Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Franco Michael J.
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VORNADO REALTY TRUST [VNO]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP - Chief Investment Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O VORNADO REALTY TRUST, 888 7TH AVENUE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/21/2016
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10019
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
LTIP Units (1) (2) 03/21/2016(3)   A   10,776 (4)     (2)(5)   (2) Common Shares 10,776 $ 0 16,413 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Franco Michael J.
C/O VORNADO REALTY TRUST
888 7TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10019
      EVP - Chief Investment Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Steven Santora, Attorney in Fact   03/23/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents LTIP Units ("LTIP Units") of Vornado Realty L.P. ("the Operating Partnership").
(2) The LTIP Units are a class of units of the Operating Partnership through which Vornado Realty Trust (the "Issuer") conducts its business, conditioned upon minimum allocations to thecapital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes. The LTIP Units are convertible by the reporting person, upon vesting, into an equivalent number of Class A Units of the Operating Partnership, which are redeemable (subject to certain limitations set forth in the Operating Partnership limited partnership agreement), by the holder for Common Shares of the Issuer on a oneforone basis or the cash value of such shares, at the Issuer's option. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Class A Units and redeem Class A Units do not have expiration dates.
(3) Pursuant to the terms of the Vornado Realty Trust 2013 Outperformance Plan (the "Plan") the LTIP Units referenced in this Form 4 were issued on March 15, 2013 and were "earned" upon the achievement of performance hurdles as of March 15, 2016, subject to a determination by the Compensation Committee of the Issuer's Board of Trustees (the "Compensation Committee") that such hurdles were met. The determination that these performance hurdles were met was made by the Compensation Commitee on March 21, 2016.
(4) Represents the number of LTIP Units "earned" as of March 21, 2016, based upon certain performance hurdles having been met by the Issuer and the percentage of the Reporting Person'sinterest in the performance pool established by the Issuer under the Plan.
(5) Other than 1,609 LTIP Units to be issued to the reporting person under the Plan based upon a dividend accrual, earned LTIP Units vest one-third on each of March 15, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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