Jun 14, 1999

Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell

Seattle law firm Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim recently hired Chris Smith Towne as a consultant and Mary H. Schroeder as a finance manager. Towne formerly served as chairman of the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Board and will work with the firm's resource strategies group on issues related to the Endangered Species Act, water supply and land use disputes. Schroeder formerly served as chief financial officer of Western Library Network in Olympia.

Da Vinci Gourmet

Da Vinci Gourmet, a Seattle-based producer of flavored syrups and sauces, recently appointed Rico Yingling as director of operations. Yingling formerly served as plant manager for Borden Chemical Inc. in Kent.

Bureau of Reclamation

J. William McDonald has been named regional director for the Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, based in Boise. McDonald formerly served as director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

Seattle Marathon

American Suzuki Motor Corp. has been named the Seattle Marathon's title sponsor. The 1999 Suzuki Seattle Marathon will be held Nov. 28 and will benefit the American Lung Association of Washington. Fox Sports Net Northwest has been named a presenting sponsor.

Jun 11, 1999

Pacific Edge Software Inc.

Colby Africa was recently hired as development manager at Pacific Edge Software Inc., a Kirkland-based developer of knowledge management solutions for companies that manage by projects. Terri Inglis was recently promoted to customer care manager. Africa formerly served as technical product manager for Microsoft Project. Inglis formerly served as business manager.

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, a Woodinville-based merchandise agency, has launched Toysite, an interactive web site which promotes licensed toys for children and collectors.

TCI Media Services

TCI Media Services/Puget Sound recently promoted Gary Crichton from engineer to technical supervisor. Greg Warren was promoted from network administrator to information services in the Seattle office. Mark Holm was promoted from production assistant in TCI's Olympia office to production specialist in Seattle.

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

Last week Norris, Beggs & Simpson announced it had won the property management assignment for Crossroads Office Park. This week, Norris, Beggs & Simpson announces the sale of the 42,834-square-foot building in Bellevue. Parkwood Limited Partnership bought the property from CPR Investments for more than $6 million. Craig E. Hill, vice president of Norris, Beggs & Simpson's Capital Asset Group, represented the buyer, and Tim Nelson of Regency Group Commercial Realtors represented the seller. The building is 100 percent leased. Tenants include WatchMark, InfoAccess Inc., SunGro Horticulture and TCI Network Solutions. Hill said the deal shows his firm's capabilities in executing a 1031 exchange. It refers to an Internal Revenue Service rule stating no gain will be taxed on the exchange of any type of investment property for another. In this case, Parkwood exchanged a mobile-home park in Sequim for the Crossroads building. "We are doing the property management. We are doing the mortgage on the property," Hill said. "So we've been able to solve all of our client's problems under one roof."

Kensington

Mark Carpenter is one of the first independent developers in the area to invest in T-1 technology for a multi-family housing project. He is providing T-1 Internet access at his new Kensington Gate, a gated community in Tacoma. Residents will be able to surf the net on a 1,000-lane super highway compared to the congested 4-lane freeway that typical home dial-up Internet access provides, said Carpenter of Bellevue. "For large-scale developers, high-speed Internet access is not uncommon, but for an independent developer, it's forward thinking," said Craig Bloomfield, senior editor of Multi-Housing News.