The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
GFP Real Estate
Date
September 20, 2018
The Top 10 Secrets of the Flatiron Building
By Michelle Young
summary
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.
Client
ABS Partners Real Estate
Date
September 18, 2018
Grant Associates Makes Headquarters Move to FiDi
summary
Client
GFP Real Estate
Date
September 18, 2018
Gural family notches 2 big leases at 520 Eighth Ave
By Konrad Putzier
summary
Matthew Mandell of GFP Real Estate represented Entertainment Benefits Group in a 12,769 SF, five-year lease at 520 Eight Avenue, owned by GFP since the 1970s. Other new leases at the property include a 40,000 SF, 10-year renewal for Mason Tenders’ District Council Welfare Fund.
Client
Rubenstein Partners
Date
September 17, 2018
$85M deal: Eight buildings in Bucks sell to Rubenstein Partners
By Natalie Kostelni
summary
Rubenstein Partners has acquired eight properties in the Lower Makefield Corporate Center in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for $85 million. The buildings that were bought were: 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040 and 1050 Stony Hill Road and 770, 790 and 800 Township Line Road. They total 467,000 square feet and were 80 percent occupied at the time of the sale, the largest tenant being Crown Holdings, which recently relocated into 60,000 SF at 770 Township Line Road. The purchase by Rubenstein Partners includes buildings split between two campuses, which define the corporate center.
Client
ABS Partners Real Estate
Date
September 17, 2018
Kellogg’s NYC Owners Open Play Center in Same Union Square Building as Their Café
By Lauren Elkies Schram
summary
Union Square Play, a new retail concept, has signed a 7,000 SF lease at 36 East 18th Street in a deal represented by ABS Partners Real Estate’s Jennifer Bernstein and Mark Tergesen. ABS’ Charles Conwell and Tergesen represented the owner of the two-story, 15,000 SF building.Union Square Play offers classes and play space for kids in 2,000 square feet at grade and 5,000 square feet on the lower level. Last November, Kellogg’s NYC cereal cafe occupies 5,000 SF on the second floor; while the cafe has its own entrance on East 17th Street, the 18th Street entrance acts as a shared entrance for both Union Square Play and Kellogg’s.
Client
Jonathan Rose Companies
Date
September 12, 2018
Deals & Dealmakers Jonathan Rose rallies residents to get out and vote
summary
Affordable housing developer Jonathan Rose is working to get out the vote. With the 2018 mid-term election on the horizon, Rose Community Management, an affiliate of Jonathan Rose Companies has partnered with the League of Women Voters Education Fund to empower voters to make use of their electoral power. The new program, co-lead by Andrew Foley and Timothy Smith, is an element of Jonathan Rose Companies’ initiative to create “Communities of Opportunity” at every property they own. Jonathan Rose Cos. plans to expand this 2018 pilot voter registration program to their entire portfolio nationwide totaling more than 15,000 households, as well as other third-party owners and managers, in time for the 2020 elections. It encourages the nation’s other affordable housing owners to join them.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
September 10, 2018
Executive Profile: Howard Rowland
By David Winzelberg
summary
Howard Rowland of EW Howell Construction Group sat down with Long Island Business News for an executive Q&A about the Long Island construction market, his initiatives as chairman of AGC NYS, the Blue Point Brewery project and more.
Client
Stuart Saft
Date
September 2018
The rise of the anonymous LLC
By Will Parker
summary
Stuart Saft, a real estate attorney and practice leader at Holland & Knight talks with The Real Deal about the increased use of LLCs in real estate transactions, which has its pros and cons.
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
September 10, 2018
Plumbing supply company expands in Port Chester
By Akiko Matsuda
summary
Torrco Plumbing Supply expanded its presence in Port Chester, moving from 3,000 SF on North Main Street to 19,900 SF at Simone’s warehouse at 21 Grace Church Street. The plumbing supply company has 16 locations in NY, CT and MA. Josh Gopan, director of leasing for Simone Metro Properties, represented the landlord. The 63,000-square-foot warehouse building on Grace Church Street is now 100 percent occupied, with Dipietro Trading and Empire Coffee Roasters leasing the balance of the space at the two-story property.