The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
FirstService Residential
Date
February 14, 2022
Deals of the Day: Feb. 14
By Eddie Small, Natalie Sachmechi
summary
FirstService Residential, North America’s largest property management firm, signed a new, 48,000 lease at Beacon Capital Partners’ 575 Fifth Avenue in NYC. Mark Friedman of Colliers represented the tenant. The landlord was represented in-house.
Client
RAL Companies
Date
February 14, 2022
Long in planning and now developed, $225M Broadridge leases up
By Natalie Kostelni
summary
Broadridge, RAL Companies’ $225 million apartment complex at 1300 Fairmount Ave. in Philadelphia, reached the 95% leased milestone just eight months after the marketing began.
Client
Hines
Date
February 10, 2022
Four big landlords get paid to model green retrofits
By Suzannah Cavanaugh
summary
Empire State Realty Trust, Hines and affordable housing providers Omni New York and L+M Development Partners are slashing emissions at seven buildings through a combination of retrofits and carbon offsets — off-site investment in carbon-reducing projects such as wind farms. The four have also committed to replicating the energy-saving solutions across their combined 37 million square feet of buildings, to help serve as a blueprint for other landlords in the city. The article also references Hines’ upgrades at 345 Hudson Street and its plan to merge it with 555 Greenwich Street, one of the most sustainable office buildings.
Client
Marx Realty
Date
February 10, 2022
Marx Realty Acquires Georgetown Office Building in $28M Deal
By Keith Loria
summary
Marx Realty has acquired a 110,000-SF office building in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood from JBG SMITH for $27.7 million. The six-story building at 2121 Wisconsin Avenue has experienced active leasing, including the expansion of Nexstar Media Group to 28,766 SF on the full third floor and part of the first floor. Another tenant is CommuniKids, a language immersion preschool, which occupies 8,900 square feet on the first floor.
Client
Treeline Companies
Date
February 9, 2022
Cautious owners prepare for getting back to Long Island business unmasked
By Robert Brodsky, Cecilia Dowd, Corin Hirsch and Sarina Trangle
summary
Treeline Companies’ Daniel Schor speaks with Newsday about the lifting of the NYS-wide mask mandate and how that might affect tenants at the company’s 2 million SF of office space in the metropolitan area.
Client
FirstService Residential
Date
February 8, 2022
Marc Kotler of FirstService Residential is laser-focused on assuring their managed properties in New York City thrive
summary
Kotler is senior vice president of the New Development Group at FirstService Residential New York, a division of North America’s largest residential management company that specializes in developer consulting and management of new and young properties. Over the last decade, he has successfully built the division into an industry leader by providing developers with services that are essential to successfully opening new properties—either from the ground up or via conversion. FirstService Residential has made an imprint on the New York City skyline by advising on the opening of more than 100 luxury condominiums, multifamily rental buildings and hotel/condo properties, including many of the new supertalls.
Client
Kimmerle Group
Date
January/February 2022
COVID-19 + Ambulatory Settings
By George J. Kimmerle, PhD, PP, AIA, NCARB
summary
In the January/February 2022 issue of Medical Construction + Design, George J. Kimmerle, PhD, PP, AIA, NCARB, a founding president and partner at Kimmerle Group authors a thought leadership piece on the renewed interest in ambulatory facilities as alternative treatment settings to lessen the loads in hospitals, especially during COVID-19.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti, Populous
Date
February 2022
New UBS Arena is the First Major Redevelopment for Belmont Park, New York
By Debra Wood
summary
Constructioneer talked with members of the project team from Thornton Tomasetti, Populous and AECOM Hunt about the redevelopment of Belmont Park and creation of UBS Arena.
Client
Standard Real Estate Investments
Date
February 4, 2022
Former pro football player returns home with new development venture
By Tristan Navera
summary
The Washington Business Journal profiles area native Jerome Nichols, who co-founded Standard Real Estate Investments with Robert Jue. The article focuses on Nichols’ time in the NFL, the early stages of his career, and the start of SREI, plus recent deals.