The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Pickard Chilton
Date
September 23, 2021
Creating Inviting Homes for Corporate HQs
By Steve Adams
summary
The Commercial Record features a Q&A with Steve Adams and Pickard Chilton Principal Jon Pickard. They discuss community engagement, thoughtful design, and the firm’s favorite pencils!
Client
CBRE
Date
September 2021
50 over 50: Investment
summary
More than 10,000 women were nominated but only 50 were chosen, including CBRE Tri-State CEO Mary Ann Tighe. These 50 women are shaping the future of finance, fueling high-growth businesses and forging a more innovative and inclusive financial future.
Client
Standard Real Estate Investments
Date
September 16, 2021
Ex-CBRE GI duo's start-up snags first capital partner in Belay
By Peter Benson
summary
Standard Real Estate Investments has formed a strategic investment program with Belay Investment Group, its first external capital relationship. The partnership with Belay was a natural one, Jue said. Belay is majority women-owned and their interests align with what Standard set out to achieve, an increased focus on racial and cultural equity.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
September 15, 2021
ENR Top 100 Green Design Firms and Contractors: Green Market Growth Stunted
By Emell D. Adolphus and Jonathan Keller
summary
Gunnar Hubbard, principal and sustainability practice leader at Thornton Tomasetti, is quoted in ENR as part of its Top 100 Green Design Firms and Contractors survey. Hubbard notes that focus on health and wellness has “…intensified significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic…” and “…building owners, especially in the office sector, are faced with a historic reset in the way tenants use their space.”
Client
Hines
Date
September 15, 2021
Hines Promotes Sarah Hawkins to CEO of US East Region
By Cathy Cunningham
summary
Hines has promoted Sarah Hawkins to CEO of its U.S. East Region, overseeing the developer’s activities in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Commercial Observer sat down for a Q&A with Sarah, talking about her new role, COVID’s effects and the most exciting project in the firm’s pipeline.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
September 14, 2021
Tech Symposium, New Scholarship Fund: On the Scene NY
summary
Engineering News-Record New York features Thornton Tomasetti’s recent AECtech Symposium & Hackathon in its “On the Scene” column. The July event studied innovations from the UK design and construction industry. The virtual event was hosted by Thornton Tomasetti’s CORE studio, Simply Rhino, Grimshaw Architects and KPF Architects.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
September 13, 2021
AI gives Fast + Epp building windows brains
summary
Global design firm Fast + Epp has installed smart window technology at its Vancouver office. Fast + Epp built its new headquarters with sustainability and employee health and wellness in mind. The four-story building’s design features a hybrid mass-timber and steel structural system with cross-laminated timber floor plates, stairwells and elevator cores. Fast + Epp included View Smart Windows to improve the building’s energy-efficiency, maximize usable floor space, and enhance the productivity and wellbeing of Fast + Epp employees.
Client
Waterton
Date
September 10, 2021
Chicago investor takes Dallas Design District apartments
By Steve Brown
summary
Alta Strand, one of Dallas’s largest rental communities at 400 units, was acquired by Waterton. The five-story project includes a resident lounge, two swimming pools, a fitness center, three outdoor courtyards and a club space. With the Design District purchase, Waterton now has 2,900 apartments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Waterton plans updates for some of the rental units, and the community is being renamed Abstract at Design District.
Client
Marx Realty
Date
September 7, 2021
Renovated Historic DC Office Building The Herald Nabs First Tenant
By Keith Loria
summary
Marx Realty’s The Herald, which recently underwent a $41 million renovation, has a new tenant. CGCN Group, a Washington, D.C.-based government affairs firm, signed an 8,000-SF lease at 114,000-SF office building in D.C. that opens on Sept. 22. Marx acquired the historic property in April 2020 and immediately set out to create a hospitality-infused transformation.