UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549
                                    FORM 10-K

(Mark One)
[X]   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
         ACT  OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED] 
For the fiscal year ended        January 31,1999                               
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                                           OR

[   ]   TRANSITION REPORT R 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
         ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

For the transition period from                     to
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                          Commission file number 1-4372
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                          FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              Ohio                                            34-0863886
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(State of incorporation)                                  (I.R.S. Employer
                                                        Identification No.)
        1100 Terminal Tower
   50 Public Square   Cleveland, Ohio                             44113        
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         (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code          216-621-6060        
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                        Name of each exchange on
     Title of each class                                   which registered     
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Class A Common Stock ($.33 1/3 par value)               New York Stock Exchange
Class B Common Stock ($.33 1/3 par value)               New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
YES X NO ___

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent  filers  pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation  S-K is not contained  herein,  and will not be contained,  to the
best of registrant's  knowledge,  in definitive proxy or information  statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]

On March  1,  1999 the  aggregate  market  value  of the  voting  stock  held by
non-affiliates  of the registrant  amounted to $276,261,359  and $57,914,494 for
Class A and Class B common stock, respectively.

The number of shares of registrant's  common stock  outstanding on March 1, 1999
was   19,281,816   and  10,701,296  for  Class  A  and  Class  B  common  stock,
respectively.

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the  registrant's  Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year
ended January 31, 1999 (1998 Annual Report to Shareholders)  are incorporated by
reference into Parts I and II of this Form 10-K. Portions of the Proxy Statement
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held June 8, 1999 are  incorporated
by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.




  

                          FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.

                           ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
                                JANUARY 31, 1999

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                                     PART I

Item 1.    Business                                                            2
Item 2.    Properties                                                          5
Item 3.    Legal Proceedings                                                   5
Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                 5
Item 4A.   Executive Officers of the Registrant                                6

                                     PART II

Item 5.    Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related                    
           Stockholder Matters                                                 8
Item 6.    Selected Financial Data                                             8
Item 7.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial                    
           Condition and Results of Operations                                 8
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk          8
Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data                        11
Item 9.    Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
           and Financial Disclosure                                           11

                                    PART III

Item 10    Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant                 12
Item 11    Executive Compensation                                             12
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
           Management                                                         12
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions                     12

                                     PART IV

Item 14.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on           
           Form 8-K                                                           13
           Signatures                                                         25














  
                                     PART I



Item 1. Business

     Founded  79  years  ago  and  publicly  traded  since  1960,   Forest  City
Enterprises, Inc. (with its Subsidiaries,  the "Company" or "Forest City") owns,
develops,  acquires and manages  commercial and residential real estate projects
in 21 states and the District of Columbia. At January 31,  1999, the Company had
$3.4 billion in consolidated  assets,  of which  approximately  $3.1 billion was
invested in real estate.

     The Company is organized into four principal business groups:

          *    The Commercial Group, which owns, develops, acquires and operates
               shopping  centers,   office  buildings  and  mixed-use   projects
               including hotels.

          *    The  Residential  Group,  which  develops,   acquires,  owns  and
               operates the Company's multi-family properties.

          *    The Land  Group,  which owns and  develops  raw land into  master
               planned  communities  and  other  residential   developments  for
               resale.

          *    The Lumber  Trading Group,  which  operates the Company's  lumber
               wholesaling business.

     Each group  operates  autonomously  and both the  Commercial  Group and the
Residential Group have separate development,  acquisition, leasing, property and
financial  management  functions.  As a result,  each of these groups is able to
perform  all of the tasks  necessary  to develop  and  maintain a property  from
selecting a project  site to  financing  the project to managing  the  completed
project. The Company's "Corporate" Activities relate to general corporate items.


Commercial Group

     The  Company has  developed  retail  projects  for more than  50 years  and
office,  mixed-use  and  hotel  projects  for more  than  30 years.  Today,  the
Commercial Group owns a diverse  portfolio in both urban and suburban  locations
in 12 states. The Commercial Group targets densely populated  locations where it
uses its expertise to develop complex projects,  often employing  public/private
partnerships. As of January 31, 1999, the Commercial Group owned interests in 65
completed  projects,  including 35 retail  properties,  23 office properties and
seven hotels.

     The Company opened its first strip  shopping  center in 1948, and its first
enclosed  regional  mall in 1962.  Since then,  it has  developed  urban  retail
centers,  entertainment  based  centers,  community  centers  and power  centers
focused on "big box" retailing  (collectively,  "Specialty Retail Centers"),  as
well as regional malls. As of January 31,  1999, the Commercial Group's existing
shopping  center  portfolio  consisted of 13 regional  malls with a total GLA of
3.9 million  square feet and 22 Specialty Retail Centers with a total GLA of 4.3
million square feet.

     Malls are  generally  developed in  collaboration  with anchor  stores that
usually own their own  facilities  as integral  parts of the mall  structure and
environment  and  which  do not  generate  significant  direct  payments  to the
Company.  In  contrast,  anchor  stores at  specialty  retail and power  centers
generally are tenants under long-term leases which contribute significant rental
payments to the Company.





  
Item 1. Business (continued)

     While the Company  continues to develop  regional malls in strong  markets,
the Company  recently has pioneered the concept of bringing "big box"  retailing
to urban locations  previously ignored by major retailers.  With high population
densities and  disposable  income levels at or near those of the suburbs,  urban
development is proving to be economically  advantageous for the Company, for the
tenants who realize high sales per square foot and for the cities, which benefit
from the new jobs created in the urban locations.

     At January 31, 1999, the Company's  operating portfolio of office/mixed-use
and hotel projects consists of 23 office buildings containing 6.9 million square
feet,  including  mixed-use projects with an aggregate of 259,000 gross leasable
square feet of retail space and seven hotels with 2,032 rooms.

     In  its  office  development   activities,   Forest  City  is  primarily  a
build-to-suit   developer   which  works  with  tenants  to  meet  their  highly
specialized requirements. The Company's office development has focused primarily
on mixed-use  projects in urban  developments,  often built in conjunction  with
hotels and shopping centers or as part of a major office campus.  As a result of
this focus on new urban developments, 50% of the Company's office buildings were
built  within  the last  eight  years  and are  concentrated  in four new  urban
developments  located  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Cleveland,   Ohio,  Cambridge,
Massachusetts and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Residential Group

     The  Company's  Residential  Group  develops,  acquires,  owns,  leases and
manages  residential  rental property in 16 states and the District of Columbia.
The Company has been  engaged in  apartment  community  development  for over 50
years  beginning in  northeast  Ohio and  gradually  expanding  nationally.  Its
portfolio includes mature middle-market apartments in geographically  attractive
suburbs,  newer and higher end  apartments  in unique urban  locations and newer
apartments  in the  suburbs.  The  Residential  Group,  which  focuses  on large
apartment  complexes,  does not  develop  or  operate  single-family  housing or
condominium projects.

     At January 31, 1999, the Residential  Group's operating  portfolio consists
of  33,692  units in 114  properties  in  which  Forest  City  has an  ownership
interest,  including 7,695 units of syndicated senior citizen subsidized housing
in 45  buildings  that the  Company  manages  and in  which  it owns a  residual
interest.


Land Group

     The Company has been in the land business since the 1930's.  The Land Group
acquires and sells both raw land and developed lots to  residential,  commercial
and industrial customers. The Land Group projects attract national, regional and
local   builders.   The  Land  Group  develops  raw  land  into  master  planned
communities,  mixed-use and other  residential  developments  and currently owns
more  than  5,400  acres  of  undeveloped  land for this  purpose.  The  Company
currently has major land development projects in seven states.

