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January 23, 2009

Happy Bruce Day!

From Wikipedia (emphasis added):

Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Ratner, the New York division of Forest City Enterprises, which is based in Cleveland. Ratner was New York City's most active real estate developer during the 1990s. Ratner graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1967 and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1970.

After obtaining his J.D. Ratner became the director of a Model Cities program for the Lindsay administration in New York City. Subsequently he served in the capacity of chief of the Consumer Protection Division in the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs under Mayor Ed Koch in 1978.

In 1992, Crain's New York Business selected Ratner as the top New York City executive in the fields of real estate, finance and insurance. His projects generally involve large public subsidies, but to his credit has only once used the power of eminent domain.

NoLandGrab: "Only once used the power of eminent domain"?

TRY "ONCE" UPON A TIME HE USED EMINENT DOMAIN FOR METROTECH, THE TIMES TOWER, ATLANTIC YARDS, AND HE TRIED TO USE IT IN BLOOMFIELD, NJ BEFORE THE COURTS GOT IN THE WAY.

As a birthday tribute, maybe the Bruce Ratner Fan Club can get crackin on that Wikipedia entry.

Posted by lumi at January 23, 2009 5:48 AM