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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions Abstract  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure Text Block

23.       Related Party Transactions

 

 

Alexander's

 

We own 32.4% of Alexander's. Steven Roth, the Chairman of our Board, and Michael D. Fascitelli, our President and Chief Executive Officer, are officers and directors of Alexander's. We provide various services to Alexander's in accordance with management, development and leasing agreements. These agreements are described in Note 6 - Investments in Partially Owned Entities.

Interstate Properties (“Interstate”)

 

Interstate is a general partnership in which Mr. Roth is the managing general partner. David Mandelbaum and Russell B. Wight, Jr., Trustees of Vornado and Directors of Alexander's, are Interstate's two other partners. As of December 31, 2012, Interstate and its partners beneficially owned an aggregate of approximately 6.5% of the common shares of beneficial interest of Vornado and 26.3% of Alexander's common stock.

 

We manage and lease the real estate assets of Interstate pursuant to a management agreement for which we receive an annual fee equal to 4% of annual base rent and percentage rent. The management agreement has a term of one year and is automatically renewable unless terminated by either of the parties on 60 days' notice at the end of the term. We believe, based upon comparable fees charged by other real estate companies, that the management agreement terms are fair to us. We earned $794,000, $787,000, and $815,000 of management fees under the agreement for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

Other

 

On March 8, 2012, Mr. Roth repaid his $13,122,500 outstanding loan from the Company.