The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Darwin Homes
Date
January 25, 2021
Doordash execs' proptech company Darwin Homes raises $15 million series A to equip investors in single-family homes with institutional real-estate management tools
By Alex Nicoll
summary
Darwin Homes, a single-family rental property management startup founded by two ex-DoorDash executives, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company provides full-service property management for the owners of single-family rental homes, powered by a proprietary software platform called Origin. The round, led by early-stage venture firm Canvas Ventures, also included funding from new investor proptech specialists Camber Creek, as well as existing investors Khosla Ventures, Wave Capital, Pear Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Doordash CEO Tony Xu, Andrew Marks of TQ Ventures, and Uber co-founder Ryan Graves.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
January 25, 2021
Crain's New York Business Notable in Real Estate 2021: Michael Werner
summary
Michael Werner, a partner in the real estate practice of Fried, Frank, is one of Crain’s New York Business’ Notables in Real Estate 2021. Werner’s transaction experience and his industry relationships make him a go-to commercial real estate attorney in New York. As a partner at Fried Frank, Werner advises high-profile owners, developers, financial institutions, institutional investors, real estate investment trusts and corporations on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions in an array of asset classes. Werner recently represented Amazon in its $1 billion acquisition of the Lord & Taylor building at 424 Fifth Ave. from WeWork, estimated to be the largest single-asset acquisition in the city in 2020. Werner is on his firm’s attorney development committee, where he supervises the professional development of the firm’s attorneys and facilitates programs to help them become the next generation of market-leading lawyers.
Client
Stuart Saft
Date
January 25, 2021
Crain's New York Business Notable in Real Estate 2021: Stuart Saft
summary
Stuart Saft, real estate chair at law firm Holland & Knight, is one of Crain’s New York Business’ Notable in Real Estate 2021. Saft advises on legal issues pertaining to development, financing, leasing, condominium conversion and cooperative ownership, among other matters. He has represented high-profile developers and lending institutions. Notable hotel deals include the development of the Baccarat Hotel & Residences in New York, the Downtown W Hotel and Residences, and the Bryant Hotel and Residences. In addition to his duties at Holland and Knight, Saft has written 40 books on commercial real estate and more than 100 articles on real estate, economics and finance. He is the author of the three-volume Commercial Real Estate Workouts series, now in its third edition.
Client
HK Organization
Date
January 22, 2021
Landlord eyes overhaul of historic 45,000 sq. ft. office building in Jersey City
By Joshua Burd
summary
HK Organization announced plans to renovate its historic four-story loft office building in Jersey City, and the securing of two new tenants with leases totaling more than 13,000-SF. A multimillion dollar renovation will take place at 333 Washington Street, including a new lobby and upgrades to all common areas and building systems. New leases include 11,349-SF for PuppySpot, an online marketplace that works with responsible breeders.The second tenant, an undisclosed e-commerce haircare company, leased 2,061 square feet on the second floor and has recently moved in.
Client
Populous, Thornton Tomasetti
Date
January 19, 2021
ENR Midwest Top Young Professionals
By Annemarie Mannion
summary
Engineering News-Record Midwest announces its Class of 2021 Top Young Professionals, who are making a positive impact not only on construction, engineering and design, but on their broader communities as well. Making the list from Thornton Tomasetti is Mara Braselton, a senior associate in the Kansas City, Mo. office. Mara works internally with the firm’s structural engineers to design steel connections for the firm’s most complex steel projects, and bridges the gap between design and construction through innovative ways to deliver projects. Also on the list is Jason Carmello, a principal/architect at Populous in Kansas City, Mo. Over his 14-year career, he has participated in more than $2.5 billion worth of design and construction at projects such as PPG Paints Arena, Centre Videotron in Quebec City, and most recently as lead architect for UBS Arena in Elmont, NY.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
January 14, 2021
View’s Smart Building Network Platform, AI-powered Products to Transform Passenger Wellness and Travel Experience in DFW’s New “Gate of the Future”
summary
View, Inc’s smart windows will be installed in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s new expansion of Terminal D, a project that adds four gates to the terminal and showcases DFW’s “Gate of the Future,” a fundamental rethink of gate design in which the health and experience of passengers take priority. The expansion will be the first in an airport to deploy View’s latest smart building digital network, AI and machine learning powered environmental sensor modules, and transparent ultra-high-definition displays.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
January 13, 2021
Pretium, Ares Close $2.5B Acquisition of Front Yard Residential
By Gail Kalinoski
summary
Front Yard Residential Corp. has been taken private as the $2.5 billion acquisition by Pretium and Ares Management Corp., making Pretium the second-largest owner and operator of single-family rental properties in the U.S. Fried Frank served as partnership legal counsel to Pretium. Pretium, an alternative investment management firm focused on residential real estate, mortgage finance and corporate credit that has more than $18 billion of assets under management, adds Front Yard’s portfolio of more than 14,500 rental homes to its portfolio that now spans more than 55,000 properties.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
January 2021
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Restored to Past Grandeur
By D.L Anscombe
summary
Constructioneer’s January 2021 issue features EW Howell Construction Group’s $10 million restoration of the New York Botanical Gardens’ Conservatory dome as its cover story.
Client
The Praedium Group
Date
January 6, 2021
Montford Park apartments trade to New York-based The Praedium Group for $96M
By Ashley Fahey