Aug 10, 2018

Darklight

DarkLight, Inc., formerly Champion Technology Co., and maker of cybersecurity solutions using an artificial intelligence expert system, named Dan Wachtler chief executive officer. He has extensive experience in financial crimes compliance and cybersecurity. The company also has moved its headquarters from Santa Monica, California to Seattle.

First Choice Health

Seattle-based First Choice Health hired Ron Cornell as director of product innovation and James Cassel as director of Oregon sales. Cornell was lead consultant for innovation and strategic development at Premera Blue Cross. He has more than 20 years of experience with healthcare market product development. Cassel has more than 14 years of sales and marketing experience, and was lead account sales executive at Providence Health Plan. First Choice is a health plan administrator.

Maglio Christopher & Toale

Attorney Brenton A. Elswick joined Maglio Christopher & Toale's vaccine injury litigation team in Seattle. Elswick is experienced in contracts, torts, business law and intellectual property matters. He was part of a federal-court appointed team tasked with unwinding a $190 million foreign currency arbitrage Ponzi scheme.

Aug 09, 2018

KNKX

Handley

88.5 KNKX hired Northwest jazz radio veteran Carol Handley as director of music programming. KNKX's current music director, Nick Francis, retires this month after 13 years in that position. Handley has decades of programming, management and on-air experience in Seattle, and was interim general manager and on-air host at KBCS-FM at Bellevue College.

Omeros

In Seattle, biopharmaceutical company Omeros named Dr. Eckhard Leifke chief medical officer and vice president of clinical development. Leifke has more than 20 years of drug development experience, having built and headed global teams at Sanofi, Bayer and Takeda. He takes over for Dr. J. Steven Whitaker, who is focusing on regulatory approvals for Omeros' antibody drug OMS721.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

In Seattle, Jessica L. Roe joined Cairncross & Hempelmann's real estate team and Jonathan D. Tebbs joined the litigation team. Roe is experienced with the Land Use Petition Act, SEPA, design review challenges, zoning laws and housing affordability. Tebbs focuses on commercial litigation and business disputes in state and federal courts, including securities, antitrust, trade secrets and product liability cases.

Benaroya can start Winlock project

Lewis County said that Benaroya Co. can start building Benaroya Pacific Northwest Regional Logistics Center near Winlock, west of Interstate 5 and a little south of Chehalis. Lewis County calls it “the largest remaining undeveloped contiguous land available in the Pacific Northwest.” It is cleared for 5 million square feet of development. The site is SEPA-approved, and a $1.5 million measure for utility extension was approved during the last state legislative session. Larry Benaroya said in a statement, “We think this site is a great opportunity for future industrial development due to its convenient central location between Portland and Seattle, and the fact that SEPA has been completed and utilities are now available to the site.” CBRE's Brett Hartzell is marketing the property.

Jackie Lee joins Dow Hotel

Lee

Local firm Dow Hotel Co. hired Jackie Lee as VP of hotel investments to add more small, boutique properties to Dow's portfolio, and expand into new segments and markets. She was with Interstate Hotels & Resorts. Dow owns, operates and invests in hotels, for brands including Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt.

Greystone expands in Kirkland

Foxley

The New York-based lender, investor and advisor Greystone hired Bryan Foxley as a managing director in Kirkland. The 33-year industry veteran makes the move from Intervest. Greystone is active in health care and multifamily finance, with platforms including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CMBS and FHA.

$22M loan for Stream Dexios

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Stream Dexios

Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services' Mike Wood and Colin Ceithaml have secured $22 million in financing for Stream Dexios, an 86-unit apartment project planned for the corner of 1600 Dexter Ave. N. The construction and permanent loan came from State Farm Life Insurance Co. The Stream team is NK Architects and Compass General Construction. A master use permit was issued in April. No start date has been announced, but completion is anticipated in 2019.