May 13, 2011

WWU

Bradley Smith, dean of the Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, has been appointed to the North Pacific Research Board by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. The board supports research to build a clear understanding of the North Pacific, Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean ecosystems.

Optimum Energy

Optimum Energy hired Ben Erpelding as vice president of engineering and solution architecture. Erpelding has been the company's director of engineering since June of 2007. He has 14 years of experience in energy efficiency, chiller plant optimization and combined heat and power technologies.

Smart City Networks

The Washington State Convention Center in Seattle renewed its contract with Convention Communication Provisioners, a subsidiary of Smart City Networks, for two years. The company has provided event technology services, including telecommunications, data and Internet services to the center since 2001.

May 12, 2011

KeyBank

KeyBank named Sean Haugh manager of the new Bellevue branch at 3240 156th Ave S.E. in the Eastgate area, on the site of a former Shell station. It will open June 13, with a grand opening event July 16. Haugh joined KeyBank in 2009.

WSU University College

The University College at Washington State University said Mary Sanchez Lanier will lead pre-health sciences advising and STEM education. The change follows budget cuts and reorganizations in the College of Sciences and the College of Nursing. The team supports undergraduates who intend to work in health-related areas. Sanchez Lanier will continue as clinical associate professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Clark Nuber

Clark Nuber, a CPA and consulting firm in Bellevue, promoted Matt Dutton, Rebecca Homola and Sarah Wine to audit and assurance manager. The promotions are in response to the growing business needs of the audit and assurance department.

Emeritus and Blackstone

Emeritus, a Seattle-based provider of senior living services, entered into an agreement with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors to acquire 24 assisted-living communities with 1,870 units. They now are owned by a joint venture of Emeritus and Blackstone: Emeritus owns 19 percent and Blackstone owns 81 percent. The price to acquire Blackstone's interest is approximately $99 million. Emeritus has 482 communities in 42 states.

Capitol Hill Housing

Capitol Hill Housing's Broadway Crossing won a Door Knocker Award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The 44-unit complex is at 815 E. Pine St. and has a Walgreens store at the base. It was developed in 2007 with HUD assistance. GGLO designed it and Rafn was the general contractor.

Archstone

Apartment owner and operator Archstone appointed Richard E. “Rick” Lamprecht executive vice president of development for the West, which includes Washington. The firm has more than 2,700 apartments in the pipeline but none are planned for Washington. Lamprecht was owner and principal of REL Property Consulting.

Fannie Mae

Wells Fargo Bank is first on Fannie Mae's top multifamily loan originators for 2010. The others are DB Mortgage Services, Walker & Dunlop, CBRE Multifamily Capital, PNC Bank, Arbor Commercial Funding, Prudential Multifamily Mortgage, CWCapital, M&T Realty Capital Corp. and Greystone Servicing Corp.

Seattle King County First Citizens

Former Seattle Mariner pitcher Jamie Moyer and his wife, Karen, are the Seattle King County Realtors' 2011 First Citizen Award winners for their work through The Moyer Foundation, which has raised more than $20 million to support programs for children.

CoStar Power Brokers

CoStar released this year's Power Broker list, based on sales and lease transactions it has tallied. Seattle's top leasing firms are Broderick Group, C&W Commerce, CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International, First Western Properties, Grubb & Ellis, Jones Lang LaSalle, Kidder Mathews, NAI Puget Sound Properties, Neil Walter Co., Pacific Real Estate Partners, The Andover Co., CAC Group, Wallace Properties and Washington Partners. Top sales firms are CBRE, Colliers, Grubb, Hendricks & Partners, JLJ, KM, Marcus & Millichap, Neil Walter, PREP and Washington Real Estate Advisors.

• Top office leasing brokers are Clay Nielsen, Doug Hanafin and Ed Curtis of Washington Partners; Dwight Newell, Jesse Ottele and Tim O'Keefe of CBRE; Greg Inglin, JJ Shephard, Mark Flippo and Stuart Williams of PREP; Jason Furr, Paul Sweeney and Tony Ulacia of Broderick; and John Hansen and Shawn Hardy of CAC.

• Top retail leasing brokers are Carol Pugh, Sandy Pody and Tiffini Connell of West Coast Commercial Realty; Connie D. Boyle of Andover and formerly with Colliers; Constance Wilde of CBRE; Don Whittles, Jeremiah Durr and Tim Weber of First Western Properties; James Reed of AGM; Jay Bergevin, Louis Wenger and Monica A. Wallace of Wallace Properties; Nicholas Gill of Westlake Associates; Steve Olsen of JSH Properties; and Susie Detmer of C&W Commerce.

• Top industrial leasing brokers are Andrew Harnish, formerly with JLJ and now with Orion Commercial Partners; Chris Hughes and Mark Flippo of PREP; Chris Spofford of JLJ; Doug Klein and Matt Wood of KM; John Bauer, John Gilliland, John Sullivan, Matt O'Brien and Ric Brandt of CBRE; John Hanson, Kristina Madayag and Todd Meldahl of C&W Commerce; Matt McGregor of Grubb and formerly with Cushman & Wakefield; and Scott Alan of Colliers.

• Top sales brokers are Armand Tiberio, Robert Sheppard and Spencer Hurst of Marcus & Millichap; Dave Schumacher and David Mortensen of Colliers; Frank Bosl, Jon Hallgrimson and Tom Pehl of CBRE; Giovanni Napoli and Philip Assouad of KM; and Kenny Dudunakis of Hendricks & Partners.