     Historically,  the Land  Group's  activities  focused  on land  development
projects  in  northeast  Ohio.  Over time,  the Group's  activities  expanded to
larger,  more complex  projects,  and regional  expansion  into western New York
State.  In the last ten  years,  the  Group has  extended  its  activities  on a
national basis, first in Arizona, and more recently in North Carolina,  Florida,
Nevada and Colorado.

     In addition to the sales  activities  of the Land Group,  the Company  also
sells land acquired by its Commercial  Group and  Residential  Group adjacent to
their  respective  projects.  Proceeds  from such land sales are included in the
revenues of such Groups.


  

Item 1. Business (continued)

Forest City Trading Group

     The Company's  original  business was selling lumber to  homebuilders.  The
Company  expanded this business in 1969 through its  acquisition  of Forest City
Trading Group,  Inc., which is a lumber wholesaler to customers in all 50 states
and all Canadian provinces.  Through 11 strategically located trading offices in
the United States and Canada,  employing over 300 traders,  Forest City sold the
equivalent  of eight  billion  board feet of lumber in 1998,  with a gross sales
volume of nearly $3  billion,  making  the  Company  one of the  largest  lumber
wholesalers in North America.

     The  Lumber  Trading  Group  currently  has  offices  in  nine  states  and
Vancouver,  British  Columbia.  The  Company  opens  offices in  response to the
changing demands of the lumber industry.

     The Lumber Trading  Group's core business is supplying  lumber for new home
construction and to the repair and remodeling markets.  Approximately 65% of the
Lumber Trading Group's sales for 1998 involve  back-to-back  trades in which the
Company brings  together a buyer and seller for an immediate  purchase and sale.
The balance of  transactions  are trades in which the Company takes a short-term
ownership  position and is at risk for lumber  market  fluctuations.  This risk,
however, is reduced by the implementation of our lumber hedging strategy.

Competition

     The real estate industry is highly  competitive in all major markets.  With
regard to the  Commercial  and  Residential  Groups,  there are  numerous  other
developers,  managers and owners of commercial and residential  real estate that
compete  with the  Company  nationally,  regionally  and/or  locally  in seeking
management  and  leasing   revenues,   land  for  development,   properties  for
acquisition and  disposition  and tenants for properties,  some of whom may have
greater financial resources than the Company. There can be no assurance that the
Company will successfully  compete for new projects or have the ability to react
to  competitive  pressures  on  existing  projects  caused  by  factors  such as
declining occupancy rates or rental rates. In addition, tenants at the Company's
retail  properties  face  continued  competition  in attracting  customers  from
retailers at other shopping  centers,  catalogue  companies,  warehouse  stores,
large   discounters,   outlet  malls,   wholesale  clubs  and  direct  mail  and
telemarketers.  The existence of competing  developers,  managers and owners and
competition to the Company's tenants could have a material adverse effect on the
Company's  ability to lease space in its  properties and on the rents charged or
concessions granted, could materially and adversely affect the Company's results
of operations and cash flows,  and could affect the  realizable  value of assets
upon sale.

     With regard to the Lumber Trading Group, the lumber wholesaling business is
highly  competitive.  Competitors  in  the  lumber  brokerage  business  include
numerous brokers and in-house sales departments of lumber manufacturers, many of
which are larger and have greater resources than the Company.

     Forest City was  incorporated  in Ohio in 1960 as a successor to a business
started in 1921.


Number of Employees

     The Company had 3,860 employees as of January 31,1999,  of which 2,871 were
full-time and 989 were part-time.


Segments of Business

     Financial  information  about  industry  segments  required by this item is
incorporated by reference to Note K "Segment  Information" which appears on page
36 of the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.


  
Item 2. Properties

     The Corporate  headquarters of Forest City Enterprises,  Inc. is located in
Cleveland, Ohio and is owned by the Company. Regional offices are located in New
York, Los Angeles, Boston, Tucson, Washington, D. C., Denver, and San Francisco.
Forest City Trading Group, Inc. maintains its headquarters in Portland,  Oregon.
It has seven other  offices and one  processing  plant  located in Oregon,  nine
additional offices in eight other states and one sales office in Canada.

     The "Forest City Rental Properties  Corporation  Portfolio of Real Estate,"
presented on pages 22 and 23 of the 1998 Annual  Report to  Shareholders,  lists
the shopping centers,  office  buildings,  hotels and apartments in which Forest
City Rental Properties Corporation has an interest and is incorporated herein by
reference.


Item 3. Legal Proceedings

     An action was filed in August 1997 against Forest City Trading Group,  Inc.
(a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the Company) and 10 of its  subsidiaries,  all of
which are in the business of trading  lumber.  The  complaint  alleged  improper
calculation  and  underpayment  of  commissions  and other  related  claims.  On
September  11,  1998  Plaintiffs  filed a Motion  for  Class  Certification.  On
December 8, 1998 the court posted an order denying class certification. On April
5, 1999 the original four Plaintiffs filed a notice of dismissal of this lawsuit
without  prejudice in state court.  On April 16, 1999,  the case was re-filed in
Federal  court  against  Forest  City  Trading  Group,  Inc.  and  four  of  its
subsidiaries.  The  Defendants  will  vigorously  defend the  allegations.  This
litigation is not expected to have a material  adverse effect upon the financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

     The Company, through subsidiaries, owns a 14.6% interest in the Seven Hills
housing development,  located in Henderson, Nevada, which is owned by the Silver
Canyon  Partnership and is being developed in conjunction with a golf course. In
August 1997, a class-action lawsuit was filed by the current homeowners in Seven
Hills  against the Silver Canyon  Partnership,  the golf course  developers  and
other entities, including the Company. In addition, separate lawsuits were filed
by some of the production homebuilding companies at Seven Hills, against some of
the same parties,  not including the Company.  Each of these  lawsuits  sought a
commitment  for  public  play on the golf  course,  as well as damages  and,  in
October 1998,  the court granted play rights.  In February 1999 the owner of the
golf course filed a cross-claim  against the Silver Canyon  Partnership  and the
Company.  Sales  efforts  are  continuing  at the Seven Hills  development,  and
because these events are recent,  it is not yet possible to determine the extent
of any impact on the Partnership's  financial performance.  The Company believes
that any exposure  will be limited to the Silver Canyon  Partnership  and is not
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition, results
of operations or cash flows of the Company.


Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     No matters were  submitted to a vote of security  holders during the fourth
quarter.



  

Item 4 (A).  Executive Officers of the Registrant

     The  following  list is  included as an  unnumbered  Item in Part I of this
Report in lieu of being  included in the Proxy  Statement for the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to be held on June 8, 1999.

     The names, ages and positions held by the executive officers of the Company
are presented in the following list. Each individual has been appointed to serve
for the period which ends with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders  scheduled for
June 8, 1999.



