Nov 01, 2016

Stoel Rives

Lin

Stoel Rives LLP said two female attorneys — Sallie Lin and Alyssa M. Petroff — have joined the firm as OnRamp Fellows in Portland and Seattle. Stoel Rives is one of 29 law firms in the U.S., Australia and the UK involved in this re-entry program for women in the legal and financial services industries. Participants get education, training and one-on-one coaching with career experts. OnRamp Fellowship was created to close the gap between female and male lawyers in leadership roles. Lin focuses her practice on real estate law in Seattle. Petroff is in Portland and focuses on business law.

Pike Place Market Foundation

Pike Place Market Foundation said that it has raised $6 million for Pike Up!, including recent donations from Pike Place Chowder, Microsoft and The Norcliffe Foundation. The $9 million capital campaign was launched to help fund MarketFront on Western Avenue, adding a public plaza, retail, senior housing and a neighborhood center. The deadline for donations is Jan. 31, 2017, if you want to get a Market Charm or Bronze Hoofprint installed by the grand opening next June. Go to http://www.pikeup.org.

ABC of Western Washington

Fitzgerald

Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington hired Nathan Fitzgerald as director of membership. Fitzgerald has worked in government affairs and as a lobbyist with Carney Badley Spellman, and as a campaign manager and small business owner. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Washington and was an assistant boxing coach at the school.

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

Bellevue-based Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties won a Council Award for Demonstrating Remodeling Excellence from the National Association of Home Builders. MBA won the Public Relations and Promotion category for its local Remodeling Excellence and Trade Remodeling Excellence awards program. The CADRE was presented last month during the annual NAHB Remodelers awards presentation at the 2016 Remodeling Show in Baltimore.

Oct 28, 2016

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn

Loberstein

Kaai

Bornemann

Pacific Northwest law firm Miller Nash Graham & Dunn hired three associates in Seattle. Kalin Bornemann joins the business team with several years’ experience. George Kaai joins the real estate and land use team, and Katie Loberstein joins the litigation team. Kaai and Loberstein are first-year associates. Bornemann practiced at Harlowe & Falk in Tacoma.

Oct 27, 2016

222 Market

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Broth Bar at 222 Market

The new Olympia food hall 222 Market has signed another tenant with Broth Bar, a Portland cafe opening its second location. Sisters Tressa Yellig and Katie Yellig debuted their first Broth Bar in August of 2015. The market is scheduled to open Nov. 19 at 222 Capitol Way N., in a former Packard car dealership. It was developed by Lela Cross, Gray Graham and Joy Graham. Other tenants are Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar, Blind Pig Spirits, Sofie's Scoops and Peddler Bistro. Design-build firm Artisans Group created the space. Find more info at 222market.com.

Skanska

McCullough

New York-based Skanska USA announced that Murphy McCullough has been promoted to executive vice president and regional manager for commercial development in Seattle. While with Skanska, McCullough has worked on Alley 111 in Bellevue, Stone 34 (the Brooks Sports headquarters and flagship store in Fremont), and Tommy Bahama's headquarters at 400 Fairview in South Lake Union. The Seattle native and UW graduate is currently leading development of 2+U, a 38-story tower at Second Avenue and University Street that is still in design review. 2+U will have about 18,500 square feet of retail, 30,000 square feet of public space and up to 665,000 square feet of office space. The site is owned by the Samis Foundation. Pickard Chilton Architects of New Haven is designing the structure to be raised on distinctive diagonal legs. Completion is set for 2019.

Guild Mortgage Co.

The independent mortgage lender announced its recent move to SLU, taking 5,000 square feet in the 1000 Dexter building. Guild said the company has grown from 15 to 22 employees in the last year and needed more space. In a statement, its Northwest regional manager Charles Nay said, “The Seattle housing market has grown rapidly over the past few years, and the Guild Mortgage branch in the area has grown accordingly to meet that demand.” Founded in San Diego in 1960, Guild now has 234 offices in 25 states. Nationally, it generated loan volume of $13.8 billion last year and servicing volume of $22.3 billion.

SVN/Raven

Gleason

Irvine, California-based broker and advisor SVN announced that two of its Seattle area advisors have joined its national coporate real estate and advisory services group. Chad Gleason is presently a regional director for SVN and principal in the Kent-based Raven Commercial Real Estate, which holds the SVN franchise for the Seattle area. Broker Suria Elbietar joined Raven this summer after 11 years as a property manager and store developer for Starbucks. In a statement, SVN said that both “will represent corporate clients in the fulfillment of their industrial and office property needs in the Puget Sound area with negotiating contracts and managing business operations to optimize their real estate assets.” The SVN franchise network was founded in 1987.

King County Metro

Interim Metro General Manager Rob Gannon has been named to the position permanently. Gannon has been interim general manager since March and was Metro deputy general manager from 2013-2016, and human resources manager for King County Department of Transportation from 2011-2013. His salary will be $193,634. The agency's proposed 2017-2018 budget is about $2.5 billion to operate transit service across King County.

Redmond Ridge Self Storage

U-Haul Company of Washington said Redmond Ridge Self Storage has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer in Redmond. It is located at 23060 N.E. 102nd St., and will offer U-Haul trucks, towing equipment and pick-up for boxes. It is operated by Patrick Reilly and Lorin Christean.