SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RECKSON ASSOCIATES REALTY CORP [ RA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/10/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock								52,014	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock	(3)	10/10/2003		P		200		(3)	(3)	Class A Common Stock	200	$23.19	1,789,100	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)
Class B Common Stock	(3)	10/10/2003		P		200		(3)	(3)	Class A Common Stock	200	$23.39	1,789,300	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/ (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS & CO (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD ST C/O GOLDMAN SACHS & CO (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL (Last) (First) (Middle) 85 BROAD STREET (Street) NEW YORK NY 10004 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs") beneficially owns directly and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group") may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 44,240 shares of Class A Common Stock of Reckson Associates Realty Corp. ("Class A Common Stock") and 1,789,300 shares of Class B Common Stock of Reckson Associates Realty Corp. ("Class B Common Stock"). Goldman Sachs also has open short positions of 1,791,024 shares of Class A Common Stock. Goldman Sachs is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. The Reporting Persons, other than Goldman Sachs and GS Group, disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities owned by Goldman Sachs.

2. Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 7,774 shares of Class A Common Stock, which reflects exempt acquisitions of 738 shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with a basket transaction. GSI also has open short positions of 661 shares of Class A Common Stock. GSI is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group. The Reporting Persons, other than GSI and GS Group, disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities owned by GSI.

3. The shares of Class B Common Stock are exchangeable at any time, at the option of the holder, into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, subject to customary antidilution adjustments. Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (the "Company"), at its option, may redeem any or all of the Class B Common Stock in exchange for an equal number of shares of the Company's Class A Common stock at any time following November 23, 2003 at which time the Company anticipates that it will exercise its option to redeem all of its Class B Common Stock outstanding.

	s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact	10/15/2003
	s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact	10/15/2003
	s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact	10/15/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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