Mar 03, 2016

Helsell Fetterman

Spence

Kirkevold

Kameron Kirkevold and Michael Spence have joined the partnership at Helsell Fetterman. Kirkevold has been practicing law for seven years and has been with Helsell Fetterman since 2010. He represents professional and lay fiduciaries. Spence has been practicing in Seattle for 30 years and with Helsell Fetterman since 2012, focusing on real estate transactions, zoning and land use, code enforcement defense, government relations and corporate issues.

Flying House Productions

Flying House Productions, the parent organization for Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus, named Paul Caldwell artistic director, effective Aug. 1. Dennis Coleman, who has led the group for 35 years, is retiring. Caldwell will move here from Chicago, where he was artistic director for Youth Choral Theatre of Chicago, Windy City Gay Chorus and Windy City Treble Quire.

Cruise Planners

Steve Williams and Justin Yamada have opened a Vancouver office of Cruise Planners, a home-based travel agent franchise network that offers travel packages and other services. Franklin Reed has joined the travel agency franchise on Capitol Hill in Seattle. He specializes in river cruises, LGBT travel and the French Riviera.

NBS sells multifamily business

Stratton

Norris, Beggs & Simpson of Portland sold its residential property management business — NBS Multifamily Management — to Hoban & Associates, which is part of the Everett-based firm Coast Group of Companies. NBS said it will focus on capital markets. Susan Stratton started the property management division in 2010. The portfolio has more than 2,000 units in the Portland area. Coast Group was founded in 1987 and manages more than $4 billion in assets. Services include management, transactions, construction services and equity investments in commercial and residential real estate.

CBRE hires Heather Almond for retail

CBRE hired Heather Almond to lead the retail management business. She will be associate director of asset services in Seattle and Portland. Almond has more than 15 years of experience in managing and marketing shopping centers mostly in San Francisco, Seattle and Roseville, California. She was vice president of marketing for Westfield Corp. in San Francisco.

Leslie Beaird joins Tierra

Beaird

Tierra Right of Way Services named Leslie Beaird to manage right of way operations in the Pacific Northwest. Beaird has 19 years of experience in the right of way industry. She last worked at Universal Field Services, and before that she worked at Washington State Department of Transportation.

Vision 2040 nominations due

Puget Sound Regional Council is seeking nominations for the annual Vision 2040 awards. The awards honor sustainable projects that consolidate jobs and housing near existing infrastructure. Previous winners include Kitsap Forest and Bay, Marion Green Townhomes, and Tacoma's Regional Growth Center Plan. Nominations are due by May 20. For more information contact Michele Leslie at (206) 587-4819, mleslie@psrc.org or visit: http://goo.gl/qV8yIU

Cedarbrook Lodge gets $27M

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Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. said it arranged $27 million in first mortgage financing for Cedarbrook Lodge, a 167-room hotel in SeaTac. The lodge is on seven acres of restored wetlands and two miles from Sea-Tac Airport. It has 17,000 square feet of meeting space and a gym. Sonnenblick-Eichner is a real estate investment banking firm based in Beverly Hills.

Capri Apartments open in Kirkland

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Capri Apartments has opened at 324 Central Way in Kirkland. Continental Properties said the five-story, 73-unit project will help meet the demand driven by workers at Google, Tableau Software and Wave Broadband. Rents for the one- and two-bedroom units range from $1,825 to $5,395. Retail tenants include Key Bank, Emerald City Smoothie, T-Mobile, Bella Vision and Zoom+Care. Studio Meng Strazzara is the architect and Compass General Construction is the general contractor. Other team members are: Cary Kopczynski & Co., Pace Engineers, CT Engineering, Morrison Hershfield, HV Engineering, AES Associates, Thomas Rengstorf & Associates, Sechrist Design Associates and ABPB Consulting.