FOREST CITY REALTY TRUST, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, with offices at Terminal Tower, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, which proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (i) a Post-Effective Amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-200825) and (ii) a Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-191535, 333-173211, 333-169287, 333-153444, 333-122172, 333-61925 and 333-38912) (collectively, the “Post-Effective Amendments”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to offerings of securities, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert G. O’Brien, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Geralyn M. Presti, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, jointly and severally, each in his or her own capacity, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign in any and all capacities and file: (i) such Post-Effective Amendments; (ii) any and all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith; (iii) any and all additional amendments, post-effective amendments and supplements thereto (or any other registration statements for the same offerings that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act); and (iv) any and all applications or other documents pertaining to such securities or such registration, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, and any substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary and/or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original with respect to the person executing it.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of this 4th day of January, 2016.
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| Signature | | Title |
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| /s/ Charles A. Ratner | | Chairman of the Board and Director |
| Charles A. Ratner | | |
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| /s/ David J. LaRue | | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| David J. LaRue | | (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ Robert G. O’Brien | | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Robert G. O’Brien | | (Principal Financial Officer) |
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| /s/ Charles D. Obert | | Senior Vice President—Corporate Controller |
| Charles D. Obert | | Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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| /s/ Deborah Ratner Salzberg | | Executive Vice President and Director |
| Deborah Ratner Salzberg | | |
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| /s/ Brian J. Ratner | | Executive Vice President and Director |
| Brian J. Ratner | | |
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| /s/ Bruce C. Ratner | | Executive Vice President and Director |
| Bruce C. Ratner | | |
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| /s/ Ronald A. Ratner | | Executive Vice President and Director |
| Ronald A. Ratner | | |
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| /s/ Arthur F. Anton | | Director |
| Arthur F. Anton | | |
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| /s/ Kenneth J. Bacon | | Director |
| Kenneth J. Bacon | | |
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| /s/ Scott S. Cowen | | Director |
| Scott S. Cowen | | |
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| /s/ Christine Detrick | | Director |
| Christine Detrick | | |
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| /s/ Michael P. Esposito, Jr. | | Director |
| Michael P. Esposito, Jr. | | |
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| /s/ Deborah L. Harmon | | Director |
| Deborah L. Harmon | | |
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| /s/ Stan Ross | | Director |
| Stan Ross | | |
