The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Marx Realty
April 4, 2023
By Keith Loria
Marx Realty announces new leases at The Herald in Washington, D.C., including a 5,700-SF for FS Vector, a financial services consulting firm, and 5,000-SF for the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Marx acquired the 114,000-SF property at 1307 New York Avenue in 2020. It features a 40-seat boardroom, a European-style cafe and the Bouvier Club, an 8,800-square-foot lounge that incorporates historic photos, curated artwork, newspaper-printing memorabilia and a fireplace. Marx Realty was represented by Evan Behr, Nathan Beach and Jeanette Ko of JLL on both leases.
Waterton
March 28, 2023
By Adam Perkowsky
Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate investor and operator, has acquired Town & Country Stowe, a 54-key independent hotel in Stowe, VT. The firm will renovate the property with updates to guestrooms and outdoor common areas, and will add a mixture of lofted barn suites and cabins to create a product that does not currently exist in the market, according to Waterton. Springboard Hospitality has been tapped to operate the property. The Town & Country Stowe transaction marks the third acquisition for Waterton’s lifestyle hotel portfolio, which also includes The Sierra Nevada Resort & Spa in Mammoth Lakes, CA, and The Virginian in Jackson Hole, WY.
RFR
March 28, 2023
RFR has raised $100 million of equity for a rescue-capital vehicle that will look to work with lenders on busted retail properties in Manhattan. The company wants to form partnerships with lenders holding loans on distressed properties. The rescue vehicle would negotiate friendly foreclosures with borrowers whose equity is wiped out, and then work with the lender to pump in new equity for capital expenditures, tenant improvements and leasing commissions.
Marx Realty
March 27, 2023
By Celia Young
Law firm Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss and glass partition manufacturer MetroWall have each signed new deals at Marx Realty’s 10 Grand Central in Midtown Manhattan. Lewis Baach signed a 10-year lease to relocate to 7,000 square feet on the entire 25th floor, MetroWall inked a 10-year deal to open its first New York City outpost in 4,000 square feet on the second floor. JLL’s Mitchell Konsker, Kyle Young, Simon Landmann, Kip Orban, Carlee Palmer and Thomas Swartz handled both deals for the landlord.
View, Inc.
March 27, 2023
View, Inc.’s Smart Windows will enclose the Phase I buildings of Hamilton Green, a large-scale, mixed-use, transit-oriented property being developed by RXR in White Plains, NY at the site of the former White Plans Mall.View Smart Windows will be included in every apartment unit as well as Hamilton Green’s amenity spaces. With 185,000 SF of smart glass across 470 residential units, the installation represents View’s largest multifamily project to-date. View Smart Windows automatically adjust in response to the sun to maximize access to natural light and views of the outdoors while minimizing heat and glare.
Aeromine, Enviro Power
March 23, 2023
By Alex Nicoll, AJ LaTrace, Kelsey Neubauer, Jordan Pandy, Daniel Geiger, Alcynna Lloyd, Catherine Boudreau, and Dan Latu
Insider features 26 of the buzziest proptech companies right now. An increased focus on sustainability is driving climatetech; on the list are Aeromine and Enviro Power, two great examples of proptech startups looking to fight climate change and reduce carbon footprints.
View, Inc.
March 22, 2023
By David Ward
View Smart Windows will be installed in Phase II of Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s 189,000-SF Concourse A expansion. This is View’s second project at CLT, following Phase I’s installation of View Smart Windows in 2018 for the Concourse A Connector and Gates A21-29. View Smart Windows increase exposure to daylight and access to views, elevating the passenger experience, by provide more natural light and less glare. Seats at the gates with View Smart Windows are also 15 degrees cooler than at gates with traditional windows, leading to a more comfortable passenger environment, the company added.
RFR Realty
March 21, 2023
RFR and Waterfall Asset Management have acquired the 33,000-square-foot retail condominium portion of The Astor condominium building at 2139 – 2159 Broadway on New York’s Upper West Side in a joint venture. Situated within a vibrant retail corridor, the retail condo consists of up to seven retail suites with more than 400 feet of wrap- around frontage on Broadway, 75th Street and 76th Street. Current tenants include industry- leading cosmetic dermatology firm Ever/Body and award-winning physical therapy practice Spear Physical Therapy. The property currently has 21,500 square feet of super prime retail space available for lease, boasting 14-foot ceiling heights, impressive visibility with 200 feet of frontage along Broadway and flexible floorplans.
Waterton
March 21, 2023
By Shawna De La Rosa
Chicago-based Waterton acquired 128 on State, a 123-unit multifamily property in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland from Prometheus Real Estate Group for $63.5 million. Waterton plans to renovate the units and common areas and add a yoga studio to the fitness center.