SL Green Realty Corp. Announces Date of 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

The board of directors of SL Green Realty Corp. (the "Company”) (NYSE: SLG) announced today that the Company will hold its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, June 11, 2009. The board of directors established the close of business on Monday, March 30, 2009 as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the meeting, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time and take place at the Grand Hyatt New York Hotel, Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal, 109 East 42nd Street, New York, New York.

About SL Green Realty Corp.

SL Green Realty Corp. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, that predominantly acquires, owns, repositions and manages Manhattan office properties. The Company is the only publicly held REIT that specializes in this niche. As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned 29 New York City office properties totaling approximately 23,211,200 square feet, making it New York's largest office landlord. In addition, at December 31, 2008, SL Green held investment interests in, among other things, eight retail properties encompassing approximately 400,212 square feet, two development properties encompassing approximately 363,000 square feet and two land interests, along with ownership interests in 34 suburban assets totaling 7,656,500 square feet in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey.

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