Jul 01, 2011

EDI

EDI, a health care IT consulting and design firm, hired John Darby as vice president in the Seattle office. Darby will help lead business development efforts from the Northwest. He has served on the Lacey City Council and as Lacey deputy mayor, and was VP of business development for the Thurston County Chamber.

Ball Janik

Ball Janik hired Mark Rosencrantz in its Seattle office as of counsel in the litigation and construction defect groups. Rosencrantz was a partner in litigation and construction law with Ashbaugh Beal from 2000 to 2011.

KeyBank

KeyBank hired Jeff Lewis as area retail leader in its Seattle Cascades District. He will manage 13 branches in downtown Seattle. Lewis has worked with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, U.S. Bank and Frontier Bank.

Jun 30, 2011

Seattle Convention & Visitors Bureau

Seattle's Convention & Visitors Bureau hired Kelly Peiffer as national account director, Midwest office. Peiffer joins Roxanne Townsend in representing Seattle in the Midwest. Peiffer has 15 years of experience in tourism sales, destination marketing and business development. SCVB has an office in Washington, D.C., and its headquarters in Seattle.

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bank hired Peter Glein as residential loan officer in western Pierce and Thurston counties. Glein has nine years of experience in banking and was recently manager of Cherry Creek Mortgage.

Trinity Real Estate

Trinity Real Estate said it will “upsize” the Enclave at Lake Union to target people moving from large homes on Lake Washington. The company will combine some of the 21 fee-simple attached units to create 5,200-square-foot units. A unit in “vanilla shell” condition will be priced at about $3 million. Fully finished units will be priced at about $3.4 million. The standard units range from 2,500 to 3,000 square feet, and are being presold starting at $1.3 million. Some presales are in negotiations but no units are under contract, according to Dean Jones of Realogics Sotheby's International Realty, which is co-listing Enclave with Northwest Group Real Estate. Atelierjones is the architect, and Charter Construction is the proposed general contractor. The Enclave is at Wards Cove, on the northeast shore of Lake Union. Wards Cove Packing Co. is developing the overall project, which will have a marina, office space and 12 floating homes.

Matrix and ResortWorks

Matrix Real Estate and ResortWorks at Crescent Bar said they have formed a new partnership. ResortWorks markets and manages vacation rentals at Crescent Bar on the Columbia River in Quincy, Grant County. The company also brokers sales of other properties. ResortWorks brokers are Faye Torgerson and Michelle Smith. Torgerson was a business partner of Mike Miller, partner and designated broker of Seattle-based Matrix.

Green-Real-Estate.com

Green-Real-Estate.com has expanded its videos about the green building industry in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, B.C. The expanded content is intended to help people find architects and contractors, as well as energy efficient houses.

NAIOP

NAIOP's 7:30 a.m. July 20 breakfast will look at the impact of tourism on commercial real estate. The breakfast meeting is at the Seattle Sheraton. Speakers are David Blandford of the Seattle Convention and Visitors' Bureau, Matthew Behrens of CBRE Hotels, hospitality consultant Frank Finneran and Andy Olsen of Columbia Hospitality.