Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Revenues
Rental	$ 130,562,000	$ 149,781,000	$ 258,483,000	$ 297,728,000
Tenant recoveries	25,542,000	35,080,000	59,064,000	83,991,000
Service and management fees	10,916,000	15,629,000	23,903,000	28,408,000
Parking and other	12,520,000	13,381,000	24,668,000	26,833,000
Arena	24,572,000	26,853,000	59,929,000	50,993,000
Land sales	18,537,000	26,681,000	35,244,000	34,469,000
Military Housing	6,988,000	10,510,000	17,883,000	25,459,000
Total revenues	229,637,000	277,915,000	479,174,000	547,881,000
Expenses
Property operating and management	89,637,000	107,554,000	190,728,000	225,358,000
Real estate taxes	19,548,000	22,384,000	39,754,000	44,609,000
Ground rent	2,174,000	1,904,000	4,054,000	4,003,000
Arena operating	14,818,000	21,898,000	38,294,000	40,310,000
Cost of land sales	7,837,000	13,428,000	14,202,000	17,532,000
Military Housing operating	1,734,000	6,360,000	8,258,000	14,924,000
Corporate general and administrative	10,059,000	13,478,000	21,620,000	24,537,000
Total operating expenses	145,807,000	187,006,000	316,910,000	371,273,000
Depreciation and amortization	59,318,000	80,452,000	114,327,000	148,256,000
Write-offs of abandoned development projects and demolition costs	933,000	657,000	933,000	13,553,000
Impairment of real estate	129,829,000	1,175,000	129,829,000	1,175,000
Net gain on land held for divestiture activity	0	(1,121,000)	0	(12,308,000)
Total expenses	335,887,000	268,169,000	561,999,000	521,949,000
Operating income (loss)	(106,250,000)	9,746,000	(82,825,000)	25,932,000
Interest expense	(57,153,000)	(83,096,000)	(119,605,000)	(164,579,000)
Amortization of mortgage procurement costs	(1,768,000)	(2,526,000)	(3,893,000)	(5,267,000)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(714,000)	(4,975,000)	(878,000)	(4,948,000)
Interest and other income	12,375,000	11,775,000	23,878,000	22,425,000
Net loss on disposition of partial interest in development project	(19,590,000)	0	(19,590,000)	0
Net loss on disposition of partial interest in rental properties	0	0	(467,000)	0
Loss before income taxes	(173,100,000)	(69,076,000)	(203,380,000)	(126,437,000)
Income tax expense (benefit)
Current	(30,435,000)	(5,858,000)	5,499,000	(40,130,000)
Deferred	(16,512,000)	(12,612,000)	(48,515,000)	12,995,000
Total income tax expense (benefit)	(46,947,000)	(18,470,000)	(43,016,000)	(27,135,000)
Net gain on change in control of interests	0	2,762,000	2,759,000	2,762,000
Earnings from unconsolidated entities, gross of tax
Equity in earnings	27,168,000	4,445,000	61,197,000	12,756,000
Net gain on land held for divestiture activity	0	682,000	0	2,511,000
Total equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities	27,168,000	5,127,000	61,197,000	15,267,000
Loss from continuing operations	(98,985,000)	(42,717,000)	(96,408,000)	(81,273,000)
Discontinued operations, net of tax:
Operating earnings (loss) from rental properties	797,000	1,825,000	(1,844,000)	2,380,000
Gain on disposition of rental properties	343,000	0	14,856,000	15,178,000
Earnings from discontinued operations	1,140,000	1,825,000	13,012,000	17,558,000
Net loss	(97,845,000)	(40,892,000)	(83,396,000)	(63,715,000)
Noncontrolling interests
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, gross of tax	4,853,000	6,000,000	5,974,000	15,083,000
Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	(48,000)	(50,000)	(5,899,000)
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,853,000	5,952,000	5,924,000	9,184,000
Net loss attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.	(92,992,000)	(34,940,000)	(77,472,000)	(54,531,000)
Preferred dividends	0	0	0	(185,000)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$ (92,992,000)	$ (34,940,000)	$ (77,472,000)	$ (54,716,000)
Basic and Diluted earnings (loss) per common share
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders ‑ Basic and Diluted	$ (0.47)	$ (0.19)	$ (0.46)	$ (0.35)
Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders - Basic and Diluted	$ 0.00	$ 0.01	$ 0.07	$ 0.06
Loss attributable to common shareholders ‑ Basic and Diluted	$ (0.47)	$ (0.18)	$ (0.39)	$ (0.29)