Nov 04, 2011

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bank promoted Tim Stempel to senior vice president and manager commercial banking. Tim is responsible for managing 28 lenders, analysts and support staff as well as the Bank of Astoria Commercial Lending Team.

U.S. Department of Justice

After nearly 18 years, Kent Municipal Court Judge Robert B.C. McSeveney will retire to take a position with the U.S. Department of Justice as a federal immigration judge. McSeveney was Kent's first municipal court judge in January of 1994. A temporary replacement will fill the remainder of his term ending Dec. 31, 2013. Election for the position will be held in November of 2013.

NAES

NAES Corp. of Issaquah, a provider of services to the energy industry, hired William Day as vice president and general manager of the NAES Power Contractors office in Hillsboro, Ore. Day has 30 years of experience in the generation industry and was recently vice president, development engineering and construction at Calera Corp.

Nov 03, 2011

Foster Pepper

Foster Pepper hired Adam Coady, Thomas Fabrega, Alexandra Gilliland and Nathan Luce as associates in its Seattle office. Coady works in the Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Group. Fabrega and Gilliland work in the Litigation Practice Group. Luce works in the Real Estate Practice Group.

GA Creative

Bellevue-based GA Creative, a branding and advertising agency, hired Van Nguyen to the accounting department. Nguyen is responsible for financial and project account systems and databases.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

The Seattle office of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt hired attorney Brian Keeley. Keeley focuses on employment, employee benefits and ERISA, and is a frequent speaker on employment law issues.

Real Estate Investment Services

Anderson

Gleason

Tacoma-based Real Estate Investment Services opened offices in Kent and Seattle. Chad Gleason manages the Kent office on West Meeker Street. Gleason, who also owns Gleason and Co., is a real estate and investment broker who specializes in retail, small office and investment properties. He is president-elect of the Kent Downtown Partnership. Chad Anderson, co-owner of Real Estate Investment Services, manages the Seattle office on Dexter Avenue. He specializes in commercial sales and leasing, property management and investment properties. He also handles receiverships and commercial REOs for local banks.

CBRE Group

Santangelo

Rice

Jim Rice and Nick Santangelo joined CBRE Capital Markets, creating a new debt and equity finance team in Portland. Rice is an executive vice president and the leader of the Northwest region, which includes Portland and Seattle. Previously he worked for Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, managing offices in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. Santangelo is a vice president at CBRE. He also worked at Berkadia.

Kidder Mathews

Harkestad

Retail specialist Rune Harkestad joined Kidder Mathews' Bellevue brokerage division as a vice president. He was with First Western Properties, where his focus was acquiring sites for Walgreens, KeyBank, Sonic restaurants and others. He now works on retail and development sites.

Axia Financial

Keith Frachiseur joined Axia Financial as president. He was president of Evergreen Home Loans as it grew from three to 22 branches and more than tripled revenues during the real estate downturn. Bellevue-based Axia has 11 branches across Washington.

Keller Williams

Shari Jansen is CEO/team leader of Keller Williams Realty's Wallingford office. Aaron Petersen is managing broker. Michael Norton is CFO. New Keller Williams brokers are Irene Pappas, Robin Wilcott, Michael Pearce, Barb Brown, Bob Boyd, Sue Schindler, Cory Wilcox and Tyson Lim.

NBS Real Estate

NBS Real Estate Capital of Portland changed its name to Morrison Street Capital. The firm was founded by CEO Rance Gregory and Norris, Beggs & Simpson, and the ownership is unchanged. The name change is intended to eliminate confusion with the Morrison Street funds that the company manages. The company will move next month from the second floor to the 18th floor at 121 S.W. Morrison St.

EMB Management

The Bellevue office of EMB Management, a condo community management company, added Shumway Condominiums of Kirkland and the Stellina Condominium Association in Seattle to its portfolio.

Foreclosure class

Law ReviewCle is holding a seminar about foreclosures Nov. 17 in Seattle. It will cover how to help clients avoid foreclosure, defend against it and seek alternatives. The class is at Four Seasons Seattle. Registration details are at http://tiny.cc/9nueu or by calling (800) 648-8604.