The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
First Financial Network
Date
September 3, 2019
Latest Oklahoma Export: Distressed Ukraine Loans
By Tess Riski and Konrad Putzier
summary
The Wall Street Journal spoke with John and Bliss Morris, whose firm First Financial Network has carved out a niche selling nonperforming loan portfolios across the world through their proprietary online bidding system. The Morrises discuss their recent undertaking of selling NPLs on behalf of the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Ukraine, a country with a high proportion of these troubled loans following severe recession in 2014 and 2015. They share their insight on how the process of unloading these assets could ultimately improve the country’s uncertain financial situation.
Client
Waterton
Date
September 3, 2019
Retail and residential complex in Raleigh changes hands
By Caleb Harshberger
summary
Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate firm has acquired Manor Six Forks in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company’s fifth purchase in the state in the last two years. The apartment/retail property is five stories with 298 multifamily units and 12,000-SF of retail space at 900 E. Six Forks Road. Retailers in the building include a craft beer and wine outlet, nail salon, fitness and martial arts studio and full-service pet care center. The seller was Sherman Residential of Illinois.
Client
CBRE
Date
September 3, 2019
Parkledge, Yonkers affordable-housing community, sells for $48.3 million
By Kevin Zimmerman
summary
Parkledge, a 311-unit affordable housing community in Yonkers, has been sold for $48.3 million to Hudson Valley Property Group. Tim Flint, executive vice president of CBRE Affordable Housing, along with CBRE Vice Chairman Jeff Dunne, Senior Vice President Gene Pride and Senior Financial Analyst Eric Apfel, represented the seller in the transaction. Parkledge has a mix of one-, two-, three, and four-bedroom apartments. The new owners will preserve the property as a quality affordable housing complex and prioritize renovations that will increase quality of life for its residents.
Client
Waterton
Date
September 3, 2019
Pathway to Living hires new director, Julie Ackley
summary
Julie Ackley has joined Pathway to Living, a Chicag0-based developer, owner and operator of senior housing communities, as director of its A Knew Day memory support program. Pathway to Living is the senior housing arm of Waterton. Ackley will oversee the memory support program across the entire senior housing portfolio for Pathway. A seasoned mental health and dementia professional, Ackley brings 18 years of experience in both long term care and acute care environments.
Client
Stuart Saft
Date
August 30, 2019
Manhattan’s Biggest Condo Tower Gets New Loan for Unsold Units
By Oshrat Carmiel
summary
Stuart Saft, a real estate lawyer at Holland & Knight, comments on an inventory-loan deal secured for One Manhattan Square by Extell Development.
Client
Populous
Date
August 29, 2019
How To Make Stadium Design An Urban Mixed-Use Home Run
By Dees Stribling
summary
An article in Bisnow’s National issue focuses on the rise of sports stadiums as important components of urban mixed-use developments. We’re seeing more districts built as entertainment and athletic venues as a while, rather than isolated entities. According to Byron Chambers, design director and principal at Populous, mixed-use is the way that stadiums are going to succeed, and the way developments in their neighborhoods are going to succeed, as the traditional revenue model has evolved and expanded.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
August 23, 2019
PHOTO TOUR: The Phillips Family Cancer Center
By Anne DiNardo
summary
Healthcare Design features The Phillips Family Cancer Center in an online Photo Tour. Developed in partnership with The Southampton Hospital Foundation, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, and Stony Brook Medicine, the center opened in May, bringing the first comprehensive cancer center to the east end of Long Island in Southampton, N.Y. A fully integrated site of the Stony Brook University Cancer Center, the center provides radiation therapy and medical oncology services. Local architect Blaze Makoid took inspiration from the property’s legacy as a former potato barn, and the long and rectangular building offers much natural light. EW Howell was the project’s general contractor.
Client
CBRE Long Island
Date
August 23, 2019
Regus renews leases in Melville and Uniondale
By David Winzelberg
summary
A CBRE team of Vincent LaManna, Richard Freel and Peter Danna represented Regus, a provider of short-term and shared office space, in three lease renewals at office properties in Melville and Uniondale. CBRE’s Jason Forte was the in-house representative for the 31,500-renewal at SF RXR Realty at RXR Plaza in Uniondale and the 35,500-SF renewal at 68 South Service Road in Melville. Ray Finkelstein of United realty represented the landlord at 200 Broadhollow Road in Melville in Regus’ 20,200 renewal and expansion.
Client
Populous
Date
Summer 2019
Maximizing The Guest Experiences Before, During, And After The Main Event
By Brian Mirakian, director of brand activation and senior principal
summary
A thought leadership article in the Summer 2019 issue of IAVM’s Facility Manager Encore by Populous Senior Principal and Director of Brand Activation Brian Mirakian explores ways to enhance the guest experience before, during and after a sporting event, specifically esports.