Dec 05, 2013

Miller Nash

Coyle

Miller Nash hired Briana M. Coyle as an associate in Seattle. She joins the Native American Tribes & Organizations practice team, focusing on business and regulatory compliance issues. Coyle also works with the Business and Government & Regulatory Affairs teams, and participates in professional organizations with a focus on Native American legal issues.

King County Parks Foundation

The new King County Parks Foundation named its first board of advisors and announced a gift of $75,000 from Laird Norton Wealth Management. Board members are: Dow Constantine, King County executive; Frank Greer of GMMB; Terry Lavender, community leader; Louise Miller, former King County Councilmember; Bob Moser, CEO of Laird Norton Wealth Management; Bob Ratliffe of Silver Creek Capital; Maryanne Tagney, community leader; and Maggie Walker, community leader. The group will seek private-sector philanthropy with a goal of raising $750,000 in the next year and $7.5 million in 10 years.

Housing group picks new director

Kooistra

Martin Kooistra is the new executive director of the Housing Development Consortium Seattle-King County. Kooistra has worked in residential and commercial construction for nonprofit and for-profit organizations. At Habitat for Humanity, he helped build alliances in large markets, rural areas and on Native American reservations. The consortium is a nonprofit that represents more than 100 businesses, nonprofits and public partners working to develop and preserve low-income housing.

Stewart Title adds Johndrow

Johndrow

Stewart National Title Services hired Peter Johndrow as a business development officer in the Seattle office. Johndrow will be responsible for new local customers and accounts. He has more than 23 years of experience in title and escrow, insurance underwriting, branch management, and sales and leasing of retail properties. Stewart National Title is based in Houston and is a division of Stewart Title Guaranty Co., which helps companies with closing and underwriting real estate transactions.

New board members at CHH

Capitol Hill Housing added two people to its boards. Pamela Banks, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, has joined the board of directors, and John Hoyt, president of Pyramid Communications, joined the Foundation Board, which raises money for projects and operations at CHH. Capitol Hill Housing owns 44 buildings in Seattle.

Maple Valley center 100% leased

Powell Development Co. said Maple Valley Town Square, a 234,000-square-foot shopping center it developed at state Route 516 and Maple Valley-Black Diamond Road, is full. Josh Parnell, Justin Kraft and Woody Harris of First Western Properties represented Powell. Bellevue-based Powell has properties in Washington, Oregon and Utah. It specializes in shopping centers and stand-alone projects like drug stores, banks and restaurants.

HFO apartment forum in Portland

HFO Investment Real Estate, a Portland firm that specializes in apartments, is holding its eighth annual Investor Roundtable luncheon beginning at 11 a.m. Jan. 9 at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland. John W. Mitchell, former economist at U.S. Bancorp, will talk about the local and national economy; Gwenn Baldwin, government relations consultant for Multifamily NW, will give a legislative update; and HFO partner Greg Frick will report on 2013 and give a forecast for 2014. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/IssUED

Dec 04, 2013

Perkins Coie

Hedberg

Perkins Coie said Steve Hedberg has rejoined the firm as chief operating officer. Hedberg was executive vice president and COO at Aequitas Capital Management, and was a partner at Perkins Coie for more than two decades. He has 30 years of experience with his insolvency practice, and also served on Perkins Coie's management and executive committees. He will oversee the business operations of the firm, which has more than 900 lawyers in 19 offices in the U.S. and Asia.

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

Gordon

LHS&E has added Miriam R. Gordon to the Family Law Practice Group. She graduated from the University of Washington Law School in June and was president of the Public Interest Law Association. Gordon studied in China and speaks basic Mandarin Chinese.

Ankrom Moisan Architects

Comisky

Webb

Ingmire

Rose

Obadiah Johnson

In Portland, Ankrom Moisan Architects hired Troy Dunn as chief financial officer, Sherrill Johnson as a principal/interior designer, Vaughan Reynolds and Sean Scott as architects, Susie Rose and Jill Sabin as interior designers, Obadiah Johnson as an administrative assistant, and Amanda Ingmire, David Webb, Nina Comiskey and Ryan McCullough as interns. The firm provides architecture, interiors, urban design, and branding.

Sabin

Scott

Reynolds

Sherill Johnson

Dunn

ALSC Architects

Gibson

ALSC Architects of Spokane hired Scott Gibson as an architectural intern/designer. He is working on the Washington State University Football Operations Building. Gibson came from Helix Architecture + Design in Kansas City. He holds a masters of architecture from Kansas State University. ALSC provides planning and design, with offices in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.