CLEVELAND, April 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Forest City Realty
Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA) today announced that the company has
received the Urban Land Institute (ULI) New York's Award for Excellence in Office
Development for the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech, located
on Roosevelt Island in
New York City. ULI's Awards for
Excellence recognize outstanding development projects in the
private, public, and nonprofit sectors that best exemplify
commitments to responsible land use and creating sustainable,
thriving communities.
"We are honored to receive ULI New York's prestigious Award for
Excellence for the Tata Innovation Center," said Bob Sanna, Forest City New York executive vice
president and head of construction. "At Forest City, we take on
groundbreaking projects and use best-in-class sustainability and
design practices to deliver unique, impactful buildings. At the
Tata Innovation Center, we are bringing academia and industry
together like never before, driving economic growth for
New York, and serving a key role
in one of the most sustainable campuses in the world."
Formerly known as The Bridge, the Tata Innovation Center opened
in September 2017 as part of the
first phase of the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Designed by WEISS/MANFREDI, it
is a first-of-its-kind building where an extraordinary mix of
cutting-edge companies from diverse industries have the opportunity
to work alongside groundbreaking Cornell academic teams: from recent Cornell Tech
graduates commercializing new ideas, to start-ups targeting rapid
growth and established companies developing leading-edge
technologies and products.
The building features gathering areas on each level, including a
light-filled, multi-level tech gallery and a rooftop terrace
sheltered by a solar trellis. Forest City is curating a mix of
companies in this building that are interested in a front row seat
for the recruitment of talent, the opportunity to collaborate with
students and faculty at Cornell Tech, and to have a space where
innovation teams can work in an intense, creative, and productive
environment to develop, prototype, and commercialize new products
and technologies.
Cornell Tech is the anchor tenant in the building. Corporate
tenants include tech and investment firm Two Sigma, Citigroup,
Ferrero International S.A., Tata Consultancy Services, and the
robotics education nonprofit NYC
FIRST.
For more information about the Tata Innovation Center, visit
http://tatainnovationcenter.com.
About Forest City
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. is a
NYSE-listed national real estate company with $8.1 billion in consolidated assets. The Company
is principally engaged in the ownership, development, management
and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate
throughout the United States. For
more information, visit www.forestcity.net.
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