The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
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.
Client
Fried Frank
Date
November 3, 2021
NYC 2030: Fried Frank’s Carol Rosenthal on cannabis, noise, zoning bonuses
By Adam Pincus
summary
Fried Frank Real Estate partner Carol Rosenthal sits for a Q&A with PincusCo to discuss her vision for what NYC will look like in ten years. She focuses on land use, zoning and development, and discusses this with PincusCo. Carol addresses questions such as What are some new uses that are challenging current occupancy regulations? Do you see the city preparing for new occupancy types and What’s an example of a commercial change that may come the outer boroughs?
Client
View, Inc.
Date
November 2, 2021
New Sacred Heart arena to feature Smart Windows product
By Bret McCormick.
summary
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. will install View Smart Windows into its new $70 million Martire Family Arena hockey and skating venue. Because of the windows’ elecrochromic glazing working in concert with artificial intelligence, glare and heat will be controlled, allowing the ice to stay solid and not melt. The 4,000-seat venue is part of a multi-year expansion of the Fairfield, Conn., campus and is projected to open in early 2023.
Client
Kimmerle Group, Fried Frank
Date
November 1, 2021
Commercial Observer Top Young Professionals 2021
summary
Sarah Heffner, a Senior Project Manager at Kimmerle Workspace/Kimmerle Group and Ellen Lehman, an associate at Fried Frank, were named to Commercial Observer’s Top Young Professionals list.
Client
Castle Lanterra Properties
Date
October 29, 2021
Castle Lanterra Acquires Two Long Island Multifamily Properties Totaling 315 Units
By Taylor Williams
summary
Castle Lanterra Properties acquired two multifamily properties totaling 315 units in the Long Island communities of Hempstead and West Hempstead for $136 million. Mill Creek Residential originally developed the communities in 2012. USB Realty Investors sold the assets to Castle Lanterra for an undisclosed price. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Andrew Scandalios, Jeffrey Julien, Michael Oliver and Kevin O’Hearn of JLL brokered the deal.
Client
Treeline
Date
October 26, 2021
Wilmington Industrial Buildings Sell for $9M to New York-based firm
summary
Treeline, a Garden City, NY real estate investment firm, has acquired a 66,274 square-foot Class A industrial building at 3700 US Highway 421 North in Wilmington, N.C. and an adjacent newly constructed 40,000 square-foot industrial property at 3720 US Highway 421 North for $9 million. Treeline currently has several more deals in contract in North Carolina and is actively pursuing additional industrial and office investments in the Raleigh, Charlotte, and Wilmington areas, as well as others in South Carolina.
Date
October 26, 2021
Workforce Intelligence Contech Startup Bridgit Raises CA$ 24 Million Series B
By Angelica Krystle Donati
summary
Toronto-based construction-focused workforce intelligence company Bridgit has raised CA$ 24 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Camber Creek and Storm Ventures. Camber Creek sees a lot of expansion for Bridgit through Camber Creek’s existing user groups as these add more users. The firm has a bullish outlook for Brigit, as “we see a good product market fit and strong growth prospects and believe we can help them expand to more users and markets, helping them accelerate growth.”