Jan 05, 2016

Carney Badley Spellman

Howe

Noel Howe, a principal, has joined Carney Badley Spellman. Howe has worked with tech start-ups for about 20 years in a variety of industries, including software, wireless, biotech, medical devices, e-commerce and clean tech.

Building Industry Assoc. of Washington

Main

David Main, owner of Creative Home Partners, is president of the Building Industry Association of Washington. He has held leadership positions with BIAW and MBA of King/Snohomish Counties. Other elected 2016 BIAW officers are: Ted Clifton of CVH, first vice president; Myra Williams of Baskets by Myra, second vice president; Kevin Russell of Kevin Russell Construction, treasurer; Ron Pelson of Traditional Designs, secretary; and Monty Smith of M.C. Smith Construction, immediate past president.

Hoffman Construction Co.

The Seattle office of Hoffman Construction Co. moved from Westlake Avenue North near Lake Union to Stewart Street near The Westin Hotel. The new address is: 600 Stewart St., Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98101. Phone numbers remain the same.

Dec 31, 2015

Capitol Hill Housing board, foundation

Wong

Miller

Nabors-Glass

Barbara “b.g.” Nabors-Glass has joined Capitol Hill Housing's board of directors, and Laura Miller and Josephine Wong are new on Capitol Hill Housing Foundation's board. Nabors-Glass is with Goodwill, where she leads services such as education and job training. She previously worked at Seattle Housing Authority. Miller is a partner and broker at Gibraltar, where she has represented local companies on leasing and sales. Wong is deputy director of King County's Department of Community and Human Services. Before that, she was chief operating officer for Capitol Hill Housing.

NAIOP topic: the future of Seattle

The topic of the January NAIOP meeting is “Risks & Collaborations: A Discussion on the Future of Seattle” with the 2015 UW Runstad Fellows sharing what they learned about affordable housing, public spaces and social cohesion in three South American cities: Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Curitiba. NAIOP said the event will examine how public and private investment can help make cities in this region healthy, affordable and livable. The event begins at 7 a.m. Jan. 20 at Four Seasons Seattle. Presenters are Joe Ferguson, principal at Lake Union Partners; Maiko Winkler-Chin, executive director of Seattle Chinatown-International District PDA; Kate Simonen and Thaisa Way of University of Washington; and two graduates from the UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies: Yeon Soo Lee and Andrew Hunt. For more information, or to register, visit: http://goo.gl/MXgi7G

Maple Valley retail center sold

Kite Realty Group Trust of Indianapolis said it sold shopping centers in Maple Valley and Cornelius, Oregon, for a combined $45 million. The Maple Valley property is a 119,580-square-foot shopping center called Four Corner Square. Lead tenants are Grocery Outlet and Walgreens. Cornelius Gateway is a 21,325-square-foot shopping center with lead tenants FedEx Kinkos and Anytime Fitness. Kite Realty said it has interests in 124 properties totaling 25 million square feet in 22 states.

Union Bank

Union Bank said Managing Director Kelly Wu has been named asset-based lending origination manager for California, Washington and Oregon. He is based in Los Angeles. Wu has more than 20 years of financial industry experience and was commercial banking regional manager at Union Bank after working in lending and as a CPA in California.

Russell Investments

Russell Investments has expanded the implementation services team with two new portfolio manager roles in Sydney and Tokyo. Jared Bennett works in Sydney and comes from Colonial First State Global Asset Management. Oyunjargal Khuyagdorj works in Tokyo as a senior portfolio analyst, and was previously with Nomura Securities. John Venardos now serves as director, Implementation Services-Australasia, and Hajime Takigawa is senior portfolio manager in Japan.