Mar 16, 2007

Allyis

Allyis, a Bellevue-based technical consulting and staffing services company, has made some promotions and expanded the board of directors. Richard Law remains CEO and chairman of the board. Ethan Yarbrough has been promoted to president after 10 years in the posts of CFO and COO. Suzette McClintock is chief business officer. Mark Wasowicz is chief financial officer. Rochelle Hill is executive vice president. Patrick Porter is director of business development. Wascowicz, Hill and Porter also join the board of directors. Jeff Eidelman is recruiting manager. Allison May is senior marketing manager. Katie Kloster is account manager. For the Worldwide Microsoft System Builder Team, Kerry Huss is publishing team lead and Ryan Barschaw is development team lead. For the U.S. Microsoft System Builder Team, Melinda Johnston is publishing team lead. Ken Efta becomes the first practice manager within the Business Development Team.

CityClub

CityClub named Diane Douglas executive director. Douglas founded the Center for Liberal Arts at Bellevue Community College. CityClub is a nonprofit civic education organization in Seattle.

Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Seattle-based Noble House Hotels & Resorts appointed Lisa Maria Stice corporate director of e-commerce marketing. Stice worked with Noble House & Resorts from 1994 to 2003. Noble House owns and manages 13 boutique hotels and resorts.

Public Power Council

The Public Power Council Executive Committee in Portland voted to endorse Scott Corwin as executive director. He was at PNGC Power and replaces Marilyn Showalter. The council represents 114 consumer-owned electric utilities in the Pacific Northwest.

Mar 15, 2007

Potlatch

Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. said Gerald L. Zuehlke will retire as chief financial officer at the end of the year after 36 years with the company. He has been CFO since 2000. Potlatch is a REIT with approximately 1.5 million acres of forestland in Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Oregon.

Allstate Insurance

Allstate Insurance has a new agency at Redmond Ridge East in Redmond. Owned and operated by agent Kent Nichols, Legacy Insurance and Investment Services is at 22500 N.E. Marketplace Drive, Suite B206.

First Sound Bank

Seattle-based First Sound Bank added three people to its staff. Mark Buchanan is a senior operations services specialist. Josh Bolinger is a cash management associate. Duyen Pham is an operations services specialist.

Washington Restaurant Association

The Washington Restaurant Association promoted Nisha Ajmani Wade to public relations coordinator. The Washington Restaurant Association is a business association for the restaurant industry.

Pacific Property Co.

Pacific Property Co. moved its Seattle office. The company is located at 1601 Fifth Ave., Suite 2230, Seattle 98101. Telephone (206) 973-2325. Pacific was formed in 1988 and acquires apartment properties in the Northwest, California, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. It has about 16,000 units.

Pacific Real Estate Partners

Pacific Real Estate Partners named seven brokers in the company principals: Les Boudwin, Scott Carter, Ann Chamberlin, Jeff Durrell, Lori Hill, Chris Hughes and Susan Barry. Within the past two years, PREP has expanded its Bellevue office and opened both a Seattle office and a Portland office. The company now has 31 agents. Recent transactions include sale of both the Seattle Safeco Tower to the University of Washington and sale of Safeco's Redmond campus to Microsoft.

Security Properties

Seattle-based Security Properties acquired the 147-unit Boondocker Apartments in Fullerton, Calif., for $23 million. It is adjacent to the main campus of Cal State Fullerton. SPI's portfolio includes 23,000 housing units in 36 states.

BOMA class on energy efficiency

“The BOMA BEEP Series: Energy Efficiency in Office and Commercial Buildings” will be offered March 21 and April 26 at the Red Lion Seattle and May 16 at the Westin Seattle. It is designed for company executives, managers, engineers and tenants. Topics include creating an energy management plan, how to benchmark the performance of a building, energy audits, evaluating the benefits of energy improvements, other ways to improve energy performance and how to build an energy awareness program. The speakers are Craig Sheehy of Thomas Properties Group in Sacramento and Alison Drucker, a faciliator and business strategist. Cost ranges from $125 per person for BOMA members attending one session to $509 for non-BOMA members attending all three sessions for clock-hour credit. For information contact Rod Kauffman at BOMA, (206) 622-8924.

REAPS meeting on team building

The monthly program of REAPS (Real Estate Association of Puget Sound) is set for Thursday, March 22, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Kane Hall, University of Washington campus. The topic is “Hiring the Right Team to Build Your Real Estate Empire,” with Paul Galasso, manager of a real estate investment company. Networking starts at 6:15 p.m. Make reservations online at http://www.reapsweb.com. Cost is $15 for non-members and it is free for REAPS members. Galasso will also be the featured speaker March 24 at the REAPS Saturday Seminar Series at Lake Washington Technical College. His topic is “Building a Real Estate Investing Business.” For more information see http://www.reapsweb.com (events section).