The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Hodges Ward Elliott, Rubenstein Partners
Date
October 18, 2017
No One at the Wheel: What Will Driverless Cars Do to Real Estate?
By Guelda Voien and Brady Dale
summary
How will driverless cars affect real estate? Sources from the industry, including experts from Rubenstein Partners and Hodges Ward Elliott, name a few aspects that might change over the next 10-15 years, in this week’s Commercial Observer.
Client
Eastern Union Funding
Date
October 17, 2017
Eastern Union Hires Freedman
summary
Sean Freedman has joined Eastern Union Funding, a commercial real estate mortgage brokerage firm, as its director of banking relations for its Quotes and Term Sheets Banking Division.
Client
Building and Land Technology
Date
October 17, 2017
Construction continues at Stamford's Harbor Point
By Paul Schott
summary
Building and Land Technology has broken ground on its next group of apartments in the Harbor Point complex in Stamford, Conn; a total of 435 units will be built in two, 22-story towers scheduled for completion in 2019. BLT has 100 Commons Park North underway a few blocks down the road, which will bring 392 units to the area across 15 floors. In the Waterside section, 218 units are under construction at the Harbor Landing complex, set to open in 2018.
Client
Savanna
Date
October 17, 2017
Savanna Closes $195M Purchase of Midtown's 304K-SF Berkeley Building
by Liam La Guerre
summary
Savanna, a developer and real estate investment manager, has completed a $195M purchase of 19 West 44th Street, an 18-story office building formerly owned by Deka Immobilien GmbH. Mesa West Capital provided the acquisition financing. The 303,943 SF property is also known as The Berkeley Building. JLL’s Mitchell Konsker, Barbara Winter, Benjamin Bass and Kip Orban will lead the building’s leasing efforts.
Client
CBRE Fairfield/Westchester
Date
October 16, 2017
Fairfield And Westchester Office Leasing Indicates Revitalization In Suburbs
By Betsy Kim
summary
According to CBRE office market reports, Fairfield County experienced an increase in leasing activity and Westchester County remained steady in the third quarter of 2017. Thomas Pajolek, executive vice president of CBRE explained that rental activity tends to slow down in the summer, and the tenancy of three sizable companies provided the primary reason for the Q3 results. Fairfield County’s total leasing activity was up to 941,784 square feet, compared to 800,009 total square feet in the previous quarter, and 661,581 square feet rented during the same time period last year. During the third quarter, the Westchester County office market experienced 535,813 square feet in total leasing activity. This is an increase from 455,866 square feet of total leasing activity during the second quarter. Plus, average asking rents increased to $28.54 per square foot, up from $27.81 in the previous quarter.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
October 15, 2017
Once-Exclusive Office Lobbies Open Up
By Keiko Morris
summary
Many Manhattan landlords are sprucing up the lobbies of their office towers to include art, restaurants, retail, and spaces to relax for tenants, and the public. William Chilton, principal of Pickard Chilton has designed HQ’s for companies like Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., and public space within buildings is becoming a priority. Landlords want the public to be in a building, because it gives it an energy, Chilton said.
Client
Building and Land Technology
Date
October 12, 2017
Walter's Hot Dogs receives enthusiastic Stamford reception
By Paul Schott
summary
Walter’s Hot Dogs, a beloved hot dog stand in Westchester, opens its second brick-and-mortar location at 200 Commons Park South in Stamford, Conn, near the Harbor Point community owned by Building and Land Technology.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
October 11, 2017
Thornton Tomasetti's Peter DiMaggio Makes American Embassies Safe Abroad
by Larry Getlen
summary
Senior Principal and Weidlinger Protective Design Practice Leader Peter DiMaggio talks about his career and the challenges of providing protective design and structural hardening for projects around the world in this Commercial Observer “Power Player” profile.
Client
Avison Young
Date
October 11, 2017
Social service union inks 15-year lease at Paramount Building
By Kathryn Brenzel
summary
The Avison Young team of Arthur Mirante, Anthony LoPresti, Michael Gottlieb, Joseph Gervino and Matthew Hoffman represented Paramount Leasehold, the landlord of the paramount Building at 1501 Broadway, in a 22,063 SF lease for Social Service Employees Union Local 371. The landlord is completing a $50 million renovation of the 33-story office tower, and the union will take part of the fourth floor at the property, in a move from its current space at 817 Broadway.