The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Waterton
Date
July 15, 2025
Waterton hires Blackstone portfolio company head as investment chief
By Rachel Herzog
summary
John W. Gray, most recently CEO of Blackstone portfolio company Fabric Housing, has joined Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate firm as Chief Investment Officer. Longtime executive Rick Hurd is poised to retire later this year. Gray has nearly 20 years of experience in investment and development for the multifamily sector. Learn more about Gray’s new position here.
Client
MdeAS Architects
Date
July 11, 2025
Architect breathes new life into the city's aging buildings
By Aaron Elstein
summary
Dan Shannon, principal at MdeAS Architects, is featured in Crain’s New York Business’ Gotham Gigs. Shannon and his firm “breathe life into New York City’s aging buildings, and have recently worked on PENN 2 for Vornado, Black Rock and others.” Read the full story here.
Client
Ferguson Partners, Thornton Tomasetti
Date
July 8, 2025
How Big Can AI Get in Industrial, Logistics and Construction? This Big.
By Philip Russo
summary
An article in Commercial Observer explores AI use and interest among the construction, industrial and logistics sectors. According to a survey released by Ferguson Partners, talent management and strategic advisory services firm for the real assets industry, more companies seek to invest in AI over the next two years. The survey cites a clear directional shift, as AI and automation are no longer niche experiments, but are becoming core to how real estate organizations operate, allocate capital, and differentiate in a competitive environment. The article also examines the rapid move to AI in the architecture, engineering and construction industries, and trends happening there. Catch the full article here to learn more about the survey’s results and hear expert commentary from Mike Cordingley, managing director at Ferguson, and Thomas Scarangello, managing principal and senior adviser at engineering consultancy Thornton Tomasetti.
Client
Koeppel Rosen
Date
July 8, 2025
Cloud Data Firm Ardoq Relocating to 443 Park Avenue South
By Mark Hallum
summary
Koeppel Rosen has signed a 7,629-SF lease for Ardoq, a cloud data platform, at 443 Park Avenue South, in a relocation from 460 Park Avenue South. Koeppel represented the landlord in-house while Hannah Gerard and Jason Pollen of CBRE negotiated on behalf of the tenant. Learn more about the lease details here.
Client
Waterton
Date
July 8, 2025
Seattle Apartment Deals Rebounding Sharply
By Sam Ali
summary
An article in Real Estate Alert explores the mid-year resurgence of Seattle’s multifamily market features commentary from Waterton Senior Vice President Kevin Isbasco. The volume of Seattle’s apartment trades from April to June was nearly a fivefold jump from January to March. Ibasco notes that occupancy is holding strong, leasing activity is picking up, and while Seattle was a slower bounce-back after the pandemic, the recovery is taking hold in “a more meaningful way.”
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
July 8, 2025
Gowanus lots fetch $9 million as rezoning spurs development boom
By Sanai Rashid
summary
Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sale of two adjacent lots totaling 21,600 BSF at 544-550 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, for $9 million, marking the firm’s third development site transaction in the neighborhood this year. An Ariel team led by Sean R. Kelly, Esq., Partner, Stephen Vorvolakos, Director, and Nicole Daniggelis, Associate Director, represented the seller of the site, which currently holds three structures housing seven commercial and residential units on two 40-foot wide lots.Kelly and his team have secured the four highest price-per-buildable sales in the Gowanus neighborhood, cementing the firm’s active and leading role in the area’s development market. Catch the full story here.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
July 8, 2025
US student giant hires European managing director
By Chris Borland
summary
Ioannis Verdelis has joined Landmark Properties as its managing director of investment and development in the UK as the company expands its European operations. Verdelis will co-lead Landmark’s business in Europe – which aims to build both student accommodation and residential investment platforms. He was previously CIO at Vita. Read more here.
Client
Ferguson Partners
Date
July 1, 2025
PERE's 100 Most Influential 2016-25
summary
Bill Ferguson, co-chairman and CEO of Ferguson Patners, the go-to search firm for real estate managers looking for new executives. Ferguson is one of PERE’s 100 Most Influential 2016-25, a list of movers and shakers who had the biggest impact on the world’s private real estate capital markets during the last decade. See the full list here.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
June 30, 2025
EVs and the New Geometry of Parking Facilities
By Todd Neal, principal, Thornton Tomasetti
summary
As the adoption of EVs accelerates, we must reevaluate how we design for the change in structural loads as well as how we lay out these spaces to accommodate accessibility, fire safety, charging logistics, and future adaptability. Todd Neal, a principal in the Portland, Maine, office of Thornton Tomasetti, outlines a few ways to ensure the safety of these structures. See full story here.