                                                          Date
Name and Position(s) Held                               Appointed            Age
- ---------------------------------------------           ---------            ---
                                                                         
Albert B. Ratner
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Company since June 1995, Vice Chairman
of the Board of the Company from June 1993
to June 1995, Chief Executive Officer prior
to July 1995 and President prior to July 1993.           6-13-95             71

Samuel H. Miller
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of 
the Company since June 1995, Chairman of the
Board of the Company from June 1993 to June 
1995 and Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief 
Operating Officer of the Company prior to June 1993,
Treasurer of the Company since December 1992.            6-13-95             77

Nathan Shafran
Honorary Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors 
since June 1997, Vice Chairman of the Board of 
Directors of the Company prior to June 1997.             3-11-87             85

Charles A. Ratner
President of the Company since June 1993, 
Chief Executive Officer of the Company since
June 1995, Chief Operating Officer from June 
1993 to June 1995 and Executive Vice
President prior to June 1993, Director.                  6-13-95             57

James A. Ratner
Executive Vice President, Director, Officer 
of various subsidiary corporations.                      3-09-88             54

Ronald A. Ratner
Executive Vice President, Director, Officer 
of various subsidiary corporations.                      3-09-88             52

Thomas G. Smith
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary, Officer of various subsidiary corporations.   9-03-85             58

William M. Warren
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary.                                     5-16-72             70




  

Item 4 (A).  Executive Officers of the Registrant (continued)


                                                          Date
Name and Position(s) Held                               Appointed            Age
- ----------------------------------------------          ---------            ---
                                                                       
Brian J. Ratner
Senior Vice President--East Coast Development
since January 1997, Vice President--Urban
Entertainment from June 1995 to December 1996, 
Vice President from May 1994 to June 1995
and an officer of various subsidiaries.                  1-01-97             41

Linda M. Kane
Vice President and Corporate Controller since
April 1995, Asset Manager--Commercial Group 
from July 1992 to April 1995 and Financial
Manager--Residential Group from October 1990
to July 1992.                                            4-01-95             41



Note:     Nathan Shafran is the uncle of Charles A. Ratner,  James A. Ratner and
          Ronald  A.  Ratner,  who are  brothers,  and is the uncle of Albert B.
          Ratner.  Albert B. Ratner is the father of Brian J. Ratner and Deborah
          Ratner  Salzberg and is first  cousin to Charles A.  Ratner,  James A.
          Ratner and Ronald A. Ratner.
  
                                    PART II


Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

     Information   required  by  this  item  is  incorporated  by  reference  to
"Quarterly  Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)" which appears on page 42 of
the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.


Item 6. Selected Financial Data

     The  information  required by this item is  incorporated  by  reference  to
"Selected Financial Data" on page 24 of the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.


Item 7. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
        of Operations

     The  information  required by this item is  incorporated  by  reference  to
"Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of
Operations" on pages 43 through 51 of the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.


Item 7 (A). Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk


     The  Company's  primary  market risk  exposure is  interest  rate risk.  At
January 31, 1999, the Company had  approximately  $633,400,000 of  variable-rate
debt  outstanding.  Additionally,  the Company has interest rate risk associated
with fixed-rate debt at maturity.

     To reduce the effects of  significant  increases  in interest  rates on the
amounts  payable with respect to the Company's  variable-rate  debt, the Company
makes use of interest rate exchange agreements, including interest rate caps and
swaps,  primarily to manage  interest rate risk  associated  with  variable-rate
debt. The Company had purchased London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") interest
rate caps as follows.



      Cap
      Strike                                                       Principal
      Rate                           Period                       Outstanding
      ----                     -------------------               ------------
                                                             
      6.50%                    02/01/99 - 01/31/00               $394,503,000
      6.50%                    02/01/00 - 01/31/01                457,613,000
      6.50%                    02/01/01 - 07/31/01                362,577,000
      7.00%                    08/01/01 - 02/01/02                362,577,000
      6.75%                    09/01/00 - 09/01/03                 79,929,000
 

     The  Company  intends to  convert a  significant  portion of its  committed
variable-rate  debt to  fixed-rate  debt.  In addition,  to reduce the effect of
upward  fluctuations in future interest rates, the Company has purchased 10-year
Treasury  Options  at a strike  rate of 6.00% in the  amounts  of  $170,850,000,
$41,252,000 and $38,677,000 with the exercise dates of February 2000, April 2001
and August 2001, respectively.





  

Item  7  (A).  Quantitative  and  Qualitative   Disclosures  About  Market  Risk
(continued)

     At January 31, 1999,  the Company had  $105,000,000  outstanding  under its
$225,000,000  revolving credit facility,  which bears interest at LIBOR plus 2%.
The Company has entered into a one-year 5.125% LIBOR option expiring  January 3,
2000 on $75,000,000 for its revolving credit line. Additionally, the Company has
purchased a 6.50% LIBOR  interest  rate cap for 2000 and an average  6.75% LIBOR
interest rate cap for 2001 at notional  amounts of $42,387,000 and  $37,423,000,
respectively.

     At January 31, 1999, the Company  estimates that a 100 basis point decrease
in market interest rates would have changed the fair value of fixed-rate debt at
that date of $1,836,321,000 to a liability of approximately $1,953,000,000.  The
sensitivity  to changes in interest rates of the Company's  fixed-rate  debt was
determined  with a  valuation  model  based upon  changes  that  measure the net
present value of such obligation which arise from the  hypothetical  estimate as
discussed above. The Company intends to monitor and manage interest costs on its
variable  debt  portfolio  and may  enter  into swap  positions  based on market
fluctuations.

     The  table  below  provides   information  about  the  Company's  financial
instruments   that  are  sensitive  to  changes  in  interest  rates.  For  debt
obligations,  the table  presents  principal  cash  flows and  related  weighted
average interest rates by expected maturity dates.
  



                                                    Expected Maturity  Date                           
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------
          Long-Term Debt                 1999             2000            2001            2002
- ---------------------------------------------------   ------------- --------------- ---------------
                                                                           
Fixed:
    Fixed rate debt (1)               $ 161,922,344   $  93,540,672 $    82,559,907 $    55,709,175
    Weighted average interest rate            7.60%           8.10%           8.27%           7.66%

    UDAG (1)                                 49,561       1,033,055      10,481,224         541,722
    Weighted average interest rate            6.96%           0.35%           7.99%           7.73%

    Senior notes                                  -               -               -               -
    Weighted average interest rate
                                   ---------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Total Fixed Rate Debt                   161,971,905      94,573,727      93,041,131      56,250,897
                                   ---------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------

Variable:
    Variable rate debt (1) (2)           86,303,633     121,648,500      17,302,492      89,540,811
    Weighted average interest rate

    Tax exempt (1)                        1,175,000      55,980,001      32,156,689               -
    Weighted average interest rate

    Revolving credit facility                     -     105,000,000               -               -
    Weighted average interest rate
                                      ------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------                                 
Total Variable Rate Debt                 87,478,633     282,628,501      49,459,181      89,540,811
                                      ------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------                               
Total Long-Term Debt                  $ 249,450,538   $ 377,202,228 $   142,500,312 $   145,791,708
                                      ============= =============== =============== ===============                                

                                                                                                                                    
                                          Expected Maturity Date          Total        Fair Market       
                                       ----------------------------   Outstanding         Value
          Long-Term Debt                 2003          Thereafter        1/31/99         1/31/99
- --------------------------------------------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
Fixed:
    Fixed rate debt (1)               $  85,395,730 $ 1,096,603,124 $ 1,575,730,952 $ 1,590,449,430
    Weighted average interest rate            8.32%           7.44%           7.59%

    UDAG (1)                                163,085      57,489,122      69,757,769      44,871,490
    Weighted average interest rate            2.78%           1.57%           2.57%

    Senior notes                                  -     200,000,000     200,000,000     201,000,000
    Weighted average interest rate                            8.50%           8.50%
                                      ------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------                                 
Total Fixed Rate Debt                    85,558,815   1,354,092,246   1,845,488,721   1,836,320,920
                                      ------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------

