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Organization and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Organization and Basis of Presentation
SL Green Realty Corp., which is referred to as the Company or SL Green, a Maryland corporation, and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P., which is referred to as SLGOP or the Operating Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, were formed in June 1997 for the purpose of combining the commercial real estate business of S.L. Green Properties, Inc. and its affiliated partnerships and entities. The Operating Partnership received a contribution of interest in the real estate properties, as well as 95% of the economic interest in the management, leasing and construction companies which are referred to as the Service Corporation. All of the management, leasing and construction services that are provided to the properties that are wholly-owned by us and that are provided to certain joint ventures are conducted through SL Green Management LLC which is 100% owned by the Operating Partnership. The Company has qualified, and expects to qualify in the current fiscal year, as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and operates as a self-administered, self-managed REIT. A REIT is a legal entity that holds real estate interests and, through payments of dividends to stockholders, is permitted to minimize the payment of Federal income taxes at the corporate level. Unless the context requires otherwise, all references to "we," "our" and "us" means the Company and all entities owned or controlled by the Company, including the Operating Partnership.
Substantially all of our assets are held by, and all of our operations are conducted through, the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole managing general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of December 31, 2016, noncontrolling investors held, in the aggregate, a 4.16% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. We refer to these interests as the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership is considered a variable interest entity, or VIE, in which we are the primary beneficiary. See Note 11, "Noncontrolling Interests on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements".
Reckson Associates Realty Corp., or Reckson, and Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P., or ROP, are wholly-owned subsidiaries of SL Green Realty Corp.
As of December 31, 2016, we owned the following interests in properties in the New York Metropolitan area, primarily in midtown Manhattan. Our investments in the New York Metropolitan area also include investments in Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey, which are collectively known as the Suburban properties:
 
 
 
 
Consolidated
 
Unconsolidated
 
Total
 
 
Location
 
Property
Type
 
Number of Properties
 
Approximate Square Feet (unaudited)
 
Number of Properties
 
Approximate Square Feet (unaudited)
 
Number of Properties
 
Approximate Square Feet (unaudited)
 
Weighted Average Occupancy(1) (unaudited)
Commercial:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manhattan
 
Office
 
24

 
16,054,606

 
7

 
6,558,139

 
31

 
22,612,745

 
94.9
%
 
 
Retail
 
10

(2)
418,093

 
9

 
347,970

 
19

 
766,063

 
85.6
%
 
 
Development/Redevelopment
 
3

 
42,635

 
3

 
770,514

 
6

 
813,149

 
52.3
%
 
 
Fee Interest
 
1

 
176,530

 
1

 
26,926

 
2

 
203,456

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
38

 
16,691,864

 
20

 
7,703,549

 
58

 
24,395,413

 
93.2
%
Suburban
 
Office
 
25

 
4,113,800

 
2

 
640,000

 
27

 
4,753,800

 
82.6
%
 
 
Retail
 
1

 
52,000

 

 

 
1

 
52,000

 
100.0
%
 
 
Development/Redevelopment
 
1

 
1,000

 
1

 

 
2

 
1,000

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
27

 
4,166,800

 
3

 
640,000

 
30

 
4,806,800

 
82.8
%
Total commercial properties
 
65

 
20,858,664

 
23

 
8,343,549

 
88

 
29,202,213

 
91.5
%
Residential:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Manhattan
 
Residential
 
3

(2)
472,105

 
18

 
3,247,764

 
21

 
3,719,869

 
83.8
%
Suburban
 
Residential
 



 

 

 

 

 
%
Total residential properties
 
3

 
472,105

 
18

 
3,247,764

 
21

 
3,719,869

 
83.8
%
Total portfolio
 
68

 
21,330,769

 
41

 
11,591,313

 
109

 
32,922,082

 
90.6
%
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(1)
The weighted average occupancy for commercial properties represents the total occupied square feet divided by total square footage at acquisition.  The weighted average occupancy for residential properties represents the total occupied units divided by total available units.
(2)
As of December 31, 2016, we owned a building that was comprised of approximately 270,132 square feet (unaudited) of retail space and approximately 222,855 square feet (unaudited) of residential space. For the purpose of this report, we have included the building in the number of retail properties we own. However, we have included only the retail square footage in the retail approximate square footage, and have listed the balance of the square footage as residential square footage.
As of December 31, 2016, we also managed an approximately 336,000 square foot (unaudited) office building owned by a third party and held debt and preferred equity investments with a book value of $2.0 billion, including $0.3 billion of debt and preferred equity investments and other financing receivables that are included in balance sheet line items other than the Debt and Preferred Equity Investments line item.
Partnership Agreement
In accordance with the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership, or the Operating Partnership Agreement, we allocate all distributions and profits and losses in proportion to the percentage of ownership interests of the respective partners. As the managing general partner of the Operating Partnership, we are required to take such reasonable efforts, as determined by us in our sole discretion, to cause the Operating Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the payment of sufficient dividends by us to minimize any Federal income or excise tax at the Company level. Under the Operating Partnership Agreement, each limited partner has the right to redeem units of limited partnership interests for cash, or if we so elect, shares of SL Green's common stock on a one-for-one basis.
Subsequent Events
In January 2017, we sold a 27.6% interest in One Vanderbilt Avenue to the National Pension Service of Korea ("NPS") and a 1.4% interest to Hines Interest LP ("Hines"). NPS and Hines have committed aggregate equity to the project totaling no less than $525 million. SL Green Realty Corp. and Hines will co-develop the building.
In January 2017, we entered into an agreement to sell 520 White Plains Road in Tarrytown, NY for a gross sale price of $21.0 million. We expect to record a $11.1 million charge in connection with the sale, which will be included in depreciable real estate reserves. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2017. At December 31, 2016, we determined that the held for sale criteria was not met for this property as it was not probable that the sale of the asset would be completed within one year.