Oct 30, 2014

Yakima brokerage joins Berkshire

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices added Prudential Almon Realty of Yakima to its brokerage network. The name will change Nov. 20 to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Central Washington Real Estate. The office will also add a commercial division, which clients have requested for several years, according to broker Chris Pauling. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Since it was founded in September 2013, the network has added 34,000 agents and 1,035 offices in 47 states.

NorthMarq gets refinancing for apartments

Bob Spiro and Chris Pohlad of NorthMarq Capital's Seattle office arranged $52.71 million in refinancing for two apartment complexes in Seattle and Puyallup. NorthMarq got $20.65 million for Boxcar apartments, a 145-unit property in South Lake Union, and $32.06 million for Riverside Park in Puyallup. AmeriSphere Multifamily Finance provided the loans.

Oct 23, 2014

Grand opening for 12th Ave Arts

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Two theaters are on the ground floor of the complex.

Capitol Hill Housing will hold a grand opening event at 4 p.m. Nov. 20 for 12th Avenue Arts, a new 88-unit affordable housing project at 1620 12th Ave.

Local restaurants will provide refreshments, and there will be performances from two theater companies that have theaters on the ground floor of the complex.

SMR Architects designed 12th Avenue Arts, and Walsh Construction Co. is the general contractor.

Other team members are: Coughlin Porter Lundeen, civil and structural engineer; The Greenbusch Group, plumbing, mechanical and acoustical engineer; Glumac, electrical engineer; Place+Land, landscape architect; JRS Engineering, building envelope; and PLA designs, which did theater design.

For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1sPw2wE .

Blanton Turner wins MHN award

Seattle-based property management and consulting firm Blanton Turner won a 2014 silver award from Multi-Housing News in the Property Management Company of the Year category. Since opening in 2011, Blanton Turner has compiled a portfolio of multifamily, mixed-use, student housing and commercial real estate throughout the Puget Sound region. Blanton Turner said it expects steady growth in 2015, with several new projects opening.

65 properties up for auction Nov. 15

Several Washington properties will be up for grabs at Realty Marketing/Northwest's Fall 2014 Auction. There will be an oral auction Nov. 15 at Embassy Suites Portland Airport Hotel and a sealed-bid auction Nov. 19. The auction includes 65 properties in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California. In Washington they include: land along the White River in Auburn; a bank-owned building in Spokane's historic district; a 79-acre residential tract near Lake Tapps; 9.6 acres at Smokey Point; timberland; and two development sites — 15 and 140 acres — near Quinault Beach Resort and Casino. For more information and to view the properties, visit: http://www.rmnw-auctions.com/

Redfin opens Fresno office

Seattle-based brokerage Redfin opened an office in Fresno, California, and hired Marti Cook to run it. Cook is a native of Fresno and a graduate of California State University Fresno, and has worked in residential sales since 2004. Redfin says it uses online and mobile tools to give customers up-to-date information about the for-sale market.