Variable:
    Variable rate debt (1) (2)           33,814,478      25,354,127     373,964,041     373,964,041
    Weighted average interest rate                                            7.09%

    Tax exempt (1)                                -      65,107,999     154,419,689     154,419,689
    Weighted average interest rate                                            3.66%

    Revolving credit facility                     -               -     105,000,000     105,000,000
    Weighted average interest rate                                            7.13%

                                      ------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------                                
Total Variable Rate Debt                 33,814,478      90,462,126     633,383,730     633,383,730
                                      ------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------                                 
Total Long-Term Debt                  $ 119,373,293 $ 1,444,554,372   2,478,872,451 $ 2,469,704,650
                                      ============= =============== =============== ===============
<FN>

      (1) Represents nonrecourse debt.
      (2) As of January 31, 1999,  $219,003,000 of  variable-rate  debt has been
          hedged via  $133,479,000  of 1-year LIBOR contracts and $85,524,000 of
          LIBOR-based swaps that have a combined  remaining average life of 0.65
          years.
</FN>

  
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

     The financial  statements and supplementary  data required by this item are
incorporated by reference to "Report of Independent Accountants,"  "Consolidated
Financial   Statements,"  "Notes  to  Consolidated   Financial  Statements"  and
"Quarterly  Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)" located on pages 25 through
42 of the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.

     Financial  Statement  Schedule II, "Valuation and Qualifying  Accounts" and
Schedule III, "Real Estate and  Accumulated  Depreciation"  are included in Part
IV, Item 14(d).


Item 9.  Changes  In  and  Disagreements  With  Accountants  on  Accounting  and
     Financial Disclosure

     None.










  

                                   PART III


Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

     (a)  Identification  of  Directors  is  contained  in  a  definitive  proxy
          statement  which the  registrant  anticipates  will be filed by May 3,
          1999 and is incorporated herein by reference.

     (b)  Pursuant  to  General  Instruction  G of Form 10-K and Item  401(b) of
          Regulation S-K,  Executive  Officers of the Registrant are reported in
          Part I of this Form 10-K.

     (c)  The  disclosure of delinquent  filers,  if any, under Section 16(a) of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is contained in a definitive proxy
          statement  which the  registrant  anticipates  will be filed by May 3,
          1999 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item  11.  Executive  Compensation;  Item  12.  Security  Ownership  of  Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management; and Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related
Transactions

     Information  required  under these  sections is  contained  in a definitive
proxy  statement which the registrant  anticipates  will be filed by May 3, 1999
and is incorporated herein by reference.

  

                                     PART IV

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K

     (a) List of documents filed as part of this report.

          1.   The  following   financial   statements  and  supplementary  data
               included  in  the  1998  Annual   Report  to   Shareholders   are
               incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 8.

               Report of Independent Accountants
               Consolidated Balance Sheets - January 31, 1999 and 1998
               Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the three years ended 
                  January 31, 1999
               Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the three
                  years ended January 31, 1999
               Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three years ended
                  January 31, 1999
               Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
               Quarterly Consolidated Financial Data (Unaudited)

               Individual  financial  statements  of 50% or less  owned  persons
               accounted for by the equity method have been omitted because such
               50% or less owned persons considered in the aggregate as a single
               subsidiary would not constitute a significant subsidiary.

          2.   Financial  statement  schedules  required  by Part II, Item 8 are
               included in Part IV, Item 14(d):

                                                                        Page No.
               Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
               for the years ended January 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997         21   

               Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation
               at January 31, 1999 with reconciliations  for  the years
               ended January 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997                       22-23

               The report of the  independent  accountants  with  respect to the
               above listed financial statement schedules appears on page 20.

          Schedules  other than those  listed  above are  omitted for the reason
          that they are not  required  or are not  applicable,  or the  required
          information is shown in the consolidated financial statements or notes
          thereto.  Columns  omitted  from  schedules  filed  have been  omitted
          because the information is not applicable.

          3.   Exhibits - see (c) below.

          (b)  Reports on Form 8-K filed during the three  months ended  January
               31, 1999: None.

          (c)  Exhibits.

               Exhibit
               Number                      Description of Document


               3.1       Amended Articles of Incorporation adopted as of October
                         11, 1983,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
                         the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October
                         31, 1983 (File No. 1-4372).

               3.2       Code  of   Regulations   as  amended   June  14,  1994,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  3.2  to  the
                         Company's  Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  January
                         31, 1997 (File No.1-4372).

  
               Exhibit
               Number                      Description of Document

               3.3       Certificate  of  Amendment  by   Shareholders   to  the
                         Articles of  Incorporation  of Forest City Enterprises,
                         Inc. dated June 24, 1997,  incorporated by reference to
                         Exhibit 4.14 to the Company's Registration Statement on
                         Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-41437).

               3.4       Certificate  of  Amendment  by   Shareholders   to  the
                         Articles of Incorporation  of Forest City  Enterprises,
                         Inc. dated June 16, 1998,  incorporated by reference to
                         Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's  Registration Statement on
                         Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-61925).

               4.1       Form of Senior  Subordinated  Indenture  between  the
                         Company and National City Bank, as Trustee  thereunder,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.1  to  the
                         Company's    Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-3
                         (Registration No. 333-22695).

               4.2       Form of Junior  Subordinated  Indenture  between  the
                         Company and National City Bank, as Trustee  thereunder,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.2  to  the
                         Company's    Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-3
                         (Registration No. 333-22695).

               4.3       Form  of  Senior  Subordinated  Indenture  between  the
                         Company   and  The  Bank  of  New  York,   as   Trustee
                         thereunder,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 4.22
                         to the  Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3
                         (Registration No. 333-41437).

               10.1      Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1997, by and
                         among Forest City Rental  Properties  Corporation,  the
                         banks named therein,  KeyBank National Association,  as
                         administrative   agent,  and  National  City  Bank,  as
                         syndication agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.38 to the Company's  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
                         October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.2      Guaranty of Payment of Debt,  dated as of December  10,
                         1997, by and among Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc., the
                         banks named therein,  KeyBank National Association,  as
                         administrative   agent,  and  National  City  Bank,  as
                         syndication agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.39 the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
                         October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.3      First  Amendment  to  Credit  Agreement,  dated  as  of
                         January  20,  1998,  by and among  Forest  City  Rental
                         Properties   Corporation,   the  banks  named  therein,
                         KeyBank National Association,  as administrative agent,
                         and  National   City  Bank,   as   syndication   agent,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.19  to  the
                         Company's  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
                         333-41437).

               10.4      First  Amendment to Guaranty of Payment of Debt,  dated
                         as  of  the  banks  named  therein,   KeyBank  National
                         Association, as administrative agent, and National City
                         Bank, as syndication  agent,  incorporated by reference
                         to Exhibit 4.20 to the Company's Registration Statement
                         on Form S-3 (File No. 333-41437).


  

              Exhibit
              Number                        Description of Document


               10.5      Letter Agreement, dated as of February 25, 1998, by and
                         among Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Forest City Rental
                         Properties   Corporation,   the  banks  named  therein,
                         KeyBank National Association,  as administrative agent,
                         and  National   City  Bank,   as   syndication   agent,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.21  to  the
                         Company's  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
                         333-41437).

