Sep 11, 2015

World Trade Center Seattle

Conway

Campbell

World Trade Center Seattle appointed Daryl Campbell of Seattle Goodwill and Michael Conway of Starbucks Global Channel Development to its board of governors. World Trade Center Seattle is a gathering place for business leaders and is affiliated with 330 World Trade Centers in 90 countries.

Blue Point Capital Partners

The private equity firm Blue Point Capital Partners announced the recapitalization of Russell Food Equipment Ltd. in Canada. Founded in 1938, Vancouver-based Russell serves more than 20,000 foodservice operators. Blue Point has offices in Charlotte, Cleveland, Seattle and Shanghai, and is managing over $800 million in committed capital.

Sep 10, 2015

First Sound Bank

Redeker

Dan Redeker has joined First Sound Bank as senior vice president and Commercial Team leader. He was AmericanWest Bank's market manager in North Puget Sound, Pierce and Kitsap counties and also worked for Wells Fargo Bank, Washington Mutual and Viking Bank.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Lawson

Pacific Northwest law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt hired Sarah Roubidoux Lawson to its Indian law practice group. Lawson has over a decade of experience and has advised tribal governments on tax, real estate and employment matters, and taught courses on federal Indian law. She is an appellate judge for Northwest Intertribal Court System and on the boards of Northwest Indian Bar Association and National Tribal Land Association. Lawson was general counsel for Snoqualmie Indian Tribe.

DCT Industrial Trust

Gemma

DCT Industrial Trust said it has executed over 1 million square feet of development leases in Seattle in the last 60 days. DCT said its Seattle team executed eight leases in six buildings, bringing the development portfolio to 84 percent leased. It said the deals include two pre-leases for 325,000 square feet in buildings now under construction. Patrick Gemma is senior vice president of DCT. It specializes in bulk distribution and light industrial properties.

Tarragon Property Services

Tarragon Property Services in Sumner has added the Yardi ResidentShield Protection Plan to its Yardi Voyager property management and accounting system as part of a required renters insurance program at its properties. Yardi said in a press release that Tarragon will require renters insurance to mitigate property risks. Shelly Gil, multifamily regional manager for Tarragon, said the system is easy to use. Tarragon provides tablets in onsite rental offices so people can apply for a rental unit and purchase renters insurance at the same time. Tarragon Property Services manages over 2,800 multifamily units.

KBS Real Estate Investment Trust

KBS Real Estate Investment Trust, a non-traded real estate investment trust based in Newport Beach, California, said it has renewed a 17,817-square-foot lease with Applied Speciation & Consulting at North Creek Parkway Center in Bothell. North Creek Parkway Center is a six-building campus with office, laboratory and warehouse space. Applied is a testing and consulting laboratory.

Sep 09, 2015

Olson Kundig

Kudo-King

Kevin M. Kudo-King has become an owner of Olson Kundig. He joined the Seattle firm 19 years ago as an intern architect, and became an associate in 2004 and a principal in 2010. He works on houses, museums, resorts, and mixed-use and institutional projects. He led design of Tacoma Art Museum's Haub Gallery with fellow firm owners Tom Kundig and Kirsten R. Murray, and played a significant role on Bellevue Botanical Garden's Visitor Center, working with owner Jim Olson. His projects have received Chicago Athenaeum's American Architecture Award and National AIA Honor Awards. Kudo-King also oversees marketing and business development.

B+H Architects

Kelly

Jansen

In Seattle, global design firm B+H Architects hired Christa Clark Jansen as a senior interior designer and Emily Kelly as office manager. Jansen has 18 years of experience on hospitality, retail, offices and public spaces. Her projects have included retail repositionings, renovations, expansions and tenant improvements, for clients such as Microsoft and Alaska Airlines. Kelly has experience in marketing, office administration and customer service.

Rice Fergus Miller

Morgan

Mukavetz

Cole

Groves

Mehdiabadi

Rice Fergus Miller hired Parisa Mard Mehdiabadi as a designer, Sara Groves as an interior designer, Lorie Limson Cole as a project manager and Jack Mukavetz and Dustin Morgan as architects. Mard Mehdiabadi is focusing on senior living and community projects. She has a bachelor's in architecture from the University of Washington and a master's in architecture from the University of Michigan. Groves has over 10 years of experience and will do hospitality and senior living projects. Limson Cole is an architect with over 20 years of experience in retail and multifamily design. She will do senior housing. Mukavetz has over 25 years of architectural experience and will work on senior projects. Morgan has 15 years of experience as an architect, health care designer and project manager, and will work on health care projects. Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller is an architecture, interior design and planning firm.

