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The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.

Client

Simone Development Companies

Date

April 26, 2023

Revitalized Port Chester, N.Y. shopping plaza signs three new tenants

By Jennifer Setteducato

summary

Simone Development Companies recently leased more than 4,000 sq. ft. of retail space at Post Road Plaza in Port Chester, N.Y. New tenants include Cake franchise Nothing Bundt Cakes, which signed a 1,760 sq. ft. lease, European Wax Center, and Nailed It Spa. The nearly 63,000-sq.-ft. strip center is anchored by a 40,572-sq.-ft. LA Fitness was recently renovated. There is currently 1,000 sq. ft. of inline retail and a 3,485-sq.-ft. end cap space available at the property. Joanna Simone, principal and president of leasing and property management operations at Simone Development, arranged the transactions on behalf of ownership, along with Scott Meshil and Karnit Mosberg of Royal Properties, Inc., exclusive leasing agents for Post Road Plaza.

Client

T2D2

Date

April 25, 2023

Cutting-Edge Tech for Building Inspections

By A.J. Sidransky

summary

Jonathan Ehrlich, Chief Operating Officer of T2D2, talks with A.J. Sidranksy of CooperatorNews about the use of AI to carry out building inspections in a safer, less expensive and more efficient way, as more co-op and condo boards look for alternatives to meet inspection obligations. T2D2 is a software company that uses artificial intelligence to process images captured during building facade inspections, then automatically identifies and classifies various types of conditions. The tech can be used by engineers, architects and other inspection professionals to make their workflow more efficient by cutting down the time it takes to analyze inspections and generate reports.

Client

Marx Realty

Date

April 25, 2023

NYC’s biggest office owners are giving portfolio-wide perks to tenants

By Lois Weiss

summary

Marx Realty President and CEO Craig Deitelzweig talks with New York Post’s Lois Weiss about the growing trend of office landlords opening up tenant access to portfolio-wide office amenities as a way to entice in-person work. Deitelzweig references the hotel-like offerings at 10 Grand Central and 545 Madison Ave, which are available to any Marx tenant in NYC, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. through MarxPass.

Client

Hodges Ward Elliott

Date

April 25, 2023

Deals of the Day: April 25

By C.J. Hughes and Eddie Small

summary

Hodges Ward Elliott arranged the $77.5 million sale of 37 West 57th Street, a 13-story, nearly 80,000-SF office building in New York City. The property was purchased by Sedesco. An HWE group comprised of Managing Directors Anthony Ledesma and Paul Gillen, in addition to Vice President Allie Boyan represented the seller, a private family. 37 West 57th Street property is currently a boutique office building catering to small to midsize companies.

Client

The Praedium Group

Date

April 25, 2023

Praedium Group elevates two to director and two to vice principal

summary

The Praedium Group has promoted Kelsey Durels and Lindsay Schuckman each to director, as well as Shaun Houlihan and Michael Levine, who were named as vice presidents. The executives demonstrate the firm’s commitment to creating an environment of growth that fosters talent and career development.

Client

MCS

Date

April 24, 2023

This Week's Dallas-Fort Worth Deal Sheet

By Olivia Lueckemeyer

summary

MCS, a property services company, and affiliated company SHINEscapes, a Dallas-based commercial landscaping business, completed extensive interior and exterior construction work refurbishing the Dallas Hope Center, an LGBTQIA+-focused homeless youth transitional living center serving North Texas. MCS and SHINEScapes performed the six-month construction project for DHC in partnership with U.S. Bank as part of its Home Pride initiative. Additional partners Dwell with Dignity and Mercedes-Benz Financial USA also supported the project.

Date

April 21, 2023

New leasing at Post Road Plaza as retail optimism grows

By Peter Katz

summary

An article in the Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals reports on the National Retail Federation’s 2023 forecast, which expects U.S. retail sales to grow between 4% and 6% this year, reaching between $5.13 trillion and $5.23 trillion. Recent leasing activity at Simone Development Companies’ Post Road Plaza in Port Chester, NY is referenced, for tenants such as Nothing Bundt Cakes, Nailed It Spa and European Wax Center.

Client

Thornton Tomasetti

Date

April 20, 2023

New Hires

summary

Prudence Ferreira has joined the Portland office of engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti. She heads up the office’s passive buildings consulting team, assisting clients with passive certification, feasibility studies, compliance modeling and other functions. Ferreira has more than 14 years of experience and comes to Thornton Tomasetti from BR+A Consulting Engineers.

Client

Paradigm Advisory Group

Date

April 19, 2023

New Businesses Launch in Anticipation of Distressed Office Assets

By Richard Berger

summary

Broad Street Development has launched a new consulting arm, Paradigm Advisory Group, with the goal of protecting the value of distressed real estate assets in New York City on behalf of lenders, borrowers, and special servicers. Founded by BSD principals Raymond Chalme and Daniel Blanco, Paradigm expects to see $30 billion of loans maturing on office property in New York and intends to support those caught up in the challenging environment.