SL Green Realty Corp. (the "Company") (NYSE: SLG) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of 14,500,000 shares of common stock. In addition, the Company expects to grant to the underwriters for the public offering an option for 30 days to purchase up to 2,175,000 additional shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any. Merrill Lynch & Co. will serve as the book-running manager for the offering.

The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate and/or working capital purposes, which may include investment opportunities, purchases of the indebtedness of its subsidiaries in the open market from time to time, and the repayment of indebtedness at the applicable maturity or put date. This offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company's prospectus, dated November 28, 2006, filed as part of the Company's effective shelf registration statement relating to these securities.

The Company today announced that its board of directors has determined that contingent upon completion of the public offering of common stock announced today, the Company is reducing the quarterly per share common stock dividend from $0.375, or $1.50 on an annual basis, to $0.10, or $0.40 on an annual basis. The Company can provide no assurance that its board of directors will not reduce or eliminate entirely dividend distributions on its common stock if the public offering of common stock is not completed, or in the future even if such offering is completed.

(d) Exhibits.

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       99.1   Press Release of SL Green Realty Corp. dated May 11, 2009.

       99.2   Press Release of SL Green Realty Corp. dated May 11, 2009.