The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
The Cordish Companies
Date
November/December 2021
Game On: Eatertainment is Back!
By Amanda Baltazar
summary
Sports & Social, a concept by The Cordish Companies’ Live! Dining & Entertainment, is featured in a trend story on eatertainment in restaurant development + design. Judy Moore, SVP Marketing for Live!, spoke with the magazine about Sports & Social’s newest location in Bethesda, Maryland, and how eatertainment venues are more popular than ever post-pandemic as the concepts offer drinks, dining and entertainment all in one. Sports & Social joins South Carolina’s 810 Billiards and Bowling and Chicago’s Fight Club in the article.
Client
Jonathan Rose Companies
Date
November 16, 2021
JV Buys DC-Area Apartments for $164M
By Gail Kalinoski
summary
A joint venture between Dantes Community Partners and Jonathan Rose Cos. created 372 new units of affordable and rent restricted housing in suburban Maryland as part of their acquisition of a 930-unit workforce community from Dragone Realty Investments and GMF Capital for $164 million. The Avanti Apartments at 6501 Hil-Mar Drive is a garden-style community built in 1965 in District Heights, Md., located about 20 minutes from downtown Washington, D.C. It was 96.5 percent occupied at the time of the sale. For Jonathan Rose Cos., one of the top developers and investors in green, affordable and mixed-income community development and preservation, the joint venture provided an opportunity to partner with a local, mission-aligned investment firm to create and preserve hundreds of newly restricted units of affordable housing.
Client
Darcy Stacom
Date
November 15, 2021
Stacom helps raise $1.7M to fund NY Restoration Project
summary
Darcy Stacom, Chairman and Head of NYC Capital Markets for CBRE, assembled a powerhouse contingent of women commercial real estate industry leaders to support the 2021 Boogie Frights Hulaween Event for the New York Restoration Project. Stacom served as chairman of the costume-themed event, raising more than $1.7 million to invest in and steward the city’s parks and gardens, and helping organization founder Bette Midler achieve NYRP’s fundraising and attendance goals.
Client
The Praedium Group
Date
November 15, 2021
The Views at Harbortown sold for $95.85 million
By Dan Macdonald
summary
The Praedium Group sold The Views at Harbortown apartments for $98.85 million to San Diego-based Viewpoint Equities. The four-story, 300-unit community at 14030 Atlantic Blvd. in Jacksonville, Fla. was built in 2014. The amenities include two resort-style swimming pools with cabanas, a clubhouse with a kitchen, multiple lounge areas, billiards and several televisions.
Client
Savanna, Hines, Marx Realty, Benenson
Date
November 15, 2021
Owners Magazine
summary
Nicholas Bienstock, managing partner at Savanna, Tommy Craig, senior managing director for the Tri-State office at Hines, Richard Kessler, COO at Benenson Capital Partners, and Craig Deitelzweig, president and CEO at Marx Realty are featured in Commercial Observer’s 2021 Owner’s Magazine. The Editors asked owners everything from how their businesses have changed and what they see in the future, who they’re supporting for Mayor, asset value given the COVID fallout, and more.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
November 9, 2021
A Window into the Future of Denver’s Office Sector: View Smart Windows Drive a ‘Flight to Quality’ in the Mile High City
By Marisa Mendenhall, View, Inc.
summary
Marisa Mendenhall from View, Inc. authors a thought leadership piece which includes details on Schnitzer West’s first boutique office development in Denver. Called Civica Cherry Creek, the development features View Smart Windows, which adjust tint automatically based on environmental conditions. Elements such as View Smart Windows are key in helping Denver’s office properties to attract tenants, as post-pandemic, offices are now designed with the needs and desires of people in mind.
Client
Fried Frank
Date
November 7, 2021
NYC’s hottest real estate gala to return in December
By Steve Cuozzo
summary
Yay! The annual Fried, Frank real estate holiday party is coming back after a year off from the pandemic. When COVID-19 sidelined the event last year, chairman Jon Mechanic commissioned a jigsaw puzzle from images of past years’ revels and sold them for charity. Mechanic assures the party will call for proof of vaccinations.
Client
Populous
Date
November 5, 2021
Populous revamps World's Fair pavilion in Seattle to create Climate Pledge Arena
By Jenna McKnight
summary
Dezeen features Climate Pledge Arena, a 17,000-seat venue in Seattle, Washington designed by Populous. The venue will serve as the home to the Seattle Kraken NHL team and also host concerts and other large-scale events. Populous was commissioned to design the stadium by the City of Seattle and the developer Oak View Group. Amazon purchased the naming rights and opted to name the arena after the retailer’s Climate Pledge initiative, which calls on companies to be net-zero carbon by 2040.
Client
Savanna
Date
November 4, 2021
CommonWealth Partners, Two Others Snag Deals at 106 West 56th Street
By Celia Young
summary
Real estate investment and development firm CommonWealth Partners, petroleum distribution company Buckeye Partners and health care investment firm TCG Crossover nabbed a total of 8,000 square feet at Savanna’s 106 West 56th Street, also known as The Six, for each company’s first office in New York City.