The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Avison Young
Date
September 16, 2020
Avison Young named leasing agent at Metropark office building
By Joshua Burd
summary
Avison Young has been tapped by Liberty Properties LLC, an operating division of Opal Holdings, as the leasing agent for a nine-story office building at 194 Wood Avenue South in Woodbridge, NJ. Avison Young Principal and Managing Director Jeff Heller, Principal Bill McCaffrey and Associate Evan Bernard will lead the marketing team for the 452,133-square-foot property, which is 95 percent leased,
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
September 15, 2020
Simone Reaches 100% Occupancy at Bronx Offices
summary
Simone Development Companies secured two long-term leases totaling 5,592 square feet of office and medical space at 2510 Westchester Avenue, Simone’s three-story medical and office building in the Bronx, bringing the property to 100% long-term occupancy. Leases include Unlimited Care Nursing Services, a home care, facility care and institutional staffing provider, and the United Probation Officers Association.
Client
The RADCO Companies
Date
September 11, 2020
The RADCO Cos. Sells Seven Multifamily Communities in Four Deals
summary
The RADCO Companies has sold seven multifamily communities across Georgia and North Carolina with 1,941 rental homes in four separate deals, which all closed in one day, totaling more than $315 million. With these closings, the opportunistic real estate investor has acquired, improved, and sold 59 multifamily assets during the current real estate cycle totaling nearly $1.8 billion.
Client
Avison Young
Date
September 11, 2020
Lamar Advertising Co. renews 2 leases for warehouse, offices in New York City
summary
Lamar Advertising Co., one of the country’s largest outdoor advertising firms, has signed a lease for a 9,000-square-foot full-building at 53-17 Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City, Queens, a warehouse, storage and office facility. It also signed a 2,440-square-foot lease renewal on the 8th floor of the Chanin Building at 122 E. 42nd St. in Midtown for a sales office. Arthur Mirante II and Jean-Philippe “JP” Krahmer of Avison Young represented Lamar in the deals.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
September 9, 2020
Tech Companies ShapeDiver and Thornton Tomasetti’s Swarm Merge to Become the Largest Cloud-Based SaaS Platform for Accessing and Sharing Parametric Designs
summary
Technology companies ShapeDiver and Swarm, leaders in the development of cloud-based parametric computation and collaboration, announced plans to merge. Together, ShapeDiver and Swarm will offer the largest and most powerful cloud-native, Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for customizing workflows and accelerating the design and manufacturing of diverse products and buildings in the world.
Client
Stuart Saft
Date
September 9, 2020
Is Conversion the Answer to Government Overreach?
By Stuart Saft
summary
Stuart Saft of Holland & Knight authors thought leadership for MHN about how the government is neither expert enough, or capable of, regulating housing. In many cases government regulations are hurting the housing market. “Uncertainty is once again opening the door for turning rental units into condominiums and cooperatives,” explains Saft.
Client
RAL Development Services
Date
September 8, 2020
Zero Irving tech hub building at tops out
summary
RAL Development Services, developers of the Zero Irving building under construction at 124 E. 14th St. held a topping-out ceremony for the 21-story, 240,000-SF office building. The building will house the Union Square Training Center, which is expected to create 550 permanent jobs for the area. The building is called Zero Irving because of its proximity to Irving Place. The first seven floors of the building will house the technology training center and incubator, co-working spaces, event space, and a street-level food hall. The next 14 floors will house 176,000 SF of Class A office space. The building is supposed to open later this year.
Client
Turnbridge Equities
Date
September 8, 2020
JP Morgan Lends $105Mln Against Bronx, N.Y., Industrial Project
summary
JPMorgan Chase Bank provided $105M of financing against the Bronx Logistics Center, a 1.2 million-SF industrial property being developed in the Bronx by Turnbridge Equities. In addition, Turnbridge has brought in Dune Rel Estate Partners as a joint venture equity partner on the property. A JLL team of Andrew Scandalios, Tyler Peck, and Thomas Pryor represented Turnbridge in the transaction and JLL’s Christopher Peck, Peter Rotchford and Kristin Knapp arranged the debt financing.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
September 2020
Engineers Help New York Buildings Prepare for Hurricane Season
By Robert L. Reid
summary
Amy Macdonald, principal and resilience practice leader in Thornton Tomasetti’s New York City office, talks with Civil Engineer about ways the firm helps clients prepare and safeguard their buildings for hurricane season, which includes flooding and high winds.