Jul 10, 2014

NBS promotes Johnson

Johnson

NBS Financial Services named Austin Johnson associate finance officer. Johnson came to NBS Financial in 2013, after working as an investment analyst intern at Trammell Crow Co.'s Seattle office and a research analyst at Colliers International in Bellevue. NBS Financial Services is the financing arm of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson, a Portland-based commercial real estate company.

NAIOP event July 16 on TODs

The Washington chapter of NAIOP's July 16 breakfast meeting will focus on transit-oriented development in Seattle. The panel begins at 7:45 a.m. at the Four Seasons. John Hempelmann of Cairncross & Hempelmann will facilitate the discussion by Rachel Smith of Sound Transit, former Seattle City Council Member Richard Conlin, Jill Sherman of Gerding Edlen, David Hewitt of Hewitt Architects and Clyde Holland of Holland Partner Group. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1svx6ER

ULI Cascadia Conference in Portland

The Urban Land Institute Northwest Cascadia Regional Conference is in Portland July 18 and 19. The event is organized by ULI's Young Leaders Group and will have panel discussions on financing, affordability, and tours of projects that combine jobs, housing and transit. Dan Miller, co-founder of real estate crowdfunding site Fundrise, is the keynote speaker. The online registration deadline is July 17. For more information or to register visit: http://on.uli.org/1kCGzFo

Glossip is VP at Madison Marquette

Madison Marquette Retail Services promoted Tory Glossip to vice president of property management in Seattle. Glossip will oversee management of 1.5 million square feet of retail in the state, including sites in Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah, Lynnwood and Lake Forest Park. Glossip has been with Madison Marquette since 2007 and has more than 15 years of experience managing housing, office and retail. Before coming to Madison Marquette, Glossip was a property manager at Alliance Residential. Madison Marquette does development, leasing and property management, with 10 offices across the country including West Coast locations in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Del Mar, California.

Jul 03, 2014

Joseph Abreu joins LIHI board

Abreu

Joseph Abreu, store manager of Home Depot in Bellevue, has joined the Low Income Housing Institute board. Abreu is this region's “community captain” for Home Depot Foundation, which focuses on housing for veterans. LIHI owns and manages more than 50 complexes with 1,700 apartments in six counties.

Frachiseur named Envoy Mortgage VP

Frachiseur

Envoy Mortgage, a Houston-based mortgage bank, hired Keith Frachiseur to the new position of Pacific Northwest regional vice president. Frachiseur has more than 25 years of experience, and was president of Bellevue-based mortgage bank Axia Financial. He was also on the Washington State Mortgage Brokerage Commission and president of the Washington Association of Mortgage Brokers.

Seattle Public Theater's new office

Seattle Public Theater moved its offices to the historic University Christian Church at 4759 15th Ave. N.E. The theater has two offices on the second floor and shares 1,750 square feet of rehearsal space with Seattle Choral Company. Matthew Richter, cultural space liaison at Seattle's Office of Arts and Culture, brokered the deal for Seattle Public Theater.

Snohomish County housing committee

Snohomish County is looking for two members to serve on its housing and community development technical advisory committee. The committee wants one person to represent minority groups and one to represent low-income groups. The committee reviews applications for affordable housing, public facilities and public service projects that benefit low-income and homeless people. For more information, or to apply, visit: http://bit.ly/1mkTAsD