Landmark Properties has recapitalized The Standard at Austin, a 287-unit, 934-bed partially affordable student housing community in Austin, Texas, adjacent to the University of Texas at Austin. Financing was arranged by TSB Capital Advisors. The high-rise consists of studio and one- to six-bedroom floorplans, as well as some 5,400 square feet of retail space.
The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
January 3, 2024
Landmark Properties Announces Notable Land Acquisition in Boulder and Plans for New Student Housing Community
summary
Landmark Properties, the nation’s top developer of student housing, has acquired a 15-acre site at 1345 28th Street near the University of Colorado Boulder. The firm will begin construction on The Standard at Boulder, a 936-bed student housing community, Landmark Properties’ first development of a purpose-built student housing product in the Boulder market. The project caps off approximately $700 million in year-end transactions for Landmark in 2023, adding to the company’s record year. The planned 447,000-square-foot building will include 303 student apartments to answer the growing demand for student housing within walking distance of the CU Boulder campus. Read more here.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors, Castle Lantera, Landmark Properties,
Date
January 2024
A Bright Future Ahead
By Michael Miller
summary
National Apartment Association (Naahq)’s Units magazine talks with industry experts about what we can expect in the housing sector in 2024, touching on budgets, an emphasis on ESG, sustainability, and green products, technology and the centralization of operations, and increasing rent rates. Jonathan Bove, EVP Acquisition and Management Services at Landmark Properties, Inc., Shimon Shkury, president/founder Ariel Property Advisors, and Elie Rieder, CEO and founder Castle Lanterra contribute expert insight to the article. See the full article here.
Client
Populous
Date
November/December 2023
Entertainment Districts are no longer just about sports, dining and music
By John Caulfield
summary
Populous Senior Principal / Senior Urban Planner John Shreve and Principal / Senior Urban Designer Riki Nishimura, AIA talk with John Caulfield of Building Design+Construction Media about the vitality of entertainment districts and the ways that developers and designers are providing new ways to live, work, and play there. Read the full story here.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
December 2023 / Issue Four
Innovative Emergency Engineering Response
By Steve Hendershot
summary
The December 2023 / Issue Four of Engineering, Inc. highlights three recent emergency engineering projects that delivered outstanding results amid challenging circumstances and tight deadlines. The New York Hall of Science, which flooded as a result of Hurricane Ida in 2021, lost about half of its exhibits as the water flows towards the main entrance of the building. The Thornton Tomasetti team performed a climate risk and resilience assessment to ensure the museum would be better protected against future weather events and adopted a series of flood-mitigation measures. Read more here.
Client
Asland Capital Partners, Ariel Property Advisors
Date
November/December 2023
NYC Investors Hunt for Distressed Deals
By Bendix Anderson
summary
Jim Simmons, CEO and founding partner of Asland Capital Partners and Shimon Shkury, president and founder of Ariel Property Advisors contribute expert insight to a Northeast Multifamily & Affordable Housing Business about the current multifamily market in New York City. Read the full story here.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
December 29, 2023
Landmark Lands Recap for 934-Bed Austin Student Community
By Vicentiu Fusea
summary
Client
Ariel Property Advisors, Fried Frank, Plentific, Stuart Saft
Date
December 26, 2023
2023 Year in Review
summary
Shimon Shkury, president of Ariel Property Advisors, Michael Werner, partner at Fried Frank, Cem Savas, CEO and co-founder of Plentific, and Stuart Saft, partner and real estate practice group leader at Holland & Knight contribute to New York Real Estate Journal’s 2023 Year in Review. The industry leaders provide insight into the emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2024, and look back on their greatest professional achievements and biggest deals of 2023.
Client
Plentific
Date
December 21, 2023
Real Estate Executive and Proptech Veteran Mitchell Schear Joins Plentific Advisory Board
summary
Plentific, the innovative, real-time property operations platform, announced that Mitchell Schear has joined its Strategic Advisory Board. The firm’s global advisory board consists of real estate industry experts who share their skills, guidance, and knowledge to help Plentific continuously enhance its pioneering property operations Software as a Service (SaaS) platform and achieve its growth ambitions. Schear spent more than 15 years as president of Vornado/Charles E. Smith and four years as executive partner at Camber Creek, a technology venture capital firm. By digitizing operations in the multifamily housing industry, Plentific can provide a higher quality and safer experience for residents, savings to operators, and streamlined repairs, compliance, and maintenance operations for property managers.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
November/December 2023
Reaching New Heights
By Nellie Day
summary
An article in Student Housing Business focuses on the high demand for off-campus housing as we see growing enrollment rates at flagship universities nationwide. Student housing operators are looking at ways to remain competitive and lock in leases earlier by using social media and technology. Rob Dinwiddie, EVP of marketing and management at Landmark Properties, which delivered a record 10 new student housing projects in 2023, noted that the firm saw increased leasing activity compared to the same time in 2022. More on that here.