Organization and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization and Basis of Presentation

1. 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, a consolidated variable interest entity. All of the management, leasing and construction services with respect to the properties which are wholly-owned by us are conducted through SL Green Management LLC which is 100% owned by our 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 our operations are conducted through, the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole managing general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of December 31, 2012, noncontrolling investors held, in the aggregate, a 2.94% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. We refer to these interests as the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership. See Note 14, "Noncontrolling Interests in Operating Partnership."

        Reckson Associates Realty Corp., or Reckson, and Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P., or ROP, are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership.

        As of December 31, 2012, we owned the following interests in commercial office properties in the New York Metropolitan area, primarily in midtown Manhattan, a borough of New York City. Our investments in the New York Metropolitan area also include investments in Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and Northern New Jersey, which are collectively known as the Suburban assets:

Location	Ownership	Number of Properties		Square Feet		Weighted Average Occupancy(1)
Manhattan	Consolidated properties		27		18,347,945		93.8	%
	Unconsolidated properties		9		5,934,434		95.0	%
Suburban	Consolidated properties		25		3,863,000		79.9	%
	Unconsolidated properties		5		1,539,700		84.7	%
			66		29,685,079		91.7	%

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The weighted average occupancy represents the total leased square feet divided by total available rentable square feet.

        As of December 31, 2012, we also owned investments in 15 stand-alone retail properties encompassing approximately 473,764 square feet, 16 development properties encompassing approximately 2,617,491 square feet, two residential properties encompassing 385 units (approximately 430,482 square feet), two land interests and 31 west coast office properties encompassing approximately 4,473,603 square feet. In addition, we manage two office properties owned by third parties and affiliated companies encompassing approximately 626,415 rentable square feet. As of December 31, 2012, we also held debt and preferred equity investments with a book value of $1.4 billion.

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 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 our common stock on a one-for-one basis.