Glen Weiss

Executive Vice President of Office Leasing & Co-Head of Real Estate, Vornado Realty

Search every verified Glen Weiss interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Glen Weiss, Executive Vice President of Office Leasing & Co-Head of Real Estate at Vornado Realty, spoke at a 2016 Urban Green Council event about the company's approach to redeveloping older Midtown Manhattan office buildings. Weiss stated that redeveloping existing assets has been Vornado's "bread and butter" for many years, and described projects such as the renovation of 330 Madison Avenue, which was done while the building remained about 83% occupied. He noted that the company installed a new curtain wall overnight to avoid disrupting tenants, and that the renovation resulted in operating expense savings of over a dollar per square foot annually. Weiss also said that Vornado had achieved LEED EB certification and an Energy Star score of 82 at the property, and that sustainability has become a "have to" for tenants when considering office space. Weiss discussed leasing activity at 330 Madison, stating that two-thirds of the building had been leased in the five years prior, with tenants including Guggenheim Partners, HSBC, and Jones Lang LaSalle. He also described a logistical decision to consolidate building access onto Madison Avenue, which required renegotiating a Citibank lease to create a new lobby. Weiss mentioned that Vornado was constructing two new buildings at 510 West 22nd Street and on Ninth Avenue and 15th Street, and said the company was learning anew about ground-up development, noting that "a lot has changed" since the 2001 Bloomberg lease at the building where the event was held.