               10.6      Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March
                         6, 1998,  by and among  Forest City  Rental  Properties
                         Corporation,  the banks named therein, KeyBank National
                         Association, as administrative agent, and National City
                         Bank, as syndication  agent,  incorporated by reference
                         to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's  Form 8-K, dated March
                         6, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.7      Second  Amendment to Guaranty of Payment of Debt, dated
                         as  of  March  6,  1998,   by  and  among  Forest  City
                         Enterprises,  Inc.,  the banks named  therein,  KeyBank
                         National  Association,  as  administrative  agent,  and
                         National City Bank, as syndication agent,  incorporated
                         by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K,
                         dated March 6, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.8      Stock Purchase  Agreement,  dated May 7, 1997,  between
                         Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Richard Miller, Aaron
                         Miller and Gabrielle Miller,  incorporated by reference
                         to  Exhibit  10.34 to the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the
                         quarter ended April 30, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.9      Letter Agreement,  dated August 14, 1997, adjusting the
                         interest rate in the Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated
                         May 7, 1997, between Forest City Enterprises,  Inc. and
                         Richard  Miller,  Aaron  Miller and  Gabrielle  Miller,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.35  to the
                         Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

               10.10     Supplemental  Unfunded  Deferred  Compensation Plan for
                         Executives,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.9
                         to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January
                         31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.11     Deferred  Compensation  Agreement  between  Forest City
                         Enterprises,  Inc. and Thomas G. Smith,  dated December
                         27, 1995, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to
                         the Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
                         1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.12     1994 Stock  Option Plan,  including  forms of Incentive
                         Stock Option  Agreement and  Nonqualified  Stock Option
                         Agreement,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.10
                         to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January
                         31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.13     Employment  Agreement  entered into as of September 25,
                         1989 by the Company and Albert B. Ratner,  incorporated
                         by reference  to Exhibit  10.11 to the  Company's  Form
                         10-K for the year  ended  January  31,  1997  (File No.
                         1-4372).

  


                Exhibit
                Number                    Description of Document


               10.14     First Amendment to Employment Agreement entered into as
                         of  December  6,  1996 by the  Company  and  Albert  B.
                         Ratner,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to
                         the Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
                         1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.15     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         Samuel H. Miller,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.15 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.16     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         Charles A. Ratner, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.16 to the Form 10-K for the year ended  January  31,
                         1998 (File No.1-4372).

               10.17     First Amendment to Employment Agreement (dated April 6,
                         1998)  entered into as of April 24, 1998 by the Company
                         and Charles A.  Ratner,  incorporated  by  reference to
                         Exhibit 10.17 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.18     First Amendment to Employment Agreement (dated December
                         6, 1996 and  superseded by Employment  Agreement  dated
                         April 6, 1998)  entered  into as of December 6, 1996 by
                         the  Company  and Charles A.  Ratner,  incorporated  by
                         reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the  Company's  Form 10-K
                         for the year ended January 31, 1997 (File No.1-4372).

               10.19     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         James A. Ratner,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit
                         10.19 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.20     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         Ronald A. Ratner,  incorporated by reference to exhibit
                         10.20 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.21     Employment  Agreement  entered into as of September 25,
                         1989 by the Company and Nathan P. Shafran, incorporated
                         by reference  to Exhibit  10.14 to the  Company's  Form
                         10-K for the year  ended  January  31,  1997  (File No.
                         1-4372).

               10.22     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance  Policy as Collateral  between Deborah Ratner
                         Salzberg and Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc.,  insuring
                         the lives of Albert  Ratner  and Audrey  Ratner,  dated
                         June 26,  1996,  incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit
                         10.19 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.23     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral  between Brian J. Ratner
                         and Forest City Enterprises,  Inc.,  insuring the lives
                         of Albert  Ratner  and  Audrey  Ratner,  dated June 26,
                         1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

   

              Exhibit
              Number                Description of Document

               10.24     Letter  Supplement to Split Dollar Insurance  Agreement
                         and Assignment of Life  Insurance  Policy as Collateral
                         between  Brian J. Ratner and Forest  City  Enterprises,
                         Inc.,  insuring  the lives of Albert  Ratner and Audrey
                         Ratner,   effective  June  26,  1996,  incorporated  by
                         reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the  Company's  Form 10-K
                         for the year ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).


               10.25     Letter  Supplement to Split Dollar Insurance  Agreement
                         and Assignment of Life  Insurance  Policy as Collateral
                         between   Deborah  Ratner   Salzberg  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises,  Inc., insuring the lives of Albert Ratner
                         and   Audrey   Ratner,   effective   June   26,   1996,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.22  to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

               10.26     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1992  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the lives of Charles Ratner
                         and Ilana  Horowitz  (Ratner),  dated November 2, 1996,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.23  to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

               10.27     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.24 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.28     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.25 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.29     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.26 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.30     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.27 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

   

              Exhibit
              Number                        Description of Document

               10.31     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.28 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).


               10.32     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.29 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.33     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.30 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.34     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.31 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.35     Letter  Supplement to Split Dollar Insurance  Agreement
                         and Assignment of Life  Insurance  Policy as Collateral
                         between James Ratner and Albert Ratner,  Trustees under
                         the Charles Ratner 1992 Irrevocable Trust Agreement and
                         Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc.,  insuring the lives of
                         Charles Ratner and Ilana Ratner,  effective November 2,
                         1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).


               10.36     First  Amendment to the 1994 Stock Option Plan dated as
                         of June 9, 1998,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit
                         4.7 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
                         (Registration No. 333-61925).

               10.37     First  Amendment to the forms of Incentive Stock Option
                         Agreement  and  Nonqualified  Stock  Option  Agreement,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.8  to  the
                         Company's    Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-8
                         (Registration No.333-61925).

               10.38     Amended and Restated  form of Stock  Option  Agreement,
                         effective  as  of  July  16,  1998,   incorporated   by
                         reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the  Company's  Form 10-Q
                         for the  quarter  ended  October  31,  1998  (File  No.
                         1-4372).

               10.39     Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dted as of January
                         29, 1999,  by and among  Forest City Rental  Properties
                         Corporation,  the banks named therein, KeyBank National
                         Association,  as  administravtive  agent,  and National
                         City  Bank,  as  syndication  agent   incorporation  by
                         reference  to Exhibit 20.1 to the  Company's  Form 8-K,
                         dated January 29, 1999.

   


              Exhibit
              Number                        Description of Document

               10.40     Third  Amendment to Guaranty of Payment of Debt,  dated
                         as of  January  29,  1999,  by and  among  Forest  City
                         Enterprises,  Inc.,  the banks named  therein,  KeyBank
                         National  Association,  as  administrative  agent,  and
                         National City Bank, as syndication agent,  incorporated
                         by reference to Exhibit 20.2 to the Company's Form 8-K,
                         dated January 29, 1999.

               10.41     Subordination Agreement,  dated as of January 29, 1999,
                         by and among Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc.,  St. Paul
                         Fire and Marine  Insurance  Company,  St. Paul  Mercury
                         Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company,
                         Seaboard  Surety  Company,   Economy  Fire  &  Casualty
                         Company,  Asset  Guaranty  Insurance  Company,  KeyBank
                         National  Association,  as  administrative  agent,  and
                         National City Bank, as syndication agent,  incorporated
                         by reference to Exhibit 20.3 to the Company's Form 8-K,
                         dated January 29, 1999.

             * 10.42     Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.

             * 10.43     Deferred   Compensation   Plan   for   Executives,
                         effective as of January 1, 1999.

             * 10.44     Deferred   Compensation   Plan   for   Nonemployee
                         Directors, effective as of January 1, 1999.

