Mar 01, 2001

Harsch Investments

James Pate joined Portland-based Harsch Investment Properties LLC as senior vice president in Harsch's retail division, responsible for developing new retail properties and repositioning ones the firm already owns. "We seek to aggressively expand our retail division, which currently consists of 15 shopping centers in excess of 2 million square feet," Harsch Chairman Jordan Schnitzer said.

Pate has 25 years of retail development and management experience. He comes from RREEF in the San Francisco area where he managed 15 shopping centers. Schnitzer is a member of Portland's Schnitzer family which owns and operates commercial real estate in the Northwest. A separate part of the family is a partner in Bellevue-based Schnitzer Northwest. Harsch owns various Seattle-area properties, including the Medical Dental Building in downtown Seattle and apartments in Tacoma. In 1997, Harsch bought two south Seattle business parks. Harsch controls 115 retail, industrial, office and multifamily properties in seven western states.

Renew your passion for rental property

Tamara Simon will cover the "10 commandments of property management" for apartment managers in a three-hour session called Landlord 101. "Owning rental property can be a love-hate relationship. You love building equity but hate the hassle of being a landlord," states a flier for the March 15 event by the Apartment Association of Seattle and King County. The event offers useful information on how to "renew the passion" for your rental property. Simon works as a broker for Koss Property Management. The event will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Ivars Salmon House, 401 N.E. Northlake Way on the north shore of Lake Union in Seattle. For information, call Jen Holbrook at (206) 283-0816.

Milliken to meet the CREW

Don Milliken, the urban shopping center developer, will tout his latest projects at Commercial Real Estate Women's next monthly lunch gathering, set for March 8. The Vancouver, B.C.-based developer built Maketplace at Queen Anne and Harvard Market. Milliken has all but finalized a parthership with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to develop an office tower and condo tower atop a grocery and other retail on the site of Allen's Quinton Instruments building. He also teamed with Safeway to rebuild a small store in Lower Queen Anne as a larger one with housing atop it, and to create additional retail space in a downtown Bellevue Safeway-housing project.

The CREW event will start at noon at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. For information, call (206) 361-6859.

Do you need to cellcessorize?

Surely it was only a matter of time before the proliferation of cell phones would creep into the language, and a retail shop opening soon in Northgate Mall may signal the start. The name of the store: Cellcessorize, as in accessorize yourself with cell phone gadgetry and gizmos. Cellcessories includes flashing antennas, leather phone cases and something called a customized face plate. Also: holograms, which, the cellcessorizer says, fit into the cell phone lens so that when you turn the phone a certain way you see one of various holograms.

Cellcessorize is based in Portland and owned by Anthony Newkirk. It has three Northwest locations so far and plans two more, Newkirk said. The Northgate store will open March 16.

Windermere Real Estate

Liv Freeby became a sales associate in Windermere's Eastlake Office. Freeby most recently worked in sales for Elinor & Verve. Kristen Hawes joined the residential agency's Wedgwood office, also as a sales associate. Windermere said Hawes previously worked in commercial real estate.

Ag Supply Co.

The Land O'Lakes board of directors has elected Jim Fife, general manager of the Ag Supply Co. of Wenatchee, as its 2001 board chairman. Fife, who has served on the Land O'Lakes Board since 1991, most recently served as chair of the board's agricultural services committee. He has been general manager of the Ag Supply Co. for more than 28 years, is also a member of the Washington State Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

MidStream Technologies

MidStream Technologies, a Bellevue-based developer of multi-format streaming media servers, announced that Edward Huguez has joined the company as president and chief executive officer. Huguez most recently served as senior vice president of Akamai Technologies. Former MidStream president Richard Oesterreicher will continue to serve as chief technology officer and chairman of the board.

Labor Ready

Labor Ready, a Tacoma-based provider of temporary manual labor, announced that Matthew Rodgers has been named executive vice president of operations. Rodgers joined the company in February of 1998 as a district manager and has served as regional vice president of operations for the company since April of 1999.

Infowave Software

Infowave Software, a provider of software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, announced that Thomas Koll has taken the helm as the company's CEO. Koll joins the company after 12 years with Microsoft Corp., most recently as vice president, network solutions group. He also served as general manager, Microsoft Germany.

The Boeing Co.

The Boeing Co. announced Carol Sexton has been named assistant treasurer — corporate finance and banking. Sexton will lead and manage the corporate finance functions for Boeing, including managing relationships with commercial and investment banks, fixed income investors and rating agencies. She also will be responsible for funding the company in both the credit and capital markets through debt and equity securities, management of the company's capital structure, and for providing financing support to the Boeing business units