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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 11, 2000 relating to the
financial statements which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in Forest City
Enterprises, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
2000. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
March 11, 2000 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in
such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
June 6, 2000