             * 13        1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.

             * 21        Subsidiaries of the Registrant. See page 24.

             * 23        Consent  of  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP  regarding
                         Forms S-3  (Registration  No.  333-22695 and 333-41437)
                         and Forms S-8 (Registration No. 33-65054,  33-65058 and
                         333-61925).

             * 24        Powers of attorney.

             * 27        Financial Data Schedules.

- -----------------

             * Filed herewith.

    

                      Report of Independent Accountants on
                          Financial Statement Schedules

To the Board of Directors
of Forest City Enterprises, Inc.

Our audits of the consolidated  financial  statements  referred to in our report
dated  March  10,  1999  appearing  on  page 25 of the  1998  Annual  Report  to
Shareholders of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and subsidiaries (which report and
consolidated  financial  statements are incorporated by reference in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K) also included an audit of the financial statement schedules
listed in Item  14(a)(2)  of this Form 10-K.  In our  opinion,  these  financial
statement  schedules present fairly, in all material  respects,  the information
set  forth  therein  when  read in  conjunction  with the  related  consolidated
financial statements.

 



                                              /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
March 10, 1999
                      





                                            FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                            SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

                                                               (in thousands)

                                                                  Additions
                                           Balance at            Charged to                             Balance at
                                           Beginning              Costs and                              End of
Description                                of Period              Expenses            Deductions         Period
- -----------                               -----------            ----------           ----------       -----------       
                                                                                                               
Allowance for
  doubtful accounts

  January 31, 1999                          $ 8,169               $ 4,017               $ 4,698 (a)        $   7,488 

  January 31, 1998                          $ 4,994               $ 4,794               $ 1,619 (a)        $   8,169

  January 31, 1997                          $ 3,687               $ 2,714               $ 1,407 (a)        $   4,994
<FN>

(a)  Uncollectible accounts written off.
</FN>


Reserve  for
  project write-off's

  January 31, 1999                          $ 9,551               $ 2,291(b)            $     0            $  11,842 

  January 31, 1998                          $ 9,491               $    60(b)            $     0            $   9,551

  January 31, 1997                          $ 9,491               $     0(b)            $     0            $   9,491

<FN>

(b)  Additions  charged to costs and  expenses  were  recorded  net of abandoned
     development projects written off of $7,305, $6,774 and $6,497 for the years
     ended January 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
</FN>







                                                           FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                                    SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION


                                                                                                     
                                                                                                   Gross amount at    
                                                                                                    which carried 
                                                   Initial cost       Cost capitalized               at close of        
                                                   to Company            subsequent                January 31, 1999     
                                Amount of     --------------------      acquisition        --------------------------------         
                               Encumbrance            Buildings    ----------------------              Buildings  
                              At January 31,              and                    Carrying                and          Total 
Description of Property            1999      Land    Improvements  Improvements   costs     Land     Improvements    (A) (B)   
- -----------------------       -------------- --------------------- ----------------------  ----------------------  ---------- 
                                                                    (in thousands)
                                                                                                         
  Miscellaneous investments    $ 499,327     $59,341     $ 477,797    $ 58,389    $ 28,798  $ 69,053   $ 555,272   $ 624,325   

Shopping Centers:
Miscellaneous investments        746,679      67,652       651,078     154,354      50,588    80,765     842,907     923,672     

Office Buildings:
Miscellaneous investments        787,380      27,058       815,712     143,781      70,500    31,013   1,026,038   1,057,051     

Leasehold improvements
 and other equipment:
  Miscellaneous investments            -           -        20,541           -           -         -      20,541      20,541      

Under Construction:
  Miscellaneous investments      115,610      46,532       365,540           -           -    46,532     365,540     412,072        

Undeveloped Land:
  Miscellaneous investments       24,876      49.837             -           -           -    49,837           -      49,837        
                                  ------      ------       -------     -------      ------    ------     -------      ------   
     Total                   $ 2,173,872   $ 250,420   $ 2,330,668   $ 356,524   $ 149,886  $277,200  $2,810,298  $3,087,498   
                             ===========   =========   ===========   =========   =========  ========  ==========  ==========

                                                                             Range of lives
                                                                             (in years) on
                                                                         which depreciation in
                            Accumulated                                      latest income
                            depreciation                                 statement is computed
                            at January 31, Date of         Date          ---------------------
                               1999(C)    construction    acquired         Bldg   Improvements
                            ------------- ------------    --------       ---------------------                                      
Apartments:
  Miscellaneous investments   $ 123,485    Various               -       Various    Various

Shopping Centers:
Miscellaneous investments       160,552    Various               -       Various    Various

Office Buildings:
Miscellaneous investments       193,215    Various               -       Various    Various

Leasehold improvements
 and other equipment:
  Miscellaneous investments      14,041          -          Various      Various    Various

Under Construction:
  Miscellaneous investments           -

Undeveloped Land:
  Miscellaneous investments           -
                              ---------
     Total                    $ 491,293 
                              =========

<FN>
(A) The aggregate cost at January 31, 1999 for federal income tax purposes was $2,879,517.
       For (B) and (C) refer to the following pages.
</FN>

                                                              (Continued)

  



                                                             FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                                   SCHEDULE III - REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (CONTINUED)


                                                                                    For the Years Ended January 31,
                                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         1999                     1998                       1997
                                                                      ---------             --------------                ---------
                                                                                            (in thousands)
                                                                                                                     
(B)  Reconciliations of total real estate carrying value are as follows:


     Balance at beginning of period                                   $2,704,560               $2,520,179                $2,425,083

       Additions during period -
           Improvements                                                  327,471                  205,051                   148,025
           Other acquisitions                                            156,879                   90,438                    22,264
                                                                      ----------               ----------                   -------
                                                                         484,350                  295,489                   170,289
                                                                      ----------               ----------                   -------
       Deductions during period -
           Cost of real estate sold                                     (101,412)                (111,108)                  (75,193)
                                                                      ----------               ----------                  --------
    Balance at end of period                                          $3,087,498               $2,704,560                $2,520,179
                                                                      ==========               ==========                ==========

(C)  Reconciliations of accumulated depreciation are as follows:

     Balance at beginning of period                                     $448,634                 $399,830                  $347,912

         Additions during period -
           Charged to profit or loss                                      61,908                   56,923                    52,979

       Deductions during period -
           Retirement and sales                                          (19,249)                  (8,119)                   (1,061)
                                                                        --------                  -------                   -------
     Balance at end of period                                           $491,293                $ 448,634                 $ 399,830
                                                                        ========                =========                 =========
                                                                        

  
Item 14. Exhibit 21 - Parents and Subsidiaries

The voting securities of the subsidiaries below are in each case owned by Forest
City Enterprises,  Inc. except where a subsidiary's  name is indented,  in which
case  that  subsidiary's  voting  securities  are  owned by the  next  preceding
subsidiary whose name is not so indented.



