The new Acrisure Arena, developed by Oak View Group and designed by Populous, has opened in greater Palm Springs, California. The music, events and sports venue also houses the Coachella Valley Firebirds hockey team. Acrisure Arena has a concert capacity of 11,000. The arena’s seating bowl is buried in the earth, downsizing its overall height and allowing direct access to the main concourse.
The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Populous
Date
December 22, 2022
Palm Springs welcomes new Acrisure Arena
By Paul Colston
summary
Client
HappyCo
Date
December 21, 2022
21 real-estate startups to bet your career on in 2023
By Robert Davis
summary
HappyCo, a real-estate-software company that gives property managers, lenders, and investors real-time in-unit data about the performance of more than 3.5 million rental properties, was named to Insider’s list of 21 real estate startups to bet your career on in 2023.
Client
Ariel Property Advisors
Date
December 20, 2022
Bronx affordable housing portfolio trades for $107.5M
By Natalie Sachmechi
summary
Ariel Property Advisors represented seller Spencer Equity in the sale of a portfolio of four Section 8 housing projects and a development site in the Morrisania, High Bridge and Belmont neighborhoods of the Bronx for $107.5 million. The buyer was a joint venture between Systima Capital Management, Gilbane Development, ELH Management and TerreAlto. The properties—at 280 E. 161st St., 1105 Jerome Ave., 101–103 W. 165th St. and 2363 Southern Blvd.—have 477 units and take up 551,320 square feet.
Client
RAL Development Services
Date
December 18, 2022
Tech-focused Zero Irving tower lands new leases at former Palladium site
By Steve Cuozzo
summary
The New York Post’s Realty Check column reports on recent leasing activity at RAL Development Services’ Zero Irving in Manhattan’s Union Square. A 25,000-SF lease with Dick’s Sporting Goods brings the 21-story, 176,000-SF property to about 90% leased. Dick’s is the parent company of GameChanger, a top-rated youth platform for live streaming and other sports interaction; the company will occupy the 17th and 18th floors of Zero Irving. Meanwhile, Urban Space food hall opened in a 10,000-SF spot in December. Zero Irving, the brainchild of RAL Development Services, JRE Partners and architecture firm Davis Brody Bond. Read the story.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
December 13, 2022
This Week's Chicago Deal Sheet
By Alexandria Jacobson
summary
Emily Kunkel has joined Thornton Tomasetti as a vice president in its applied science practice to work with its decarbonization business. She will be based in the Chicago office and expand the firm’s presence in the carbon capture, use and storage, and transportation sectors.
Client
Fried, Frank
Date
December 11, 2022
Law firm Fried Frank to leave Seagram Building for Madison Avenue tower
By Steve Cuozzo
summary
The New York Post’s Realty Check column reports on Fried Frank’s move of its midtown conference center. The law firm is moving and expanding the center from The Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue to Park Tower Group’s 535 Madison Ave. The 15-year lease for 14,375 square feet is for the entire 10th floor. Fried Frank’s home base remains at One New York Plaza downtown.
Client
MdeAS, Kimmerle Group
Date
December 7, 2022
Top 20 Architects, Engineers and Construction Pros Under 35
The Editors
summary
Sebastien Coles, a director at MdeAS Architects and Emily Harker, senior interior designer Kimmerle Group, are included in Commercial Observer’s 2022 list of 20 Architects, Engineers and Construction Pros under 35.
Client
Fried Frank
Date
December 6, 2022
The Access playbook: Inside billionaire Blavatnik’s real estate ambitions
By Keith Larsen
summary
Jonathan Mechanic, chair of Fried Frank’s real estate department, provided his thoughts on the success of Access Industries, in The Real Deal’s feature profile. Mr. Mechanic, who has represented Access Industries, discusses the firm’s success in investing in complex deals and bringing true value.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
December 6, 2022
Architecture firm promotes three to principal
By Michelle Sullo
summary
Stephen Harris, AIA, Michael Hensley, and Adrienne Nelson join Jon Pickard, William D Chilton FAIA, RIBA, and Anthony Markese FAIA as Principals of Pickard Chilton, the award-winning architecture studio, which recently celebrated 25 years. Pickard Chilton is the design architect for more than 1.4 billion gsf of mixed-use and office developments across the U.S. and around the world, including work for Hines, Boston Properties, and Skanska, as well as corporate headquarters campuses and towers for leading companies including Google, ExxonMobil, Sherwin-Williams, Northwestern Mutual.