Aug 09, 2018

KNKX

Handley

88.5 KNKX hired Northwest jazz radio veteran Carol Handley as director of music programming. KNKX's current music director, Nick Francis, retires this month after 13 years in that position. Handley has decades of programming, management and on-air experience in Seattle, and was interim general manager and on-air host at KBCS-FM at Bellevue College.

Omeros

In Seattle, biopharmaceutical company Omeros named Dr. Eckhard Leifke chief medical officer and vice president of clinical development. Leifke has more than 20 years of drug development experience, having built and headed global teams at Sanofi, Bayer and Takeda. He takes over for Dr. J. Steven Whitaker, who is focusing on regulatory approvals for Omeros' antibody drug OMS721.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

In Seattle, Jessica L. Roe joined Cairncross & Hempelmann's real estate team and Jonathan D. Tebbs joined the litigation team. Roe is experienced with the Land Use Petition Act, SEPA, design review challenges, zoning laws and housing affordability. Tebbs focuses on commercial litigation and business disputes in state and federal courts, including securities, antitrust, trade secrets and product liability cases.

Benaroya can start Winlock project

Lewis County said that Benaroya Co. can start building Benaroya Pacific Northwest Regional Logistics Center near Winlock, west of Interstate 5 and a little south of Chehalis. Lewis County calls it “the largest remaining undeveloped contiguous land available in the Pacific Northwest.” It is cleared for 5 million square feet of development. The site is SEPA-approved, and a $1.5 million measure for utility extension was approved during the last state legislative session. Larry Benaroya said in a statement, “We think this site is a great opportunity for future industrial development due to its convenient central location between Portland and Seattle, and the fact that SEPA has been completed and utilities are now available to the site.” CBRE's Brett Hartzell is marketing the property.

Jackie Lee joins Dow Hotel

Lee

Local firm Dow Hotel Co. hired Jackie Lee as VP of hotel investments to add more small, boutique properties to Dow's portfolio, and expand into new segments and markets. She was with Interstate Hotels & Resorts. Dow owns, operates and invests in hotels, for brands including Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt.

Greystone expands in Kirkland

Foxley

The New York-based lender, investor and advisor Greystone hired Bryan Foxley as a managing director in Kirkland. The 33-year industry veteran makes the move from Intervest. Greystone is active in health care and multifamily finance, with platforms including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CMBS and FHA.

$22M loan for Stream Dexios

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Stream Dexios

Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services' Mike Wood and Colin Ceithaml have secured $22 million in financing for Stream Dexios, an 86-unit apartment project planned for the corner of 1600 Dexter Ave. N. The construction and permanent loan came from State Farm Life Insurance Co. The Stream team is NK Architects and Compass General Construction. A master use permit was issued in April. No start date has been announced, but completion is anticipated in 2019.

Aug 08, 2018

Osborn Consulting

Slatala

Romero

Hew

Brown

Warren

Nguyen

In Bellevue, Osborn Consulting hired Kristy Warren, Ric Brown and Terrence Hew as project engineers, Jacob Romero and Aleksandra Slatala as GIS and CAD designers, and Kara Nguyen as office coordinator. Warren has 10 years of experience in municipal water and wastewater utility design, water resources, and environmental remediation. Brown has over eight years of experience designing and planning services for water systems, stormwater, sanitary sewer, and environmental remediation projects. Hew has three years of experience in civil engineering project design and management. Romero has three years of GIS and AutoCAD experience, including transportation planning, geographic technologies, cartography and statistics for geography. Slatala has a bachelor's and a master's in chemical and process engineering and over five years of AutoCAD experience. Nguyen oversees project invoices and contracts.

Hewitt

Khwaja

DiPaola

Croen

Christensen

Bonser

In Seattle, Hewitt hired Jackie Argueta as marketing coordinator, Kathryn Christensen and Robin Croen as landscape architects, and Adam DiPaola, Atif Khwaja and Sarah Bonser as architecture staff. Argueta worked on animations and illustrations for the documentary “A Brief History of Time Travel,” collaborated with artists on music videos and provided art direction and multimedia design for local businesses. Christensen has landscape architecture and urban design experience. She is assisting with landscape architecture on several mixed-use projects in Seattle including Center Steps, Tower Steps and 111 Westlake. Croen has a master of landscape architecture from the University of Washington, and is working on Heritage Square Master Plan in Walla Walla and urban design plans near Seattle Center. DiPaola is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Architecture + Allied Arts. He is working on Capitol Hill Station's transit-oriented development that broke ground in June. Khwaja has five years architectural design experience on public and private projects in Seattle, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is working on preliminary engineering for light rail to downtown Redmond and the future Ballard-West Seattle light rail extension. Bonser holds a master's in architecture from The Ohio State University. She is working on Hinoki, an affordable housing development in Yesler Terrace, and projects for Snohomish County Public Utility District #1. Hewitt provides architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.

Rice Fergus Miller

Pontecorvo

Smith

Moyano

Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller promoted Alex Smith and Sean Moyano to associate, and Suzanne Pontecorvo to principal. Smith is an architect in the fire and emergency studio. Moyano is a designer in the hospitality studio. Pontecorvo is a project manager in the senior living studio. Rice Fergus Miller is an architecture, interior design, planning and visualization firm.

Essentia Water

Bothell-based Essentia Water hired Chuck Czerkawski as CFO and Jennifer Watson as senior director of human resources. Czerkawski was executive vice president and CFO at Avedis Zildjian Co. Before that, he held senior finance positions at Gillette, Pepsi Bottling and Pharmasol. Watson has more than 20 years of HR experience, with leadership roles at Avanade, Microsoft, Motorola and ADC Telecommunications. Essentia bottles ionized alkaline water.

EagleView Technologies

EagleView Technologies, a Bothell-based provider of aerial imagery and data analytics, is acquiring Spookfish Limited, an Australian developer of geospatial imagery products and services, in an all-cash deal expected to close later this year. Spookfish aerial cameras allow EagleView to capture images at higher resolutions, allowing customers to interpret property features, conditions or changes with more accuracy.

Alpine Immune Sciences

Seattle-based Alpine Immune Sciences, which focuses on immunotherapy to treat cancer, autoimmune/inflammatory and other diseases, named Mark Litton, Ph.D. president and chief operating officer. Dr. Litton was with Alder BioPharmaceuticals, where he has served as chief business officer and treasurer since co-founding the company in 2004.