One of the foremost developers, owners and operators of distinctive urban real estate in New York, Forest City Ratner Companies is committed to projects that enhance local communities and encourage economic development. Based in Brooklyn, Forest City Ratner Companies serves as the New York office of Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.
In Manhattan, our properties include:
The New York Times Building, offering Class A office space and ground-level retail and designed by the world-renowned Renzo Piano Building Workshop of Genoa and Paris, in association with FXFowle Architects of New York.
New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story residential building in Lower Manhattan, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.
In Brooklyn, our properties include:
MetroTech Center, a corporate campus located in downtown Brooklyn, just minutes away from Wall Street. Office towers with ground-floor retail surround a park-like open space that lends a campus feel to the development.
DKLB BKLN, a 34-story residential rental tower with views of the Manhattan skyline, New York Harbor and Brooklyn. As a part of Forest City's commitment to sustainability, it is LEED Silver certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Landscape Forms is the industry’s premier global brand of outdoor furniture, LED lighting and accessories. Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. The Landscape Forms U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan with sales representatives throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Southern Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs and help create a sense of place. The company has an installed base of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand leaders such as Boeing, Cisco Systems, Disney, Sprint, American Airlines, Herman Miller and Nike. Landscape Forms was recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 15 Small Workplaces in the US.
At Design Workshop, we shape places for future generations to thrive. Our team of over 160 employee-owners is committed to delivering demonstrable impact for the communities we serve. Through collaboration, research, creativity, and innovation, we help craft places of both real beauty and deep impact—stewarding meaningful engagement with spaces that
shape futures.
DW Legacy Design® is the defining element of our practice. It represents a commitment to rigorous standards of design inquiry that uncovers the right solution, not just the available one, for our clients, communities, and the environment. By assessing the possibilities of every project through four interconnected lenses: Environment, Community, Economics, and Art, we build a holistic framework for creating spaces that are resilient, meaningful, and enduring.