FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES INC
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Exhibit&nbsp;10.56
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>EXHIBIT A<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">1</SUP></U>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>COMMITMENTS</U>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Bank</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Maximum Amount</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Bank of America, N. A.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">110,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">KeyBank National Association</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">80,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">National City Bank</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">80,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Wachovia Bank National Association</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">60,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">U.S. Bank National Association</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Fifth Third Bank</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">The Huntington National Bank</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">RBS Citizens, National Association</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Calyon New York Branch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">45,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Bank of Montreal</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">35,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Bank of New York</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">35,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Comerica Bank</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">30,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">First Merit Bank</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">750,000,000</TD>
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    <TD>Revised as of December&nbsp;20, 2007, further revised as of
January&nbsp;31, 2008 and further revised as of February&nbsp;19, 2008</TD>
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