The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Client
HK Organization
Date
January 22, 2021
Landlord eyes overhaul of historic 45,000 sq. ft. office building in Jersey City
By Joshua Burd
summary
HK Organization announced plans to renovate its historic four-story loft office building in Jersey City, and the securing of two new tenants with leases totaling more than 13,000-SF. A multimillion dollar renovation will take place at 333 Washington Street, including a new lobby and upgrades to all common areas and building systems. New leases include 11,349-SF for PuppySpot, an online marketplace that works with responsible breeders.The second tenant, an undisclosed e-commerce haircare company, leased 2,061 square feet on the second floor and has recently moved in.
Client
Populous, Thornton Tomasetti
Date
January 19, 2021
ENR Midwest Top Young Professionals
By Annemarie Mannion
summary
Engineering News-Record Midwest announces its Class of 2021 Top Young Professionals, who are making a positive impact not only on construction, engineering and design, but on their broader communities as well. Making the list from Thornton Tomasetti is Mara Braselton, a senior associate in the Kansas City, Mo. office. Mara works internally with the firm’s structural engineers to design steel connections for the firm’s most complex steel projects, and bridges the gap between design and construction through innovative ways to deliver projects. Also on the list is Jason Carmello, a principal/architect at Populous in Kansas City, Mo. Over his 14-year career, he has participated in more than $2.5 billion worth of design and construction at projects such as PPG Paints Arena, Centre Videotron in Quebec City, and most recently as lead architect for UBS Arena in Elmont, NY.
Client
Populous, Thornton Tomasetti
Date
January 19, 2021
$1B Hockey Arena Skates Ahead of Shutdowns
By Tom Stabile
summary
Despite an extensive construction delay last spring due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the new home of the New York Islanders, UBS Arena, is on track to open its doors at the start of the 2021-22 NHL season. Keeping the 19,000-seat venue in Elmont, New York, on schedule required a good deal of coordination and flexibility from the project team, which includes Gary Storm and Eric Lumpkin from Thornton Tomasetti and Kurt Amundsen and Jason Carmello from Populous. They join representatives from contractor AECOM Hunt/Barton Malow and developer Oak View Group in a conversation with Engineering News-Record about the challenges of building a state-of-the-art arena in the current environment.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
January 14, 2021
View’s Smart Building Network Platform, AI-powered Products to Transform Passenger Wellness and Travel Experience in DFW’s New “Gate of the Future”
summary
View, Inc’s smart windows will be installed in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s new expansion of Terminal D, a project that adds four gates to the terminal and showcases DFW’s “Gate of the Future,” a fundamental rethink of gate design in which the health and experience of passengers take priority. The expansion will be the first in an airport to deploy View’s latest smart building digital network, AI and machine learning powered environmental sensor modules, and transparent ultra-high-definition displays.
Client
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Date
January 13, 2021
Pretium, Ares Close $2.5B Acquisition of Front Yard Residential
By Gail Kalinoski
summary
Front Yard Residential Corp. has been taken private as the $2.5 billion acquisition by Pretium and Ares Management Corp., making Pretium the second-largest owner and operator of single-family rental properties in the U.S. Fried Frank served as partnership legal counsel to Pretium. Pretium, an alternative investment management firm focused on residential real estate, mortgage finance and corporate credit that has more than $18 billion of assets under management, adds Front Yard’s portfolio of more than 14,500 rental homes to its portfolio that now spans more than 55,000 properties.
Client
EW Howell Construction Group
Date
January 2021
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Restored to Past Grandeur
By D.L Anscombe
summary
Constructioneer’s January 2021 issue features EW Howell Construction Group’s $10 million restoration of the New York Botanical Gardens’ Conservatory dome as its cover story.
Client
The Praedium Group
Date
January 6, 2021
Montford Park apartments trade to New York-based The Praedium Group for $96M
By Ashley Fahey
summary
The Praedium Group acquired Novel Montford Park by Crescent Communities, a 337-unit multifamily property in Charlotte, NC. The units feature high ceilings and high-quality finishes and materials, luxurious community amenities, and private poolside cabanas with TVs and fans, a drive-in movie theatre. The property also has approximately 15,000 square feet of
additional retail space with 50 allotted parking spaces.
Client
View, Inc.
Date
January 5, 2021
Breaking: Office Windows Getting Smarter
By David M. Levitt
summary
Rao Mulpuri, chief executive officer of View Inc., is quoted in an article on the increasing attention paid to windows in commercial buildings. This edition of Commercial Observer’s Tenant Talk focuses on the fact that windows offer more than “just a view.” Windows are getting smarter and offering benefits of their own.
Client
Populous
Date
December 2020
Time to Innovate
By Geoffrey Ax, Populous Americas Aviation Market Leader and Principal
summary
Populous’ Geoffrey Ax contributes to Airport World’s December issue. His expert commentary focuses on how design changes at the airport can support the return to travel and how passengers and staff can look forward to prepare for future pandemics, provide passenger comfort, and more.