The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Thornton Tomasetti
September/October 2022
By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
A feature on mass timber appeared in the September/October issue of Architectural Products, and focused on four extraordinary projects across the U.S. using mass timber materials. Thornton Tomasetti’s Jordan Komp spoke with writer Barbara Horwitz-Bennett about the material and its use at Ascent, the world’s largest mass timber project in Milwaukee.
Waterton
October 20, 2022
By Brian J. Rogal
David Schwartz, CEO of investment firm Waterton, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article about the demand for apartments in Chicago and planned new developments.
The RADCO Companies
October 19, 2022
The RADCO Companies has acquired Aloft Sugarloaf in Atlanta, a newly developed five-story, 112-key hotel off I-85, one of the nation’s busiest interstates.The deal marks the 10th acquisition by RADCO’s new hotel division, launched in early 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s operational and capital markets disruptions in the hospitality sector.
Vessel
October 18, 2022
By Rebecca Picciotto
An article in the Wall Street Journal talks about the rising construction rates of prefabricated homes, which offer an alternative to traditional multifamily, where the construction process has slowed because of rising costs and supply-chain delays. It explores a prototype being built by Vessel Technologies Inc., a prefabricated-housing startup, in New London, Conn, after a successful site launch in Trenton, NJ, which responded to the community’s widespread housing shortage. Vessel notes that the New London site is expected to take eight months, versus the two years that is required for a traditional building strategy.
FirstService Residential
October 18, 2022
By Paul Bubny
David Von Hollweg has risen to to vice president in FirstService Residential’s NYC Condo/Co-op Division. He executive oversight of a management portfolio comprising roughly 4,000 condos, co-ops, condops, and a team of dedicated property managers and assistants who specialize in the management of high-end residential buildings in New York City.
Ariel Property Advisors
October 17, 2022
By Mark Hallum
Data from Ariel Property Advisors was cited in a Commercial Observer article about multifamily building sales in New York City. According to Ariel, the dollar volume of multifamily transactions was up 37 percent annually in the third quarter, and the average dollar volume was also 71 percent above the five-year quarterly average of $2.085 billion. Shimon Shkury, president and founder of Ariel Property Advisors, discusses the findings.
Standard Real Estate Investments
October 17, 2022
By Tristan Navera
Tristan Navera of the Washington Business Journal reports on a recent transaction. Standard Real Estate Investments LP has acquired the 13-acre site in Northeast D.C. known as Northeast Heights, which includes the Senator Square and East River Park shopping centers about a third of a mile from the Minnesota Avenue Metro station. Standard will carry out a previously entitled mixed-use redevelopment featuring approximately 1,500 residential units and 120,000 square feet of retail. About 300 units would be affordable, developed with NHT Communities.
FirstService Residential
October 13, 2022
Marc Kotler, senior vice president of FirstService Residential New York’s New Development Group joins Jeffrey Simpson, Arch Street and Jed Resnick, CEO of Douglaston Development on Connect CRE’s multifamily update webinar. Topics discussed include investing and development in the post-421a environment, hybrid work and its impact, and other main issues.
Aeromine
October 13, 2022
By Adele Peters
Fast Company’s Adele Peters talks with Aeromine CEO David Asarnow about the firm’s launch and current installation projects with companies like BASF. Asarnow points out how the Aeromine units’ technology helps to mitigate some of the previous issues had by wind power systems.