The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
HappyCo
January 18, 2022
By Philip Russo
HappyCo, the number one residential operations platform for realtime rental property condition data collection and utilization, closed $52M in funding to expand its platform and add new services. The funding was led by Camber Creek.
The proptech news was featured in the Commercial Observer, as well as an interview with company founder and CEO Jindou Lee and reporter Philip Russo.
RFR Realty
January 13, 2022
By I-Chun Chen
Two new tenants recently signed leases at RFR Realty’s newly renovated 477 Madison Avenue office building in Midtown Manhattan. Western Alliance Bank and alternative investment adviser Cliffwater, will account for 24,700 square feet of new office leases at the 325,000-square-foot, 24-story building. The Newmark team of David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Daniel Levine, Eric Cagner represented RFR in the transactions. The new leases come after a redesign of the office tower by MdeAS Architects, which RFR said has led to robust leasing activity with more than 50,000 square feet of lease signings since December.
FirstService Residential
January 13, 2022
By Paul Bubny
FirstService Residential promoted Jeffrey Poirot to VP of the New Development consulting and property management division. With more than 20 years of experience in luxury property management, sales and owner relations, Poirot currently oversees the property management teams at some of the most prestigious properties in FirstService Residential’s New Development Group portfolio including Baccarat Residences, The Beekman Hotel and Residences, The Plaza Hotel and Residences, 53 W. 53rd St. and 432 Park Ave.
Hodges Ward Elliott
January 6, 2022
By Barbra Murray
Hodges Ward Elliott arranged the recapitalization of Congress Square, a recently redeveloped, 371,996-SF, Class-A office tower at 40 Water Street in Downtown Boston. A Korean investor group led by Hana Financial and KTB Asset Management acquired a 95% ownership interest in the property.
Related Fund Management will own the remaining interest, while Related Beal continues to manage the asset. The HWE team of Paul Gillen, Anthony Ledesma, Daniel Parker and Allie Boyan acted on Related’s behalf to orchestrate the equity for the new partnership.
View, Inc.
January 6, 2022
View Smart Windows will be featured in all Nabr homes, a company co-founded by Bjarke Ingels and development professionals Roni Bahar and Nicholas Chim. Nabr’s first development, SoFA One in San Jose, will offer over 125 available homes, and is slated to break ground this summer.
Standard Real Estate Investments
January 5, 2022
By Tristan Navera
With Trammell Crow Company and NHT Communities, Standard will acquire seven parcels and two acres of land in Washington, D.C. next to the St. Elizabeths East campus. A mixed-use development of 179 residential units (about 35% of the residences will be targeted for D.C. residents making 30-80% the area’s median income) and 240,000-SF of office space is planned at the site, totaling approximately $290 million in development. Read more here.
Simone Development Companies
January 3, 2022
By I-Chun Chen
Phelps Hospital-Northwell Health has signed a 4,700-square-foot lease at Simone Development Cos.’ mixed-use retail-office property at 1034 Broadway in Yonkers, NY. Simone acquired the building in 2014 and plans to begin exterior renovations on it in 2022. Interior lobbies, common areas and restrooms were upgraded in 2020.
Waterton
December 23, 2021
By Wendell Hutson
Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate investment company, increased its Chicago portfolio to 6,600 units with the acquisition of The Shoreham at Lakeshore East at 400 E. South Water St. and The Tides at Lakeshore East at 360 E. South Water St. from PNC Realty Investors.
Waterton
December 22, 2021
By Taylor Williams
Waterton, a Chicago-based investment firm, has acquired Stonepost at Shadow Creek Ranch, a 360-unit apartment community within the Shadow Creek master-planned community in the Houston suburb of Pearland, TX. Waterton plans to upgrade the community’s unit interiors, mechanical systems, exterior landscaping and parking areas, and will rebrand the community as Sladestone at Shadow Creek Ranch.