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May 1, 2009

Forest City in the News

Business Facilities Magazine, A New York State of Mind
Forest City Ratner is one of the major players in Yonkers's development renaissance.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland's downtown waterfront gets a makeover on paper that envisions public spaces, fishing piers
Cleveland leaders, hoping to transform the city's industrial waterfront, look to other cities for examples.

Pittsburgh acquired hundreds of acres of riverfront land, crafted plans and partnered with developers, like Albert Ratner of Forest City Enterprises and John Ferchill, both of whom have Cleveland roots, Murphy noted.

NoLandGrab: Um... Pittsburgh shelved the Forest City convention center hotel project in response to the development company's revised proposal to downsize the project, despite the lure of $34 million in subsidies. [See, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Convention center hotel plans on hold]

Posted by lumi at May 1, 2009 4:39 AM