Nov 13, 2012

Magner Sanborn

Gleason

Ellis

Boutz

Spokane-based Magner Sanborn hired Charlotte Boutz as senior account planner, Scott Ellis as digital marketing specialist and Jimmy Gleason as web developer. Magner Sanborn is an advertising, brand design and marketing communications firm.

Wells Fargo

San Francisco-based Wells Fargo hired Terese Rowe as senior vice president and head of its agribusiness group in Oregon. Rowe led corporate credit at Rabobank Chile. Wells Fargo is a diversified financial services and banking company.

Friends of Youth

Redmond-based Friends of Youth opened a shelter for young adults in Snoqualmie at 7971 Maple Ave. S.E. as a trial program for three months. Friends of Youth's programs encourage individual growth and constructive relationships.

Nov 09, 2012

Wells Fargo Bank

Doolittle

San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank hired James Doolittle as senior investment strategist in the Seattle office. Doolittle has 33 years of financial services experience and worked as vice president and senior portfolio manager for U.S. Bank.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Keeley

Berntsen

Attorneys Stephanie Berntsen and Brian Keeley in the Seattle office of regional law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt were named co-chairs of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers' Employment Section. The Washington Defense Trial Lawyers promotes professional and ethical standards for civil defense attorneys.

Taiyo Pacific Partners

Kirkland-based Taiyo Pacific Partners hired Daniel Ludwig and Jeffrey Cagnina as managing directors for marketing and client servicing. Ludwig held leadership positions for Geode Capital Management and Mountain Pacific Group in Boston. Cagnina was president of Hunt Financial Ventures in Dallas. Taiyo Pacific Partners is a hedge fund specializing in Asian countries.

Nov 08, 2012

GreenRubino

Davis

Seattle-based GreenRubino hired Melissa Durfee Davis as media director. Davis was media director at DNA Seattle for 10 years, and also worked at Cole & Weber and Borders Perrin Norrander's Seattle office. GreenRubino is a communications and marketing firm founded in 1977.

The Fearey Group

Seattle-based Fearey Group hired Nandi Thorn as account supervisor and Rosalind Brazel as account coordinator. Thorn worked at Waggener Edstrom. Brazel worked at KIRO-7. Fearey is an independent public relations and affairs firm.

Foster Pepper

Weythman

Weythman

Seattle-based law firm Foster Pepper hired Lee Marchisio and Rylan Weythman as associates in its Seattle office. Marchisio practices municipal government and previously worked for the governor's office. Weythman practies litigation and dispute resolution.

CBRE, Martin Selig Real Estate

CBRE has partnered with Martin Selig Real Estate on leasing 635/645 Elliott Avenue West, a LEED gold, two-building, 342,000-square-foot office complex at the base of Queen Anne. Selig's Mike Brixner and Theresa Howard will continue their leasing work, joined by CBRE's Tim O'Keefe, Jesse Ottele, Cavan O'Keefe and Nick Carkonen. The team will focus on marketing the balance of 645 Elliott and presenting 635 Elliott. The buildings were completed in 2010.

Dow Hotels

The Dow Hotel Co., a Seattle firm that owns, manages and invests in hotels, promoted Michael McGuigan to general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton O'Hare Rosemont in Illinois. He will manage the 369-room hotel and provide support to the Embassy Suites Rosemont. He was general manager of the Chicago Marriott Suites Deerfield.

Blueprint Capital

Blueprint Capital, a residential construction lender in Seattle, reported its 10th consecutive quarterly profit. For the third quarter ended Sept. 30, earnings increased 47 percent to $951,358 compared to $647,827 in the third quarter a year ago. Year-to-date earnings were $2.8 million compared to $1.5 million in the like period a year ago. Earnings were driven by growth in one- to four-family construction loans, according to Mark Knoll, co-founder and CEO. The firm focuses on small-scale urban development, and also helps with finding new projects and marketing. In the third quarter it funded 49 loans for a total commitment of $35.8 million.

Port of Kalama

Wine bottle manufacturer Bennu Glass LLC leased another 20,000 square feet of warehouse space at the Kalama River Industrial Park for storage and distribution of wine bottles. The company acquired assets previously owned by Cameron Family Glass Packaging and started bottle production there earlier this year. The Port of Kalama is in southwest Washington on the Columbia.

Keller Williams

Keller Williams said Alex Jobe and Glover Weiss have formed the Jobe Lifestyle Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Kirkland Market Center. Jobe was previously with John L. Scott Real Estate focusing on luxury real estate. He has a team of five, including his wife, Mary Jobe, that specializes in luxury and waterfront property as well as land. Weiss is assistant team leader of the land development division of the new group, focusing on residential land in Bellevue and throughout the Eastside. Weiss also worked for John L. Scott Real Estate.

Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets said it secured $103 million in senior financing for two multifamily properties in Renton on behalf of Fairfield Residential Apartments. Prudential Life Insurance provided seven-year, fixed-rate loans on The Reserve and The Sanctuary, which total 880 units. The five-story properties are in The Landing, on 7.83 acres. They were built in 2009 and 2010.

Seabrook

Seabrook is offering the Tour Of Homes on Saturday, Nov. 17. People can see oceanfront and in-town beach cottages. Information is at (360) 276-0099 or http://www.SeabrookWA.com .

NBS Financial Services

NBS Financial Services Principal Mike Wood and Associate Finance Officer Andrew Patterson have arranged $9 million for Pioneer Village Shopping Center in Orting, about 40 miles south of Seattle. The 82,130-square-foot Pioneer Village Shopping Center was built in 2000. It is anchored by Safeway and is 92 percent occupied.