Oct 07, 2016

Washington State University

Washington State University's Museum of Art Director Chris Bruce, 69, will retire Oct. 14. Since he joined the museum in 2003 it has organized 90 percent of its own exhibitions, and five have toured to other U.S. museums. Construction starts soon on a new $15 million museum building on Terrell Mall. Bruce was a curator at the University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery, and was founding director of curatorial and collections at Paul Allen's Experience Music Project.

Washington State Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association gave Perkins Coie and Microsoft the 2016 Pro Bono Award for providing volunteer legal assistance to immigrant youth from the community in a partnership with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.

Oct 06, 2016

Washington Hospitality Association

The state has a new trade group: Washington Hospitality Association. It is located in the former offices of the Washington Restaurant Association in Olympia. Anthony Anton is president and CEO. He led WRA for nine years. A years ago Washington Restaurant Association and Washington Lodging Association combined functions and staff under a joint operating agreement. WHA has more than 6,000 members statewide.

Museum of Flight

Jeff Bezos and Addison Pemberton were chosen as the Museum of Flight's 2016 Pathfinder Award winners. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is a spaceflight entrepreneur who founded Blue Origin and Bezos Expeditions. Pemberton is renowned for restoring antique aircraft and the co-owner of Scanivalve Corp. They will be honored at the annual Pathfinder Awards Dinner at the museum on Oct. 22.

Tarragon

Pappas

Tina Pappas, former director of real estate services for Bill & Melinda Gates Investments, has joined Tarragon as senior director of real estate operations. Pappas has over two decades of experience in real estate. Tarragon's projects include Dwell, a recently completed mixed-use complex in Kent.

Davis Property & Investment

Williams

Leone Williams has joined the asset management team at Davis Property & Investment. She replaces Gill Weaver, who retired as the company controller. Davis develops and manages property in the greater Northwest, primarily commercial and industrial.

HFF

Otis

David Otis has joined HFF as a director of investment sales, focused on the Seattle market. He will be based in Portland, and specialize in office, land, retail and industrial property. He was with the Seattle office of Jones Lang LaSalle.

Law Seminars International

Dates for the Conference on Washington's Growth Management Act have been announced: Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 14 and 15 at Marriott Courtyard Seattle Downtown. Speakers will include Beth Ginsberg of Stoel Rives, Richard Settle of Foster Pepper and Traci Goodwin of the Port of Seattle. Topics will include design review boards, climate change, treaty rights and affordable housing. Registration and details: lawseminars.com.

Legacy Partners

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San Francisco-based Legacy Partners, an active multifamily developer in the Northwest, announced that Milehouse Apartments in Redmond was a Merit Winner in Multi-Family Executive Magazine’s Project of the Year contest. Milehouse won in the mid-rise podium apartment category. It opened in October 2015, with 177 units on six stories, parking, and 2,100 square feet of street-level retail, currently leased to the gastro-pub Growler USA. Tiscaren was the architect. Compass was the general contractor.