The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Avison Young
May 11, 2018
By Betsy Kim
Seven new hires have joined an Avison Young team led by James Nelson. The new hires include director Brandon Polakoff, associate director Carly Weinreb, and associate Phillip Bowman in the multifamily investment sales practice in the New York City metro area. On the retail/office investment sales side, the firm hired Brent Glodowski as director, Willis Fries as associate director, and David Lawrence and Henry Post as associates.
Thornton Tomasetti
May 2018
Christina Chu-Garcia was one of 26 national engineering professionals under 40 recognized for her technical skills, leadership ability and public service. A senior project engineer at Thornton Tomasetti, she gained much of her work experience from her time on the Hudson Yards platform in NYC. Chu-Garcia is also a board member of the Structural Engineers Association of New York, helping to launch a Syracuse chapter as well as a diversity committee that advances women and minorities in the engineering industry.
CBRE Fairfield/Westchester
May 10, 2018
By Steve Adams
Tom Pajolek, an executive vice president in CBRE’s Fairfield County office, is featured Commercial Record‘s “In Person” column. As one of the company’s top producers, Pajolek has completed more than 10 million square feet of commercial transactions, although real estate was not how he began his foray into corporate life. Prior, he was a brand manager for Georgia Pacific in Atlanta. Steve hosts a Q&A with Tom about his career in CRE.
Simone Development Companies
May 9, 2018
By Rich Bockmann
Montefiore Health System has signed a long-term expansion for 96,500 SF inside Tower One and the Metro Center Atrium at Simone Development Companies’ Hutchinson Metro Center in the Bronx. Now, Montefiore leases 453,000 SF at 1250 Waters Place, which will be used to consolidate clinical and administrative offices and expand clinical departments including women’s health, breast oncology, urology and orthopedics.
Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates
May 9, 2018
By Liam La Guerre
Owners, managers and brokers that work with industrial properties in the Bronx, such as Simone Development Companies and Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates contribute to a Commercial Observer article on increased industrial leasing activity in the Bronx.
The Marketing Directors
May 7, 2018
By Heather Dean Bennington
At the 31st annual Sales and Marketing Awards hosted by the New Jersey Builder’s Association, executives at The Marketing Directors won six top awards, including sales manager of the year, leasing manager of the year, leasing team of the year. The gala recognizes the year’s most creative and successful sales and marketing initiatives in the New Jersey market.
Simone Development Companies
May 7, 2018
By Paul Schott
In one of Stamford’s largest real estate sales this year, Simone Development Companies acquired a 118,500 SF office-industrial complex at 316 Courtland Avenue in the Glenbrook section from Baker Cos. A fitness center and student transportation company take 40,000 SF, leaving 78,000 SF available for lease.
EW Howell Construction Group
May 6, 2018
By Keiko Morris
EW Howell Construction Group’s motto is “Build Simply.” But when the firm was brought on by the New York Botanical Garden to build its Edible Academy complex, it also had to Build Sensitively. The WSJ talks with EW Howell vice president Bob Zirkel and executives at the NYBG about the extreme sensitivities with building within the Garden’s walls, and the measures taken to maintain the tranquil oasis.
Stuart M. Saft
May 2018
By E.B. Solomont and Kathryn Brenzel
Stuart M. Saft, practice group leader of Holland & Knight’s New York Real Estate Practice Group, and co-chair of the Condominium Development & Conversion Team, weighs in on construction defects found in several of Manhattan’s new residential developments.