Aug 04, 2016

Positive Changes Hypnosis Center

Nelson

Positive Changes Hypnosis Center in Bellevue hired Jennifer Nelson as the business development specialist to work with medical professionals and corporations. Positive Changes offers programs to help with weight loss, smoking cessation, stress and wellness. It also has programs for sports, sales and pain management. Nelson's background is in pharmaceutical and medical sales.

Skagit County

Skagit County won a national award from the Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties, taking eighth place in the under-150,000 population category. The center is a research institute that looks at initiatives that save money, boost efficiency and transparency, and improve cybersecurity.

City of Tacoma

Tacoma City Council is looking to fill three positions on the 15-member Human Services Commission. The commission conducts public hearings and makes funding recommendations to the city. Information is on the city's website or from Pamela Duncan, Neighborhood and Community Services, at (253) 591-5057. Applications are due today at cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication.

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler

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Broker Holliday Fenoglio Fowler handled the sale of two Albertsons grocery stores in Renton and Milton for a combined total of $13.6 million. Both stores are leased through 2035 to the national grocery chain, which merged with Safeway last year. The seller, HH Property North, LLC, was represented by HFF brokers Nick Foster, Mark West and Nick Kassab. The buyer, CE Enterprise Partners, LLC, was represented by Bob Tuller of Cushman & Wakefield San Francisco.

Pryde + Johnson

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The Soren has 111 units, retail and underground parking.

Through an LLC, developer Pryde + Johnson has sold the 111-unit Soren apartments in Ballard for $45 million. Completed in 2014, the six-story Soren also has 4,500 square feet of retail space and underground parking. Jones Lang LaSalle and Candoo Associates brokered the deal to buyer Soren Apartments LLC, which is associated with Pillar Communities of Scottsdale, Arizona. JLL says the Soren is now 96 percent leased. Pryde + Johnson now is building the 106-unit Keelson in Ballard, expected to open this fall.

Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Ottele

Broker NGKF has announced three new hires: Jesse Ottele, Cavan O'Keefe and Brody O'Keefe. All three were at CBRE and have deep roots in the Seattle-Puget Sound market. New York-based NGKF was formed in 2012 when owner BGC Partners merged the remnants of Grubb & Ellis with its Newmark Knight Frank.

Aug 03, 2016

Grant Thornton

Corbett

Grant Thornton LLP named Donald Corbett market territory managing partner for the Pacific Northwest, with offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Portland and Anchorage. He will oversee audit, tax and advisory services. He was the firm's West Region and California tax practice leader.

Washington State University

Richard Zack has been appointed interim associate dean of academic programs in the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University. His research has resulted in the identification of new insect species, including seven named for him.

Freight Mobility Investment Board

Governor Jay Inslee named Fife Deputy Mayor Pat Hulcey to a second four-year term on the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board. The board proposes policies, projects, corridors and funding to the Legislature.

SCJ Alliance

Ordonez

Dunn

Cuffeld

McCoy

Dobbs

In Lacey, SCJ Alliance hired Mallory Dobbs as an engineer, Kevin McCoy as a marketing coordinator, David Cuffeld as a project coordinator, Sam Dunn as a design engineer and Samantha Ordonez as an on-call designer. Dobbs was a civil engineering intern at SCJ and holds a degree from Saint Martin's University. She will work in the civil engineering group. McCoy has over 10 years of marketing and graphic design experience. Cuffeld is on the transportation planning team and is pursing a bachelor's in IT security. Dunn works in the transportation design group and graduated last month from Saint Martin's University. Ordonez works on the civil engineering team. SCJ provides civil engineering, transportation planning and design, environmental and urban planning, landscape architecture and design, and public outreach.

The LA Studio

Bailor

Snow

In Seattle, The LA Studio promoted Roby Snow to senior associate and Mark Bailor to associate. The firm is celebrating its fifth anniversary providing landscape architecture, land planning and land entitlement services. Projects have included senior housing, hospitality, assisted living and memory care, parks, mixed use, transportation, renovations and a major office complex for the Federal Aviation Administration.

NAC Architecture

Iverson

Eixenberger

Vishwanath

Schneider

Lamb

Maxey

In Seattle, NAC Architecture hired Joshua Lamb as a designer. In Spokane, it hired Jack Schneider as an electrical engineer, Manasa Vishwanath as an interior designer, Emily Eixenberger as an architectural designer, Lars Iverson as a senior electrical designer and Emily Maxey as a payroll/human resources specialist. Lamb has 10 years of experience on commercial projects and will work on Snoqualmie Valley School District's Mount Si High School. He was with Shugart Wasse Wickwire Architecture & Interiors. Schneider is working on projects for Quincy School District. He holds a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Eastern Washington University. Vishwanath had been partnering with NAC through 4orm Studio, which she founded in 2011. She is working on the Truman Orthodontics Office in Las Vegas. Eixenberger is working in the health care studio on Providence Heart Institute's Cath Lab replacement in Spokane. She holds a master of architecture degree and a bachelor of interior design degree from University of Idaho. Iverson has 15 years of experience. He is working on Bellevue College residence hall. Maxey does payroll activities and supports human resources. She has a bachelor's in business from University of Washington. NAC provides planning, design, engineering, and capital facilities services.

GSI Water Solutions

Janssen

Melady

In Portland, GSI Water Solutions promoted Jason Melady to principal and Kenny Janssen to supervising hydrogeologist. Melady is a hydrogeologist with 14 years of experience managing and supporting water resource, groundwater supply and water rights projects. Janssen has 12 years of experience and works on groundwater development, resource protection, and hydrogeologic site characterization projects. GSI is a consulting firm that works on groundwater, environmental contamination, and water rights projects.