SEC FORMS 4 & 5

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, designated by the Board of Directors as a Section 16
Company Insider, hereby constitutes and appoints Geralyn M. Presti and
Patricia A. Comai, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney of the undersigned, their name, place and stead, to sign and
file under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 16 Reporting
Forms, and any and all amendments thereto, to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pertaining to such filing, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever
required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and
approving the act of said attorney and any such substitute.

EFFECTIVE as of October 25, 2002.

By: /s/ Thomas G. Smith
        Thomas G. Smith