Jun 21, 2007

Colliers

Brian Lennon has joined Colliers International's Puget Sound Real Estate Management Services Group as general manager. He has 25 years of international experience in commercial real estate. Lennon oversee real estate management assignments in Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma.

John L. Scott

J. Lennox Scott, chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, named Phil McBride chief financial officer of the 76-year-old, Bellevue-based company. McBride worked in financial management for Coldwell Banker and the Fred Sands Companies.

Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield of Washington hired Ed Thenell as managing director of client solutions for the Pacific Northwest region. Thenell will oversee property management, project management and agency leasing services, with primary responsibility for business development, for offices in Seattle, Bellevue and Portland. He was managing director for asset services for CB Richard Ellis and senior vice president and principal for the Trammell Crow Co. in Seattle.

CB Richard Ellis

CB Richard Ellis announced the addition of three brokers to its Tacoma office. John Bauder, Bob Hacker and Yeh-Hee Hahn will focus on leasing, investment sales and retail services in South King, Pierce and Thurston counties.

Kenmore, Housing Resources Group

Kenmore Partners and the city of Kenmore have formed a partnership with Housing Resources Group to provide affordable housing in Kenmore Village by the Lake, a mixed-use project that is intended to revitalize downtown Kenmore. The city and project developer Urban Partners are working together on plans for housing, retail and open space. The project includes redevelopment of nine acres of city-owned property.

National Traffic Safety Institute

The National Traffic Safety Institute promoted Greg Cupper to vice president, Northwest region. Cupper has worked for NTSI for six years. His region covers Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Idaho.

The Frause Group

The Frause Group, a Seattle and Portland-based public relations, marketing and business analysis firm, hired three new people. Kelly Beckley is account supervisor, and Nicole Phelan and Judy Cookson are account coordinators. Beckley brings 20 years of marketing communications experience. Phelan came from Phoenix with a year and a half of experience as an account coordinator. Cookson has interned for Frause and is pursuing a degree in communication at the University of Washington.

Mercer Estates Winery

Mike Hogue, Rob Mercer and Rob and Barbara Herle are partners in a new winery called Mercer Estates. The winery, located in the Port of Benton's Prosser Wine & Food Park, will have a 65,000-case production facility in a 15,000-square-foot building. Another 12,000-square-foot building will have a tasting room and storage.

DatStat

Seattle-based DatStat, a provider of survey research systems, named Brian Schlosser as its new CEO. For the past eight months Schlosser has been COO. He has served on the company's advisory board since 2006. Former CEO Elizabeth Miller will be chairman of the board and assume the role of chief scientific officer.

Parsons Public Relations

Parsons Public Relations hired Kara Palmer as senior account manager. Palmer was an advocacy officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.