Apr 05, 2013

City of Fife

Laurel Potter has been promoted to Fife's economic development and marketing program manager. Potter has worked for the city since 2007. She has a BA in public relations from Washington State University and is nationally certified as a public information officer.

Bristol Bay Resource Solutions

Bristol Bay Resource Solutions, a newly formed subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, officially began operations March 25. Terri Bozkaya is president and CEO. Bristol Bay Resource Solutions provide services to the native corporation's subsidiaries in construction and tourism.

NAES Corp.

Issaquah-based NAES Corp., which provides services to the energy industry, hired Duncan Brown as director of corporate development and engineering services. Duncan was senior project manager with Science Applications International.

Apr 04, 2013

Integra Realty Resources

Nidecker

Bucklin

Integra Realty Resources directors Greg Bucklin and John Nidecker earned the Appraisal Institute's MAI designation. MAI candidates must pass several tests and demonstrate their knowledge and experience. Bucklin has been in real estate valuation and consulting since 2001. He has been with Integra since 2007, when he joined as a senior analyst. Nidecker started his appraisal career in 2002, and he has been with Integra as a senior analyst since 2009.

BOMA

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Seattle/King County, CleanScapes and Seattle Public Utilities are taking applications for the 2013 Golden Dumpster Awards to reward commercial property owners for reducing solid waste, increasing recycling and composting, and educating tenants about the issue. This is the second year for the awards. Owners of properties in Seattle who are BOMA members can apply. They will be judged based on responses to an online survey about waste diversion, education and purchasing. Awards will be given in three categories: small (under 200,000 square feet); medium (200,001 square feet to 500,000 square feet); and large (over 500,000 square feet). Applications are due Aug. 1. For more information, visit: http://www.cleanscapes.com/seattle.

NAIOP

Experts will discuss what office buildings might look like 10 or 20 years from now at the Washington chapter of NAIOP's 2013 Spring Seminar starting at 7 a.m. April 17 at the Westin Seattle. Three panels that include architects, developers and real estate experts will show how designing office space has changed and present local winning entries in NAIOP's Office Building of the Future, 2020 competition. Cost is $90 for non-members and $75 for members for the full session. For more information or to register, visit: http://www.naiopwa.org.

Vulcan Real Estate

Two retailers — Oculus Eyecare and Lake Union Vision Clinic — have moved into South Lake Union spaced owned by Vulcan Real Estate. Oculus opened a 1,400-square-foot store on the bottom floor of the Borealis apartments at 740 Denny Way. The store will provide eyewear as well as exams. It will sell the first adjustable carbon fiber frame and frames crafted with wood from the bottom of the Mississippi River, Vulcan said. Lake Union Vision Clinic will open a branch this summer at 2200 Westlake. The clinic has locations in Bellevue, Kent, Auburn and West Seattle.

Opus Bank

Irvine, Calif.-based Opus Bank will open branches in Seattle and Tacoma in the third quarter of the year. The Seattle branch will be at 1411 Fourth St., where Tully's Coffee was previously located. The Tacoma location will be at 950 Pacific Ave., Suite 150 in the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce building. Opus has 20 locations in the region, but none in Seattle or Tacoma. It has more than 50 branches in California and Washington.

Lane Powell

Seattle law firm Lane Powell hired Priya Sinha Cloutier in the intellectual property and technology practice group. Cloutier was special counsel at Karr Tuttle Campbell.

Bellevue Downtown Association

The Bellevue Downtown Association named Janice Morris, senior vice president and senior client manager with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as 2013 board chair. Morris has more than 30 years of real estate industry experience in the Puget Sound region.

PRR

Seattle-based PRR hired Diana Steeble as director of public relations. Steeble has 13 years of industry experience with newspapers, magazines and television. PRR is an integrated communications agency with offices in Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas.