The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
April 26, 2019
Andrew Levine joined Fried Frank in New York as senior counsel in the firm’s real estate department. He comes from Natixis, where he was a managing director. Fried Frank also hired several new attorneys in New York: Melissa Meyrowitz as special counsel and associates Anne Catherine Podolsky and Daniela Alverado.
April 23, 2019
The Editors
The Power 100 is Commercial Observer‘s annual ranking of the top 100 players in New York real estate. Among them are Tommy Craig, senior managing director at Hines (#30), Nicholas Bienstock and Christopher Schlank, co-founders and managing partners at Savanna (#44), Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs, co-founders and principals of RFR Realty (#49), Earle Altman, Peter Burack, Gregg Schenker and Steven Hornstock of ABS Partners Real Estate (#72), Josh Zegen, Brian Shatz and Adam Tantleff of Madison Realty Capital (#76), Arthur Mirante, Mitti Liebersohn and James Nelson of Avison Young (#80), and Jon Mechanic and Melanie Meyers of Fried Frank (#89).
ABS Partners Real Estate
April 22, 2019
The Browning School, a k-12 boys’ preparatory school, has signed a 4,750-SF full-floor lease for its executive and administrative offices at 140 E. 57th Street a.k.a the Hammacher Schlemmer building. ABS Partners Real Estate and Benenson Investment Company acquired the 64,000-SF property in Fall 2016 and completed an extensive capital improvement program. John Brod and Robert Finkelstein of ABS Partners Real Estate represented ABS in-house while John Nugent and Alexander Golod of CBRE arranged on behalf of the school.
Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates
April 16, 2019
Grant Dolgin, a vice president at Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates is one of New York Real Estate Journal‘s Ones to Watch. With nearly 15 years of experience as an owner/manager/broker of industrial properties in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Westchester and beyond, Dolgin is part of the fourth generation of Dolgins leading the family business.
Marx Realty
April 16, 2019
By Lois Weiss
Foot Locker is set to open a 25,000-SF “Power Store” at Marx Realty’s 605 West 181st Street. While the store will sell its traditional sneakers, there will also be a barbershop, gaming zone, DJ and event space, areas for customers to design their own shoes and get them cleaned. Foot Locker’s current space at 621 West 181st Street will close and relocate to this new, expanded space. Marx was represented in-house by Henry Henderson and Foot Locker was represented by Evan Schuckman of Ripco.
Madison Realty Capital
April 15, 2019
By Kevin Sun
Madison Realty Capital closed on its latest debt fund, exceeding its goal of raising $1 billion. The fund, Madison Realty Capital Debt Fund IV LP, originates and acquires commercial mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity interests. The firm also announced that it has now completed more than $10 billion in debt and equity transactions since it was founded in 2004.
Hodges Ward Elliott
April 15, 2019
Hodges Ward Elliott arranged the $88-million sale of a pair of multifamily buildings in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx, the borough’s largest single-asset multifamily deal in more than six years.
Pickard Chilton
April 12, 2019
By Tony Wilbert
Pickard Chilton is designing Cousins Properties’ new Atlanta, Georgia office tower at 650 West Peachtree Street, which is set to be the new HQ for the Norfolk Southern railroad. The 1-million-square-foot building features two glass towers connected by a five-story hub, gardens, and tools for collaboration. The campus is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2021.
The Marketing Directors
April 11, 2019
By Joyce Cohen
A Jersey City resident is featured in The New York Times’ “The Hunt,” where we follow him on his journey for a new home in the area. Originally a renter-turned-condo-owner in the Liberty Harbor complex in Jersey City, Vick Sharma was looking to sell the apartment at a premium and rent nearby. With the help of The Marketing Directors / Brandon Ochs, the on-site leasing team for 333 Grand, Vick found his dream apartment and moved right in.