Dec 18, 2003

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance named Mat Northway, manager of Energy Management Services at Eugene Water & Electric Board, chair of its board of directors. Northway replaces Liz Klumpp, who will continue to serve on the executive committee. Alliance also approved funding for commercial sector programs for the next two years. Alliance is a Portland-based not-for-profit group of electric utilities, state governments, public interest groups and industry representatives working for affordable, energy-efficient products and services.

Cayenne Restaurant

Silver Cloud Inns & Hotels, based in Bellevue, will open Cayenne Restaurant in mid January 2004. The restaurant, located in the Silver Cloud at 1100 Broadway Ave. in Seattle, will serve Mexican cuisine. LDG Architects designed the building and Mesher Shing acted as design consultants, with The Restaurant Group acting as operational consultants. Silver Cloud acted as its own general contractor.

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center added Marvin Brooke to the staff as a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Northwest Hospital, located in Seattle, specializes in diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with strokes and heart disease.

Port of Olympia

John Wolfe will become the next executive director at the Port of Olympia. He will succeed current executive director Nick Handy, who is retiring at the end of the year. Wolfe is currently the port's operations director and previously worked for Maersk/Sea-Land Services in Tacoma.

Boxlight

Boxlight Corp. named William L. Lawrence, Jr., former principal of Revitalization Partners, president and chief operating officer. Boxlight is a Poulsbo-based display and digital projection technology company.

Movado Group

Movado Group, which designs, manufactures and distributes Movado, Concord, ESQ, Coach and Tommy Hilfiger watches, opened three new boutiques, including one in Bellevue Square Mall. The other locations are in the Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara, Calif., and the Northbrook Mall in Northbrook, Ill. Movado Group is based in Paramus, N.J.

Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield has announced three lease deals totaling more than 275,000 square feet of space in Kent. Leasing agent Tony Kusak secured two new leases and one renewal. Volvo Logistics North America leased 195,700 square feet of new space in Building D at Kent North Corporate Park, at 18202 and 18516 80th Ave. S. Volvo is consolidating from two smaller facilities. Lowe Enterprises leased more than 99,000 square feet to Weathervane Windows at Springbrook 188 Distribution Center, 7911 S. 188th St. Weathervane is relocating from Kirkland. Lucent Technologies renewed a 14,400-square-foot lease at Kent Centre Corporate Park, 22165 West Valley Highway, which AMB Property owns.

GVA Kidder Mathews

DeJager

Joe DeJager has joined GVA Kidder Mathews Commercial Brokerage Division as a vice president and investment specialist in the Portland office. He was with Cushman & Wakefield for 23 years and was consistently a top performer with the firm, according to GVA Kidder Mathews officials.

Lion

Lion Inc., which provides online services that connect mortgage brokers with consumers and lenders, has purchased certain assets of Ignition Mortgage Technology Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Freddie Mac. Lion, which has offices is Seattle and Denver, is a public company not affiliated with Freddie Mac. Lion acquired Loan Finder, Lock Point Xtra(R), Loan Officer Plus(R) and Pipeline Tools software products as well as Ignition's rights under certain contracts and accounts receivable. Lion President David Stedman says the acquisition will enable Lion to target small and large mortgage originators.

CREW Seattle

Wattley-Ames

Helen Wattley-Ames, a property manager for the Joshua Green Corp., has been elected 2004 president of CREW Seattle. Other new Commercial Real Estate Women officers are president-elect and sponsorship director Lori Hill of Pacific Real Estate Partners, and secretary/treasurer Margaret "Peggy" Emerson, field operations manager for the Metropolitan Improvement District of the Downtown Seattle Association. Seven new directors were elected: Lori Mason Curran of Vulcan Inc., Bob MacMillan of Moss & Company Executive Search, Rebecca McIntyre of the University of Washington Real Estate Office, Kelly Beckley (nee Davis) of Gregory Broderick Smith Real Estate, Linda Larabee-Dawson of Investco Management Services, Tina Pappas of Fisher Properties and Patricia Parsons of First American Title Insurance. Members selected two national delegates: Deborah Berg of First American Title and Shawn Rush of the architecture firm CollinsWoerman.

John L. Scott

John L. Scott real estate helped raise more than $120,000 for Seattle Children's Hospital's financial assistance program during Sunday's Holiday Miracle Season Telethon. For the past six years, the John L. Scott Foundation has been a sponsor of the telethon. During the first half of the show, the foundation matched all pledges that were $50 and over.