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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement No. 333-40787 and Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement No.
333-29013 of Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P. both on Form S-3, of
our report dated February 12, 1997 on the statement of revenues and certain
expenses of 640 Fifth Avenue for the year ended December 31, 1996, which report
appears in the Form 8-K/A of Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P. dated 
November 18, 1997.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York
January 28, 1998


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