Apr 19, 2013

Pacific Continental Bank

Seattle-based Pacific Continental Bank promoted Debra Holland to vice president and relationship banking officer. Holland works in the downtown Seattle office.

Everett Daily Herald

Sound Publishing President Gloria Fletcher named Josh O'Connor publisher of the Everett Daily Herald effective May 1. O'Connor will continue as vice president of Sound Publishing, a position he has held since 2008.

Seattle Aquarium

The Association of Zoos & Aquariums has granted accreditation to the Seattle Aquarium. The independent nonprofit is dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in conservation, education, science and recreation.

Apr 18, 2013

Pacific Continental Bank

Voelzke

Pacific Continental Bank promoted Sarah McCrum Voelzke to vice president and relationship banking officer in its downtown Seattle office.

Salient6

Bellevue-based consulting firm Salient6 hired Joel Oleson as managing director. Oleson worked at Microsoft for seven years as a leader and developer for SharePoint, the web application platform.

Washington Department of Revenue

The Federation of Tax Administrators named the Washington State Department of Revenue the winner of the 2013 FTA Award for Outstanding Compliance Program. The award recognizes the department's mobile device application that helps taxpayers, especially small businesses, calculate the right sales tax rates to charge.

Colliers International

Colliers International hired David Abbott as a senior vice president. Abbott was with Jones Lang LaSalle. He will join Senior Vice President Greg Inglin to work with landlords and tenants in the Seattle central business district. Over the past six years Abbott has represented Prudential Real Estate, UBS, Clarion Partners, Talon Private Capital, Touchstone Corp., Shorenstein Properties and Wright Runstad. Colliers has added 19 brokers in the past 18 months. The company has 482 offices in 62 countries.

Scanlan Kemper Bard

Portland-based Scanlan Kemper Bard Cos., which recently opened an office in Seattle, acquired CityCenter of CityNorth, a 628,000-square-foot mixed-use project in Phoenix that contains condos, office space, retail and nearly five acres of undeveloped land. Scanlan Kemper Bard teamed with Minnesota-based Wayzata Investment Partners LLC to complete the transaction. CityCenter was built in 2008 and has struggled. Scanlan Kemper Bard said it plans to turn the project around by improving the retail and attracting better tenants. Scanlan Kemper Bard has a $2.77 billion portfolio with 20.3 million square feet of office, industrial, retail and housing.

WAR: Nationwide Open House

Thousands of homes in this area will be on display this weekend as part of the fourth annual Nationwide Open House, sponsored by the Washington Association of Realtors. The WAR event became a national event after a statewide open house in 2009 attracted more than 5,000 participants. It started as a series of local open houses. Each open house will be marked by blue balloons with the realtor “R.”

Realtors brief candidates on housing

Seattle King County Realtors will brief candidates seeking local elected office about housing issues at noon May 7 at the Westin Bellevue on Bellevue Way. Presentations will cover legislative, legal and regulatory issues that affect local real estate, housing supply and economic conditions. Northwest economist John W. Mitchell will be the keynote speaker. Make online reservations by May 1 at http://bit.ly/11camu4 .