The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Thornton Tomasetti, EW Howell
October 4, 2017
Liam La Guerre
Francesca Brando and Karen Grossett, both senior project engineers at Thornton Tomasetti, and Daniel Navarro, a project executive at EW Howell Construction Group are among the top 20 AEC professionals under 35 who were recognized by the Commercial Observer.
Eastern Union Funding
October 4, 2017
Congratulations to Phil Krispin, a director at Eastern Union Funding, for being named to Commercial Observer’s list of 25 Under 35 Lenders and Debt Brokers to Watch in 2017. He joined the firm in 2015. Over the past 12 months, Krispin has originated $300 million in debt (with a further $500M in the pipeline)
101 West 78th Street
October 2, 2017
by Rachel Sugar
Curbed NY takes us inside the penthouse at GTIS Partners’ 101 West 78th Street, which features 4BR/4.5BA, a wraparound terrace and rooftop sundeck. The listing is on the market for $23.5 million with Brown Harris Stevens Development Marketing, and interiors are by Stephen Sills Associates.
Pembrook Capital Management
October 2017
By Stuart Boesky and William Dowling
Stuart Boesky, CEO of Pembrook Capital Management and William Dowling, an associate with the firm, discuss the emergence, advantages and overall appeal of private direct lending to commercial real estate investors in this bylined feature article in IREI.
Avison Young
October 2, 2017
By Rebecca Baird-Remba
Avison Young team of Jonathan J. Larsen and Mitti Liebersohn represented Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith in its new, 100,000-square-foot lease at 77 Water Street, where it previously subleased space from Goldman Sachs. Michael Lenchner of Sage Realty Corporation, the leasing arm of co-owner William Kaufman Organization, represented the owner The law firm currently occupies 75,000 square feet on the 19th through 21st floors on a 2010 sublease from Goldman. Its new 15-year deal includes that space and adds the 18th floor.
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Rutenberg NYC
September 28, 2017
by Stefanos Chen
Rosy Klein of Rutenberg NYC is listing a three-bedroom, two-bath co-op in West Harlem for $1.35m. The home is on the parlor level of a prewar townhouse, and features sleek built-ins and modern finishes. The gorgeous apartment is featured in the New York Times “On the Market” column in the Sunday real estate section.
Rubenstein Partners
September 27, 2017
by Rich Bockmann
Rubenstein Partners announces that Robert Andrews has joined the firm as its director of the New York City office. Rubenstein, which has invested in more than 10 million square feet of office properties since its founding in 2005, made its first New York City acquisition in 2015 when it bought a stake in Toby Moskovits’ 400,000-square-foot speculative office development at 25 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. In New York City, the company will be targeting transitional and value-add properties, either by taking a position in the capital stack or acquiring assets outright, Andrews said.
Simone Development Companies, Rubenstein Partners
September 27, 2017
By Gwynne Hogan
Developers in North Brooklyn are hoping that Williamsburg’s cultural draw and proximity to Manhattan is enough to entice Amazon to build its headquarters there. Jeremiah Kane of Rubenstein Partners, the developer of 25 Kent Avenue, is one of those developers. Simone Development Companies has also offered the South Campus at its Hutchinson Metro Center in the Bronx, 33 acres of land prime for redevelopment.
Thornton Tomasetti
September 27, 2017
by Marissa Peretz
How are companies finding new ways to recruit and retain millennials? According to Phase 1 of the Millennial Impact Report, not only do millennials take up an increasingly large percentage of the workforce, but they take more time to support their local communities, and the causes/methods of outreach often vary. For example, at Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, Amy Hattan, the VP of corporate sustainability, notes that a group of volunteers spent time at Grow NYC’s Teaching Garden, an urban farm that features vegetable beds made from recycled plastic lumber.