The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
June 8, 2017
LI firm tapped for $66M school project
by David Winzelberg
summary
EW Howell Construction Group has been selected by the New York City School Construction Authority to build an 82,000 SF addition and renovation for P.S. 303, the Academy for Excellence Through the Arts in Forest Hills, NY. The school will double in its capacity and offer a cafeteria, gymnasium, science rooms, reading library, and other amenities. The project is designed by Rawlings Architecture, with an expected completion date of January 2021.
Client
Avison Young
Date
June 7, 2017
Who Are the Most Likely Tenants to Backfill Empty Retail Big Boxes?
by Diana Bell
summary
This NREI article focuses on the current retail industry in the United States, and looks at the tenants poised to take over the extra big-box and mall anchor space that has been on the market. Jedd Nero, executive managing director of retail services at Avison Young notes that there is a blank slate in retail, which is undergoing an entrepreneurial moment like never before.
Client
Avison Young
Date
June 7, 2017
Law Firm Relocates to Rudin’s 80 Pine Street
by John Jordan
summary
Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek has relocated its operations to a 12,000 s/f subleased space at 80 Pine Street in a deal arranged by Avison Young. The personal injury litigation law firm now occupies the entire 38th floor of the building, owned by Rudin Management. Henry Fuentes of Avison Young represented the law firm, while a team from JRT Realty Group represented AIG, the sub-landlord. Avison Young notes that the law firm wanted a larger office space to accommodate its rapid growth. The well-located, professionally managed property was already built for their needs, and it was a perfect fit.
Client
Avison Young
Date
June 7, 2017
Thor Taps Avison Young to Oversee Its NYC Office Portfolio
by Liam LaGuerre
summary
Avison Young has been tapped by Thor Equities to oversee the leasing of Thor’s existing New York City office portfolio. Avison Young principals Arthur Mirante and John Ryan will lead a team of five brokers in the leasing efforts for an estimated more than 1.3 million SF of active and under-development office properties across 18 buildings.
Client
Jonathan Rose Companies
Date
June 5, 2017
Are You Missing Talent That's Right Under Your Nose?
by Heather R. Huhman
summary
Entrepreneur.com explores five different and unexpected settings where companies around the U.S. have found wonderful job candidates. Melanie Lucas, a director of people services at Rose Community Management/Jonathan Rose Companies in Ohio, met a future leasing consultant for the firm at a Spam Jam Festival in Hawaii. Other locales include holiday parties, jury-vetting, reference-checking. Experienced candidates can also be found through traveling and volunteer work.
Client
Rubenstein Partners, L.P.
Date
June 4, 2017
Barclays Buys Revamped Office Complex in North Jersey
by Keiko Morris
summary
A venture of Rubenstein Partners L.P. and Vision Real Estate Partners closed on the $69 million sale of The Crossings at Jefferson Park office campus in Whippany, NJ to Barclays, the baking giant who is also a tenant at the property. The JV purchased the property in 2012 for $25 million, and set about a $10 million renovation of the property, and the creation of an 11,000 s/f amenity center
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
Spring 2017
10 Hudson Yards
by Barbara Bennett
summary
Thornton Tomasetti provided structural and façade consulting services for 10 Hudson Yards, one of 16 new developments on Manhattan’s West Side, and the only one not supported by the two giant platforms over the East and West rail yards. The project stands 895-feet tall and features an 82-foot tall cable wall lobby façade and trapezoidal 207-foot cable wall. Zack Wiegand, an associate at Thornton Tomasetti, talked with Bennett about how the project was carried out.
Client
CBRE Fairfield/Westchester
Date
May 31, 2017
Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui expands in White Plains
by Akiko Matsuda
summary
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, a Tokyo-headquartered baking and financial services company, has signed a 13-year lease for 101,000 s/f at 1 North Lexington Avenue. Also known as Gateway, the building is a five-minute walk from the White Plains train station. The bank’s lease brings the occupancy rate at the 532,336 s/f property to 96%. William Cuddy of CBRE’s Stamford/Fairfield office negotiated on behalf of the owner, Gateway One Group, Inc
Client
CBRE Fairfield/Westchester
Date
May 31, 2017
Nigro buys Wilton Square shopping center for $49.3M
by Eric Anderson
summary
Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer of CBRE’s National Retail Partners brokered the sale of Wilton Square to Nigro Companies for $49.3 million. The center, formerly owned by Retail Properties of America, counts Home Depot, Barnes & Noble and Target as tenants. The 438,097 s/f shopping center is on the major retail corridor of Route 50.