Dec 28, 2001

Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum has added three members to its Olympic Sculpture Park team. Lisa Corrin, formerly the chief curator at the Serpentine Gallery in London, is the deputy director of art; Paula Rimmer, former major gifts director with the Henry Gallery, is an associate director of development; and Jannine Koewler, previously with the Seattle Art Museum's external affairs department, is the major gifts coordinator.

Xyron Semiconductor

Former U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield has joined the board of advisors at Xyron Semiconductor. Hatfield joins Gary Severson, a former chairman of First Interstate Bank of Washington, and now chairman of Laird Norton Financial Group; and Doug Strain, founder and former chairman of Electro Scientific Industries, on the board. Xyron, based in Vancouver, Wash., has developed an architecture that delivers radical performance and efficiency improvements for embedded computing environments. The company is expecting to ship its first products in Feb. 2002.

Washington Dental Service

Standard & Poor's awarded its single-'A'-plus credit and financial strength rating to Washington Dental Service. WDS was rated for the award with a strong business profile, extremely strong capitalization, extremely strong liquidity, good earnings profile, business concentration, and an aggressive investment portfolio. WDS was rated voluntarily and its rating places it in the top four categories for financial security rated by Standard and Poor.

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross is calling for blood donations to keep supplies stable through the holiday season. Blood collection staff at Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services centers in Oregon and Washington have identified Type-O negative reserves as most critical. To donate blood, people must be at least 17 years old, weigh 105 pounds and be in good general health. Donors can call 1-800 GIVE LIFE to schedule an appointment. The American Red Cross Pacific Northwest Regional Blood Services is the sole supplier of blood and blood products to over 80 hospitals in Oregon, Washington and Southeast Alaska.

Seattle Public Library

The Washington State Council of Teachers of English honored city librarian Deborah L. Jacobs with its National Council of Teachers of English/Support for the Learning and Teaching of English Affiliate Intellectual Freedom Award. Jacobs is one of five honored with the award. Jacobs was praised for her work in the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library in Oregon and her current role at the Seattle Public Library where she focuses on upholding intellectual freedom while serving patrons. Jacobs will add this honor to several past awards including the Librarian Journal's Librarian of the Year in 1994 and a First Amendment Champion award from the American Library Association in 1999

Dec 27, 2001

Susan Murphy will speak to CREW

Susan Murphy will talk about the area's largest office landlord, Equity Office Properties Trust, "and the role women play in the organization" at the next lunch meeting of Commercial Real Estate Women Northwest. Murphy is Equity's vice president for leasing in the region, covering 14.3 million square feet of leasable space from Portland, Ore., to Anchorage, Alaska. The CREW lunch is scheduled for noon on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle.

Then on Thursday, Jan. 24, Peter Shorett and Curt Ghan of Kidder Mathews & Segner will give CREW their outlook for 2002. That event will start at noon in the conference room of the Norton Building in downtown Seattle. Shorett heads Kidder's appraisal division. Ghan is a seasoned office broker who put in a stint as head of Kidder's downtown Seattle office.

George Washington University

Deborah Norwood has resigned her post as the state law librarian to accept a position at the law library of George Washington University in Washington D.C. Norwood had been at the law library since 1989.

HomeStreet Bank

HomeStreet Bank hired Derryl Willis to be vice president and regional bank manager of its North Puget Sound region. Willis will oversee nine branches in Seattle, Marysville, Mountlake Terrace and the Eastside. Most recently, Willis served as vice president and sales manager for US Bank in Seattle.

Oceanaire Seafood Room

A new downtown restaurant, the Oceanaire Seafood Room, reminiscent of a 1930s supper club, is scheduled to open at its 7th and Olive location in mid January. The restaurant will seat up to 285 guests and offer 30 varieties of seafood and an oyster bar. The restaurant will be led by executive chef Kevin Davis and general manager Ed Grandpre.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

George E. West Jr. has been elected to serve on the board of directors of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. West is currently vice president of manufacturing at Paccar. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is dedicated to supporting manufacturing education and has members in 70 countries.

Pirahna World

Wade Brewer is the new executive vice president of sales and program development for Piranha World. Brewer will oversee development of new business for Pirahna's four divisions. Most recently, Brewer was COO of 180Solutions and previously served as vice president and general manager at KTWB. Piranha is a full-service film and video production company based in Seattle for the last ten years.

