Jul 25, 2014

Neighborhood Mortgage

Ken Seal, a reverse mortgage specialist with Bellingham-based Neighborhood Mortgage, has been named a Certified Reverse Mortgage Professional. Seal has been a reverse mortgage specialist the past 11 years and has more than 25 years of experience in financial services. The firm said 81 people nationwide have the credential, which requires an exam and background check.

City of Fife

Fife Police Chief Brad Blackburn has resigned after being the chief for eight years. Blackburn began his law enforcement career as a police officer in Fife in 1988.

Jul 24, 2014

Employment Security Department

The Employment Security Department hired Janelle Guthrie as communications director. She was communications director for the Washington State Attorney General's office, working under both Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Rob McKenna.

Microscan

Renton-based Microscan, a tech firm that works on barcode, machine vision and lighting solutions, hired Eu-Gene Ng as regional sales director for the Asia-Pacific region. He will be responsible for sales and engineering activities in Southeast Asia, South Korea, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Ng has 18 years of experience in electronics and has worked for Kemet Corp., Panasonic and Rohm Electronics. He will be based in Singapore.

Red Lion hires new staffers

Frank

Rowe

Attardi

Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels hired three people to help the company grow nationally. David Attardi is regional vice president of lodging development in Washington, D.C. Attardi will focus on finding new franchise opportunities. He was vice president of B.F. Saul Co. Hospitality Group. Angela Rowe will manage franchise sales development from Houston, and will be a liaison to industry trade associations. Sarah Frank will be director of brand marketing. Frank has more than seven years of experience. Red Lion owns, manages or franchises 53 U.S. hotels.

NBS secures $30M for 4th & Pike

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Fourth & Pike Building

Jeff Henderson and Zack Goodwin of NBS Financial Services arranged $29.5 million in permanent financing for Fourth & Pike Building, a 10-story 132,000-square-foot building.

Mayfield Cos. of Palo Alto, California, paid $25.2 million in 2008 for the property and renovated it.

Occupancy is now 95 percent.

NBS Financial represented Mayfield and the lender, Redwood Commercial Mortgage Corp. NBS Financial Services is the financing arm of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson, a commercial real estate company in Portland.

Conference on contaminated land Oct. 2

Northwest Environmental Business Council, NAIOP and Washington State Department of Ecology will hold an all-day conference on ways to clean up and redevelop contaminated land Oct. 2 at DoubleTree Seattle Airport Hotel in Tukwila. Developers, property owners, clean-up professionals, regulators and municipalities will gather to talk about development issues, role of the public sector and technology. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1ng9owc

Berkshire Hathaway adds Tri-Cities firm

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices added Prudential Now Realty in the Tri-Cities to its network. Prudential Now will be renamed Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Tri-Cities Real Estate. It has operated in Kennewick, Pasco and Richland for more than 35 years. Warren Buffett owns Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.