GeoEngineers

Landau

Vela

Julio Vela and Greg Landau rejoined the Portland office of GeoEngineers as a geotechnical principal and senior geotechnical engineer, respectively. They will spearhead geotechnical engineering projects in Oregon and Washington. Vela will open a satellite office in Salem. Vela has over 19 years of geotechnical engineering experience in the Northwest, including 14 years with another engineering firm. He has worked on high-rises, roads, bridges, highways and public works. Landau has over 16 years of geotechnical experience on bridges, roadways, dams, waterfront structures, landfills, public utilities and development projects in Oregon. GeoEngineers is an earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm with 14 U.S. offices.

Rush Commercial

Hardeman

Calvert

Kautzman

Broberg

Silva

Callahan

Hansen

Jarzynka

Horlacher

Thomas

Gagnon

Rush Commercial hired Greg Gagnon, Larry Thomas and Jason Horlacher as project managers; Joe Jarzynka as business development manager; Ben Hansen as general superintendent; Tim Callahan as senior project engineer; Tyler Silva as project engineer; Tracey Broberg, Robert Kautzman and George Goff as superintendents; and Bob Calvert, Brandon Hardeman and Brandon Houghton as assistant superintendents. Gagnon previously worked at Kitsap Credit Union and Merit Construction Northwest. Thomas has more than 20 years of commercial construction experience. Horlacher has more than 10 years of industry experience and previously worked for Engineering Remediation Resources Group. Jarzynka, a former University of Washington football player, spent three years as a commercial broker at Rush Properties. Hansen has more than 20 years of industry experience and previously worked at Halvorson Construction. Callahan has 15 years of construction and electrical experience, and most recently worked at Korsmo Construction. Silva was recruited to join Rush during his senior year at Washington State University in anticipation of graduating from the construction management program. Broberg has nearly 20 years of construction management experience. Kautzman has 10 years of industry experience, most recently working at Korsmo Construction. Goff has nine years of industry experience and previously worked for the commercial division of Zetterberg Quality Homes. Calvert has 27 years of industry experience, and most recently worked at Scull Construction. Hardeman worked for nine years in the facilities maintenance group at Rush Properties. Houghton previously worked at AvalonBay Communities. Gig Harbor-based Rush recently opened an office in Seattle.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

McReynolds

Pugh

Conley

Kollman

Santini

Martin

Smigielski

The Seattle office of Lease Crutcher Lewis hired Jordan Smigielski as project manager; Michael Martin as senior project engineer; and Nick Santini, TJ Kollman and Clint Conley as project engineers. The company also promoted Lowrey Pugh to senior VDC coordinator and Chris McReynolds to project engineer. Smigielski has 10 years of project management experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Purdue University and a certificate in executive management from UCLA. Martin started in construction in 1989, and worked at Lewis from 1996 to 2010. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Ulster. Santini, Kollman and Conley recently earned bachelor's degrees in construction management from the University of Washington. Santini was a sheet metal worker and foreman. Kollman spent seven years in his family's painting business. Conley has been in construction since 2000 as a carpenter. Pugh started as a plumber in 2002 and gradually took on BIM roles, then joined Lewis as BIM coordinator in 2011. He holds an associate's degree in engineering and architectural graphics from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. McReynolds worked as a carpenter and foreman since 2005, and has been at Lewis since 2014. He studied construction management at Central Washington University.

Western Waterproofing

Western Waterproofing Co. celebrated its 100th anniversary by changing its name to Western Specialty Contractors. The St. Louis-based company operates a branch in Seattle.

First California Mortgage

Newbauer

First California Mortgage Co., a home lender active throughout the U.S., is expanding in the Northwest, hiring regional vice president Travis Newbauer, a 12-year industry veteran, to oversee Washington and Oregon. The group will be based in the Kirkland branch at 4040 Lake Washington Blvd. The new loan officers are Paul Berry, Wayland Coleman, Jeremiah Hackbart, Eric Hildebrand, Greg Prendergast, Jose Puebla, Zachary Smith and Esteban Valenzuela.

Paradigm Counsel

Paradigm Counsel LLP, a Palo Alto, California, law firm focused on tech companies, said Greg Wrenn has joined as a partner to lead its new Seattle office in Two Union Square. The firm recently opened a San Francisco office. Wrenn is a Washington native and has worked at several Silicon Valley companies.