Feb 08, 2013

GreenRubino

Garruto

Bobson

Rodman

Seattle-based advertising firm GreenRubino hired Peggy Rodman as studio manager, Thomas Bobson as account coordinator and Kiri Garruto as media planner and buyer. Rodman was process design lead at NBBJ, Bobson was media contractor at Mixpo and Garruto was media buyer at Thrive.

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank has named Chris Heman as market president for the state of Washington and head of commercial banking in the Puget Sound region effective March 1. Heman succeeds Ken Kirkpatrick, who is retiring. Heman has been with U.S. Bank for 20 years, and has led the retail branch network in the Seattle-Tacoma area since 2005.

Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Seattle-based Noble House Hotels & Resorts named Elizabeth Grillos as regional director of sales and marketing for West Coast properties in the new national sales office in Los Angeles. Grillos was director of sales and marketing at The Standard Hotel in California.

Feb 07, 2013

Lane Powell

Seattle law firm Lane Powell hired attorneys Frances Jagla, Alan Minsk, Jeffrey Reis and Gregory Wesner to its intellectual property practice group in the Seattle office. Jagla worked at Abbott Laboratories and Microsoft. Minsk worked at Openwave Systems and Intellectual Ventures, and Reis worked at Battelle.

HomeStreet Bank

Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank opened a new branch on Capitol Hill at 700 Broadway E. HomeStreet Bank is a state-chartered, federally insured savings bank in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Hawaii.

Tacoma Art Museum

Tacoma Art Museum named Laura F. Fry as Haub Curator of Western American Art effective in April. Fry worked at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo., as part of curatorial team. Peter H. Hassrick will remain as an advisor on upcoming Haub Collection projects. Hassrick is director of the Denver Art Museum.

Plum Creek

Seattle-based Plum Creek Timber Co. named Tom Lindquist, 52, as the new president. He is now executive vice president and chief operating officer, and he will continue to serve as COO. Rick Holley, 60, president and CEO since 1994, will continue as CEO. Lindquist joined Plum Creek in 2001 after working for Trammell Crow as executive vice president overseeing real estate. He has a bachelors from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Plum Creek is one of the largest landowners in the nation.

Red Lion Hotels

Spokane-based Red Lion will add the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino to its newest brand, the Leo Hotel Collection, which is geared toward independent owners of boutique and historic hotels who want access to Red Lion's reservation system. The hotel is one block east of the Las Vegas strip and has nearly 3,000 rooms, as well as 220,000 square feet of meeting space and a casino. Other amenities include 14 restaurants, a 1,650-seat showroom and a 350-seat cabaret.

CBRE

CBRE HMF arranged $17.7 million loan for Allied Argenta of Santa Monica, Calif., to buy two low-income housing complexes. Ashwood Downs in Olympia was purchased for $8.7 million. It was built in 1995 and has 96 units. Atherton Woods in Vancouver was sold for $9 million. It was built in 1994 and has 102 units. The units are available to individuals and families. The income restrictions will be extended for 30 years.

CREW

Key players in the transformation of South Lake Union will speak at the Commercial Real Estate Women luncheon Feb. 14 beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the Washington Athletic Club. Speakers are Jeff Giuzio of Seneca Group, which is advising Amazon.com and managing development of its new Denny Triangle headquarters; Brad Hayes, senior manager at Sellen Construction, the contractor for Amazon's first phase; and John Savo, principal at NBBJ, the Amazon project architect. The event is $45 for members and $65 for non-members. For more information or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/10JytAx