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Organization and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Basis of Presentation
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 that are provided to the properties that are wholly-owned by us and that are provided to certain joint ventures are conducted through SL Green Management LLC which is 100% owned by the 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 all of our operations are conducted through, the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole managing general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of December 31, 2015, noncontrolling investors held, in the aggregate, a 3.61% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership. We refer to these interests as the noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership. See Note 11, "Noncontrolling Interests on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements."
Reckson Associates Realty Corp., or Reckson, and Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P., or ROP, are wholly-owned subsidiaries of SL Green Realty Corp.
As of December 31, 2015, we owned the following interests in properties in the New York Metropolitan area, primarily in midtown Manhattan. Our investments in the New York Metropolitan area also include investments in Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey, which are collectively known as the Suburban properties:
 
 
 
 
Consolidated
 
Unconsolidated
 
Total
 
 
Location
 
Property
Type
 
Number of Properties
 
Approximate Square Feet (unaudited)
 
Number of Properties
 
Approximate Square Feet (unaudited)
 
Number of Properties
 
Approximate Square Feet (unaudited)
 
Weighted Average Occupancy(1) (unaudited)
Commercial:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manhattan
 
Office
 
27

 
21,003,606

 
5

 
3,024,981

 
32

 
24,028,587

 
94.2
%
 
 
Retail
 
9

(2)
408,993

 
9

 
347,970

 
18

 
756,963

 
89.1
%
 
 
Development/Redevelopment
 
3

 
42,635

 
4

 
1,952,782

 
7

 
1,995,417

 
59.0
%
 
 
Fee Interest
 
2

 
783,530

 

 

 
2

 
783,530

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
41

 
22,238,764

 
18

 
5,325,733

 
59

 
27,564,497

 
91.7
%
Suburban
 
Office
 
26

 
4,235,300

 
3

 
705,641

 
29

 
4,940,941

 
79.0
%
 
 
Retail
 
1

 
52,000

 

 

 
1

 
52,000

 
100.0
%
 
 
Development/Redevelopment
 
1

 
1,000

 
1

 

 
2

 
1,000

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
28

 
4,288,300

 
4

 
705,641

 
32

 
4,993,941

 
79.2
%
Total commercial properties
 
69

 
26,527,064

 
22

 
6,031,374

 
91

 
32,558,438

 
89.8
%
Residential:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Manhattan
 
Residential
 
4

(2)
762,587

 
17

 
2,193,424

 
21

 
2,956,011

 
94.2
%
Suburban
 
Residential
 
1

(3)
66,611

 

 

 
1

 
66,611

 
94.4
%
Total residential properties
 
5

 
829,198

 
17

 
2,193,424

 
22

 
3,022,622

 
94.2
%
Total portfolio
 
74

 
27,356,262

 
39

 
8,224,798

 
113

 
35,581,060

 
90.1
%
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(1)
The weighted average occupancy for commercial properties represents the total occupied square feet divided by total available rentable square feet.  The weighted average occupancy for residential properties represents the total occupied units divided by total available units.
(2)
As of December 31, 2015, we owned a building that was comprised of approximately 270,132 square feet (unaudited) of retail space and approximately 222,855 square feet (unaudited) of residential space. For the purpose of this report, we have included the building in the retail properties count and have bifurcated the square footage into the retail and residential components.
(3)
This property was held for sale as of December 31, 2015. In February 2016, the property was sold.
As of December 31, 2015, we also managed an approximately 336,000 square foot (unaudited) office building owned by a third party and held debt and preferred equity investments with a book value of $1.7 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 of 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 SL Green's common stock on a one-for-one basis.