Apr 01, 2016

City of Fife

Fisher

Pete Fisher was appointed Fife's police chief after a community-led hiring process. Fisher has worked for Metropolitan Parks District in Tacoma and Bremerton Police Department, and has served as an adjunct professor at Central Washington University.

Stokes Lawrence

Stokes Lawrence said Lance Pelletier has joined the litigation practice. He clerked for Justice Charlie Wiggins of the Washington State Supreme Court and served as an officer in the U.S. Army. The firm has offices in Seattle and Yakima, representing businesses, families and individuals.

Mar 31, 2016

Metro Parks Tacoma

Metro Parks Tacoma's executive director, Jack C. Wilson, will retire in September after 16 years leading Metro Parks Tacoma. The community passed bond measures in 2005 and 2014 for over $280 million for infrastructure and capital improvements. The 2014 bond will help replace North Pacific Aquarium, complete a trail and pedestrian overpass connecting Point Defiance to Ruston Way, and develop the Environmental Learning Center at the zoo.

Cloutier Global Intellectual Property

Cloutier Global Intellectual Property, a Seattle-based law firm specializing in patents, trademarks and copyrights, said Reuben J. Ortega has joined the firm as a partner. Ortega is a business attorney who focuses on corporate and transactional matters.

Washington State Hospital Association

Scott Bond, who has been president and CEO of Washington State Hospital Association since 2011, will retire in January of 2017. The WSHA board has selected national firm Korn Ferry to find a new CEO.

Jacobis help fund new UW program

Windermere Real Estate founder John Jacobi and his wife, Rosalind, gave $5.4 million to University of Washington to start an undergraduate minor in real estate studies. The first courses will be offered in January 2017. The money also will help fund two new endowed faculty chairs at Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies in UW's College of Built Environments. The Jacobis attended UW and have supported several athletic programs.

Walla Walla Clothing opens in Tacoma

Walla Walla Clothing Co., a designer women's fashion retailer, has opened a Puget Sound store at Proctor Station, 3910 N. 28th St. in Tacoma. The Rush Cos. developed and manages Proctor Station. Co-owner Teresa Ellison said they have customers from the Puget Sound area who visit Eastern Washington wine country. This will be the chain's third store in Washington. Others are in Walla Walla and Kennewick, as well as Boise and Meridian, Idaho. The chain is looking for other sites in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain West.

NAIOP broker forecast panel April 20

The Washington chapter of NAIOP will hold its annual broker forecast at 7 a.m. April 20 in Hyatt at Olive 8 in Seattle. Bill Pollard of Talon Private Capital will moderate the panel: Craig Kinzer of Kinzer Partners, Scotta Ashcraft of CBRE and Wilma Warshak of Washington Real Estate Advisors, talking about what drives tenant decisions, how landlords are adjusting to tenant demands and regional transportation issues. For more information or to register, visit: http://goo.gl/Lhz5ZW