FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Ogilvie Marran H. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O FOREST CITY REALTY TRUST, INC. 127 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3200 (Street) CLEVELAND OH 44114 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/16/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. [ FCEA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	J. Matthew Shady, Attorney-In-Fact for Marran H. Ogilvie	04/25/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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SEC FORMS 3, 4 & 5

POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, designated by the Board of Directors as
a Section 16 Company Insider, hereby constitutes and appoints
J. Matthew Shady and Maria Tosheva-Nikolova,
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, any and all amendments and apply
for EDGAR Access Codes as required 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 April 12, 2018.


By:	\s\ Marran H. Ogilvie
	    Marran H. Ogilvie

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