The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Ted Moudis Associates
July 5, 2018
By Cristina Herrera, manager of workplace strategy at Ted Moudis Associates
Cristina Herrera, manager of workplace strategy at Ted Moudis Associates, offers advice on how to make your “open address” office more comfortable. Open address refers to an office with no assigned seating, and usually provides varied alternate seating spaces. “It’s easy for workers introduced to this type of space to feel like they’ve lost their sense of belonging and comfort. We are used to having a dedicated workspace at the office where we can be found by our co-workers and where our personal items are within arm’s reach,” she said. Cristina’s tips will help create community and continuity in this new environment.
Savitt Partners
July 2, 2018
By Steve Cuozzo
Bob Savitt, Brian Neugeboren and Nicole Goetz arranged two leases at Savitt Partners’ 530 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. The most recent deals are an 11,300 SF lease for Custora, a developer of science-based, future-focused marketing strategies; and an expansion from 5,150 SF to 12,100 SF for Kustomer, a customer experience platform that integrates applications and data in new ways. 530 Seventh Avenue has an open-air rooftop lounge called Skylark, visible ground-floor retail, and a slew of new tenants in the TAMI sector.
Pickard Chilton
June 29, 2018
By Brian J. Rogal
Pickard Chilton, the New Haven, Conn.-based architect, received one of architecture’s highest honors… an American Architecture Award for its design of River Point, a 52-story office tower in Chicago, Ill. The winners were announced by The Chicago Athenaeum and the European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Located at the confluence of the main, north and south branches of the Chicago River, River Point includes a 1.5-acre, terraced public park on the riverfront. The LEED-NC Gold certified project also includes sustainable design features such as low-flow water fixtures, a 50% green roof, and native landscaping.
The Marketing Directors
June 29, 2018
Angela Ferrara, executive vice president of sales and leasing for The Marketing Directors is profiled in Real Estate Weekly. Ferrara is currently overseeing more than 2,500 homes for lease and sale at noteworthy projects in New York and New Jersey, including The Eugene, Vantage, Park & Shore, Hudson Lights, The Forge and 65 Bay Street.
ABS Partners
June 28, 2018
By Jeffrey Steele
Steven Hornstock, co-managing partner of ABS Partners Real Estate offers insight into the sale of legacy real estate properties, and how the laws might be affected by the new administration. ABS specializes in providing services that add value in leasing, investment sales, property management, construction management and advisory, and by organizing opportunities for its clients to participate in the ownership of real estate. Hornstock advises finding an approach that’s manageable and comfortable for each person.
EW Howell Construction Group
June 28, 2018
Savitt Partners
June 28, 2018
By Jeffrey Steele
Bob Savitt, founder and president of Savitt Partners, an owner of several office properties in Manhattan’s Garment District, is featured in this Forbes.com article about the transformation of the neighborhood. The Garment District, roughly stretching from 35-40th streets and 6th-9th avenues was once known as the home of the fashion industry. Now, Savitt says, media, tech and advertising industries are filling all occupancies, and with those leases, a demand for fast-casual to fancy daytime dining options. Savitt’s 530 7th Avenue reports more than 100,000 SF of creative and tech companies, while WeWork has taken 250,000 SF at its 500 7th Avenue. Over the past six months, Comcast has commandeered more than 100, 000 SF at 1407 Broadway for its tech group.
Right to Dream
June 27, 2018
By Rey Mashayekhi
John Powers, a veteran of the New York real estate landscape for more than three decades, first as the chairman of CBRE’s Tri-State region and today as the EVP of Boston Properties’ New York region, is profiled for his work with Right to Dream USA, one of the most highly regarded youth soccer schools in the world. The nonprofit, founded by Powers, functions as the U.S. arm of Right to Dream, a school and soccer academy in Ghana which provides West African children with a place to live, study and learn as students and soccer players.
CBRE
June 27, 2018
By Jeffrey Steele
Spencer Levy, director of research for the Americas at CBRE, a New York City-based real estate firm, talks about sculpting the future of American cities, driven by several main factors. Infrastructure and transportation, the importance of local retailers, globalization and overhyping of Millennials, which are “more similar than different from prior generations of Americans.”