Mar 03, 2000

Washington State Chiropractic Association

Dr. David Gilbertson, Dr. Francis Corbin and Dr. Eric Hansen have been elected to serve as members of the Washington State Chiropractic Association board of directors. Dr. Gilbertson provides chiropractic care at Mill Creek Chiropractic Clinic and has been in practice for 18 years. Dr. Corbin has been in practice for 22 years and owns and operates the Corbin Chiropractic Clinic in Renton. Dr. Hansen provides chiropractic care at the office of David A. Butters in South Seattle and has been in practice for seven years.

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

John H. Gadon has joined the Portland office of the law firm Lane Powell Spears Lubersky as a partner. Gadon will concentrate his practice on complex federal and state tax planning and tax litigation. Gadon has more than 16 years of experience as a tax lawyer.

King County Superior Court

Governor Gary Locke named three people to positions on the King County Superior Court. James Cayce, presiding judge of the King County District Court, was appointed to the court to fill a new position. Richard McDermott, a long-time Bellevue resident and lawyer, was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Judge Jim Bates last month. Mary Yu, deputy chief of staff for the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, was appointed to fill a vacancy being created by the retirement of Judge Janice Niemi later this month.

ID Certify

ID Certify, a Seattle-based company providing digital signature solutions, and the National Association of Secretaries of State have joined efforts in the drive to bring official records into the electronic world. At a recent NASS conference, Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer agreed to sign and store government documents electronically. By using a secure smart card to digitally sign an inter-agency form, Kiffmeyer sought to illustrate the ease of use and superior efficiency of ID Certify's digital signature and electronic filing system.

Renton Lodging Association

Hoteliers in Renton have officially created their own association in an effort to capture the corporate travel market. Bill Weise, general manager of the Holiday Inn Select, noted that 1,400 new rooms are either promised or under construction for the Renton area. The Renton Lodging Association will be a working committee of the Greater Renton Chamber of Commerce.

Boomtown Cafe

Chef Matt Jenke and Erik Cannella of Matt's in the Market will host an evening meal to benefit Boomtown Cafe, Seattle's only non-profit restaurant, on Wednesday, March 15, from 5:30 to 7:30. The cost of the three-course meal is $15 and will be served at 513 Third Ave. in the Pioneer Square district. The meal is part of the "Evenings at Boomtown" series occurring regularly at the cafe.

Society of St. Vincent de Paul

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Council of the Seattle Area, celebrated the opening of its seventh thrift store March 1. Located at 7304 N.E. Bothell Way in Kenmore, the store is the largest of seven thrift stores that St. Vincent's operates in King County and will bring approximately 30 jobs to the area.

Unico Properties

Alfred R. Glancy III was elected chairman of Unico's board of directors at its recent annual meeting. He assumes the responsibilities from Henry A. Ashforth Jr., who has been chairman since 1992.

Glancy has been a director of Unico since 1975. He is chairman and chief executive officer of the $4.3 billion MCN Energy Group and chairman of its principal subsidiaries, Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., and MCN Investment Corp.

Ashforth recently retired from Ashforth Properties Inc., in Stamford, Conn., as chairman and CEO. Ashforth's leadership allowed Unico to evolve from a downtown Seattle real estate company to a regional real estate operating company, said Unico President and CEO Dale R. Sperling, who credited Ashforth for starting the company on the path it has taken to acquire buildings in Bellevue, Tacoma and Renton. Ashforth will continue to serve on Unico's board.

Unico's portfolio includes 6.5 million square feet of office and retail space throughout the Puget Sound region. The company's services include asset management, property management and leasing, investment brokerage, development and construction.

Pinnacle

Seattle-based Pinnacle Realty Management Co., recently helped Aero Properties LLC close on San Diego's Aero Office Park, and the first order of business was renaming it Aero Tech Center and planning for more than $1 million in renovations.

Aero Properties is a subsidiary of Penco Properties, a West Coast real estate investor based in Anchorage. It bought the five-building, 140,000-square-foot office park for $11.95 million from Trepte Investment Co., which developed the property in 1981. Pinnacle brokers Don Mellon and Jon Boland represented the seller; Tom Mercer, Kevin Craven and Tom Nicholas of Colliers International represented the sellers.

Pinnacle will handle the leasing, property management and renovation. In addition, Aero Properties plans to develop 70,000 square feet of unimproved land connected to the office park.

JPI

Timothy M. McEntee has been promoted to divisional president and managing partner of the central division of JPI, an apartment developer. He is responsible for leading the development of new properties and acquiring existing ones in Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Missouri. He previously was senior vice president and regional managing partner for JPI's Rocky Mountain region and has been instrumental in the company's growth there and in the Pacific Northwest, according to company officials.

JPI is based in Dallas and manages and leases more than 24,000 apartment units. It has 17,318 units under development and is pursuing new developments and sales nationwide. The company's plans for 2000 include starting 25 developments and selling 25 apartment communities. The majority of the new developments will be funded through a $470 million investment between JPI and GE Capital.

Last year, the company broke ground on more than 9,153 units, sold, 4,540 and acquired 1,149. Builder magazine listed JPI as the nation's second largest apartment builder in 1998.

Commercial Realty Capital

Dawn Jones and Frank Hornung have formed Commercial Realty Capital LLC, a mortgage banking company that specializes in assisting clients with all phases of the mortgage lending process. Headquartered in Seattle, Commercial Realty Capital services clients primarily in Western Washington. Jones and Hornung have several years' experience in the local mortgage and banking industries. Together they have placed millions of dollars in loans for a variety of local clients, according to Jones.

First Mutual Bank

David A. North has joined First Mutual Bank in Bellevue as manager of wholesale lending. He has more than 15 years of local wholesale lending, sales and management experience.