The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
February 19, 2021
St. John’s Terminal Redevelopment Installs View Smart Windows
By Paul Bubny
summary
View Smart Windows are being installed at St. John’s Terminal, the 1.3-million-square-foot commercial office redevelopment by Oxford Properties Group. Encompassing two city blocks along the Hudson River, St. John’s Terminal will be the center of Google’s Hudson Square campus. View Smart Windows use artificial intelligence to optimize natural light and views of the outdoors while minimizing heat and glare. The result, says View, is a more comfortable and healthier environment for people.
Client
The Praedium Group
Date
February 18, 2021
The Praedium Group Expands Atlanta-Area Portfolio
By Jackson Chen
summary
The Praedium Group has acquired a recently-built community in Lawrenceville, Ga.,in a transaction that is part of Praedium’s strategy of acquiring high quality properties in a market expected to grow strongly in the Southeast. Praedium purchased the 330-unit Alta Sugarloaf from Wood Partners, who completed the community in February 2020, and has rebranded the property into Residents get access to the community’s amenities that include a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, a lawn with an outdoor movie screen, outdoor gazebos, grilling stations and nearby access to outdoor trails and activities.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
February 17, 2021
State Court Tosses Challenges to Three-Tower LES Project
summary
A Fried Frank team of Janice Mac Avoy, David Karnovsky, Wesley O’Brien and Kristin M. Whidby and Ben Paull represented the development team —Starett Development LLC, JDS Development Group, CIM Group, Inc., L+M Development Partners, and Two Bridges Senior Apartments, LP—in four separate Article 78/declaratory judgment proceedings that have been brought challenging the CPC’s approvals. The Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court unanimously reversed the lower-court rulings that had prevented developers from moving forward with their proposed projects in the Lower East Side’s Two Bridges neighborhood due to lawsuits from a pair of community groups.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
February 8, 2021
How Fried Frank Replaced NY Real Estate’s Best Holiday Party
summary
When Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s annual real estate holiday party was canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the firm needed a way to spread its boisterous holiday cheer and goodwill without requiring anyone leaving their home. Typically held at Cipriani 42nd Street, the event has been the New York commercial real estate industry’s best, drawing more than 1,300 industry professionals for a night of revelry and reunions with old friends and colleagues. Fried Frank considered a Zoom, but with 1,300 people, it didn’t seem practical. The firm hired Gavin Snider, a Brooklyn-based artist and illustrator, to draw the Cipriani holiday party from photos of celebrations past and sent a puzzle to each member of the guest list. The company also sent a $25,000 donation to Breaking Ground, an organization that supports and finds housing for homeless New Yorkers.
Client
Avison Young
Date
February 17, 2021
Real Estate Weekly’s 2020 Rising Stars
summary
Three Avison Young executives were featured on Real Estate Weekly’s Rising Stars list. Brokers Angela Mulder, Alexandra Marolda and David Shalom from Avison Young were recognized.
Client
Kimmerle Group
Date
February 17, 2021
Expert Roundup: The Future of Office Spaces
By Lorena Blaga
summary
Meghan Barlotta, a senior associate at Kimmerle Workspace, offers expert commentary for a Commercial Cafe article about the future of workspaces after COVID. She is part of a roundtable of architects and interior designers addressing topics such as how office spaces could be made healthier for employees; the techniques and materials that will play an important role in the future; and the next trends in commercial real estate interior design.
Client
Turnbridge Equities
Date
February 12, 2021
Despite COVID-19, Austin still attracting top retail brands
By Lori Hawkins
summary
An Austin American-Statesman story details the influx of national brands to Music Lane, a recently completed three-block mixed-use project on South Congress Avenue in Austin by Turnbridge Equities. Tenants include Equinox, Lululemon and Ray-Ban. The area’s walkability and foot traffic as well as the opening up of the region after the early stages of the pandemic contributes to the strong leasing activity.
Date
February 11, 2021
Waterton raises its largest-ever US multifamily fund
By Arshiya Khullar
summary
Waterton, a Chicago-based manager, has closed its latest value-add multifamily vehicle at its $1.5 billion hard-cap. Waterton Residential Property Venture XIV is the largest to-date, and exceeds significantly the $920 million raised by its predecessor fund in 2018/
Client
RALCompanies & Affiliates
Date
February 8, 2021
Leasing Begins at Broadridge, By the Unit or By the Room
By Sandy Smith
summary
RAL Companies has begun leasing apartments at its Broadridge mixed-use development in Philadelphia, which includes a ground-floor Aldi supermarket and 478 rental apartments. The company has brought on Common, a leading operator of furnished shared-living communities to manage and lease 147 apartments on the 5, 6 and 7th floors designed for co-living. RAL says that Philly is an ideal location, and, with Common’s involvement, Broadridge, for increasingly priced-out young professionals and a influx of new renters from other cities.