The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Waterton
Date
December 23, 2021
Waterton boosts its Chicago portfolio after buying two downtown apartment buildings
By Wendell Hutson
summary
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.
Client
Waterton
Date
December 22, 2021
Waterton Acquires 360-Unit Stonepost at Shadow Creek Ranch Apartments in Metro Houston
By Taylor Williams
summary
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.
Client
Pembrook Capital Management
Date
December 16, 2021
South Chicago Affordable Housing Portfolio Changes Hands
By Anda Rosu
summary
Pembrook Capital Management has provided a $22.4 million first mortgage loan and a $6.6 million in preferred equity to Icarus Investments Group for its acquisition of the Cano 2 portfolio on Chicago’s South Side. Consisting of 20 three- and four-story buildings, the naturally occurring affordable housing portfolio includes 302 apartments and nine commercial units.
Client
Populous
Date
December 14, 2021
Protective Stadium and Legacy Arena venues’ double-debut in Birmingham, Alabama
By Paul Colston
summary
The US city of Birmingham, Alabama and global design firm Populous have celebrated a double-debut as the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Authority unveiled the new 42,000-seat Protective Stadium and the redesigned 15,000-seat Legacy Arena in the city’s downtown. Populous served as architect of record for both venues and also oversaw interior design, signage and graphic design services.
Client
RAL Development Services
Date
December 13, 2021
Zero Irving Development Nabs First Office Tenant, Payment Platform Melio
By Celia Young
summary
Melio, a financial technology firm, is the first completed lease at the RAL Development Services’ Union Square tech hub, Zero Irving. Melio’s deal includes 25,000 SF, the entire 15th and 16th floors of the 21-story office building. Melio is relocating from a WeWork space at the 11-story 18 West 18th Street. The company plans to build out its new office at 124 East 14th Street and move in upon completion.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
December 9, 2021
Smarter Windows Will Enable Arena to Let in the Light
By Corinne Grinapol
summary
Engineering News-Record features the installation of View Smart Windows at Sacred Heart University’s new hockey arena in Fairfield, Conn. It will have a design feature not typically associated with indoor ice rinks: windows. View Smart Windows feature dynamic glass that uses an electrochromic coating to respond to external light conditions. In addition to tempering glare indoors, the surface reflects light, reducing heat gain from the sun’s rays.
Client
RFR Realty
Date
December 5, 2021
Wellington Hotel appears poised to close – and will oust two restaurants
By Steve Cuozzo
summary
Pickleball is the latest amenity at RFR Realty’s Seagram Building in New York City to help attract tenants. A pickleball court has been added to its Playground, a 34,000-SF, $25 million recreational complex beneath the building’s plaza, set to open in mid-2022. The facility will also have spaces for basketball, volleyball, floor hockey and even a rock-climbing wall.
Client
Jonathan Rose Companies
Date
December 1, 2021
DC Affordability, Sustainability Project Secures $2M Pre-development Loan
By Lisa McDuffie
summary
DC Green Bank, Jonathan Rose Companies and Somerset Development Company have closed a $1.85 million pre-development loan to finance the design and planning of Faircliff Plaza East, an affordable housing redevelopment in Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. The project is expected to increase available affordable units in the building by more than 50%, from 80 units to 185. The project is also scheduled to include a solar-integrated green roof and to feature the usage of carbon-sequestering concrete as well as up to 10 electric vehicle charging stations.
Client
Hines
Date
December 1, 2021
An $80 billion real estate company just named its first chief carbon officer. Here’s what he’ll do
By Nate Berg
summary
Hines, the international real estate company with more than $80 billion in assets under management, has created a new role that could soon become common in the industry: chief carbon officer. Michael Izzo, who will hold what is likely one of the first such positions in the RE industry is tasked with finding ways to improve building operations and energy efficiency throughout Hines’ portfolio, and also to find less resource-intensive materials and construction processes to get those buildings built.