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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SCHEAR MITCHELL N   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) President - Smith Division (Last) (First) (Middle) 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/20/2005 (Street) ARLINGTON, VA 22202 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 Common Shares 01/20/2005   D   800 D (1) 30,628 (2) (3) D

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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

Phantom Units

(4)

01/20/2005

A

800

(5)

(6)

Common Shares

800

$ 73.28

800

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SCHEAR MITCHELL N 2345 CRYSTAL DRIVE ARLINGTON, VA 22202			President - Smith Division

Signatures

/s/ Mitchell Schear		01/24/2005
**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)	Mr. Schear elected to defer the receipt of these Common Shares, which were granted to him pursuant to the Vornado Realty Trust 2002 Omnibus Share Plan (the "Plan"), in accordance with the terms of the Vornado Realty Trust Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Deferred Compensation Plan").
(2)	30,628 of these Common Shares were issued as "restricted stock" under the terms of the Plan. Of these 30,628 Common Shares, (i) 27,428 Common Shares of restricted stock were granted to Mr. Schear on April 9, 2003, with the shares vesting in equal portions over a four-year period beginning April 2004 and (ii) 3,200 Common Shares of restricted stock were granted to Mr. Schear on February 6, 2004, with the shares vesting in equal portions over a five-year period with the remaining four portions vesting in January of each of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
(3)	Number of shares beneficially owned as of January 20, 2005.
(4)	One for one.
(5)	Immediately
(6)	These units are to be settled in cash upon the retirement of Mr. Mathrani in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.

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