The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Rubenstein Partners
Date
October 29, 2020
Rubenstein, cove unveil freshly renovated Rockville office building
By Daniel J. Sernovitz
summary
Rubenstein Partners completed its refresh of 2600 Tower Oaks Blvd. in Rockville, adding modern amenities and upgraded common areas that belie the suburban Maryland office building’s age. Via a partnership with coworking space provider Cove, Rubenstein’s D.C. regional director Steve Evans notes, will allow tenants to tap into phone and IT services and have access to a fuller suite of amenities through the convenience of a building-specific smart phone app.
Client
Camber Creek
Date
October 27, 2020
Covid-19 Pandemic Boosts Startups Behind Virtual Showings
By Peter Grant
summary
The business of investing in tech-oriented, startup property firms took years to gain traction in the stodgy real-estate industry. But it is gaining fresh momentum during the coronavirus pandemic. The WSJ highlights Camber Creek, a venture-capital firm that focuses on proptech, which closed its third fund with $155 million this month.
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
October 26, 2020
Mount Sinai takes space in Yonkers; Primary care provider Oak Street Health opens Brooklyn clinic
By Liz Young
summary
Mount Sinai Health System has signed a long-term lease for 7,600 square feet at Simone Development Companies’ Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers. The Icahn School of Medicine lease is for medical office space at the Boyce Thompson Center at 1086 North Broadway. Simone Development Cos. has been restoring the property, which was built in the early 1900s.
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
October 26, 2020
Developer remaking Carle Place industrial property
By David Winzelberg
summary
Simone Development Companies is renovating an industrial property in Carle Place to reposition it as a last-mile distribution center. Simone, a Bronx, NY-based developer, purchased the 60,000-SF warehouse on 4.05 acres at 40 Voice Road this summer for $6.75 million from Ansaco Properties LLC. Built in 1962, the property had been the long-time home of Johnson & Hoffman, a metal stamping operation serving the electronics, automotive and other commercial and industrial manufacturers.
Client
Populous
Date
October 26, 2020
Making Passengers Feel Safe Again: The Touchless Airport Experience
By Geoffrey Ax, Populous Americas Aviation Market Leader and Principal
summary
A thought leadership piece by Geoffrey Ax, Populous Americas Aviation Market Leader and Principal, is featured in Airport Business. Geoffrey notes it’s important to focus on the passenger experience and how every step and touchpoint of the journey makes them feel, as we seek to regain travelers’ confidence in travel again after the pandemic. The design solutions outlined in the article have the potential to ease travelers’ anxieties and guide the aviation industry along the road to recovery.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
October 26, 2020
Blackstone buying Brookfield self storage firm for $1.2B
summary
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust will acquire Simply Self Storage from a Brookfield Asset Management real estate fund for $1.2 billion. A team at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP advised Brookfield.
Client
Marx Realty
Date
October 25, 2020
Investors are now looking for ways to repurpose now-empty hotels
By Natalie Sachmechi
summary
Craig Deitelzweig of Marx Realty is featured on the cover of a recent Crain’s New York Business. Deitelzweig is focusing on acquiring boutique hotels that have been taken back by their lenders and turning them into office space. Many hotels have been offering access for alternative uses as their customer base dwindles from COVID. The layout, design and amenities at Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central are reminiscent of a boutique hotel, making employees feel like they are on vacation.
Client
Populous
Date
October 20, 2020
Nerd taps Populous for national gaming center rollout
summary
Global design firm Populous has been tapped by Nerd Street Gamers, an esports infrastructure company, to lead its national rollout of Localhost gaming centers, starting with its flagship, “The Block,” a multiple-floor, 40,000 s/f campus at 401 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pa.The concept is the first of its kind – localized gaming centers open to the public and brought to life all across the United States.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
October 19, 2020
Ares, Pretium make $2.4B push into single family rental sector
summary
Real Estate Weekly reports on the acquisition of single-family rental platform Front Yard Residential for $2.4 billion by Ares and Pretium. Fried Frank served as partnership legal counsel for the deal