The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
Camber Creek
Date
February 1, 2021
Get in the driver’s seat: Proptech offers opportunities for real estate investors to take control of the future
By Jake Fingert, Camber Creek
summary
Jake Fingert, general partner at Camber Creek, authors a thought leadership piece on the importance of technology in real estate for Institutional Real Estate Americas.
The venture capital firm provides strategic value and capital to operating technology companies focused on the real estate market.
Client
RALCompanies & Affiliates
Date
January 26, 2021
Inside NYC’s new high-tech, COVID-19-proof office towers
By Lois Weiss
summary
COVID-19 may have shocked the city’s commercial market but that hasn’t stopped developers from doing what they do best. In fact, a bevy of newly constructed and redeveloped towers are poised to hit the market in Manhattan. Industry experts told The Post that it will be those new buildings, designed with cutting-edge tech and with future pandemics in mind, that will have the greatest advantage on the market. According to Josh Wein, managing director of finance at RAL Companies & Affiliates, there will be a touchless experience coming into the rotunda with personal phone apps providing the keys to the elevators.
Client
Thornton Tomasetti
Date
January 26, 2021
ENR California & Northwest's Top Young Professionals
By Erica Berardi
summary
Ross Cussen, who at 39 is one of Thornton Tomasetti’s youngest principals, has been named one of Engineering News-Record California’s 2021 Top Young Professionals. He is focused on the development of anti-terrorism technologies for critical infrastructure and force protection. One of Cussen’s most notable projects is the World Trade Center redevelopment, where he implemented protective design features for several of the new towers.
Client
Darwin Homes
Date
January 25, 2021
Doordash execs' proptech company Darwin Homes raises $15 million series A to equip investors in single-family homes with institutional real-estate management tools
By Alex Nicoll
summary
Darwin Homes, a single-family rental property management startup founded by two ex-DoorDash executives, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company provides full-service property management for the owners of single-family rental homes, powered by a proprietary software platform called Origin. The round, led by early-stage venture firm Canvas Ventures, also included funding from new investor proptech specialists Camber Creek, as well as existing investors Khosla Ventures, Wave Capital, Pear Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Doordash CEO Tony Xu, Andrew Marks of TQ Ventures, and Uber co-founder Ryan Graves.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
January 25, 2021
Crain's New York Business Notable in Real Estate 2021: Michael Werner
summary
Michael Werner, a partner in the real estate practice of Fried, Frank, is one of Crain’s New York Business’ Notables in Real Estate 2021. Werner’s transaction experience and his industry relationships make him a go-to commercial real estate attorney in New York. As a partner at Fried Frank, Werner advises high-profile owners, developers, financial institutions, institutional investors, real estate investment trusts and corporations on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions in an array of asset classes. Werner recently represented Amazon in its $1 billion acquisition of the Lord & Taylor building at 424 Fifth Ave. from WeWork, estimated to be the largest single-asset acquisition in the city in 2020. Werner is on his firm’s attorney development committee, where he supervises the professional development of the firm’s attorneys and facilitates programs to help them become the next generation of market-leading lawyers.
Client
Stuart Saft
Date
January 25, 2021
Crain's New York Business Notable in Real Estate 2021: Stuart Saft
summary
Stuart Saft, real estate chair at law firm Holland & Knight, is one of Crain’s New York Business’ Notable in Real Estate 2021. Saft advises on legal issues pertaining to development, financing, leasing, condominium conversion and cooperative ownership, among other matters. He has represented high-profile developers and lending institutions. Notable hotel deals include the development of the Baccarat Hotel & Residences in New York, the Downtown W Hotel and Residences, and the Bryant Hotel and Residences. In addition to his duties at Holland and Knight, Saft has written 40 books on commercial real estate and more than 100 articles on real estate, economics and finance. He is the author of the three-volume Commercial Real Estate Workouts series, now in its third edition.
Client
Marx Realty, RAL
Date
January 25, 2021
NYC office towers welcome workers back with new tech, toilet protocols
By Lois Weiss
summary
Commercial real estate executives say that companies may begin welcoming employees back into the office as soon as this summer. As a result, everything from build outs, technology and even restrooms are being reimagined. Craig Deitelzweig, CEO of Marx Realty, notes that the company has overseen installation of UV lights in common areas and bi-polar ionization system AtmosAir that targets and kills most COVID particles at its 545 Madison Avenue and 10 Grand Central.
Date
January 25, 2021
NYC offices are going to look like your apartment when you finally go back to work
By Lois Weiss
summary
With employees working from home for so long, many employers are making changes that will recreate that environment in the office, including fabrics like leather and tufted velvet, warm lighting and unique amenities. Craig Deitelzweig, CEO of Marx Realty is quoted, referencing these features at Marx’s 10 Grand Central and 545 Madison Avenue. Savanna’s newly developed boutique office building “The Six” at 106 W. 56th Street is also referenced. It features dark/light woods, tufted dark leather elevator waiting areas, and cozy seating areas.
Client
Waterton
Date
January 22, 2021
NMHC chair David Schwartz on rent control fights and multifamily’s mission
By Hiten Samtani
summary
The Real Deal caught up with David Schwartz to discuss his organization’s latest efforts to counter the rent control movement, its strategy around securing federal assistance for landlords at a time when renters may be as much as $70 billion behind on payments, and his plans for Waterton. Schwartz is the chair of the National Multifamily Housing Council, the most influential national trade group for large multifamily landlords and the CEO and co-founder of Waterton.