                                                Percentage of
                                               Voting Securities
                                                 Owned By             State of
         Name of Subsidiary                    Immediate Parent    Incorporation
- ---------------------------------------        -----------------   -------------
                                                                       
Forest City Rental Properties Corporation            100               Ohio
    Forest City Commercial Group, Inc.               100               Ohio
        Central Station Limited Partnership          100               Illinois
        Temecula Power Center LLC                    100               Ohio
    Forest City Residential Group, Inc.              100               Ohio
Forest City Trading Group, Inc.                      100               Oregon
Sunrise Development Company                          100               Ohio
   Sunrise Land Company                              100               Ohio
        FC Granite, Inc.                             100               Ohio

  

                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant  to the  requirements  of  Section  13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                   FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
                                                          (Registrant)

DATE:  April 27, 1999  BY:       /s/ Charles A. Ratner              
       --------------          --------------------------         
                      (Charles A. Ratner, President and Chief Executive Officer)

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, this
report  has  been  signed  below  by the  following  persons  on  behalf  of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



         Signature                        Title                        Date
- --------------------    -----------------------------------------  -------------
                                                                
/s/ Albert B. Ratner    Co-Chairman of the Board and Director     April 27, 1999
(Albert B. Ratner)

/s/ Samuel H. Miller    Co-Chairman of the Board, Treasurer       April 27, 1999
(Samuel H. Miller)      and Director

             *          President, Chief Executive Officer        April 27, 1999
(Charles A. Ratner)     and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Thomas G. Smith     Senior Vice President, Chief              April 27, 1999
(Thomas G. Smith)       Financial Officer and Secretary
                        (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Linda M. Kane       Vice President and Corporate Controller   April 27, 1999
(Linda M. Kane)        (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ James A. Ratner     Executive Vice President and Director     April 27, 1999
(James A. Ratner)

/s/ Ronald A. Ratner    Executive Vice President and Director     April 27, 1999
(Ronald A. Ratner)

/s/ Brian J. Ratner     Senior Vice President and Director        April 27, 1999
(Brian J. Ratner)

/s/ Deborah Ratner Salzberg     Director                          April 27, 1999
(Deborah Ratner Salzberg)


  



Signature                          Title                                Date
- ------------------------------  ---------                         --------------
                                                               
/s/ Michael P. Esposito, Jr.    Director                          April 27, 1999
(Michael P. Esposito, Jr.)

/s/ Scott S. Cowen              Director                          April 27, 1999
(Scott S. Cowen)

/s/ Jerry V. Jarrett            Director                          April 27, 1999
(Jerry V. Jarrett)

/s/ Joan K. Shafran             Director                          April 27, 1999
(Joan K. Shafran)

/s/ Louis Stokes                Director                          April 27, 1999
(Louis Stokes)



The Registrant plans to furnish security holders a copy of the Annual Report and
Proxy material by May 3, 1999.

*    The  undersigned,  pursuant to a Power of Attorney  executed by each of the
     Directors and Officers  identified  above and filed with the Securities and
     Exchange  Commission,  by signing  his name  hereto,  does  hereby sign and
     execute this Form 10-K on behalf of each of the persons noted above, in the
     capacities indicated.

By:  /s/  Charles A. Ratner                                     April  27,  1999
(Charles A. Ratner, Attorney-in-Fact)

  
                                Exhibit Index
                                -------------
               Exhibit
               Number                      Description of Document


               3.1       Amended Articles of Incorporation adopted as of October
                         11, 1983,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
                         the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October
                         31, 1983 (File No. 1-4372).

               3.2       Code  of   Regulations   as  amended   June  14,  1994,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  3.2  to  the
                         Company's  Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  January
                         31, 1997 (File No.1-4372).

               3.3       Certificate  of  Amendment  by   Shareholders   to  the
                         Articles of  Incorporation  of Forest City Enterprises,
                         Inc. dated June 24, 1997,  incorporated by reference to
                         Exhibit 4.14 to the Company's Registration Statement on
                         Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-41437).

               3.4       Certificate  of  Amendment  by   Shareholders   to  the
                         Articles of Incorporation  of Forest City  Enterprises,
                         Inc. dated June 16, 1998,  incorporated by reference to
                         Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's  Registration Statement on
                         Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-61925).

               4.1       Form of Senior  Subordinated  Indenture  between  the
                         Company and National City Bank, as Trustee  thereunder,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.1  to  the
                         Company's    Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-3
                         (Registration No. 333-22695).

               4.2       Form of Junior  Subordinated  Indenture  between  the
                         Company and National City Bank, as Trustee  thereunder,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.2  to  the
                         Company's    Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-3
                         (Registration No. 333-22695).

               4.3       Form  of  Senior  Subordinated  Indenture  between  the
                         Company   and  The  Bank  of  New  York,   as   Trustee
                         thereunder,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 4.22
                         to the  Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3
                         (Registration No. 333-41437).

               10.1      Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 1997, by and
                         among Forest City Rental  Properties  Corporation,  the
                         banks named therein,  KeyBank National Association,  as
                         administrative   agent,  and  National  City  Bank,  as
                         syndication agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.38 to the Company's  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
                         October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.2      Guaranty of Payment of Debt,  dated as of December  10,
                         1997, by and among Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc., the
                         banks named therein,  KeyBank National Association,  as
                         administrative   agent,  and  National  City  Bank,  as
                         syndication agent, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.39 the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
                         October 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.3      First  Amendment  to  Credit  Agreement,  dated  as  of
                         January  20,  1998,  by and among  Forest  City  Rental
                         Properties   Corporation,   the  banks  named  therein,
                         KeyBank National Association,  as administrative agent,
                         and  National   City  Bank,   as   syndication   agent,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.19  to  the
                         Company's  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
                         333-41437).

               10.4      First  Amendment to Guaranty of Payment of Debt,  dated
                         as  of  the  banks  named  therein,   KeyBank  National
                         Association, as administrative agent, and National City
                         Bank, as syndication  agent,  incorporated by reference
                         to Exhibit 4.20 to the Company's Registration Statement
                         on Form S-3 (File No. 333-41437).


  

              Exhibit
              Number                        Description of Document

               10.5      Letter Agreement, dated as of February 25, 1998, by and
                         among Forest City Enterprises, Inc., Forest City Rental
                         Properties   Corporation,   the  banks  named  therein,
                         KeyBank National Association,  as administrative agent,
                         and  National   City  Bank,   as   syndication   agent,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.21  to  the
                         Company's  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
                         333-41437).

               10.6      Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March
                         6, 1998,  by and among  Forest City  Rental  Properties
                         Corporation,  the banks named therein, KeyBank National
                         Association, as administrative agent, and National City
                         Bank, as syndication  agent,  incorporated by reference
                         to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's  Form 8-K, dated March
                         6, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.7      Second  Amendment to Guaranty of Payment of Debt, dated
                         as  of  March  6,  1998,   by  and  among  Forest  City
                         Enterprises,  Inc.,  the banks named  therein,  KeyBank
                         National  Association,  as  administrative  agent,  and
                         National City Bank, as syndication agent,  incorporated
                         by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K,
                         dated March 6, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.8      Stock Purchase  Agreement,  dated May 7, 1997,  between
                         Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Richard Miller, Aaron
                         Miller and Gabrielle Miller,  incorporated by reference
                         to  Exhibit  10.34 to the  Company's  Form 10-Q for the
                         quarter ended April 30, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.9      Letter Agreement,  dated August 14, 1997, adjusting the
                         interest rate in the Stock  Purchase  Agreement,  dated
                         May 7, 1997, between Forest City Enterprises,  Inc. and
                         Richard  Miller,  Aaron  Miller and  Gabrielle  Miller,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.35  to the
                         Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

               10.10     Supplemental  Unfunded  Deferred  Compensation Plan for
                         Executives,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.9
                         to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January
                         31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.11     Deferred  Compensation  Agreement  between  Forest City
                         Enterprises,  Inc. and Thomas G. Smith,  dated December
                         27, 1995, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to
                         the Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
                         1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.12     1994 Stock  Option Plan,  including  forms of Incentive
                         Stock Option  Agreement and  Nonqualified  Stock Option
                         Agreement,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.10
                         to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January
                         31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.13     Employment  Agreement  entered into as of September 25,
                         1989 by the Company and Albert B. Ratner,  incorporated
                         by reference  to Exhibit  10.11 to the  Company's  Form
                         10-K for the year  ended  January  31,  1997  (File No.
                         1-4372).

