Post-Effective Amendment to Automatic Shelf Registration Statement (Form POSASR)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2026

Registration No. 333-285511

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-285511

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

VERIS RESIDENTIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND	22-3305147
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400, Jersey City, New Jersey
(732) 590-1010	07311
(Address, including telephone number, of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Copies to:

Taryn Fielder
General Counsel	Blake Hornick, Esq.
Veris Residential, Inc.	Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Harborside 3, 210 Hudson St., Ste. 400	620 Eighth Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey	New York, New York 10018
(732) 590-1010	(212) 218-5500

(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agents for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were registered but not sold pursuant to this registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨

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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. x

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x		Accelerated filer ¨
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		Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

EXPLANATORY NOTE

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Post-Effective Amendment") filed by Veris Residential, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), relates to Registration Statement No. 333-285511 on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2025, which registered the resale of 522,020 shares of common stock of the Company by the selling stockholders named in the Registration Statement.

On May 27, 2026, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 23, 2026, by and among the Company, Veris Residential, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), AC Residential Acquisition LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Parent"), AC Residential REIT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Merger Sub I"), and AC Residential OP LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Merger Sub II", together with Merger Sub I, the "Merger Subs"), (i) the Company merged with and into Merger Sub I (the "Merger"), with Merger Sub I continuing as the surviving entity in the Merger , and (ii) Merger Sub II merged with and into the Operating Partnership (the "Partnership Merger", and together with the Merger, the "Mergers"), with the Operating Partnership continuing as the surviving partnership in the Partnership Merger.

As a result of the Mergers, any and all offerings of securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all such securities registered under the Registration Statement but unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, and the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Jersey City, State of New Jersey on this 27^th day of May, 2026. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment on behalf of the registrant in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

		Veris Residential, Inc.
		(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Amanda Lombard
		Amanda Lombard
		Chief Financial Officer
		(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)