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FCRC Files Second Lawsuit Against Skanska

NEW YORK CITY—After Forest City is denied access to its modular construction factory by the contractor, the developer's suit claims in part that Skanska has committed a breach of contract.

By Rayna Katz | Updated on September 07, 2014

NEW YORK CITY—Forest City Ratner Cos. is once again turning to the courts to help the company resolve its dispute with Skanska USA Building. The developer has filed a second lawsuit aginst the contractor after several days of increasingly acrimonious steps taken by both companies, seemingly with an eye toward ending the feud but which seem to only be escalating the squabble. Meanwhile, city officials weighed in on the battle.

The fight concerns the construction by Skanska of B2, the first residential tower with modular construction at FCRC’s Pacific Park Brooklyn project.  The two firms apparently had some differences of opinions which, after some discussions, they were unable to resolve. As a result, Skanska ordered its workers to stop their efforts at the site and filed suit against FCRC charging that the developer “has steadfastly refused over many months to engage in an honest dialogue about the serious commercial and design issues facing the project.” FCRC brought a counter suit—which initially was positioned as the first of the two legal actions—charging that Skanska had “multiple failures and missteps as the construction manager.”

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