Sep 14, 2018

Know Labs

Seattle-based Know Labs hired Dr. James Anderson Jr. as medical director and chair of its medical, scientific and regulatory affairs advisory board. Anderson is a diabetologist and endocrinologist who has been in military medicine and the pharmaceutical industry for more than 40 years. Know Labs directs structured light or radio waves through substances to capture molecular signatures used for identification, authentication and diagnosis.

JND Legal Administration

Matthew Potter joined Seattle-based JND Legal Administration as senior strategic advisor. Potter has nearly 20 years of legal administration experience with class action settlements, regulatory agency enforcement actions and urgent initiatives such as data breach responses. He is based in the Minneapolis area. JND specializes in mass tort settlements.

Add3

Add3 bought Point It. Both are Seattle-based digital marketing agencies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Add3 specializes in search, social, creative and programmatic display advertising. It gains 15 employees with the acquisition, giving it a staff of more than 50 in its Capitol Hill offices.

Aspen Dental

Aspen Dental opened an office at 401 Valley Mall Parkway in East Wenatchee. Dr. Bruce Wilcox leads the practice that has an on-site denture lab and provides preventive care, general dentistry and restoration. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says there is a shortage of dentists in Douglas County.

Sep 13, 2018

Mercy Housing groundbreaking

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Mount Baker Family Housing & Resource Center

Groundbreaking is set for 11 a.m. Sept. 18 for Mercy Housing Northwest's 95-unit supportive housing project at 2870 S. Hanford St. Mount Baker Family Housing & Resource Center was designed by Runberg Architecture Group and Walsh Construction will build it. Mayor Jenny Durkan, Bill Rumpf from Mercy Housing and Bill Hilf from Vulcan will attend. Paul G. Allen's family foundation contributed $30 million to the project, which also benefits from $5 million from the Seattle Office of Housing and $10 million in tax credits. The former National Pride Car Wash site is one block south of Mount Baker Station. Completion is expected in 2020.

NAIOP heads to Tacoma

NAIOP will hold its South Sound Breakfast at 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28 at Tacoma Yacht Club (5401 Yacht Club Rd.). Speakers will include Michael Bartlett of Horizon Partners, Michael Sullivan of Artifacts Historic Preservation and JJ Jordan of Andersen Construction. Details and registration: naiopwa.org.

CBRE hires Shephard brothers

Riley Shephard

JJ Shephard

CBRE hired siblings JJ Shephard and Riley Shephard. JJ makes the move from JLL. Riley returns to the CBRE fold following a recent stint also with JLL. JJ will work in Seattle, and Riley in Bellevue.

Phillips Burgess

Daniel Berner, a former assistant AG with the Washington Attorney General's Office, joined Phillips Burgess. Berner also worked for Seattle law firms Ahlers & Cressman and Rafel Law Group. He focuses on real estate, construction and business law. Phillips Burgess has offices in Olympia and Tacoma.

Sound Community Bank

Heidi Sexton of Sound Community Bank was appointed to the Community Bank Advisory Council of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Sexton is executive vice president and COO at the Seattle-based bank. She will serve a one-year term.

Belladonna

Center for Diagnostic Imaging added Belladonna Breast Imaging Center in Bellevue to its network of 12 outpatient imaging centers across the Puget Sound area. Belladonna was founded in 2010 by Dr. Marita Acheson. Minneapolis-based Center for Diagnostic Imaging operates nationwide.

Member Access Pacific

Seattle-based Member Access Pacific, an aggregator of Visa card services for credit unions, changed its name to Member Access Processing and moved its headquarters from Tukwila to Kent. The company serves more than 100 credit unions in 30 states. Its new home is Suite 600 of Cascade Tower West, 20829 72nd Ave. S., Kent.