The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Populous
Date
November 15, 2019
Architecture Firm Populous Relocates to West Chelsea
By Chava Gouraire
summary
Populous, an architecture firm that specializes in sports and entertainment venues, is expanding and relocating to the Starrett-Lehigh building in West Chelsea with a 4,800-SF lease. The firm will move from its current offices at 475 Fifth Avenue to the former freight terminal at 601 West 26th Street. CBRE’s Evan Fiddle, Michael Movshovich, Mary Ann Tighe, and Katja Volzrepresented Populous while Daniel Birney and Denise Rodriguez represented landlord RXR Realty in-house.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
November 15, 2019
Tools for measuring embedded carbon in building materials are on their launching pads
By John Caulfield
summary
An article in Building Design + Construction highlights Thornton Tomasetti’s new tool for measuring embodied carbon. Called Beacon, it is customized for structural engineers to measure during a project. Thornton Tomasetti has also released results from a seven-year study based on measurements of embodied carbon in more than 600 projects.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
November 8, 2019
EW Howell Completes Construction of 89-Unit Community on Long Island
summary
EW Howell Construction Group has completed Orchard Estate of Woodbury, an 89-unit assisted living and memory care community in Woodbury, NY. Orchard Estate marks the second Long Island assisted living facility for owner/operator Benchmark Senior Living; Whisper Woods at Smithtown, which EW Howell also worked on, opened in 2018.
Client
Waterton
Date
Fall 2019
House Party Chicago
summary
A party to celebrate the completion of a multimillion-dollar renovation at River Park North is featured in the Fall 2019 issue of Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago.
Client
Avison Young
Date
November 7, 2019
The Pitch: James Nelson on selling multifamily after the fall
summary
Avison Young is exclusively marketing a portfolio of multifamily buildings for $200M which includes 500 Sterling Place in Crown Heights, BK and 65 North 6th Street in Williamsburg, BK. James Nelson is leading the marketing of the portfolio, which includes 244 units and three retail spaces and is owned by Bruce Ratner. Nelson said the ideal buyer is one who will add value to the property. It’s not an easy time to sell multifamily; sales volume has decreased by half since 2015.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
November 2019
Winging It
By Chris A. Christoforou, P.E., and Iliana Karagiannakou, P.E, Thornton Tomasetti
summary
Thornton Tomasetti engineers Chris A. Christoforou, P.E., and Iliana Karagiannakou, P.E. co-authored a technical article on the new student center at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for Modern Steel Construction. Designed by ikon.5 architects, the 178,000-SF student union on ERAU’s Daytona Beach, Florida campus features many complex steel components — 2,000 tons of steel are used throughout the project.
Client
Waterton
Date
November 4, 2019
Pathway to Living, Caddis Open Heartis Village Brookfield in Wisconsin
summary
Pathway to Living, a Chicago-based developer, owner and operator of senior housing communities and the senior housing arm of Chicago-based real estate investor and operator Waterton, celebrated the grand opening of Heartis Village Brookfield in Brookfield, Wis. Owned and developed by Caddis Healthcare Real Estate, Heartis Village Brookfield is a 70-unit assisted living and 24-unit memory care community outside of Milwaukee. Heartis Village Brookfield is the fourth Heartis-owned community managed by Pathway.
Client
Waterton
Date
November 4, 2019
Class B & C Investors Circling Secondary, Tertiary Markets
By Gail Kalinoski
summary
Rick Hurd, chief investment officer at Waterton, contributes to a Multi-Housing News article on the latest trends in multifamily. Investors’ appetite for multifamily is so large that it is spreading to older properties and secondary and tertiary markets. Waterton renovates about 1,500 units a year, and notes that value-add properties are a great investment. Hurd adds that the highest amenities in demand are dog parks and dog wash stations, package systems, bike storage and bike repair areas and outdoor spaces like firepits.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
October 29, 2019
A watchtower in Harlem, once a firefighter’s lookout, is restored as a landmark
By John Caulfield