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Vornado Realty Trust – ‘8-K’ for 5/19/15 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 5/19/15, at 7:19pm ET   ·   As of:  5/20/15   ·   For:  5/19/15   ·   Accession #:  899689-15-26   ·   File #:  1-11954

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/20/15  Vornado Realty Trust              8-K:8,9     5/19/15  110:30M

Current Report   —   Form 8-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     54K 
 3: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel -- exhibit231         HTML     34K 
 4: EX-99       Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit991                 HTML    222K 
 5: EX-99       Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit992                 HTML   2.35M 
 6: EX-99       Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit993                 HTML   2.33M 
 2: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios -- exhibit121   HTML    103K 
74: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     58K 
57: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    188K 
69: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     75K 
78: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    178K 
100: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     67K  
59: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML    330K 
68: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    290K 
51: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     31K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
41: R9          Organization and Business                           HTML     41K 
102: R10         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML    119K  
                Policies                                                         
80: R11         Vornado Capital Partners Real Estate Fund (the      HTML     55K 
                "Fund")                                                          
79: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     40K 
86: R13         Marketable Securities and Derivative Instruments    HTML     62K 
87: R14         Investments in Partially Owned Entities             HTML    247K 
84: R15         Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable             HTML     41K 
88: R16         Dispositions                                        HTML     81K 
70: R17         Identified Intangible Assets and Liabilities        HTML     61K 
75: R18         Debt                                                HTML     77K 
82: R19         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML     67K 
110: R20         Shareholders Equity                                 HTML     89K  
96: R21         Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs")                 HTML     35K 
64: R22         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    164K 
81: R23         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML    123K 
66: R24         Fee and Other Income                                HTML     42K 
32: R25         Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net    HTML     47K 
97: R26         Interest and Debt Expense                           HTML     39K 
106: R27         Income Per Share                                    HTML     87K  
46: R28         Leases                                              HTML     61K 
45: R29         Multiemployer Benefit Plans                         HTML     40K 
49: R30         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     42K 
50: R31         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     41K 
52: R32         Summary of Quarterly Results (Unaudited)            HTML     62K 
21: R33         Segment Information                                 HTML    311K 
94: R34         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML    121K 
                Policies (Policy)                                                
62: R35         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     61K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
65: R36         Vornado Capital Partners Real Estate Fund (the      HTML     45K 
                "Fund") (Tables)                                                 
36: R37         Marketable Securities and Derivative Instruments    HTML     49K 
                (Tables)                                                         
109: R38         Investments in Partially Owned Entities (Tables)    HTML    216K  
13: R39         Dispositions (Tables)                               HTML     58K 
54: R40         Identified Intangible Assets and Intangible         HTML     60K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
99: R41         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     64K 
34: R42         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)        HTML     64K 
44: R43         Shareholder's Equity (Tables)                       HTML     82K 
48: R44         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    154K 
58: R45         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     84K 
20: R46         Fee and Other Income (Tables)                       HTML     40K 
40: R47         Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net    HTML     44K 
                (Tables)                                                         
15: R48         Interest and Debt Expense (Tables)                  HTML     38K 
98: R49         Income Per Share (Tables)                           HTML     84K 
33: R50         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     54K 
95: R51         Summary of Quarterly Results (Tables)               HTML     59K 
37: R52         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    306K 
55: R53         Organization and Business (Details)                 HTML    130K 
14: R54         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     50K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
18: R55         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     59K 
                Policies (Details 1)                                             
47: R56         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     90K 
                Policies (Details 2)                                             
25: R57         Vornado Capital Partners Real Estate Fund (the      HTML    107K 
                "Fund") (Narratives) (Details)                                   
103: R58         Vornado Capital Partners Real Estate Fund (the      HTML     55K  
                "Fund") (Details 1)                                              
61: R59         Acquisitions (Narratives) (Details)                 HTML     77K 
85: R60         Marketable Securities and Derivative Instruments:   HTML     79K 
                Derivative Instruments (Narratives) (Details)                    
39: R61         Marketable Securities and Derivative Instruments:   HTML     47K 
                Marketable Securities (Details)                                  
42: R62         Investments in Partially Owned Entities (Details)   HTML    243K 
92: R63         Investments in Partially Owned Entities             HTML    176K 
                (Alexander's Inc.) (Details)                                     
89: R64         Investments in Partially Owned Entities (Lnr)       HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R65         Investments in Partially Owned Entities (One Park   HTML     63K 
                Avenue and 61 Ninth Avenue) (Details)                            
91: R66         Investments in Partially Owned Entities - Debt      HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R67         Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable             HTML     92K 
                (Narratives) (Details)                                           
67: R68         Dispositions (Narratives) (Details)                 HTML    219K 
105: R69         Dispositions (Details 1)                            HTML     82K  
17: R70         Identified Intangible Assets and Intangible         HTML     82K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
31: R71         Debt (Narratives) (Details)                         HTML    289K 
56: R72         Debt (Summary of Debt) (Details)                    HTML     95K 
23: R73         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Details)       HTML     96K 
108: R74         Shareholders Equity (Details)                       HTML    161K  
35: R75         Shareholders Equity (Details 1)                     HTML     49K 
26: R76         Variable Interest Entities (Details)                HTML     42K 
30: R77         Fair Value Measurements (Narratives) (Details)      HTML     80K 
19: R78         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML    123K 
22: R79         Fair Value Measurements (Details 1)                 HTML     75K 
76: R80         Fair Value Measurements (Details 2)                 HTML     64K 
28: R81         Stock-based Compensation (Narratives) (Details)     HTML    170K 
104: R82         Stock-based Compensation (Details 1)                HTML    149K  
53: R83         Fee and Other Income (Details)                      HTML     54K 
83: R84         Interest and Other Investment Income (Loss), Net    HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R85         Interest and Debt Expense (Details)                 HTML     40K 
27: R86         Income Per Share (Details)                          HTML    123K 
29: R87         Income Per Share (Parentheticals) (Details)         HTML     32K 
101: R88         Leases (Details)                                    HTML    114K  
24: R89         Multiemployer Plans (Details)                       HTML     40K 
77: R90         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     64K 
72: R91         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     74K 
93: R92         Summary of Quarterly Results (Details)              HTML     53K 
71: R93         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    263K 
60: R94         Segment Information (Parentheticals) (Details)      HTML    166K 
107: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    168K  
16: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    370K 
43: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   3.59M 
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 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- vno-20141231_cal                XML    395K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- vno-20141231_lab                      XML   4.48M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- vno-20141231_pre               XML   3.56M 
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