The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
MdeAS Architects
Date
February 25, 2025
Manhattan office buildings can make millions by changing their address
By Aaron Elstein
summary
A building’s address can be its own kind of branding, supporting or detracting from tenant and leasing interest depending on its location. In the case of Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central, a name change from its address at 708 Third Avenue and a repositioning project helped boost rents from $44 to $92 a square foot last year. Dan Shannon, a principal at architecture firm MdeAS, which designed the reimagined PENN 2, noted the building’s change from 2 Penn Plaza helped convey new ambition for the property. Read the full story here.
Client
JT Magen
Date
February 25, 2025
2025 Women in Construction: Sharon Small, JT Magen
summary
Sharon Small, LEED/Sustainability Coordinator at JT Magen, is featured in New York Real Estate Journal as one of 2025’s Women in Construction. Learn more.
Client
RFR
Date
February 25, 2025
AI Company Accrete Expands to 14K SF at RFR’s 17 State Street
By Isabelle Durso
summary
Software company Accrete, which uses artificial intelligence to deliver information to government and commercial customers, has signed a 10-year, 13,757-square-foot lease on the ninth floor of RFR’s 17 State Street. Accrete moved into the building across from Battery Park in 2021, when it took 6,681 square feet at the property, according to the firm. The new deal renews that space and tacks on another 7,076 square feet. Read more here.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
February 24, 2025
Kristin Hawkins AIA Joins Pickard Chilton as Associate Principal
summary
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, welcomes Kristin Hawkins AIA as Associate Principal. Ms. Hawkins brings more than 30 years of global design expertise across a diverse portfolio. Her philosophy centers in the power of place; that transformative, responsible architecture is both a poetic and pragmatic response to cultural and physical context. Prior to joining Pickard Chilton, Ms. Hawkins was a Partner at Pelli Clarke & Partners, where she led major projects in the academic, master planning, corporate office and cultural arts sectors.
Client
Standard Real Estate Investments
Date
February 20, 2025
Laredo’s industrial boom continues with two massive new developments supporting border trade
By James McCandless
summary
A joint venture between Standard Real Estate Investments and Brennan Investment Group is working to add 433,000 square feet of industrial space to the city’s Pinnacle Industry Center with a facility called Laredo Pinnacle Development II. Laredo has become a critical location for imports, with billions in trade being sent back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more in the San Antonio Business Journal.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
February 17, 2025
Texas' Big BTR Wave May Have Crested As Construction Starts Fall, Costs Mount
By Maddy McCarty
summary
A Bisnow Houston article looks at a build-to-rent construction surge in Texas, where it’s larger than anywhere else in the U.S. Red Warner, a development manager at Landmark Properties, talks with Bisnow reporter Maddy McCarty about the asset type. Landmark has two BTR communities in the South, including in Houston, Alabama and Conroe. Read the full story here.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
January-February 2025
Mass Timber Moving Forward
By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett / Steven Zacks
summary
An article in Architectural Products explores new innovations in mass timber. Michael Hensley, a principal at Pickard Chilton, talks about designing with the material, and the studio’s project, T3 RiNo for Hines is featured. See here.
Client
Koeppel Rosen
Date
February 9, 2025
Famed Iron Chef to open new hot spot in booming area near Herald Square
By Steve Cuozzo
summary
Koeppel Rosen, leasing and management agent for the Rosen family portfolio, and stewards for a number of historic Manhattan office properties, announced a 17,642 square-foot, 20-year lease with acclaimed Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and Montclair Hospitality Group for a new restaurant at 1255 Broadway within the 1261 Broadway office building in New York City. The new Morimoto restaurant marks the return of the globally renowned chef and his celebrated contemporary Japanese cuisine to New York City. The high-end restaurant concept will occupy the entire ground floor space at 1261 Broadway. Read more here.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
February 6, 2025
NYC Affordable Housing Weathers the Storm
By Gabriel Frank
summary
An article in Multi-Housing News recaps Ariel Property Partners’ “Coffee & Cap Rates” event. Data from Ariel’s latest report is cited and the article dives into stats in the multifamily market. Learn more here.