Sep 23, 2010

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives, a full-service U.S. business law firm, hired Hunter Ferguson to the Seattle office as an associate in the Litigation Group. Ferguson was a law clerk for the Honorable Stephen J. Dwyer at the Washington State Court of Appeals.

Threshold Group

Threshold Group, an independent wealth management firm in Gig Harbor, named longtime associate and client advisor Kristen Powers Bauer as West Coast head of family office services. Bauer, who works in the Seattle area, will team up with Dan Geary, her counterpart in Philadelphia. They will oversee Threshold's wealth management relationships with families.

Leopold Ketel & Partners

De Bortoli Wines, one of Australia's largest wineries, selected Portland-based Leopold Ketel & Partners to provide marketing and public relations services in the United States. LKP's initial assignment will be for Emeri De Bortoli Sparkling Wines.

Wood Resources

Wood Resources, a member of the Atlas Holdings group of companies, announced William R. Corbin, a former executive vice president of Weyerhaeuser Co., has been appointed chairman of the board. Wood Resources is an Olympia-based manufacturer of specialty and commodity plywood founded in 2003.

Bentall LP, Kennedy Associates

Douglas Poutasse was named executive vice president of Strategy and Research for Canada-based Bentall LP, a real estate advisory and services company, and Bentall's U.S. partner, Seattle-based Kennedy Associates. He worked at AEW Capital Management as chief investment strategist. He is past president of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries and is on the board of the Real Estate Research Institute.

Fursse & Hall Realty

Meagan K. Groghan joined Fursse & Hall Realty as a commercial leasing and sales agent in the Seattle metro area.

Grubb & Ellis Landauer

Grubb & Ellis Landauer Valuation Advisory Services opened in Seattle. Chad A. Campbell heads the office. He was managing director of the Northwest region for CB Richard Ellis Valuation & Advisory Services. The Seattle office is one of 12 across the country. Landauer officials said the company will grow to more than 350 appraisers with a presence in every key market in the nation.

Network Home Loans

Steve Wilde joined Network Home Loans as vice president and manager of the Everett branch. He previously worked for HomeStreet Bank, where he managed the Mountlake Terrace branch.

Heartland LLC

Deva Dawson is a new project manager at Heartland, a Seattle real estate consulting and investment firm.

Brownfields conference in Tacoma

The theme of the Northwest Environmental Business Council's Oct. 6-7 Brownfields Redevelopment Council in Tacoma is Reclaiming Our Communities. Topics include how to get work with public agencies, financing public and private projects, the state of the real estate financing market, and redevelopment options. Register at nebc.org, or call 1 (800) 227-6361.

NAIOP looks at alternative financing

The commercial real estate group NAIOP's 7:30 a.m. Oct. 8 breakfast meeting in Tacoma will examine alternative financing options. Topics include new market tax credits, HUD Section 108, 63/20 bond financing and the EB-5 program. The meeting is at Hotel Murano, 1320 Broadway Plaza. Register at naiopwa.org or by e-mailing info@naiopwa.org or calling (206) 382-9121.