The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Simone Development Companies
September 26, 2018
By Rebecca Baird-Remba
An entire, 41,000-SF warehouse at 1185 Commerce Avenue owned by Simone Development Companies has been fully leased to two new tenants. Landauer Medstar, a provider of medical supplies to healthcare institutions in the Mid-Atlantic signed a 10-year, 27,845 SF lease for its third NYS location, while Aclara, an outfit that offers tech solutions to utility companies, arranged a 13,526-square-foot, five-year lease at the building. These leases are indicative of a still-booming industrial market in the Bronx. Simone Metro Properties‘ James MacDonald and Josh Gopan negotiated the deal in-house for the landlord.
R New York
September 26, 2018
By Meenal Vamburkar
The Real Deal talks with R New York President Stefani Berkin about the firm’s new name, plans for expansion to Brooklyn and the Hamptons, and its revolutionary 100% commission model that is disrupting the industry.
CBRE Long Island
September 24, 2018
By David Winzelberg
Long Island Business News real estate reporter David Winzelberg sat down with Tricia Shay, the new managing director at CBRE in Melville. She oversees the firm’s real estate business on Long Island and in the outer boroughs of New York City. Shay talks about her start in the business, the state of commercial real estate on Long Island, and her plans to grow the Long Island office.
GFP Real Estate
September 21, 2018
By Betsy Kim
Matthew Mandel of GFP Real Estate represented both landlord and tenant in a 40,000 SF, 10-year lease renewal for Mason Tenders District Council Welfare Fund at 520 Eighth Avenue, as well as a new, five-year lease for 12,769 SF for Entertainment Benefits Group. Mason Tenders has almost 15,000 members including construction workers, asbestos and hazardous materials handlers, Catholic high school teachers and recycling and waste handlers. Entertainment Benefits Group is one of the largest privately held travel and entertainment providers in the U.S. 520 Eighth Avenue is a 25-story, 860,000 square-foot office building in New York City’s Garment District.
EW Howell Construction Group
September 21, 2018
By Carrie Mason-Draffen
EW Howell President Howard Rowland talks with Newsday about the Long Island job market, particularly in the construction sector. According to data released by the Labor Department, Long Island had 15,200 more jobs in August 2018 than it did a year earlier. Construction led local growth, increasing by 7,200 jobs. EW Howell, which is working on the Blue Point Brewing Co., Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and more, has hired half a dozen new employees recently, for management and supervisory positions.
Simone Development Companies
September 20, 2018
By Paul Bubny
ENT and Allergy Associates LLP, the nation’s largest full-service otolaryngology and allergy practice and a longtime tenant of Simone Development’s Hutchinson Metro Center, has expanded its space at the Bronx office park. It now occupies 11,935 on two floors at the complex. ENTA recently opened an 8,100-square-foot office at another Simone property, Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers, NY.
The Marketing Directors
September 20, 2018
By Joyce Cohen
See how the team at The Marketing Directors helped sisters Dale and Hannah LaPlace find their dream homes at Trump Bay Street. Their story is featured in the New York Times Hunt column, which details the twins’ search for separate one-bedrooms in Jersey City after their shared lease for a two-bedroom at nearby M2 expired. They wound up moving into the same building, eight stories apart.
GFP Real Estate
September 20, 2018
By Michelle Young
Sonny Atis, the superintendent of the Flatiron Building, owned by GFP Real Estate, took Untapped Cities on a tour of the historic landmark. Sonny, who has been working at the building for 3o years, talks about the building’s rich past and current history, explains how the original elevators were water-powered, and gives a once-in-a-lifetime look at the private penthouse level which offers views all around the city.
ABS Partners Real Estate
September 18, 2018