The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Standard Real Estate Investments
Date
August 24, 2021
New Firm Closes First Rentals Deal
summary
An article in Real Estate Alert highlights the firm’s latest deal, a majority-equity investment for a $42.5 million project to construct Wesley Place, a 244-unit, four-story apartment building in downtown Indianapolis. The project will include 3,000 sf of ground-floor retail space and a garage. Amenities will include an interior courtyard and a pool. The deal aligns with Standard’s strategy of developing market-rate workforce housing, with a focus on improving access to capital for minority- and women-owned developers.
Client
RFR Realty
Date
August 20, 2021
RFR Names Ex-Alliance Partners, Morgan Stanley Executive to New Position as Head of Equity Capital Markets
By Andria Cheng
summary
Jay Dunn joins RFR as Head of Equity Capital Markets, a newly created position which solidifies the firm’s commitment to expanding its relationships with institutional and family office investors. Dunn will oversee equity capital raising, joint ventures and strategic partnerships for the firm’s commercial, residential, hotel, and retail properties in select domestic markets including New York City, Miami, San Francisco, and Seattle as well as
other major European cities.
Client
Populous
Date
August 11, 2021
SBJ Unpacks: Behind the scenes with MLB's Field of Dreams undertaking
By Bret McCormick.
summary
Populous, with BaAM Productions, put together the temporary stadium that will host the White Sox and Yankees in the MLB Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa. Populous senior event architect Todd Barnes, who has worked on the project since 2015, has designed temporary venues for World Cups and Olympics.
Client
Simone Development Companies
Date
August 17, 2021
Real estate firm sells Hicksville industrial site for 10 times its investment
By Sarina Trangle
summary
Simone Development Companies, a Bronx-based real estate investment firm, sold one of the last large tracts of Nassau County industrial property to Brookfield Asset Management for $45 million. The 15-acre site is in Hicksville, and Brookfield plans to build a 30,000-SF warehouse distribution hub.
Client
Pembrook Capital Management
Date
August 16, 2021
Pembrook hires analyst Nigel Henry and adds two advisors
By Spencer Lee
summary
Pembrook Capital Management, a commercial real estate investment manager focused on affordable rental housing, named Nigel Henry as analyst to provide support for its asset management and underwriting teams at its New York City headquarters. Pembrook also recently announced the appointment of two senior advisors to its affordable-housing lending business, David Baker Lewis and affordable housing expert Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab.
Client
Mack Real Estate Group
Date
August 12, 2021
Chemical manufacturer first to commit at north Phoenix TSMC 'supplier site'
By Corina Vanek
summary
Taiwan-based Sunlit Chemical purchased 17 acres in Phoenix from Mack Real Estate Group, near Seventh Avenue and Alameda Road in the Mack Innovation Park. Sunlit Chemical is the first semiconductor manufacturing supplier to occupy one of the supplier sites.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
August 2021
High hopes for timber: Wood towers gain favor in US
By Kathryn Brenzel
summary
An article in The Real Deal talks about the growing interest and use of mass timber for commercial construction in the U.S., which is touted as more sustainable than steel and concrete, and can speed up construction times as most of it can be prefabricated. John Peronto, a senior principal and co-Chicago office director at Thornton Tomasetti, is quoted in the article, discussing the use of mass timber in Ascent, the firm’s project for New Land Enterprises.
Date
August 10, 2021
Charleys Philly Steaks opens second Bronx location at Throggs Neck Shopping Center
By Leonard A. Robinson
summary
Charleys Philly Steaks has inked a 1,500-SF, 10-year lease for its second location in the Bronx and its fifth in New York City at the Throggs Neck Shopping Center, a 300,000-SF retail development owned by Simone Development Companies. Karnit Mosberg of Royal Properties represented both the tenant and the landlord in the transaction.
Client
Hines
Date
August 6, 2021
555 Greenwich office building aims for LEED Platinum in NYC
By Dawn Hammon
summary
Inhabitat features a slideshow of Hines’ 555 Greenwich in NYC’s Hudson Square neighborhood. The project recently broke ground, and sets the bar for sustainable architecture for NYC now and in the future.