Jul 28, 2011

Coast Sperry Van Ness

Cole

Willis Cole joined Coast Sperry Van Ness of Everett as a broker specializing in multi-family sales between five and 25 units in North Snohomish County.

Windermere Real Estate

Al-Haddad

Alejandro

Elms

Bateman

New associates at Windermere are Heidi Bateman in the Bellevue South office; Jill Massa, Edmonds; Tana Lehman, Lynnwood; Catrice Elms, Poulsbo; and Marella Alejandro, Sabah Al-Haddad and Julia Jordan, Northlake in Seattle.

Coldwell Banker Bain

Coldwell Banker Bain acquired a new branch office in Anacortes. Coldwell Banker Island Living will become CB Bain's 26th office in Washington Sept. 15. Jean Groesbeck owns and operates the branch, which has a staff of 18 and serves Skagit County.

Paragon and Lake & Co.

Cathy Jeney of Paragon Real Estate Advisors represented Cashell Investments LLC of Seattle in the $2.16 million sale of Cheri Plaza, a 14-unit Seattle apartment at 6547 Fourth Ave. N.E. Leon Woffinden of Lake & Co. represented the buyer, Peony Property Holdings LLC of Saratoga, Calif. The all-cash deal closed in 17 days. Dave Smith of Paragon represented Terrace Building LLC in the $770,000 sale of the six-unit Terrace Apartments, 1014 E. Terrace St. in Seattle, to Terrace IR LLC of Seattle. The buyer will make improvements, according to Paragon.

The Bascom Group

Apartment investment company the Bascom Group says it has completed $566 million in renovations at 206 communities since 1996. San Francisco-based Bascom Northwest owns five communities in the Puget Sound region. Earlier this month, Bascom Northwest and a partner, Rockwood Capital, sold 1000 Eighth Avenue in Seattle for $60.9 million to Acacia Capital.

Harborstone Credit Union

Harborstone Credit Union hired Laurie Leno as chief financial officer. Leno spent a decade as CFO for Prevail Credit Union, where she worked for 25 years.

GA Creative

GA Creative in Bellevue, an integrated branding and advertising agency, has rehired Linda Ryall to its strategy and content team. Ryall worked with the agency on and off for more than 10 years, and is familiar with the client base. She is a strategist and writer.

Magner Sanborn

Magner Sanborn, an advertising, brand design and marketing communications firm in Spokane, hired Jeff Akiyama to its media planning team. Akiyama worked at Quisenberry Marketing and Design where he was also responsible for planning and buying media for clients.