The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
February 5, 2025
Billyburg Unbound: More Investors, Developers Circle Brooklyn’s Hippest Enclave
Amanda Schiavo
summary
A Commercial Observer article takes a look at investor interest in Williamsburg, which has benefitted from rezonings that allowed for new housing developments along the waterfront. Sean Kelly, a partner at Ariel Property Advisors, comments on the area’s eclectic vibe, which draws in everyone from investment bankers to fashion designers. Read more here.
Date
February 1, 2025
Cities take on extreme heat
By Beth Mattson-Teig
summary
An article in Real Assets Adviser takes a look at the ways cities and property owners are addressing rising temperatures that lead to heatwaves and other weather crises. Creating more resilient cities is a challenge we face. The article features commentary from experts in climate and the built environment, including Nico Azel, a senior project director in Thornton Tomasetti’s sustainability and resilience practice. read the full story here.
Client
Ferguson Partners
Date
January 29, 2025
Pension Funds Clock Another Weak Year For CRE Investment, Hit 10-Year Low
By Matt Wasielewski
summary
Scott McIntosh, a director at Ferguson Partners, provides expert commentary in a Bisnow article on fundraising for U.S pension funds for CRE vehicles. Data from a recent Ferguson report is also referenced. Read the full story here.
Client
Zenith IOS
Date
January 27, 2025
Truck Terminals: Why Institutional Investors Are Pulling in More
By Patrick Sisson
summary
A story in Commercial Observer takes a look at truck terminals, a rare asset class that is sought-after and supply constrained, even with its interested by institutional buyers. Ben Atkins, CEO and co-founder of Zenith IOS, a vertically integrated company in the industrial outdoor storage space, is quoted. “There has been an institutional recognition that the space offers strong dynamics, from both the cash-flow perspective as well as the idea that these are kind of an irreplaceable asset within the industrial markets. It’s our belief that we’re going to continue to see this trend in 2025.” Read the full story here.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
January 27, 2025
NYC's Multifamily Sector Sees 14% Rise in Dollar Volume
By Anthony Russo
summary
GlobeSt reports on findings from a recent Ariel Property Advisors report. Multifamily is a thriving asset class in New York City, with the market reaching $8.9 in dollar volume in 2024, a 14 percent rise from the previous year. Shimon Shkury, president and founder of Ariel, offers expert commentary. See here.
Client
Marx Realty
Date
January 23, 2025
Teladoc Health Expands to 15K SF at Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central
By Amanda Schiavo
summary
Teladoc Health, an online health care resource, renewed its offices at Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central and doubled its footprint to 15,000-SF. The company moved to 10 Grand Central in 2023, when it took 7,000-SF. Teladoc is in the process of relocating its HQ to NYC from Purchase, NY. Learn more.
Client
Standard Real Estate Investments
Date
January 23, 2025
Luxury Residential Building in Downtown Indianapolis Sells
By Jasmine Kilman
summary
Standard Real Estate Investments and Arrow Street Development have closed on the sale of Wesley Place, the only luxury residential building in Downtown Indianapolis’ Medical District. The 244-unit apartment building at 75 West 18th St. was built in 2023 as part of Standard’s strategic investment program with Belay Investment Group, LLC. The seller was represented by a JLL Chicago team of Amanda Friant, Ken Martin, Mark Stern, Zach Kaufman and Sam Grohe. Learn more.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
January 22, 2025
People moves: OMERS Infrastructure names Gray head of Americas
summary
Nikko Politis has been appointed senior director of multifamily acquisitions at Landmark Properties, responsible for leading Landmark’s investment activities focusing on stabilized and value-add acquisitions across the traditional multifamily landscape.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
January 22, 2025
New York City’s Rent-Stabilized Stock Appears to Be Drawing More Investors
By Amanda Schiavo
summary
An article in Commercial Observer details the rise and fall of investor interest in rent-stabilized units in New York City. Once lucrative because laws that made it easy to turn regulated apartments into market-rate units, the practice went out the window when the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 prohibited sharp rent increases that would eliminate a unit from being stabilized, and also dissolved investor interest. The article cites data from Ariel Property Advisors. Read full story here.