Vornado Realty Trust is reducing compensation and cutting 70 staff members as part of a strategy to save approximately $35 million annually, according to an announcement from the firm.

The cost-reduction strategy is a response to ongoing operational challenges in the company's portfolio. In the fourth quarter, Vornado expects to see a $23 million reduction in net income due to an estimated severance and other reduction in force related expenses.

Vornado is also re-shuffling its executive team. Most notably, the current CFO and chief administration officer Joseph Macnow is stepping down. He will remain a senior advisor at the firm. Vornado president Michael Franco will succeed Macnow in addition to maintaining his current role as president.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.