Steven Roth

“On behalf of the Trustees and Offices of Renato Realty Trust, I am pleased to welcome all of you to our 67th Annual Shareholders Meeting as a Public Company. Once again, this year we are using a virtual meeting format with audio only.”

“Business at Vernado continues to be excellent, and it's getting better and better. We are riding the wave of a strengthening, long-lasting landlord's market, and New York is by far and away the strongest real estate market in the country.”

“Here at Vernado, business is good and getting better. As you all know, Vernado is a premier Manhattan-centric office company, and I'm sure we can all agree that Manhattan is clearly far and away the best office and residential, too, by the way, real estate market in the country.”

“Let me start by expressing our sorrow about the tragic and senseless shootings at 345 Park Avenue last week. Our deep consolings go out to the victims' families and friends.”

“Well, the macro environment in which we operate is certainly different today than when we last spoke three months ago. On their calls, a couple of office CEOs didn't think all this would affect their businesses too much, but it will affect our customers, clients, and tenants.”