The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
MdeAS Architects
Date
April 8, 2025
Architects pursue high design with latest New York projects
By Andy Peters
summary
CoStar News takes a look at several new buildings in New York City set to open soon, ranging from new office towers to adaptive reuse projects. Among them is PENN 2, a redevelopment by Vornado Realty Trust of of the former 2 Penn Plaza. Reporter Andy Peters talks with Mike Zaborski of MdeAS Architects, who was responsible for the design of the building. Learn more here.
Client
MCS
Date
April 2025
2025 Tech Excellence Awards
summary
MCS received a 2025 Tech Excellence award from MortgagePoint. The award recognizes the top tech providers offering solutions in the mortgage industry. MCS has developed its own cloud-based software that helps streamline property preservation services across commercial, residential and government business lines. Check out the April 2025 issue, MCS can be found on page 46.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
April 3, 2025
Landmark JV Kicks Off Purdue Student Project
By Vicentiu Fusea
summary
A joint venture of Landmark Properties, Manulife Investment Management and Peninsula Investments has started construction on The Standard at West Lafayette, a 253-unit, 678-bed student housing community in West Lafayette, Ind. The project is scheduled to come online in time for the fall 2027 academic year. Learn more about the project here.
Client
MdeAS Architects
Date
April 1, 2025
The Plan: Park 53 Office Space Goes From Drab to Fab
By Amanda Schiavo
summary
Recent work at ZG Capital + Rialto Capital Management’s Park 53 is featured Commercial Observer’s The Plan. MdeAS Architects led the transformation of the property’s facade and lobby, and, along with Vocon, carved out a new amenity space on the second floor, turning the 20-story building into a premier office destination. Take a look at The Plan here.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
March 26, 2025
'Better Than Billionaires' Row'? Why NYC's Top Developers Are All-In On A Tiny Patch Of Madison Avenue
By Sasha Jones
summary
A Bisnow article takes a look at the boom in Manhattan’s Plaza District, where investment in development is spurring the area’s rebirth. The neighborhood, between Fifth and Park avenues and 57th and 61st streets, has a number of projects recently completed, under development or upcoming. The location is “perfect,” said Ariel Property Advisors President and founder Shimon Shkury. “Actually, I personally think the location is probably better than Billionaires’ Row, in a way.” Over the last 16 months, investors have dropped $1.6 billion across 17 transactions in the Plaza District, according to data from Ariel. Read the full article here.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
March 24, 2025
Massive off-campus housing development planned by UConn. Think pool, fitness center, walk to campus.
By Sean Krofssik
summary
Later this year, Landmark is expected to break ground on The Mark Mansfield, a 738-bed student housing development in Storrs just off of the University of Connecticut campus. The project, which hopes to alleviate the ongoing student housing crunch, will be the second Landmark Properties project near the UConn campus. In 2022, The Standard at Four Corners broke ground at 1717 Storrs Road. That project includes 890 beds and 390 units and is expected to be completed this August. The Standard at Four Corners will be available to lease beginning at the start of the fall 2025 semester. Learn more here.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
March/April 2025
What's Going Up: Five-Year Caesars Superdome Renovation Keeps a 50-Year-Old Icon in the Big Game
By R.V. Baugus
summary
IAVM’s Venue Professional takes a look at the five-year phased renovation of Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Carried out by Trahan Architects with Thornton Tomasetti as structural engineer, the renovations improved guest experience and circulation, accessibility and breathed life into a 50-year-old icon that has hosted more SuperBowls than any other venue. Read the article here.
Client
Landmark Properties
Date
March 14, 2025
Developer buys 1.56-acre site near UConn’s Storrs campus for large-scale, 738-bed student housing project
By Harriet Jones
summary
Client
Marx Realty
Date
March 13, 2025
Can luxury amenities lure tenants back to the office?
summary
Creating amenities that feel very special and distinctive is what makes Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central shine. Building owners who are searching for any and all solutions that would bring tenants back into the office are sprucing up or creating new amenity spaces that may compete with the allure of remote or hybrid work. Marx Realty CEO Craig Deitelzweig brings The Real Deal on a tour of 10 Grand Central’s amenity upgrades, which include a screening room, podcasting studios, outdoor spaces and more and talks about how they are driving leasing activity at the property. See the full video here.