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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3


                   [Letterhead of Friedman Alpren & Green LLP]

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Vornado Realty Trust on Form S-8 of our report dated July 30, 1998 on the
statement of revenues and certain expenses of 689 Fifth Avenue, New York, New
York, for the year ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the Form 8-K
of Vornado Realty Trust, dated August 12, 1998 and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 12, 1999.

/s/ Friedman Alpren & Green LLP

New York, New York
June 18, 1999