Organization	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Organization and Business [Abstract]
Organization	1. Organization Vornado Realty Trust (“Vornado”) is a fully-integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and conducts its business through, and substantially all of its interests in properties are held by, Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). Vornado is the sole general partner of, and owned approximately 93.9% of the common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership at March 31, 2014. All references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “Vornado” refer to Vornado Realty Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership. On April 11, 2014, we announced a plan to spin off our shopping center business consisting of 81 strip shopping centers and four malls into a new publicly traded REIT (“SpinCo”). The spin-off is expected to be effectuated through a 1:2 distribution of SpinCo's shares to Vornado common shareholders and Vornado Realty L.P. common unitholders, and is intended to be treated as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We intend to file the initial registration statement on Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by the end of the second quarter of 2014 and expect the spin-off to be completed by the end of 2014. The transaction is subject to certain conditions, including the SEC declaring that SpinCo's registration statement is effective, filing and approval of SpinCo's listing application, receipt of third party consents, and formal approval and declaration of the distribution by Vornado's Board of Trustees. Vornado may, at any time and for any reason until the proposed transaction is complete, abandon the separation or modify or change its terms. Vornado will retain, for disposition in the near term, 20 small retail assets which do not fit SpinCo's strategy, and the Beverly Connection and Springfield Town Center, both of which are under contract for disposition (see Note 8 – Dispositions).

Organization

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Organization and Business [Abstract]

1. Organization

Vornado Realty Trust (“Vornado”) is a fully-integrated real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and conducts its business through, and substantially all of its interests in properties are held by, Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). Vornado is the sole general partner of, and owned approximately 93.9% of the common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership at March 31, 2014. All references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “Vornado” refer to Vornado Realty Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.

On April 11, 2014, we announced a plan to spin off our shopping center business consisting of 81 strip shopping centers and four malls into a new publicly traded REIT (“SpinCo”). The spin-off is expected to be effectuated through a 1:2 distribution of SpinCo's shares to Vornado common shareholders and Vornado Realty L.P. common unitholders, and is intended to be treated as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We intend to file the initial registration statement on Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by the end of the second quarter of 2014 and expect the spin-off to be completed by the end of 2014. The transaction is subject to certain conditions, including the SEC declaring that SpinCo's registration statement is effective, filing and approval of SpinCo's listing application, receipt of third party consents, and formal approval and declaration of the distribution by Vornado's Board of Trustees. Vornado may, at any time and for any reason until the proposed transaction is complete, abandon the separation or modify or change its terms.

Vornado will retain, for disposition in the near term, 20 small retail assets which do not fit SpinCo's strategy, and the Beverly Connection and Springfield Town Center, both of which are under contract for disposition (see Note 8 – Dispositions).