The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Hodges Ward Elliott
Date
January 11, 2017
NYC’s Tanking Hotel Market is Coming Back in 2017
by Ethan Rothstein
summary
The hotel market in NYC is set for a comeback, says Bisnow. This is due in part to stricter regulations about Airbnb and other home-sharing sites and strong NYC tourism. Hodges Ward Elliot director Jay Morrow notes that some developers may even change their hotel plans to residential or office, which would help benefit existing hoteliers and stem the tide.
Client
Avison Young
Date
January 10, 2017
Investors Focus On $5 Billion Mile In North Dallas
by Lisa Brown
summary
Department store J.C. Penney has sold its corporate headquarters in Plano, TX for $353 million to Dreien Opportunity Partners, LLC. It will lease back about 65 percent of the property, leaving the remaining square footage for new tenants. Avison Young’s New York-based structured finance team arranged the debt and equity transaction for the seller, a partnership headed by investor Sam Ware.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
January 9, 2017
Long Island hires and promotions: Daniel Navarro, E.W. Howell Construction
by Diane Daniels
summary
EW Howell Construction Group has promoted Jack Hagen to vice president of the education division, while Daniel Navarro has risen to project executive in the division.
Client
Avison Young
Date
January 9, 2017
Westport mixed-use property sells for $4.16 million
by Kevin Zimmerman
summary
Avison Young’s Fairfield/Westchester office announces the $4.16m sale of 1835 Post Road in East Westport, Conn. by Green Farm Associates LLC. The deal is the third recent acquisition for Avison Young on behalf of Blackshaw, which appointed AY property manager for the 10,713 SF property.
Client
Ted Moudis Associates
Date
January 6, 2017
The Plan: Under the Hood of NASCAR's New Offices at 590 Madison Avenue
by Liam LaGuerre
summary
The Commercial Observer’s weekly column, The Plan, takes a look at NASCAR’s new New York office, designed by Ted Moudis Associates. The racing organization moved into nearly 15,000 SF at 590 Madison, and the space is heavily branded to reflect components of the automotive and racing nature of the business.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
January 6, 2017
Movers & Shakers: Construction
by Bernadette Starzee
summary
EW Howell Construction Group announces promotions in its Arts & Culture division. Dominic Paparo Jr. and Bob Zirkel are named co-vice presidents of the division. Jehan Joonoos will be promoted to senior project manager.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
January 2017
Barging IN
by Aine M. Brazil, P.E., vice chairman, Thornton Tomasetti
summary
Aine M. Brazil, P.E., vice chairman of international engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, authored an article on the Rockefeller University expansion on the FDR Drive in Manhattan. The hard-to-access site required creative thinking, and the new lab facility incorporated modular construction delivered by barges to come together.
Client
Jonathan Rose Companies
Date
January 2017
Real estate's diversity problem
by Elizabeth Kim, Kathryn Brenzel and Rich Bockmann
summary
This article in The Real Deal’s January 2017 issue is a conversation about the diversity in NYC real estate industry. More than 70 men and women of all backgrounds in residential sales, development, commercial leasing, investment sales and law weighed in, including Jonathan Rose, CEO and founder of Jonathan Rose Companies. The company, as part of its hiring and recruitment efforts, has years ago introduced a selection committee that considers diversity in tandem with ability.
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
December 29, 2016
For Simone Development’s Deglomini, every project offers exciting challenges
summary
Joseph Deglomini Jr., a principal of Simone Development, is profiled in Real Estate Weekly. Deglomini Jr. has been investing in NY real estate for more than 20 years, and the Simone Development team currently has more than three million square feet of space in various stages of construction and planning. He sits on the board of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, the Westchester Square District Management Association and Bronx Council Boy Scouts of America.