Oct 14, 2011

Swedish/Issaquah Medical Center

Swedish named Lily Jung Henson chief of staff at Swedish's new medical campus in Issaquah. Jung Henson has moved her neurology practice to the Medical Office Building at Swedish/Issaquah, which opened in July. Jung Henson chairs the Physician Credentialing Committee for the Swedish system. She will also serve as medical director for neurology at the Issaquah campus and has been with Swedish for 21 years.

Keller Rohrback

Keller Rohrback hired Deirdre Glynn Levin. She will divide her time between the Debtor/Creditors' Practice Group and the Complex Litigation Group. She previously ran a solo practice, representing business and consumer debtors.

KeyBank

KeyBank is opening a new branch in the Fairwood area of Renton. The 4,300-square-foot building is at 13933 S.E. Petrovitsky Road. Grand opening is Oct. 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sandra Sliskovic will manage the branch. She has 12 years of experience, the past eight with Key.

Oct 13, 2011

Carney Badley Spellman

Carney Badley Spellman named Emilia Sweeney a shareholder. Sweeney has experience in complex litigation involving insurance matters and deceptive and unfair business practices. She is a past-president of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Bullivant Houser Bailey

Bullivant Houser Bailey, a business, litigation and insurance coverage law firm, hired Daniel Bentson as an associate in the Seattle office. Bentson previously completed a one-year clerkship with Washington State Supreme Court Justice James M. Johnson.

Northwest Health Foundation

Thomas Aschenbrener, founding president of the Northwest Health Foundation, will retire in June of 2012. Aschenbrener has served as chief executive since the foundation was formed as a result of the sale of PACC Health Plans in 1997. Its mission is to advance, support and promote health issues in Oregon and Southwest Washington. A transition team has been established, and a recruitment process begin in early 2012.

Colliers International

Cooper

Ford

Office brokers Tony Ford and Bill Cooper joined Colliers International. Ford is a senior vice president in the Seattle office, and Cooper is a vice president in Bellevue. Ford has completed more than 1.5 million square feet of transactions and has represented Facebook, University of Washington and other clients. Cooper's clients include Sound Transit and ING Financial. Both were with Pacific Real Estate Partners, which merged last week with Jones Lang LaSalle. Office tenant rep specialist Bryan Rush earned the certified green broker designation. More information about it is at http://tiny.cc/cz2bc.

Marcus & Millichap

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services named Justin C. White acting regional manager in Seattle. He replaces former Seattle Vice President and Regional Manager Greg Wendelken, who has left the firm. In addition to serving as acting regional manager of Seattle, White oversees the Portland, Reno and Sacramento offices as vice president of the Pacific Northwest, a position he has held since June.

NorthMarq Capital

Ron Peterson of NorthMarq Capital's Bellevue office arranged first mortgage financing through Freddie Mac of $19.3 million for Addison Greens, a 225-unit apartment in Puyallup. Financing was based on a 7-year term, interest-only for two years, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.

NAIOP fall seminar

NAIOP's half-day fall seminar “Creating Value Part II: New Development” will be at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 19 at the Seattle Westin. Panelists are Tom Parsons of Holland Partners, John Parker of Bentall Kennedy US and Greg Smith of Urban Visions. Subsequent panels will cover land values and risk. Panelists for the land values program are Scott Biethan of CBRE, Rich Hill of McCullough Hill Leary and Brian Kenworthy of Kidder Mathews. Risk panelists are Marc Wright of US Bank, Jim Karambelas of GLY Construction and Mike Nelson of Schnitzer West. Continuing ed credits are available. Register at http://www.naiopwa.org.

Fall appraisal conference

The Seattle Chapter of the Appraisal Institute will hold its daylong Fall Real Estate Conference at 8 a.m. Oct. 27 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Keynote speakers are Real Capital Analytics Founder and President Robert White Jr. and Appraisal Institute President Joseph Magdizarz. Information is at http://www.ai-seattle.org or by calling (206) 622-8425.

Development incentives conference

The Real Estate Development Incentives Conference will be at 8 a.m. Nov. 3 at the Red Lion Hotel in downtown Seattle. Topics include tax credits, public financing, land use incentives, green building, conservation easements and public/private partnerships. Registration and information is available from The Seminar Group at http://tiny.cc/f1yqa.

Growth management seminar

The 20th annual Conference on Growth Management and Land Use is Nov. 3-4 at the Grand Hyatt at Olive 8 in Seattle. Law Seminars International hosts the conference for attorneys, real estate and land use professionals as well as city and county officials and planning consultants. Information is at http://tiny.cc/hegxi.