  


                Exhibit
                Number                    Description of Document


               10.14     First Amendment to Employment Agreement entered into as
                         of  December  6,  1996 by the  Company  and  Albert  B.
                         Ratner,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to
                         the Company's  Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
                         1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.15     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         Samuel H. Miller,  incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.15 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.16     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         Charles A. Ratner, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                         10.16 to the Form 10-K for the year ended  January  31,
                         1998 (File No.1-4372).

               10.17     First Amendment to Employment Agreement (dated April 6,
                         1998)  entered into as of April 24, 1998 by the Company
                         and Charles A.  Ratner,  incorporated  by  reference to
                         Exhibit 10.17 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.18     First Amendment to Employment Agreement (dated December
                         6, 1996 and  superseded by Employment  Agreement  dated
                         April 6, 1998)  entered  into as of December 6, 1996 by
                         the  Company  and Charles A.  Ratner,  incorporated  by
                         reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the  Company's  Form 10-K
                         for the year ended January 31, 1997 (File No.1-4372).

               10.19     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         James A. Ratner,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit
                         10.19 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.20     Employment  Agreement  entered  into on April 6,  1998,
                         effective  as of February  1, 1997,  by the Company and
                         Ronald A. Ratner,  incorporated by reference to exhibit
                         10.20 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1998 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.21     Employment  Agreement  entered into as of September 25,
                         1989 by the Company and Nathan P. Shafran, incorporated
                         by reference  to Exhibit  10.14 to the  Company's  Form
                         10-K for the year  ended  January  31,  1997  (File No.
                         1-4372).

               10.22     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance  Policy as Collateral  between Deborah Ratner
                         Salzberg and Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc.,  insuring
                         the lives of Albert  Ratner  and Audrey  Ratner,  dated
                         June 26,  1996,  incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit
                         10.19 to the  Company's  Form  10-K for the year  ended
                         January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.23     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral  between Brian J. Ratner
                         and Forest City Enterprises,  Inc.,  insuring the lives
                         of Albert  Ratner  and  Audrey  Ratner,  dated June 26,
                         1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

   

              Exhibit
              Number                Description of Document

               10.24     Letter  Supplement to Split Dollar Insurance  Agreement
                         and Assignment of Life  Insurance  Policy as Collateral
                         between  Brian J. Ratner and Forest  City  Enterprises,
                         Inc.,  insuring  the lives of Albert  Ratner and Audrey
                         Ratner,   effective  June  26,  1996,  incorporated  by
                         reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the  Company's  Form 10-K
                         for the year ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).


               10.25     Letter  Supplement to Split Dollar Insurance  Agreement
                         and Assignment of Life  Insurance  Policy as Collateral
                         between   Deborah  Ratner   Salzberg  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises,  Inc., insuring the lives of Albert Ratner
                         and   Audrey   Ratner,   effective   June   26,   1996,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.22  to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

               10.26     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1992  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the lives of Charles Ratner
                         and Ilana  Horowitz  (Ratner),  dated November 2, 1996,
                         incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  10.23  to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).

               10.27     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.24 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.28     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.25 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.29     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.26 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.30     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.27 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

   

              Exhibit
              Number                        Description of Document

               10.31     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Max Ratner 1988
                         Grandchildren's   Trust   Agreement   and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.28 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).


               10.32     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.29 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.33     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.30 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.34     Split Dollar Insurance Agreement and Assignment of Life
                         Insurance Policy as Collateral between Albert B. Ratner
                         and James  Ratner,  Trustees  under the Charles  Ratner
                         1989  Irrevocable   Trust  Agreement  and  Forest  City
                         Enterprises, Inc., insuring the life of Charles Ratner,
                         dated  October 24, 1996,  incorporated  by reference to
                         Exhibit 10.31 to the  Company's  Form 10-K for the year
                         ended January 31, 1997 (File No. 1-4372).

               10.35     Letter  Supplement to Split Dollar Insurance  Agreement
                         and Assignment of Life  Insurance  Policy as Collateral
                         between James Ratner and Albert Ratner,  Trustees under
                         the Charles Ratner 1992 Irrevocable Trust Agreement and
                         Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc.,  insuring the lives of
                         Charles Ratner and Ilana Ratner,  effective November 2,
                         1996, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the
                         Company's Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1997
                         (File No. 1-4372).


               10.36     First  Amendment to the 1994 Stock Option Plan dated as
                         of June 9, 1998,  incorporated  by reference to Exhibit
                         4.7 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
                         (Registration No. 333-61925).

               10.37     First  Amendment to the forms of Incentive Stock Option
                         Agreement  and  Nonqualified  Stock  Option  Agreement,
                         incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.8  to  the
                         Company's    Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-8
                         (Registration No.333-61925).

               10.38     Amended and Restated  form of Stock  Option  Agreement,
                         effective  as  of  July  16,  1998,   incorporated   by
                         reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the  Company's  Form 10-Q
                         for the  quarter  ended  October  31,  1998  (File  No.
                         1-4372).

               10.39     Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dted as of January
                         29, 1999,  by and among  Forest City Rental  Properties
                         Corporation,  the banks named therein, KeyBank National
                         Association,  as  administravtive  agent,  and National
                         City  Bank,  as  syndication  agent   incorporation  by
                         reference  to Exhibit 20.1 to the  Company's  Form 8-K,
                         dated January 29, 1999.

   


              Exhibit
              Number                        Description of Document

               10.40     Third  Amendment to Guaranty of Payment of Debt,  dated
                         as of  January  29,  1999,  by and  among  Forest  City
                         Enterprises,  Inc.,  the banks named  therein,  KeyBank
                         National  Association,  as  administrative  agent,  and
                         National City Bank, as syndication agent,  incorporated
                         by reference to Exhibit 20.2 to the Company's Form 8-K,
                         dated January 29, 1999.

               10.41     Subordination Agreement,  dated as of January 29, 1999,
                         by and among Forest City  Enterprises,  Inc.,  St. Paul
                         Fire and Marine  Insurance  Company,  St. Paul  Mercury
                         Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company,
                         Seaboard  Surety  Company,   Economy  Fire  &  Casualty
                         Company,  Asset  Guaranty  Insurance  Company,  KeyBank
                         National  Association,  as  administrative  agent,  and
                         National City Bank, as syndication agent,  incorporated
                         by reference to Exhibit 20.3 to the Company's Form 8-K,
                         dated January 29, 1999.

             * 10.42     Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.

             * 10.43     Deferred   Compensation   Plan   for   Executives,
                         effective as of January 1, 1999.

             * 10.44     Deferred   Compensation   Plan   for   Nonemployee
                         Directors, effective as of January 1, 1999.

             * 13        1998 Annual Report to Shareholders.

             * 21        Subsidiaries of the Registrant. See page 24.

             * 23        Consent  of  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP  regarding
                         Forms S-3  (Registration  No.  333-22695 and 333-41437)
                         and Forms S-8 (Registration No. 33-65054,  33-65058 and
                         333-61925).

             * 24        Powers of attorney.

             * 27        Financial Data Schedules.

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             * Filed herewith.