Áegis Assisted Living

Áegis Assisted Living has opened its newest community in Corte Madera, Calif. The Redmond-based business currently has plans to open as many as 25 assisted living communities in the western United States. There are currently six communities under construction. Áegis currently has 13 communities in Washington, California and Nevada.

Sound Transit Board

Lakewood deputy mayor Claudia Thomas has been nominated to fill a vacancy on the Sound Transit board. Thomas will succeed Ann Kirk Davis who lost a re-election bid in November. The Pierce County Council is expected to approve Thomas who will assume her new role on Jan. 1

Two new leaders for Home Street Bank

Joan Enticknap moved from 23 years at Bank of America to become president and chief operating officer of the 30-branch Home Street Bank in Seattle. Simultaneously, Bruce Williams rose from president and COO to CEO. The bank totals $1.5 billion in assets.

"This is an ideal time for Bruce Williams to continue in the tradition of his father and grandfather as a third-generation CEO of our company," said bank chairman Richard Swanson, who relinquished the CEO title to Williams. "And we are very pleased to welcome Joan Enticknap, whose experience and leadership will accelerate the development of our retail and business banking products and services."

Williams said the bank plans to "remain independent and employee- and family-owned."

Williams and Swanson are brothers-in-law. Also, Williams' sister, Kathryn Williams, is the bank's senior vice president for community relations.

Bruce Williams worked as a commercial litigation lawyer for Perkins Coie in the 1980s. After serving in the U.S. Peace Corps in Liberia form 1988 to 1990, he became the bank's general counsel and executive vice president.

Enticknap was BofA's executive vice president for commercial banking, and had been the bank's chief financial officer. She served as chair of the public facilities district that built Safeco Field and is on the board of directors of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Marcus & Millichap

The 12-unit Grade Road Apartments in Lake Stevens sold for $750,000, according to Marcus & Millichap. James Bucsit bought the property from Kathryn Campbell. Broker Steve Steadele of M&M represented both sides.

Two M&M brokers put together a $1.7 million sale of the 17-unit Prospect Manor apartments at 1100 5th Ave. North in Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. William Eng sold to Wood Creek Lane Associates. Dan Swanson and Colby Haugness brokered that deal.

Samis receives $12.4 M permanent loan

L.J. Melody & Co.'s Seattle commercial mortgage banking office assembled a $12.375 million permanent loan for the Samis Foundation on Samis' recently constructed, 123,000-square-foot warehouse in the Duwamish corridor. Federal Express leases the space. The loan comes from Aegon USA Realty Advisors, which manages pension money. Melody's David Stinebaugh and Mike Maker arranged the deal.

Windermere

Greg Shaw became a sales associate in Windermere Real Estate's Magnolia office. Shaw recently sold the Magnolia-area landscape business he owned and operated for 19 years. The life-long Magnolia resident is also known for growing and displaying giant pumpkins for the last 20 years. Bill Fisher joined Windermere's Eastlake office as a sales associate. Fisher was previously a private banker with Bank of America.

Civia Media Terminals-TrizecHahn

Fisher Properties' network of publicly-placed, Web-based media terminals shifted from local to national via a new deal with a large office landlord, TrizecHahn Corp.

The deal calls for installation of Civia Media Terminals in 30 TrizecHahn-owned office buildings in major cities such as Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas and Washington, D.C. The installation will occur over the next 18 months. The terminals deliver targeted news, ads, entertainment guides and property information, blending TV, the Web and interactive technology. Civia says it wants to install "thousands of its terminals in commercial buildings and other public locations throughout the U.S. by 2004.

Susan Murphy will speak to CREW

Susan Murphy will talk about the area's largest office landlord, Equity Office Properties Trust, "and the role women play in the organization" at the next lunch meeting of Commercial Real Estate Women Northwest. Murphy is Equity's vice president for leasing in the region, covering 14.3 million square feet of leasable space from Portland, Ore., to Anchorage, Alaska. The CREW lunch is scheduled for noon on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle.

Then on Thursday, Jan. 24, Peter Shorett and Curt Ghan of Kidder Mathews & Segner will give CREW their outlook for 2002. That event will start at noon in the conference room of the Norton Building in downtown Seattle. Shorett heads Kidder's appraisal division. Ghan is a seasoned office broker who put in a stint as head of Kidder's downtown Seattle office.

For more information about either event, call (206) 361-6859.