The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Avison Young
Date
October 11, 2017
Avison Young brokers Secaucus warehouse lease for well-known dance company
by Joshua Burd
summary
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has leased 17,583 SF at a Secaucus warehouse at 1 County Road, in a relocation from a site in Long Island City currently undergoing redevelopment. A team of Avison Young that includes Arthur J. Mirante, Timothy Cadigan, Richard Sullivan, and John Recchia represented the dance company in its lease, while Bill Waxman and Kevin Dudley with CBRE represented the owner, Bhasin Properties. Alvin Ailey will use the space to store and build its performance sets.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
October 10, 2017
In the Heart of Milwaukee, a Gleaming Tower Leads an Urban Renewal
by Keith Schneider
summary
Northwestern Mutual’s striking $450 million, 32-story glass-and-steel office tower, which opened in August, is helping to reshape the city of Milwaukee. The New York Times features this progression in its Square Feet column.
Client
Avison Young
Date
October 9, 2017
For the Record
summary
Avison Young represented the landlord of 25 West 39th Street in the 14,440 SF lease for Halston. The luxury fashion label is relocating its showroom and office spaces from 96 Spring Street. The tenant was reprsented by Akron Trotter Property Group.
Client
Avison Young
Date
October 9, 2017
The Office Market Can Handle Hudson Yards -- So Far
By Bendix Anderson
summary
According to Avison Young’s Senior Director of Research, Marisha Clinton, the Manhattan office market saw some competition between older properties and newer buildings that are leasing in Midtown West, such as Hudson Yards.
Client
RFR
Date
October 8, 2017
Distinctive Designs Are Key to Boutique Office Buildings
By Keiko Morris
summary
Keiko Morris talks to developers that are focusing on distinctive designs of office towers, and the addition of outdoor spaces and connections to the neighborhood as ways to increase the allure of upscale boutique office towers rising in Midtown. Aby Rosen, principal of RFR Holding LLC notes, “You have to have a smart design, something special. If you are cookie-cutter, it’s never going to work. It has to have architectural importance.”
Client
Building and Land Technology
Date
October 5, 2017
Stamford, Greenwich battle it out for urban-suburban supremacy
by Perri Ormont Blumberg and Troy McMullen
summary
The New York Post takes a look at Connecticut’s two closest towns, Stamford and Greenwich, comparing things like new homes, leisure activities and businesses. Highlights in Stamford include Harbor Point, a mixed-use waterfront development by Building and Land Technology that offers residential, office, retail, and restaurants, plus marinas and parks along the shoreline. In 2009, the space was comprised of vacant or underutilized buildings. BLT is opening two residential properties: 100 Commons Park North in December 2017, and Davenport Landing in 2018.
Client
Dual-Skin Façades
Date
October 5, 2017
Dual-Skin Façades
By Mark Robbns
summary
Alloy Kemp, senior project engineer of façade engineering in Thornton Tomasetti’s Chicago office, and Claudia Farabegoli, director at Thornton Tomasetti’s London office, contribute to a story on dual-skin facades in Metal Architecture’s October 2017 issue.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti, EW Howell
Date
October 4, 2017
CO’s Top 20 A.E.C. Pros Under 35 Years Old in 2017
Liam La Guerre
summary
Francesca Brando and Karen Grossett, both senior project engineers at Thornton Tomasetti, and Daniel Navarro, a project executive at EW Howell Construction Group are among the top 20 AEC professionals under 35 who were recognized by the Commercial Observer.
Client
Eastern Union Funding
Date
October 4, 2017
CO’s 25 Under 35: The Lenders and Debt Brokers to Watch in 2017
summary
Congratulations to Phil Krispin, a director at Eastern Union Funding, for being named to Commercial Observer’s list of 25 Under 35 Lenders and Debt Brokers to Watch in 2017. He joined the firm in 2015. Over the past 12 months, Krispin has originated $300 million in debt (with a further $500M in the pipeline)