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September 21, 2007
Forest City in the News
IT'S A MIRACLE: Forest City submits losing bid in SF tower/terminal project and does NOT win contract.
AP, via San Jose Mercury News, Board picks design for what could be West's tallest building
A regional transportation commission picked a Connecticut architecture firm Thursday to design a new bus and train terminal that has been described as the "Grand Central Station of the West" and an adjacent skyscraper that would be the tallest building this side of Chicago.
New Haven-based Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects beat two other finalists for the right to move forward with multi-billion-dollar project that promises to remake San Francisco's downtown and skyline, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority announced.
NBCSanDiego.com, Design Chosen For Tallest Skyscraper On West Coast
Three teams in the final phase of the competition presented their design concepts to the TJPA Board of Directors on August 6, 2007.
The Richard Rodgers Partnership and Forest City Enterprises with MacFarlane Partners submitted a glass and steel tower plus transit terminal.
Skidmore Owings and Merrill and the Rockefeller Group Development Corporation proposed a tower that narrows as it climbs.
NoLandGrab: For the two or three of you who might actually check out the plans for the winning bid, what's the deal with these urban roof-top parks? Unlike the Ratner arena, the Transbay park is slated to be publicly accessible, over a bus terminal nonetheless.
Al's Tennis Courts' Weedy Past
The [W. Virginia] State Journal, Charleston Marriott Celebrates 25 Years
A weedy superblock site might not have been the obvious place for a new Marriott, but 25 years later, the hotel, co-owned by Forest City and Marriott, has a storied past, including how Al Ratner got his tennis court:
Huff then worked with the hotel's owners Forest City Enterprises and Marriott International, which still manages the hotel, to make sure construction went according to plan, including making sure the hotel had an indoor swimming pool, fitness center and tennis courts. Those went in especially for Forest City co-chairman Albert Ratner, who loved to play tennis.
"He said he liked to play tennis and wanted tennis courts there, but the development man from Marriott said no way," Huff recalled. "So Mr. Ratner looked him in the eye and said, 'How much are you putting up for this hotel? I'm putting up $20 million.' He got his tennis courts."
Posted by lumi at September 21, 2007 7:17 AM