The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors, Fried Frank
Date
May 13, 2025
Power 100 2025
summary
Shimon Shkury, president and founder at Ariel Property Advisors and Jonathan Mechanic, chairman of the real estate department at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson made Commercial Observer’s 2025 list of commercial real estate’s Power 100. The annual list identifies and recognizes the 100 most influential people in the industry and takes a look at key trends and people shaping the global real estate landscape.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
May 9, 2025
Landmark Properties & Stockbridge Acquire $100M Student Housing Portfolio Near USC
By David Nussbaum
summary
Landmark Properties and Stockbridge have acquired two student housing communities near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. TSB Realty brokered the sale while TSB Capital Advisors arranged the financing for the transaction. The acquisition of Icon Plaza and West 27th Place is Landmark’s third transaction in partnership with Stockbridge and brings its holdings in Los Angeles to nearly 2,200 beds. Learn more here.
Client
JEMB Realty
Date
May 9, 2025
Old Navy inks year’s largest retail lease, breathes new life into stagnant Herald Square
By Elizabeth Cryan
summary
JEMB Realty has signed one of the year’s largest retail leases for Old Navy at JEMB Herald Towers. The retailer will open a new 55,000-square-foot flagship on the first and second floors at 50 West 34th Street, relocating from its nearby location at 150 West 34th Street to the building at the corner of 34th Street and Sixth Avenue next year. The new store will offer an “immersive, digitally led experience” that will include experiential and interactive components. Gap Inc.’s real estate team and Newmark’s Ariel Schuster represented Old Navy in the deal. JEMB subsidiary LMJ Realty represented the landlord in-house. Learn more about the deal here.
Client
Sterling Equities
Date
May 6, 2025
CubeSmart opens new self-storage in Farmingdale
By David Winzelberg
summary
Sterling Equities has completed construction and announced the opening of a three-story self-storage facility at 505 Bi-County Blvd in Farmingdale, New York on Long Island. The new facility is part of the highly-regarded CubeSmart Self-Storage national brand.Designed to meet a variety of storage needs for residents throughout the region, the state-of-the-art, climate controlled building encompasses nearly 115, 000 square feet with almost 1,000 units, ranging from 5’x5’ to 15’x25’. Read more in Long Island Business News.
Client
Marx Realty
Date
May 5, 2025
Business Advisory Firm Riveron Inks 20K-SF Lease at 10 Grand Central
By Amanda Schiavo
summary
Riveron, a national business advisory firm, has signed a 10-year lease for 20,000 square feet at Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central. The firm will occupy the building’s entire fifth floor. Riveron will move its New York City offices about eight blocks from 461 Fifth Avenue to 10 Grand Central, which has an alternative address of 155 East 44th Street. Mitchell Konsker, Carlee Palmer, Thomas Swartz and Nicole Danyi from JLL handled the deal for Marx Realty. Peter Trivelas and Dan Fisk of Cushman & Wakefield represented Riveron. Read more about the lease in Commercial Observer.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
May 2025
A Timber-and-Steel Office Tower by Pickard Chilton Takes Root on Seattle’s Eastside
By Rachel Gallaher
summary
The May issue of Architectural Record takes a look at several exceptional tall buildings across the country. The Eight, developed by Skanksa and designed by Pickard Chilton, is included in the feature. The building is a gem in the neighborhood, standing out for its oblong shape, visible structural elements, and ample communal space apparent across a large landscaped plaza. View the full feature here.
Client
RFR
Date
May 1, 2025
Charney, Tavros plan Gowanus' largest apartment building after landing $145M in loans
By Kevin Smith
summary
RFR has sold its development site at 175 3rd St. in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Tavros Capital and Charney Companies acquired the 139,865-square-foot site – one of the largest development sites in in the newly rezoned Gowanus submarket – for $164 million. After several years of pre-development stewardship, RFR sold the site as a fully entitled development opportunity. Read more about the sale in New York Business Journal.
Client
Koeppel Rosen
Date
May 1, 2025
How far are workers willing to walk to the office? The answer is driving leasing.
By Aaron Elstein
summary
An article in Crain’s New York Business talks with commercial real estate owners and brokers in New York City about how a property’s distance from transit influences leasing behavior. For example, buildings closer to Grand Central or Penn Station report higher leasing percentages. Max Koeppel, director of leasing at Koeppel Rosen, spoke with reporter Aaron Elstein about the company’s experience with this trend. He notes that since some of its building’s are more than a 15-minute walk from a station, Koeppel Rosen offers to cover the cost of the space buildout to entice future leases. Read the full story here.
Client
JRT Realty Group
Date
May 1, 2025
Can Jodi Pulice’s MWBE brokerage strategy survive?
By Elizabeth Cryan
summary
The Real Deal profiles Jodi Pulice, co-founder of JRT Realty Group. See full story here.