Nov 08, 2013

Lane Powell

Julia Abelev and Margaret M. Grega have joined Lane Powell's Construction and Litigation Practice Groups, respectively. Abelev focuses on complex disputes involving construction, contract and environmental law. She was a summer associate at Lane Powell and an intern to Judge Bruce E. Heller of King County Superior Court. Grega was also a summer associate at Lane Powell and a legal extern to Judge Deborah M. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska and Judge Karl Boettner at the Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Clark Nuber

Bellevue-based Clark Nuber, a CPA and consulting firm, has made several new hires: Adam Bystedt, Doug Denneson, Mai Cha and Brittani Reiterman are audit associates; Johnathan Diem, Kelsey Hicks, Andrew Murphy, Jacob Strba and Christine Sorteberg are tax associates; and Krystal Kurokawa is an audit senior.

Nov 07, 2013

Bell Harbor

Asher

Flaherty

Bell Harbor International Conference Center named Brian Flaherty as general manager and Ashley Asher as director of sales. Flaherty worked at the Bellevue Club and Hotel Bellevue, where was general manager. He was vice president of operations at MTM Luxury Lodging, and came to Seattle to be general manager at the Olympic Hotel. Asher worked at Washington Athletic Club as director of catering sales, and at Santa Barbara Four Seasons, and Ojai Valley Inn and Spa.

Gov. Jay Inslee

Gov. Jay Inslee has a new chief of staff: senior adviser Joby Shimomura. Shimomura will replace Mary Alice Heuschel, who has served as chief of staff since January. Heuschel will now work on updating a program to track government performance and efficiency. Shimomura served as Inslee's chief of staff for six years when he was in Congress and managed several of his campaigns.

Prudential NW now Berkshire

Prudential Northwest Realty Associates is now Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate, part of a new network operated by HSF Affiliates LLC that is under Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices brand, based in Irvine, Calif. Buffett bought a controling interest in Prudential in 2012 and said at the time that he'd buy millions of houses if that were possible. Prudential Northwest was founded in 1942 and has more than 350 agents in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Mike Gain is president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate, and Earl Lee is CEO of HSF Affiliates. Berkshire Hathaway has brokerages in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina and Texas.

HFO adds Trevor Carlton

Calton

HFO Investment Real Estate, a Portland firm that specializes in apartments, added Trevor T. Calton as a senior broker. Calton is a professor of real estate finance at Portland State University, and he has worked in real estate since 1997. He has worked as a commercial broker, managing partner in a commercial real estate investment firm and a senior financial mortgage analyst. Calton was director of asset management for the Housing Authority of Portland, where he managed 6,000 low-income housing units in Multnomah County.

Gorlick retiring from Chicago Title

Paravia

Molitor

Gorlick

Kaye Gorlick, senior commercial account manager for Chicago Title of Washington, will retire at the end of this year. Gorlick started with Chicago Title in 1987, and played a key role in expanding the commercial department, which handles sales, escrow and title work. The department will be led by Kelly Molitor, Steven Paravia, Mike Beckman and Bob Anderson, who have a combined 75 years of experience in the industry. Chicago Title provides title, escrow and under-writing services.

Thomas Co. opens Seattle office

Thomas Co., a Newport Beach, Calif.-based commercial real estate brokerage, opened a Seattle office and hired Adam Christoffersen. In July, veteran CBRE broker Jeffrey Thomas founded the company, which specializes in net lease transactions. It provides single tenant, net leased investment brokerage and capital markets advisory nationwide. Christoffersen was previously vice president at Gibraltar LLC, a Seattle-based developer, property manager and broker. Thomas and Christoffersen worked together at CBRE.

HomeStreet opens California offices

Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank has opened five California home loan offices in San Francisco, Newport Beach, San Diego, Carlsbad and Del Mar. HomeStreet opened its first California location in February, and added six more in September. The 93-year-old company now has 24 retail branches and 41 home loan offices in the Pacific Northwest, California and Hawaii.