Kevin Ratner Quotations
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Build Quotes
We ran into lots of foundations that we didn't know were there. We found an oil well and wound up pulling a lot of dirty soil out of there, which was more expensive. We had to take it to a special dump, and then get the dirt clean to build on it. So we lost about eight months just getting started on the garage.
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Across Quotes
We have had lots of different conversations with people but now that the apartments are done it will help them with their vision of what the property could be. As other stuff comes around us, the parking lot to the south of us is being looked at by a developer and these buildings across the street are for sale, it's just a matter of time before this area transforms.
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Build Quotes
Forest City by nature and by history is not a condo developer. We're looking for cash flow because we're a public company, but we also like to own properties for a long time. The idea was that we were going to build the first new loft building. There will always be people who want to rent and people who want to buy.