Mar 30, 2007

Crista Senior Community

Crista Senior Community in Shoreline hired Billie Pendleton as administrator of residential housing services. Pendleton has 27 years of experience in health care and is a registered nurse. Residential and Assisted Living Housing Services is a part of Crista Senior Community, a Christian, non-profit retirement center.

Hispanic National Bar Association

Joaquin Hernandez, an associate in the Seattle office of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, was named one of 19 regional presidents serving the Hispanic National Bar Association. Hernandez will oversee the Northwest region of Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. The Hispanic National Bar Association is a nonprofit, national association representing the interests of over 38,000 Hispanic American members of the legal community.

Avenue A / Razorfish

Avenue A / Razorfish, an international interactive services firm, promoted Colin Kinsella to president of the West region. He will lead all operations in the Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.

Mar 29, 2007

Bank of Everett

Bank of Everett hired Jennifer Middleton as a loan administrator. She has worked with Washington Mutual Bank and EverTrust Bank.

Visible Technologies

Seattle-based Visible Technologies announced that D. Blake Cahill is vice president of corporate marketing. Cahill has more than 15 years experience and held leadership roles at AT&T, Belgacom and Qwest. Visible Technologies is a provider of Internet brand and reputation management services.

Conover Insurance

Conover Insurance of Kirkland announced Ryan N. Kohlbeck is the new public relations and communications director. Kohlbeck has 14 years of marketing and communications experience. Conover Insurance is a full service independent agency with offices throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Hendricks & Partners

Hendricks & Partners named David Young one of its Top Five Producers nationally in 2006. Young closed 13 multifamily transactions in the Seattle market and nationwide during the year, valued at over $471 million including Overlook at Lakemont in Bellevue for more than $63 million and Stonehaven at West Campus in Federal Way for more than $58 million. He has been a Washington real estate broker since 1989 and is West Coast director of the firm's new Institutional Apartment Group.

CWCapital

Needham, Mass.-based CWCapital, a lender to the multifamily and commercial real estate industries, promoted David Crook to senior vice president and regional director for its West Coast capital markets originations. Since its inception in March 2005, the West Coast team has originated more than $800 million in fixed and floating rate debt.

Appraisal Institute

The Seattle chapter of the Appraisal Institute named Jim McGowan, president of McGowan Appraisal Services in Tacoma, as Appraiser of the Year for 2006. The award is for his service and dedication to the institute. He has been an associate member since 1986. He formed McGowan Appraisal Services in 1995.

Vulcan Real Estate

Vulcan Real Estate has set up Webcams so people can watch construction progress on 2201/Enso, Rollin Street and Veer Lofts from their desks. Viewers can pan, zoom and take static images at 15-minute intervals. Here are the Web addresses: 2201/Enso: http://sellen.oxblue.com/1/, Rollin St.: http://vulcan.oxblue.com/rollins/ and Veer: http://vulcan.oxblue.com/veer/

South Sound Commercial Real Estate Forum

Colliers International and the Business Examiner of Tacoma are sponsoring the South Sound Commercial Real Estate Forum on May 2 at the Tacoma Club, Wells Fargo Plaza, 1201 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, starting at 7:15 a.m. The topic is “Creative Solutions in a Tight Real Estate Market.” Panel members are Eric Cederstrand of Colliers, Ron Goodwin of Heritage Bank, Gordon Rush of Rush Commercial Construction and Susan Seuss of the Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board. Tickets are available online for $30 at http://www.BusinessExaminer.com/Reforum. For information call (253) 404-0891.