• Best Practices in SAP Education Award
  America's SAP Users' Group, 2007
  Forest City won the first place award in the Best Practices in SAP Education category for small and medium sized companies, based on revenue, for the implementation of Route ERP.

• Award of Achievement, Outreach
  Northern Ohio Live, 2005
  This award was presented for the Cleveland Orchestra's Fourth of July concerts on Public Square.  Forest CIty helps coordinate and sponsor the annual event.

• Honor Award
  National Building Museum, 2005
  This honor recognizes outstanding individuals and companies who have made significant contributions in the field of architecture, planning, construction and building.

• J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development
  Urban Land Institute, 2005
  The Nichols Prize recognizes a person or a person representing an institution whose career demonstrates a commitment to the highest standards of responsible development.

• Silver Cleveland Rocks Marketing Award
  Greater Cleveland Chapter of PRSA, 2005
  This award recognizes public relations practitioners who have successfully addressed a contemporary issue with exemplary professional skill, creativity and resourcefulness. Forest City and Ligget Stashower won for two entries: the Station Square/Gilligan's Island event and for an advertorial on Forest City's Denver projects.

• Leader of Distinction Gold Medal Achievement Award
  Saludos Hispanos/Saludos.com, 2004
  This award is given for leadership in providing opportunities for attainment and success among the Hispanic community.

• Pillar Award for Community Service
  Smart Business magazine and Medical Mutual, 2004
  This award honors for-profit businesses for their community service efforts.

Forest City Communications Group

• Communicator Awards                                                                                                                                        Print Media Competition, 2007
  This award of distinction for overall design recognized the Spring 2006 issue of FOCUS magazine. Two FOCUS articles, “ERPQUEST” (Fall/Winter 2006) and “All in a day’s work” (Spring 2006) won awards of distinction for writing. The Forest City Communications Group won a total of six awards for FOCUS magazine and one award for a brochure on The Summit, a retail project in development in Lehigh Valley, Pa.          

• American Graphic Design Award
  Graphic Design USA magazine, 2007
  This award recognizes excellence in communications and graphic design. FOCUS magazine won a total of three awards for overall design.

• American Graphic Design Award
  Graphic Design USA magazine, 2005
  This award recognizes excellence in communications and graphic design. It was given for the Special Edition 2004 issue of FOCUS magazine, Forest City’s quarterly corporate publication.

• American Graphic Design Award
  Graphic Design USA magazine, 2005
  This award recognizes excellence in communications and graphic design. It was given for the Spring 2004 issue of FOCUS magazine, Forest City’s quarterly corporate publication.

• American Graphic Design Award
  Graphic Design USA magazine, 2005
  This award recognizes excellence in communications and graphic design. It was given for the Fall/Winter 2004 issue of FOCUS magazine, Forest City’s quarterly corporate publication.

• American Inhouse Design Award
  Graphic Design USA magazine, 2005
  The Special Edition 2004 issue of FOCUS magazine, Forest City’s quarterly corporate publication, received this award.

• American Inhouse Design Award
  Graphic Design USA magazine, 2005
  The Summer 2004 issue of FOCUS magazine, Forest City’s quarterly corporate publication, received this award.

• Award of Distinction
  The Videographer Awards, 2005
  This award is for projects that clearly exceed industry standards. The FCTimes video, “Summer Interns,” received this award in the Student Produced/Special Event category. 

• Award of Excellence in Video Production
  The Videographer Awards, 2005
  This award is given to projects that are judged to be written, produced, shot and edited in an exceptional manner. It was given for Forest City’s Associate Orientation video.

• Bronze Telly Award
  The Telly Awards, 2005
  This award annually showcases the best work of the agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and corporate video departments in the world. The FCTimes video titled “Star-Spangled-Spectacular,” which showed the 2004 Cleveland Orchestra concert on Cleveland’s Public Square received this award.

• Honorable Mention
  The Videographer Awards, 2005
  The video, “Victoria Gardens,” was given an Honorable Mention in the Video Production category.  Honorable Mention awardees are judged to be above industry standards.

Forest City Ratner Companies

• Owner-Developer of the Year
  New York Construction, 2006