May 17, 2013

Seattle Southside Visitor Services

Katherine Kertzman, executive director of Seattle Southside Visitor Services, has gotten a star named in her honor by The Museum of Flight. Seattle Southside Visitor Services is a tourism and marketing organization focused on South King County.

HomeStreet

HomeStreet said Mark K. Mason, president and CEO, as a finalist for the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Pacific Northwest region. The award recognizes entrepreneurs for innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Vessel Wines

Woodinville-based Vessel Wines has formed a partnership with Collective on Tap. Vessel Wines provides high quality Washington wine on tap, harvested from the Waluke slopes of the Columbia Valley.

May 16, 2013

CenturyLink

Roache

CenturyLink named Rob Roache as regional sales vice president for the Northwest. Roache has held various sales positions during his career at CenturyLink and has led several sales organizations in the southern U.S. CenturyLink is the third largest telecom company in the United States.

OneOcean

Seattle-based OneOcean hired Dr. Prasad Saripalli as chief technology officer and executive vice president. Saripalli was chief architect of the SmartCloud Enterprise Cloud Platform and solution leader at IBM. OneOcean makes the cloud-based ClipCard platform for managing big data.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Clayton Graham, senior associate at Davis Wright Tremain's Seattle office, was named Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2013 by the King County Bar Association. Davis Wright is a national law firm with nine offices and approximately 500 lawyers.

HFO Investment Real Estate

Johnson

HFO Investment Real Estate, a Portland firm that specializes in apartments, added Tyler Johnson as a partner broker. Johnson has worked in real estate for more than 10 years and has brokered more than $125 million in transactions. HFO said it uses a team approach where multiple brokers work together to represent a client. HFO said since 2005 it has represented more buyers and sellers of multifamily projects in Oregon and southern Washington than any other commercial Realtor.

Keller Williams Realty

Schroeder

Keller Williams Realty added three agents to its Bellevue office in April. Freddy Delgadillo was previously with Realty Executives, and Meagan Hall and Crystal Schroeder are starting their real estate careers. Keller Williams is based in Austin, Texas, and has more than 80,000 employees in 700 offices in the U.S. and Canada.

Blueprint Capital

Blueprint Capital, a Seattle-based residential construction lender, said its earnings were up 25 percent over this time last year. For the first quarter of this year, the company earned $1.2 million, compared to $961,227 for the first quarter of 2012. The company said it has made a profit in 13 straight quarters. Blueprint provides financing for developers planning small projects. The company said it funded 32 loans in the first quarter, worth $23.8 million.

Dow Hotel Co.

Amy Wiseman has been hired by Seattle-based Dow Hotel Co. as a project management administrator. She will coordinate design presentations and schedules for all projects. She was previously with LMN Architects where she performed similar duties. Dow Hotel Co. owns, manages and upgrades hotels throughout the country. It has 11 hotels under brands that include Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Embassy Suites, Doubletree, Sheraton and Crowne Plaza. Dow said it has more than $35 million in renovation projects underway. In the past 14 years, Dow Hotel said it has spent more than $150 million on hotel upgrades.

ULI offers tour of UW dorms

The Urban Land Institute is offering a tour of the University of Washington's new student housing projects at 4 p.m. June 4 at Alder Commons, 1310 N.E. 40th St. The western portion of the UW campus is being transformed through the construction of an eight-building, $160 million student housing project with a variety of dorm options. Tour leaders are: Rob Lubin, associate director for facilities and capital planning for UW Food and Housing Services; JR Fulton, capital projects and sustainability manager for Housing and Food Services; Troy Stahlecker, capital projects manager for the university; and Hal Ferris, principal of Spectrum Development. Tickets are $15 for ULI Young Leaders members, $20 for non-members under 35 and $25 for non-members over 35. There will be drinks and happy hour at Big Time Brewery after the tour. For more information, contact northwest@uli.org or 206-224-4500.