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FORESTClTY City of Ramsey Town Center Proposal SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES Many of Forest City's best examples of sustainable real estate development and management began before the word "green" referred to anything but a color: in the form of historic rehabilitation and the adaptive reuse of landmark buildings in America's urban fabric. Today, Sustainability is one of our Core Values, and we focus on integrating it into our new developments, our managed portfolio, and our employees' lives, both on and off the job. Forest City's strong commitment to sustainable building practices is evidenced by the many accolades we have received. Forest City earned The Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Cities Award in 2002 by the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, in recognition of the Company's commitment to sustainable development, community, building and environmental stewardship for Forest City's Stapleton project in Denver. In 2001., The United Nations Council on Sustainable Development saluted Stapleton as a "model of sustainable development." Additional accolades include: EPA recognition for recycling and reusing 84,500 tons of deconstruction waste atThe Shops at White Oak Village; 2008 finalist in the Financial Times/Urban Land Institute Sustainable Cities awards; 200g NAIOP Sustainable Development Award for Mesa del Sol's Office Campus; 2008 Multi- Housing News Green Initiative Award in the Green Corporate Initiative category. LEED CERTIFICATION EXPERIENCE Currently, our portfolio includes six LEED certified projects,lo projects targeting LEED certification, and other LEED projects in the early stages of development. Our portfolio also boasts several Energy Star- rated buildings, and we have received other green building certifications such as Florida Green Building Coalition certification (for The Village at Gulfstream Park). Forest City uses LEED and other industry standards to guide us in incorporating sustainable strategies and designing high-performing buildings. While LEED certification is a goal of many, if not most, of our new projects, Forest City has developed its own internal green building standards with which all new developments must comply. These standards are heavily based on LEED, however, we recognize that every project and building types is unique and, therefore, mayor may not be suited to LEED standards. By using LEED and our internal standards, we have found that certification is a reasonable goal for many of our projects, and that it can be achieved without a significant increase to project budgets. Bill