Organization	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Organization [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 94.0% of the common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership at September 30, 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 80 strip centers, four malls and a warehouse park adjacent to our East Hanover strip center, into a new publicly traded REIT, Urban Edge Properties (“UE”), formerly Vornado Spinco. The spin-off is expected to be effectuated through a pro rata distribution of UE's common 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 expect the spin-off to be completed by the end of 2014, subject to certain conditions, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declaring UE's Form 10 registration statement effective, filing and approval of UE's listing application with the NYSE, 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 UE's strategy, and the Springfield Town Center, which is under contract for disposition (see Note 9 – Dispositions).

Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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 94.0% of the common limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership at September 30, 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 80 strip centers, four malls and a warehouse park adjacent to our East Hanover strip center, into a new publicly traded REIT, Urban Edge Properties (“UE”), formerly Vornado Spinco. The spin-off is expected to be effectuated through a pro rata distribution of UE's common 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 expect the spin-off to be completed by the end of 2014, subject to certain conditions, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declaring UE's Form 10 registration statement effective, filing and approval of UE's listing application with the NYSE, 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 UE's strategy, and the Springfield Town Center, which is under contract for disposition (see Note 9 – Dispositions).