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The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.

Client

Waterton

Date

September 18, 2019

Waterton hires new CFO

summary

Tara Marszewski joins Waterton as its new CFO, responsible for the direct oversight of finance, corporate, residential and hospitality accounting, as well as tax, treasury and benefits and compensation functions at the firm. Marszewski brings almost 20 years of experience and a demonstrated track record of driving growth and bottom-line results for complex real estate companies. Prior to joining Waterton, Marszewski was CFO of Brookfield Properties’ retail group.

Client

Thornton Tomasetti

Date

September 13, 2019

An icon deconstructed:The demolition of the Georgia Dome

By Mahesh Raju Bailakanavar

summary

Mahesh Raju Bailakanavar, an associate at Thornton Tomasetti, discusses the tearing down of the Georgia Dome, the home of the Atlanta Falcons for 25 years. The team at Thornton Tomasetti was charged with identifying vulnerabilities and risks while optimizing a plan to mitigate damage to the newly adjacent $1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium as well as other Georgia World Congress Center Authority assets. The firm was also the original structural engineer for the stadium, which took 30 months to design and construct before it opened in September 1992.

Client

Madison Realty Capital

Date

September 2019

Lending trends: Limited competition and positive market fundamentals have supported the construction finance business

By Loretta Clodfelter

summary

In this article looking at the challenges and risks involved with construction financing, Josh Zegen of Madison Realty Capital shares his thoughts on how this type of financing has become a high-touch, customized and commoditized business, and how his firm successfully competes amid a range of foreign and domestic market forces.

Client

Savitt Partners

Date

September 12, 2019

Accounting Firm Inks Space in Garment District

By Sarika Gangar

summary

WilkinGuttenplan, an accounting and advisory firm, is moving to 4,800-SF at 499 Seventh Avenue in a deal arranged by Savitt Partners. The firm was previously in space on the fifth floor of 2 Penn Plaza. The space at 499 Seventh Avenue was previously occupied by garment maker August Silk. Savitt was represented in-house by Neugeboren and Elliot Zelinger. Lisa Ann Pollakowski and Richard Plehn of Lee & Associates represented WilkinGuttenplan.

Client

Ted Moudis Associates

Date

September 11, 2019

On the Move: Recent Top Promotions and Hires

By Wilson Barlow

summary

Ted Moudis Associates, a leading architectural and interior design firm, announced several firm-wide promotions. Patrick Ventker was promoted to Team Principal; Jamie Feuerborn and Johnny Rodland have risen to Senior Associate; and John Herrera, Andrés Navia, Ray Sell, and Douglas Wramage were promoted to Associate.

Client

Populous

Date

September 11, 2019

Forget brain chips, live experiences are the future of entertainment

By Alice Hancock

summary

A Financial Times article considers the plausibility of fans being outfitted with embedded chips that provide augmented reality experiences at live events. Scott Radecic, a senior principal at Populous, spoke about the power of live events and how something like an augmented reality chip would only enhance, not replace, a live experience.

Client

Thornton Tomasetti

Date

September 10, 2019

Why Design Teams Should Think About Security Upfront

By Bill Edwards

summary

Bill Edwards, vice president of protective design and security at Thornton Tomasetti, offers expert insight on security for Building Forward. He explains why design teams should use a security consultant and think about security upfront, which avoids delays and costly changes.

Client

Hodges Ward Elliott

Date

September 6, 2019

Hodges Ward Elliott to open Miami office with former HFF brokers

By Katherine Kallergis

summary

Max Comess and Alexander Lalos, formerly of HFF, joined Hodges Ward Elliott and will launch the firm’s Miami office. The hotel brokerage firm is based in Atlanta. It will open a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Miami or Brickell and plans to hire brokers focused on the hotel, general commercial real estate and financing parts of the business, Comess said. In South Florida, HWE’s deals include the $610 million sale of 1 Hotel South Beach to Host Hotels earlier this year.

Client

Hodges Ward Elliott

Date

September 4, 2019

Ledesma Joins HWE’s Investment Advisory Team

summary

Anthony Ledesma has joined Hodges Ward Elliott’s commercial investment advisory team as managing director and will be based in the firm’s New York City office at 1140 Avenue of the Americas, working alongside the HWE commercial investment advisory group’s leadership team, including president Mark Elliott and managing directors Paul Gillen and Daniel Parker.