The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Populous
Date
October 2022
A Slam Dunk in Texas
summary
The new Loddie Naymola Basketball Performance Center at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX is featured in the “Athletics, Recreation and the Arts” issue of School Construction News. Populous was the architect behind the expansion project at the university, and was responsible for the bold and meaningful branding throughout the space.
Client
Treeline
Date
October 25, 2022
Treeline Acquires Land Parcel for Development in Southeast
By David Hoffman
summary
Treeline has acquired a 36-acre industrial site in Gaffney, SC, with a $30 million plan to develop Victory Crossing, a roughly 300,000 square-foot Class A industrial facility on the parcel. Treeline acquired the property from Hart Consumer Products, Inc. in an off-market transaction. Choate Construction Company has been named general contractor for the development, and Warren Snowdon of Foundry Commercial has been named exclusive leasing agent for the property, targeting both manufacturing and warehouse/distribution tenants.The acquisition marks Treeline’s third investment in the Southeast industrial market, following their acquisition of a two-building portfolio at 3700 and 3720 US Highway 421 North last year from Burgess Corp. and an 80-acre industrial site in Wilmington, NC this summer for the development of a Class A industrial park.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
September/October 2022
Mass Appeal
By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
summary
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.
Client
Waterton
Date
October 20, 2022
City commission greenlights 2,700 new downtown apartments in 6 different proposed towers
By Brian J. Rogal
summary
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.
Client
The RADCO Companies
Date
October 19, 2022
RADCO Hotel Division Acquires the 112-Key Aloft Sugarloaf in Northeast Atlanta, Geogia
summary
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.
Client
Vessel
Date
October 18, 2022
Demand for Prefabricated Apartments Climbs as Costs Balloon for Multifamily Development
By Rebecca Picciotto
summary
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.
Client
FirstService Residential
Date
October 18, 2022
FirstService Residential Names VP for NYC Condos and Co-ops
By Paul Bubny
summary
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.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
October 17, 2022
Manhattan Multifamily Sales Volume Continues to Increase as Possible Inflation Hedge
By Mark Hallum
summary
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.
Client
Standard Real Estate Investments
Date
October 17, 2022
Mega Northeast D.C. development site sold, 1,500 residential units planned
By Tristan Navera
summary
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.