Jul 08, 2010

Northwest Kidney Center

Dr. Cyrus Cryst is medical director of Northwest Kidney Centers' Port Angeles Kidney Center. He will oversee patient care and succeeds Dr. Robert Wilburn, who is retiring. Cryst has worked at Virginia Mason as section head in nephrology.

Intermec

Everett-based Intermec hired Peter Fausel as vice president of North America sales. Fausel has 28 years of sales experience and was recently executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer service at I.D. Systems.

Tacoma Goodwill Industries

Michael Bulling, a member of a Sea-Tac Airport custodial crew, was honored by Port of Seattle Commissioners and CEO Tay Yoshitani. Bulling received the Tacoma Goodwill Industries Graduate of the Year Award in recognition of his efforts to overcome physical challenges. Bulling works for Capital Building Maintenance, which provides custodial service at the airport.

BrightScope

BrightScope, an independent provider of retirement plan ratings, named the Top 10 Seattle area companies with the highest ranked 401k plans containing more than $100 million in assets. The top 10 are: Davis Wright Tremaine, Perkins Coie, Alaska Airlines, Microsoft, Group Health Permanente, Milliman, Attachmate, Everett Clinic, Weyerhaeuser and Intermec.

Fursse & Hall Realty

Sam Ogden joined Fursee & Hall Realty as a commercial leasing and sales agent in the Seattle metro area.

Seattle Union Station

Seattle Union Station, the 606,000-square-foot three-building campus next to Qwest Field in Seattle, has been certified LEED silver in the category of operations and maintenance of existing buildings. CB Richard Ellis provided sustainability services. CBRE said a clean water treatment system eliminates the need for hazardous chemicals and reduces annual water consumption by more than 500,000 gallons. Tenants are composting food waste and recycling more than 271 pounds of paper each day. Certification required no major capital upgrades.

Webinars on short sales

A free webinar series on short-sales will be offered at noon on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each lasts an hour and will include a question-and-answer session. A lender, CPA and lawyer will cover whether lenders will consider short sales; how the IRS will treat a short sale for tax purposes; and promissory notes, deficiency judgments and short sales. Real estate broker Robin Speronis will be the host. Register at AskZenRealEstate.com.

CREW event on green design

Josh Beard of Core Design and Pam Worner of Green Dog Enterprises will talk about trends in green design and construction at a Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle & Sound education event at 5:30 p.m., July 15, in the third-floor conference room at the 1918 Eighth Avenue Building in downtown Seattle. Cost is $20 to $30. Register at crewseattle.org.

NAIOP topic: What large tenants want

At the July 21 breakfast in Redmond, NAIOP members will hear how tenants with large space requirements are deciding where to locate, and how landlords and municipalities are courting them. Dan McFeeley of Esterline Korry Electronics, Kimberly Gray of the federal General Services Administration and Tim Dore of Casey Family Programs are scheduled to be on the panel. Rob Arron of Vulcan Real Estate will moderate. The 7:30 a.m. breakfast will be in Building 33 at Microsoft, 16070 N.E. 36th Way. Costs range from $25 to $60. Register at naiopwa.org.

Marcus & Millichap investor symposium

Marcus & Millichap's Seattle investor symposium will be at 11:30 a.m. July 27 with a presentation of investment opportunities as well as a talk by Greg Wendelken, regional manager of the brokerage, on Seattle commercial real estate trends and a 2011 forecast. The symposium will be at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave. RSVP by July 19 by contacting Janine Baker at (206) 826-5700 or janine.baker@marcusmillichap.com.