Feb 14, 2014

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie said Patchen Haggerty has joined the Seattle office as a partner in the Trademark & Copyright practice. Haggerty was a partner with Dorsey & Whitney in Seattle. Haggerty manages global trademark portfolios and enforcement programs for companies, including copyright, trade secret, domain name, IP due diligence, privacy and Internet security issues.

Coastal Hotel Group

Coastal Hotel Group of Seattle has hired Diana Delgado as senior vice president of marketing. She will be responsible for marketing, branding, advertising and public relations for Coastal and its properties. Delgado was director of marketing and sales for Pan Pacific Seattle.

Feb 13, 2014

Nyhus Communications

Rochon

McCray

Wells

Nyhus Communications has promoted Andrew Wells, Charles McCray and Stephany Rochon. Wells is account manager and McCray is account supervisor on the public affairs team. Rochon was named account supervisor on the public relations team.

Opus Bank

Opus Bank has hired William (“Bill”) G. Jones and Rachel Thacker as directors and client managers in Commercial Business Banking for the Pacific Northwest. Jones was with Umpqua Bank and is Opus' first commercial banker in Oregon. He will expand the commercial and corporate client base. Thacker is focused on expanding commercial and corporate clients in Seattle/Puget Sound. She was with Bank of America in Seattle.

Morris to lead Lowe in the NW

Morris

Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group hired Suzi Morris as senior vice president in charge of Pacific Northwest operations. She will be in charge of the 24-story, 169-unit condo project at 1321 Seneca St. on First Hill that Lowe Enterprises is doing with Swedish pension fund Alecta. It is scheduled to break ground later this year. Morris has worked as development director for Alliance Residential and senior investment manager of multifamily development for Schnitzer West. She has helped develop more than 1,450 multifamily units in the region. Lowe Enterprises is based in Los Angeles and has developed, acquired or managed more than $21 billion in real estate assets.

Willis to chair CRE chapter

Willis

Shorett

Jon B. Willis of Issaquah-based Global Property Strategies will chair the Counselors of Real Estate Pacific Northwest chapter this year. Peter K. Shorett, an executive vice president at Kidder Mathews, is vice chair. The chapter covers Alaska, Idaho and Washington. The Counselors of Real Estate is a Chicago-based organization with members in real estate, finance and legal fields who provide advice on complex property and land use issues.

Reno project for Lake Washington Partners

Issaquah-based Lake Washington Partners has started a 750,000-square-foot distribution center in Reno's Spanish Springs Business Center for SanMar Corp., a Seattle-based retail supplier. It is scheduled to open at the end of the year. United Construction Co. of Reno is the general contractor. Lake Washington Partners wants to develop another building at Spanish Springs with 800,000 square feet, and is looking for a tenant. Lake Washington Partners will spend $3 million to renovate a building in Sparks, Nev., that SanMar will vacate when it moves to Spanish Springs.

Vancouver Real Estate Forum

The 20th annual Vancouver Real Estate Forum is Feb. 20 at Vancouver Convention Centre West. The conference will open with an overview of the economy and real estate conditions by Sonya Gulati, senior economist at TD Economics. Seminars will include office and residential activity in Vancouver, development in the suburbs, changing demographics and what investors want today. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1nufHbw

eXp opens Louisiana office

A Bellingham-based real estate brokerage called eXp Realty International Corp. has opened an office in Louisiana. The company hired Louise Kennedy as managing broker in New Orleans. Representatives of eXp said it is the first cloud-based global real estate brokerage. The company is active in 29 states and in the Canadian province of Ontario.