Oct 07, 2011

Gallagher Benefit Services

Bellevue-based Gallagher Benefit Services of Washington added Tom Petry to its employee benefits consulting practice as associate client consultant. Petry worked for UNUM Life Insurance Co. in San Francisco.

Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson

Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson said founding firm member Mark S. Clark has returned to active practice with the firm in both litigation and mediation. Clark has 35 years of trial and appellate experience, and has tried to verdict more than 70 cases. Clark received his law degree from the University of Virginia School Of Law in 1968.

Washington State Bar Association

The Washington State Bar Association gave Justice Mary Fairhurst the 2011 Award of Merit. This is the WSBA's highest honor, most often given for long-term service to the bar or the public.

Oct 06, 2011

State Housing Finance Commission

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Rieckers

The state Housing Finance Commission gave Ray Rieckers a lifetime achievement award. He's the retired director of Housing Opportunities for Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University, and on the Housing Finance Commission. Friend of Housing awards went to Betsy Lieberman, Seattle, executive director of Building Changes; Mark Flynn, Burien, retired from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Northwest field office; Marc Cote, Seattle, a director with the Washington Homeownership Resource Center and Parkview Services; retired architect John M. Campbell, founder of Homes For Islanders on Orcas Island; Arlene L. Patton, Spokane, retired from the Spokane and Boise HUD offices; Ray Mooney of Deer Park, retired executive of Sterling Savings Bank; and Elena Basset, executive director of the Colville Indian Housing Authority.

Norman Partners

Seattle real estate veterans Jim Norman and Rob Larsen formalized their long-time collaboration and formed Norman Partners, an advisory firm. Norman most recently was principal at MetPartners. He founded and ran The Norman Co., which was one of the region's largest real estate firms in the 1980s and 90s before its sale to Trammell Crow Co. Larsen most recently was a principal at ClearPath Real Estate, which used the clearpath strategic planning system. Originally created to develop and manage Disney Theme Parks, the clearpath system uses storyboards to display the complex functions of a corporate or institutional real estate portfolio.

Paragon Real Estate Advisors

Erik Peterson and Cathy Jeney of Paragon Real Estate Advisors represented an Anacortes limited liability company whose member is Joline Hedgcock in the sale of a six-unit Seattle apartment building, the 2707 Franklin, in the Eastlake neighborhood. James G. and Susan A. Lutz of Seattle paid $1.15 million. Paul Mickley, also of Paragon, represented the buyers. The building sold at a 4.8 percent cap rate. The buyer obtained a loan through US Bank.

Portland Housing Bureau

Uptown Tower, a 72-unit affordable housing complex in downtown Portland, is re-opening after a $16.2 million renovation. The Portland Housing Bureau worked with Guardian Real Estate, Oregon Housing Community Services, MHT Housing, JP Morgan Chase, PNC Multifamily Capital, LMC Construction, Carleton Hart Architects and Glow Interior Design. The project was part of the city's 11 X 13 housing preservation campaign, which identified 11 buildings with federal subsidy contracts, some of which were set to expire. The program prerserved more than 520 apartments.

New green valuation form

The Appraisal Institute released a form to help analyze energy-efficient houses. The group says this is the first of its kind for appraisers. It is an optional addendum to Fannie Mae Form 1004, which is widely used for mortgage lending. The addendum is at http://tiny.cc/kkada.

NAIOP program on Frederickson

NAIOP's South Sound Committee will hold a program on the Frederickson industrial area at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 14. Topics include how Pierce County's largest contiguous industrial area was developed, current projects and impediments to growth. Panelists will be economic development officials and representatives from Boeing and the Port of Tacoma. The event is at the Hotel Murano. Register at naiopwa.org.

Carney Badley Spellman

Law firm Carney Badley Spellman hired Christine Sanders as an associate. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy in both state and federal courts. She was a litigation associate with Gordon Thomas Honeywell.

Betts Patterson Mines

The law firm Betts, Patterson & Mines hired several lawyers. Toni Anders is a director and concentrates on insurance coverage and commercial litigation. Charles Lyman is a director in the Business Litigation Group. Bree Kame'enui-Ramirez has a civil and commercial litigation practice focused on product liability and federal Indian law. P. Jason Skuda focuses on insurance coverage and commercial litigation.

WSBA

The Washington State Bar Association said Cashmere attorney Stephen Crossland was sworn in as 2011–12 WSBA president. He replaces President Steven Toole. President-elect Michele Radosevich, of Seattle, was also sworn in. New WSBA governors include James Armstrong of Kent, Daniel Ford of Seattle, Vernon Harkins of Tacoma, Brian Kelly of Chehalis and Wilton “Bill” Viall of Seattle.

GA Creative

GA Creative, a branding and advertising agency, did design and messaging for a $17 million fundraising effort for Tacoma Art Museum, including a $10 million access endowment, a $3.5 million plaza redesign and a $2.5 million art endowment to build a collection of Northwest art.