The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
HFZ Capital Group
Date
February 22, 2017
HFZ’s Alicia Goldstein Talks Real Estate, Miami and the Movies
by Larry Getlen
summary
HFZ Capital Group’s Alicia Goldstein, senior managing director and president of sales and marketing, discusses everything from the legacy of her real estate pioneer mom, to her days in the film industry, to the latest on some of HFZ’s current major projects. The article appears in the “Sit-Down” column of the Commercial Observer.
Client
Avison Young
Date
February 22, 2017
Tenants wanted for new-look Bedminster office space
by Joshua Burd
summary
The 100,000 s/f office building in Bedminster, NJ is getting a series of upgrades. The building at 550 Hills Drive is being renovated by Kimmerle Newman Architects and Avison Young. The firm, working on behalf of New York Life Real Estate Investors, is overseeing improvements to the lobby atrium, meeting and conference center, tenant lounge, fitness center and elevators. The brokerage team of Jeffrey Heller and William McCaffrey of Avison Young note that there are two, 37,000 s/f full-floor availabilities for rent asap.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
February 21, 2017
LI People on the Move! Promotions, New Jobs
by Diane Daniels
summary
Kevin McKenna has been promoted from project executive to the vice president of the retail division at EW Howell Construction Group. Harry Hansen also was promoted to VP of the firm’s specialty division.
Client
RFR Realty
Date
February 21, 2017
Resi Brokerage Compass Takes Additional 25K SF at 90 Fifth Avenue Global HQ
by Lauren Elkies Schram
summary
Compass, a residential real estate brokerage, has expanded its global headquarters at 90 Fifth Avenue by 25,000 s/f. This expansion comes less than a month after signing a deal for an Upper West Side office. The deal is for the 10th and 11th floors, bringing the company’s footprint in the Union Square office to 115,000 s/f. The company has grown its business from its startup days at 90 Fifth, first taking two full floors, and now occupying the entire office portion of the property. AJ Camhi was the in-house representation for the landlord, RFR Realty, in addition to JLL’s Jon Fanuzzi, Mitchell Konsker, Dan Turkewitz and Adam Haber. Ethan Silverstein of C&W represented the tenant.
Client
HFZ Capital Group
Date
February 17, 2017
Boxed In: NYC landlords struggling to deal with residents’ online shopping addiction
by Katherine Clarke
summary
With the increase in online retail and food shopping, coupled with diminishing food stores in NYC, landlords for both condos and rentals in the region are taking extra care to redesign package rooms in the buildings, adding cold storage, notification systems and other processes. HFZ Capital Group and Broad Street Development weigh in.
Client
Avison Young
Date
February 15, 2017
Avison Young arranges $34M loan for PA luxury mixed-use project
summary
Avison Young’s Capital Markets Debt & Equity Group recently arranged a $34 million construction loan for a luxury mixed-use development in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. The loan will finance the first phase of construction for the project, which, when complete, will feature luxury rental residences with a clubhouse and outdoor swimming pool and commercial space with a shopping center and two retail pads. The Avison Young New Jersey Capital Markets Group comprised of George Gnad, Principal, Jonathan Kristofich, Vice President, and Michael Winters, Senior Associate brokered the balance sheet loan for the sponsor.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
February 15, 2017
EW Howell to build Smithtown assisted-living project
by David Winzelberg
summary
EW Howell Construction Group has been tapped by Waltham, Mass.-based Benchmark Senior Living for the senior living developer’s first New York project. Whisper Woods is a 101-unit assisted living facility planned for Smithtown, NY at Route 25A and River Heights Drive. This project is one of several in the works on the Island, created to meet the demand for senior living as the Baby Boomer generation seeks to make alternative living arrangements
Client
Avison Young
Date
February 15, 2017
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller Moving Company to Paramount Building
by Liam LaGuerre
summary
Adventureland, a production company best known for Broadway hits such as Hamilton, Avenue Q and Rent, has signed a 10,109 s/f lease at 1501 Broadway. The Avison Young team of Arthur Mirante, Michael Gottlieb, Anthony LoPresti, Matthew Hoffman and Joseph Gervino represented the landlord, the Paramount Building. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank’s Dennis Karr represented Adventureland. This is the largest of recent theatre-related lease transactions for space at the building.
Client
Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates
Date
February 2017
Commercial Corner: Kalmon Dolgin
summary
Kalmon Dolgin, co-president of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates in a Q&A with Mann Report about his start in the business, recent deals at KDA, and best pieces of advice for those just starting in the commercial real estate industry.