The Forest City–New East Baltimore Partnership is comprised of Forest City Enterprises and Presidential Partners, LLC, a consortium of minority-owned firms that came together to foster the development of the New East Baltimore Community. These firms include Doracon/Lambda Development, Legacy–Harrison Enterprises, Banks Contracting Co., and The Wilkinson Group.

Known for its ability to create lively, mixed-use environments at complex urban sites, Forest City has brought interest and residents back to cities throughout the country. A project that bears close resemblance to the New East Baltimore Community is University Park at MIT—the firm’s flagship biotech development in Cambridge, Massachusetts—which integrates scientific research facilities with more than 670 residential units, a hotel and conference center, retail amenities, parking for 2,700 cars, and acres of landscaped courtyards and pedestrian walks. University Park was recently awarded a 2004 Award for Excellence by the Urban Land Institute, one of the development community’s highest honors. The company has also developed translational research facilities at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.