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December 5, 2004
Station Square at 25
Competition pushes old rail complex to focus on entertainment
While The Bruce dominates Downtown Brooklyn, what is Forest City Enterprises up to? Remember folks, Forest City Ratner "is an affiliate of Forest City Enterprises, the nation's largest publicly traded commercial real estate development company."
Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
These days, Station Square likes to bill itself as "Pittsburgh's place to play." Al Ratner won't settle for anything less.
Forest City has made no secret about wanting to add gambling to the mix. In buying Station Square from the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation for $25.5 million in 1994, it did so with an eye toward docking a riverboat casino on the banks of the Mon.
Posted by lumi at December 5, 2004 7:46 AM