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February 3, 2006

Orchestrating a Brooklyn Building Boom

LUNCH AT THE FOUR SEASONS
By Pranay Gupte

Check out the lunchtime interview charting Forest City Ratner big wig and Brooklyn native Joanne Minieri's meteoric rise.

Joanne Minieri and Kali

Joanne Minieri of Brooklyn was born a Catholic, but it seems perfectly appropriate to liken her to the multilimbed Hindu goddess Kali.

Like the mythical Kali, Ms. Minieri does many things at once and in seamless synchronization. As executive vice president and chief operating officer of Forest City Ratner Companies, she’s responsible for implementing the 21-yearold company’s business plan.

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NoLandGrab: Yikes, wanna bet that the Ratner PR posse didn't invent the Kali analogy?

Either Manieri's "attention to detail" isn't as what it's cracked up to be or The Sun has the scoop on what appears to be a 1.4-million square-foot reduction of the Atlantic Yards mega-project, from 9.1 to 7.7 million.

Posted by lumi at February 3, 2006 12:19 PM