Press Release Details

New York, NY - December 3, 2012 - SL Green Realty Corp (NYSE: SLG) announced today that it has signed 50 leases covering 323,427 sq. ft. during the first two months of the fourth quarter of 2012. This increases to 240 leases signed year-to-date covering 3,862,704 sq. ft.

"We are certainly ending the year on a high note," said Steven Durels, SL Green's Director of Leasing and Real Property, who added "We are having a very active fourth quarter and have a strong pipeline of pending transactions which we expect to close over the next several months.

Among the noteworthy transactions signed in the fourth quarter are:

• a new 57,110 sq. ft. lease signed with Emerge212, an affiliate of SL Green, at 3 Columbus Circle;
• a new 38,026 sq. ft. lease signed with Robert Half International, Inc. at 125 Park Avenue;
• a new 22,047 sq. ft. lease signed with Microsoft at 641 Avenue of the Americas;
• a new 17,921 sq. ft. lease signed with Duane Reade at 711 Third Avenue; and
• a 17,022 sq. ft. lease renewal signed with EMM Group LLC at 220 East 42nd Street a/k/a News Building.

About SL Green Realty Corp.

SL Green Realty Corp., New York City's largest office landlord, is the only fully integrated real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is focused primarily on acquiring, managing and maximizing value of Manhattan commercial properties. As of September 30, 2012, SL Green owned interests in 77 Manhattan properties totaling 39.3 million square feet. This included ownership interests in 27.5 million square feet of commercial properties and debt and preferred equity investments secured by 11.8 million square feet of properties. In addition to its Manhattan investments, SL Green holds ownership interests in 31 suburban assets totaling 5.4 million square feet in Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey, along with four development properties in the suburbs encompassing approximately 0.5 million square feet. The Company also has ownership interests in 31 properties totaling 4.5 million square feet in southern California.

Forward-looking Statement

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Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements made by us. These risks and uncertainties include dependence upon certain geographic markets; risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including the cost of construction delays and cost overruns; risks relating to structured finance investments; availability and creditworthiness of prospective tenants and borrowers; bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a significant number of smaller tenants; adverse changes in the real estate markets, including reduced demand for office space, increasing vacancy, and increasing availability of sublease space; availability of capital (debt and equity); unanticipated increases in financing and other costs, including a rise in interest rates; our ability to comply with financial covenants in our debt instruments; our ability to maintain our status as a REIT; risks of investing through joint venture structures, including the fulfillment by our partners of their financial obligations; the continuing threat of terrorist attacks, in particular in the New York metropolitan area and on our tenants; our ability to obtain adequate insurance coverage at a reasonable cost and the potential for losses in excess of our insurance coverage, including as a result of environmental contamination; and legislative, regulatory and/or safety requirements adversely affecting REITs and the real estate business, including costs of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act and other similar laws and regulations.

Other factors and risks to our business, many of which are beyond our control, are described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise.

CONTACT
Steven Durels, Exec VP,
Director of Leasing and Real Property
SL Green Realty Corp.
(212) 216-1617

Melanie Keenan
Rubenstein Associates
212 843-8092
mkeenan@rubenstein.com