2026 and the $10,000,000 termination payment over the modified lease term;
+Added: The center was anchored by a 50,000 square foot Burlington and a 36,000 square foot Marshalls.
+Added: In the fourth quarter of 2024, we entered into ten-year leases with Burlington and Marshalls to relocate them to our Rego Park II property in 2025.
+Added: Rego Park I will then be vacant and we are currently exploring sale and development opportunities for the property;
• Rego Park II, a 615,000 square foot shopping center, is located adjacent to the Rego Park I shopping center in Queens.
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• Flushing, a 167,000 square foot building, located on Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street in Queens, that is subleased to New World Mall LLC.
−Removed: The property is ground leased through January 2027 with one 10-year extension option;
+Added: The property is ground leased through January 2027 with one ten-year extension option;
• The Alexander apartment tower, located above our Rego Park II shopping center, contains 312 units aggregating 255,000 square feet.
−Removed: On May 19, 2023, we sold the Rego Park III land parcel in Queens, New York, for $71,060,000 inclusive of consideration for Brownfield tax benefits and reimbursement of costs for plans, specifications and improvements to date.
−Removed: Net proceeds from the sale were $67,821,000 after closing costs and the financial statement gain was $53,952,000.
Relationship with Vornado
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Significant Tenant
−Removed: Bloomberg accounted for revenue o f $120,351,000, $115,129,000 and $113,140,000 in the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, representing approximately 54%, 56% an d 55% of our rental revenues in each year, respectively.
+Added: Bloomberg accounted for revenue o f $125,349,000, $120,351,000 and $115,129,000 in the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, representing approximately 55% , 54% and 56% of our rental revenues in each year, respectively.
No other tenant accounted for more than 10% of our rental revenues.
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We have long believed a focus on environmental sustainability is responsible management of our business and important to our tenants, investors, employees and communities that we serve.
−Removed: Since we are externally managed by Vornado, Vornado’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of its Board of Trustees is assigned with oversight of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) matters at Alexander’s, which includes climate change risk.
+Added: Since we are externally managed by Vornado, Vornado’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of its Board of Trustees is assigned with oversight of sustainability matters at Alexander’s, which includes climate change risk.
Environmental sustainability initiatives are carried out by a dedicated team of professionals that work directly with Vornado’s business units.
In the discussion below, when we refer to Vornado’s buildings, it includes our buildings.
−Removed: Vornado is an industry leader in sustainability, owning and operating more than 25 million square feet of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified buildings, representing 95% of its in-service office portfolio, with over 24 million square feet at LEED Gold or Platinum.
−Removed: In 2023, Vornado (i) ranked #1 in the US Diversified Office/Retail REIT peer group by GRESB, and received the “Green Star” distinction for the eleventh consecutive year and GRESB's five star rating, (ii) received the Leader in the Light Award by the National Association for Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) for diversified REITs for the thirteenth time, and (iii) was recognized as an EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year with the distinction of having demonstrated eight years of sustained excellence.
+Added: Vornado is an industry leader in sustainability, owning and operating more than 26 million square feet of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified buildings, representing 100% of its certifiable office portfolio, with over 24 million square feet at LEED Gold or Platinum.
+Added: In 2024, Vornado:
+Added: • became the first major U.S.
+Added: real estate owner and operator to achieve 100% LEED certification across its entire portfolio of certifiable in-service buildings;
+Added: • received a GRESB’s five star rating and an assessment score of 92, placing in the top 3% within Americas/Listed, and the “Green Star” distinction for the twelfth consecutive year;
+Added: • received the National Association for Real Estate Investment Trusts’ (NAREIT) inaugural “The Impact at Scale Award,” for implementing operational initiatives in the PENN district that advance corporate sustainability and deliver measurable impact;
+Added: • was recognized as an EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year with the distinction of having demonstrated nine years of sustained excellence.
Vornado prioritizes addressing climate change and in 2019 adopted a 10-year plan to make its buildings carbon neutral by 2030 (“Vision 2030”).
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Vornado relies on technology, as well as meaningful stakeholder collaboration with its tenants, its employees, and its communities, to achieve this plan.
−Removed: Vornado’s commitment to carbon neutrality and associated emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative as consistent with a 1.5°C climate scenario, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.
+Added: Vornado’s commitment to carbon neutrality and associated emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative as consistent with a 1.5°C climate scenario limit, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.
Vornado considers sustainability in all aspects of its business, including the design, construction, retrofitting and ongoing maintenance and operations of its portfolio of buildings.
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Vornado uses carbon accounting software, energy audits and models and building automation software to measure and track its portfolio-wide waste, water and energy reduction strategies, create roadmaps for each building to understand how to achieve carbon neutrality and provide accurate and actionable data for its measurement, verification and reporting requirements.
−Removed: Vornado’s 2022 and 2023 long-term performance plan awards specifically tie a portion of senior management’s compensation to the achievement of certain ESG targets, including reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, achieving a specified GRESB score and targeting a specified percentage of LEED Gold or Platinum certified square footage in its office portfolio.
−Removed: Vornado is committed to transparent reporting of sustainability performance indicators and publishes an annual ESG Report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative and aligned with the metrics codified by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and in 2023 published a report in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
−Removed: Vornado also submits public reports to CDP (formerly, the Carbon Disclosure Project), CSA (the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment) and EP100 (global initiative led by Climate Group).
−Removed: Further details on Vornado’s environmental sustainability initiatives and strategy, including its Vision 2030 Roadmap, can be found in Vornado’s 2022 ESG Report at (vno.com/sustainability).
+Added: Vornado is committed to transparent reporting of sustainability performance indicators and publishes an annual Sustainability Report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative and aligned with the metrics codified by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.
+Added: Vornado also submits public reports to CDP, CSA (the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment) and EP100 (global initiative led by Climate Group).
+Added: Further details on Vornado’s environmental sustainability initiatives and strategy, including its Vision 2030 Roadmap, can be found in Vornado’s 2023 Sustainability Report at (vno.com/sustainability).
There can be no assurance that Vornado’s Vision 2030 commitment will be achieved in the planned time frame.
−Removed: The ESG Report is not incorporated by reference and should not be considered part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: The Sustainability Report is not incorporated by reference and should not be considered part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We operate in a highly competitive environment located in New York City.
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