Feb 19, 2015

Kidder Mathews hires 4 in San Diego

Benson

Brown

Duncan

Morera

Kidder Mathews had added four more brokers in San Diego. Mickey Morera, James Duncan and Jeff Brown all specialize in sales and leasing for industrial and research and development properties. Jim Benson focuses on industrial properties. Morera, Duncan and Brown all come from Cushman & Wakefield, and Benson was last with Cassidy Turley/DTZ. Kidder Mathews' San Diego office now has eight brokers, and also manages 800,000 square feet of biotech space in La Jolla. Kidder Mathews has 450 employees in 10 offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

This year's challenge: Rainier Malt House

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Students from the University of Washington and University of British Columbia will tackle redeveloping the original Rainier brewery's Malt House in Georgetown for NAIOP's 2015 Real Estate Challenge.

They will present their proposals at a breakfast event at 7:30 a.m. March 11 at Sheraton Seattle Hotel.

For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1zOquCP

Purchase and sales seminar April 1-2

Law Seminars International will hold its 21st annual Advanced Commercial Real Estate Purchase & Sales seminar April 1 and 2 at the Washington State Convention Center. The two-day event will cover market conditions, escrow and closing logistics, litigation, appraisals, financing and negotiations. Co-chairs are Jennifer D. Cobb of Jameson Babbitt Stites & Lombard and Scott B. Osborne of Foster Pepper. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1znVtqi

Finsphere

Oppenheimer

Finsphere Corp., a mobile identity-authentication service, named Deanna Oppenheimer of Seattle-based CameoWorks as a strategic adviser because of her experience in financial services. She was president of consumer banking at Washington Mutual and CEO of U.K. retail banking at Barclays PLC. Oppenheimer started CameoWorks to advise companies on decisions, opportunities, relationships and strategies.

Whitepages

Whitepages of Seattle hired Geoffrey Arone as executive vice president of products. The website provides access to more than 200 million personal identities. Arone was chief scientist at Experian, where he tested and designed products and technologies. He founded three startups, and worked at Oracle and Real Networks.

Frazier Healthcare

Frazier Healthcare, a Seattle-based provider of growth capital to health care companies, added Brett Moraski to its Growth Buyout team as an operating partner. He will focus on payor services and IT-enabled ancillary services to the payor industry. He worked at LLR Partners, WellPoint and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Feb 18, 2015

Integrus Architecture

Irons

J. Irons joined Integrus Architecture as a project manager. Irons will work on project leadership, sustainable design and business development. He has led teams on learning environments, adaptive re-use, office, civic and cultural projects. He was interim executive director of the American Institute of Architects Seattle and helped establish a center for design in the city. The firm provides architectural, planning, interior design, structural engineering and security design services.

IA Interior Architects

Axelrod

Chatfield

Heywood

Vandeberg

Gribbons

Stotz

Moore

Khatibi

Turina

In Seattle, IA Interior Architects promoted Mark Gribbons, Lynn Vandeberg and Nancy Heywood to principal, Patrick Chatfield to design director and senior associate, and Kalman Axelrod, Ali Khatibi, Mary Moore, Annelle Stotz and Carolyn Turina to associate. Gribbons is one of IA's design directors and has over 25 years of professional experience. Vandeburg has more than 20 years of experience in project management and design, and helps oversee major accounts in the Pacific Northwest. Heywood is an account manager with 15 years of experience, including in project management and design. Chatfield has over 20 years of experience and oversees design strategy for IA global accounts. IA is a global architectural firm focused on interior architecture and workplace strategies.

CH2M Hill

Flint

Roger Flint has been named vice president, Northwest geographic manager for CH2M Hill's transportation business group, in addition to his previous duties as area manager and Northwest government relations director. He has been with CH2M Hill since 2006. He holds a master of public administration and a bachelor's from Eastern Washington University.

Parametrix

Perlic

Parametrix promoted John Perlic to senior vice president to oversee Puget Sound operations in Seattle, Puyallup and Bremerton. Perlic will manage over 200 staff in the transportation, water/wastewater, community building, and environmental planning and compliance divisions. He is a transportation planner and engineer who has been with the firm for over 20 years and is on its operations leadership team. Waterfront Seattle is among the projects he has worked on. Parametrix provides engineering, planning and environmental sciences, with offices in the western U.S.

Harriott Valentine Engineers

Lozner

Seattle-based Harriott Valentine Engineers hired Elizabeth Lozner as an engineer. Lozner has nine years of experience providing structural engineering on housing, commercial and institutional projects, and tenant improvements.

SvR Design

Gillin

SvR Design Co. hired Calder Gillin as a senior landscape designer. He has eight years of experience, most recently in lead design roles with CMG Landscape Architecture in San Francisco. SvR provides landscape architecture, civil engineering, planning, and applied ecology services.

The Blueline Group

Kvasnikoff

The Blueline Group hired Zach Kvasnikoff as a project engineer. He has over nine years of experience designing and managing land development projects. He has worked on park, school, housing, commercial and industrial projects. Blueline provides civil engineering and land development consulting services.

Rush, Hannula, Harkins & Kyler

Crowley

Molly Kling Crowley is a personal injury attorney who has been named a partner at Rush, Hannula, Harkins & Kyler. She was admitted to the Washington bar in 2000 and joined RHHK in 2007. The firm has eight attorneys in Tacoma.

Frontier Communications

Christian

Frontier Communications named Cameron Christian vice president of West Region marketing, covering California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, and managing over 2,000 employees. Christian was director of product, marketing and analytics for Cox Business California and also worked at Clearwire in Kirkland. He will be based in Beaverton, Oregon.

High Country Contractors & Developers

Denny

Bower

Renton-based High Country Contractors & Developers hired Teresa Bower and Ramona Denny as project engineers. Bower is a University of Washington graduate with nine years of local construction experience. Denny has 14 years of construction and marketing experience, on domestic and international levels.

PCL Civil Constructors

Olson

Ryan Olson joined PCL Civil Constructors as construction manager for the Transportation Infrastructure Group in Seattle. Olson has 21 years of civil construction experience, holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Santa Clara University, and is a licensed engineer in Washington, California and Alaska. He previously was area manager for a local contractor.

Venture General Contracting

Sadovska

Berg

Chase

Sidoine

Beam

Seattle-based Venture General Contracting hired Todd Beam as superintendent, Sam Sidoine as project engineer, Cate Chase as marketing coordinator, and Neal Berg and Galyna Sadovska as accounting assistants. Beam has more than 18 years of experience with medical, dental, retail, education and restaurant projects. Sidoine has eight years of experience in residential, multifamily and commercial construction. He also started and operated two businesses: one focused on paints and finishes; and the other on multifamily energy efficiency. Chase has more than five years of marketing experience, and previously was marketing manager for the Smith Tower. Berg has two years of financial industry experience, and recently earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Pacific Lutheran University. Sadovska holds a bachelor's degree from Odessa National Polytechnic University.