Jun 16, 2000

Shoreline Community College

Gary Oertli announced his resignation effective June 30. Oertli has worked in education for 30 years, with 23 years in the community college system including five years as the president of Shoreline Community College. He leaves the college to accept a position as senior vice president for out-of-state marketing and chief strategist for e-Workz, a new high-tech company helping colleges develop e-commerce bookstores. Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development Holly Moore will serve as interim president.

Evergreen Bank

Michael Mauer joined Seattle-based Evergreen Bank as executive vice president and chief credit officer. Mauer has more than 30 years of banking experience, including his most recent position as managing director at Bank of America Seattle.

Western Washington University

Robert Edie, currently director of legislative affairs in the office of Governor Gary Locke, has been named vice president for external affairs at Western Washington University in Bellingham. Edie will be responsible for legislative relations, public information and publications, and alumni affairs.

Jun 15, 2000

DDB

DDB, an international advertising agency, announced 10 new hires in its Seattle office. Matthew Kopp was hired as broadcast supervisor in the company's media department. Sara Grote Cerrell was hired as a senior account executive on strategic communications. Jaqueline Coker joins the company as an account executive in the Seattle office's satellite office in Washington, D.C. Chris Ostendorf is an account executive in the public relations division. Jaime Pharr is an assistant account executive. Kari Huff joins as an assistant planner/buyer in the media department. Ted Rust is an account coordinator in the issues and advocacy department. Cynthia Williams is an accounts payable coordinator. Kate Gryn is an accounts payable analyst. Aaron MacDonald was hired as a mailroom clerk.

Capital Stream

Capital Stream, a Seattle-based e-commerce provider of services and applications for the business finance industry, recently announced that it will apply many of Dun & Bradstreet's products and services to the company's Web-based business finance transaction network and application. Subscribers, who are financing companies, brokers, and other businesses that supply or need equipment capital, will have the ability to obtain instant D&B credit and business information reports in a streamlined, integrated process.

Port Townsend Paper

Joel Hodgson has been named market development manager for Port Townsend Paper Corp., an independent manufacturer of pulp and paper. Hodgson's responsibilities include implementing marketing plans for the Pulp, Paper and Converted Products divisions of the company. He will work closely with the sales department to develop new customer and product segments.

Seattle Weekly

Alisa Cromer has been named publisher of Seattle Weekly. Cromer has been publisher of Orlando Weekly in Florida since 1996, and previously launched and published several publications in Las Vegas. As publisher of Seattle Weekly, she will oversee all operations of the company, and will report to Michael Sigman of Village Voice Media, Seattle Weekly's parent company

Norris Beggs & Simpson

Beth Johnston was promoted to senior vice president of Portland-based Norris Beggs & Simpson. Johnson will "lead the charge on new business development for the property management division as well as focus on client services and development for all divisions," Norris Beggs said. She "will spend a great deal of time building additional business for the Puget Sound market." Johnston joined the firm in 1993. Her most recent assignment was project manager for the 750,000-square-foot Lincoln Center office complex in suburban Portland.

Bentall U.S. LLC

Dennis L. Burch has joined Bentall U.S. as a project manager. Burch will work on tenant improvements at Five Newport in Bellevue and Millennium Corporate Park in Redmond and on planning of the proposed downtown Bellevue office complex called The Summit. Burch came from CDP Group LLC.

Sterling Realty Organization

Alison and Carolee Danz have become co-chairwomen of Bellevue-based Sterling Realty Organization. The two cousins replace Fred Danz, who puts on the chairman emeritus hat. Alison is Fred's daughter. David Schooler continues as SRO president. SRO, formerly a large theater chain owner, controls land in the heart of downtown Bellevue, among other places, and the Sterling Plaza retail center in Factoria. The firm is developing a 100,000-square-foot second phase of Sterling Plaza.

Windermere Services Co.

Don Riley became executive vice president of Seattle-based Windermere Services Co., which assists the chain of 200 Windermere residential agencies throughout the Northwest. Riley came from Norwest Mortgage and previously was an owner and general manager of the Windermere Real Estate East office.

Windermere Real Estate

Sales associate Pat Kelsey moved from the Seattle-Oak Tree office to Seattle-Northwest. Julie Kathan came from Coldwell Banker/All American Associates to work as sales associate in Windermere's Federal Way office. Diane Halberg became a sales associate in the Seattle-Queen Anne office; she was leasing agent at Silversmith Cohen Properties in Denver. Halberg also previously owned Razz M'Tazz Consignment Boutique in Lower Queen Anne. Sandie Staback came from ReMax in Bothell to work as sales associate in Windermere Kirkland-Northeast.

Paragon Real Estate Advisors and Marcus & Millichap

Paragon and Marcus & Millichap steadily broker sales of apartment buildings that don't make it into these columns because the buildings tend to be smaller and thus not traditionally newsy. But both outfits crank out such large volumes that they play a role in the economy.

Seattle-based Paragon says it has closed at least 524 transactions in the Puget Sound area totaling $905 million since it was formed five years ago -- or deals totaling almost $100 million a year. Marcus & Millichap, based in Palo Alto, Calif., says its 34 offices around the country, including one in Bellevue, closed 2,047 deals last year totaling $5.2 billion. So here's a glimpse of what they do, via the latest deal to come through for each.

Paragon broker Eric Smith represented the seller in landing $1.1 million for the 10-unit Kathwynn Apartments on upper Queen Anne. The price comes to a handsome $109,650 per unit. The two-building Kathwynn complex was built in 1947 at 215 Aloha St. and 821 Third Ave. N. Paragon didn't identify the seller or buyer; King County property records say Boulder LLC bought the property in June 1998 for $860,000.

Marcus & Millichap broker Robert Di Pietrae represented Ron and Nancy Gammill in selling the 17-unit Hampton Court apartments in Seattle for $1.4 million, or $82,000 per unit. The buyers were Hal and Myrtle Ryan, represented by Randy Peterson of Westlake Associates. Hampton Court is at 10306 Holman Rd. N. The Gammills bought it for $1.1 million in 1995 and "virtually rebuilt it" last year after water damage covered by insurance, Di Pietrae said. Property records indicate the owner before the Gammills paid $2 million for Hampton Court in 1990.