Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Revenues
Rental	$ 132,536,000	$ 151,855,000	$ 391,019,000	$ 449,583,000
Tenant recoveries	30,082,000	37,890,000	89,146,000	121,881,000
Service and management fees	12,150,000	14,040,000	36,053,000	42,448,000
Parking and other	13,604,000	13,637,000	38,272,000	40,470,000
Arena	25,039,000	25,277,000	84,968,000	76,270,000
Land sales	15,123,000	22,523,000	50,367,000	56,992,000
Military Housing	6,209,000	11,471,000	24,092,000	36,930,000
Total revenues	234,743,000	276,693,000	713,917,000	824,574,000
Expenses
Property operating and management	92,347,000	107,140,000	283,075,000	332,498,000
Real estate taxes	19,691,000	20,825,000	59,445,000	65,434,000
Ground rent	2,411,000	1,181,000	6,465,000	5,184,000
Arena operating	17,105,000	16,286,000	55,399,000	56,596,000
Cost of land sales	2,879,000	14,186,000	17,081,000	31,718,000
Military Housing operating	1,958,000	7,890,000	10,216,000	22,814,000
Corporate general and administrative	13,763,000	13,994,000	35,383,000	38,531,000
Total operating expenses	150,154,000	181,502,000	467,064,000	552,775,000
Depreciation and amortization	55,511,000	88,232,000	169,838,000	236,488,000
Write-offs of abandoned development projects and demolition costs	456,000	3,459,000	1,389,000	17,012,000
Impairment of real estate	966,000	0	130,795,000	1,175,000
Net (gain) loss on land held for divestiture activity	0	8,925,000	0	(3,383,000)
Total expenses	207,087,000	282,118,000	769,086,000	804,067,000
Operating income (loss)	27,656,000	(5,425,000)	(55,169,000)	20,507,000
Interest expense	(59,312,000)	(82,253,000)	(178,917,000)	(246,832,000)
Amortization of mortgage procurement costs	(2,074,000)	(2,300,000)	(5,967,000)	(7,567,000)
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt	(49,000)	23,666,000	(927,000)	18,718,000
Interest and other income	10,096,000	14,957,000	33,974,000	37,382,000
Net loss on disposition of partial interest in development project	0	0	(19,590,000)	0
Net gain (loss) on disposition of full or partial interest in rental properties	(146,000)	386,559,000	(613,000)	386,559,000
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	(23,829,000)	335,204,000	(227,209,000)	208,767,000
Income tax expense (benefit)
Current	3,493,000	36,865,000	8,992,000	(3,265,000)
Deferred	(3,858,000)	108,090,000	(52,373,000)	121,085,000
Total income tax expense (benefit)	(365,000)	144,955,000	(43,381,000)	117,820,000
Net gain on change in control of interests	0	0	2,759,000	2,762,000
Earnings from unconsolidated entities, gross of tax
Equity in earnings	19,346,000	43,924,000	80,543,000	56,680,000
Net gain on land held for divestiture activity	0	79,000	0	2,590,000
Total equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities	19,346,000	44,003,000	80,543,000	59,270,000
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(4,118,000)	234,252,000	(100,526,000)	152,979,000
Discontinued operations, net of tax:
Operating earnings (loss) from rental properties	0	(706,000)	(1,844,000)	1,674,000
Impairment of real estate	0	(4,206,000)	0	(4,206,000)
Gain on disposition of rental properties	0	10,583,000	14,856,000	25,761,000
Earnings from discontinued operations	0	5,671,000	13,012,000	23,229,000
Net earnings (loss)	(4,118,000)	239,923,000	(87,514,000)	176,208,000
Noncontrolling interests
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, gross of tax	4,804,000	2,068,000	10,778,000	17,151,000
Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	(135,000)	(50,000)	(6,034,000)
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	4,804,000	1,933,000	10,728,000	11,117,000
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Forest City Enterprises, Inc.	686,000	241,856,000	(76,786,000)	187,325,000
Preferred dividends	0	0	0	185,000
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$ 686,000	$ 241,856,000	$ (76,786,000)	$ 187,140,000
Basic earnings (loss) per common share
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders	$ 0.00	$ 1.16	$ (0.45)	$ 0.86
Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders	$ 0	$ 0.03	$ 0.06	$ 0.09
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$ 0.00	$ 1.19	$ (0.39)	$ 0.95
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders	$ 0.00	$ 1.03	$ (0.45)	$ 0.80
Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders	$ 0	$ 0.03	$ 0.06	$ 0.08
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$ 0.00	$ 1.06	$ (0.39)	$ 0.88