Jul 22, 2021

KM to manage SoDo property

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Kidder Mathews says it'll manage SoDo Urbanworks, which traded into new hands this spring. Nicola Wealth of Vancouver, B.C., bought the complex for over $53 million. KM's Mike Grainger said in a statement, “The site has performed well through the COVID crisis. Our tenants are reporting strong activity, and they're excited for the future of the center.” The building has gradually shifted away from its industrial roots. It's now home to 10 different winery tasting rooms, a seltzery, restaurant and a few warehouse tenants. Prior owner the Wright family had previously renovated and adapted the raw space to wine and food uses. KM's Grainger and Drew Hicks now manage the property

Kidder Mathews

French

Kidder Mathews announced a pair of recent promotions: one in California, the other here. The latter elevated Erin French to COO of asset services. She's been at KM for over two decades, and said in a statement, “Firms with lasting success like this have a growth mindset and a creative edge, and I know the company will continue to be successful into the next century.” She'll work with Paul Klink, who's based in Southern California, and was promoted to president of asset and client services.

Ryan Cos.

Ottele

Ryan Cos. announced the recent promotion of its Peter Ottele to director of preconstruction. The company says his responsibilities include directing the design, estimating and preconstruction phases of projects; overseeing interactions between owners and architects; and reviewing decisions about constructability and scheduling.

M&M's IPA arranges $24M refi

The 146-unit Green River Village, a 1970s apartment complex in Auburn, traded two years ago for just under $21 million. Institutional Property Advisors brokered that deal, and now IPA Capital Markets has announced a $24 million refinancing package. Ray Allen and Seth Heikkila secured a new bank loan to retire the prior $18 million loan that it had also sourced. IPA is part of Marcus & Millichap. New owner Heaton Dainard is renovating the property, which had previously been under the old ownership for several decades.

Seyfarth

Taylor

National law firm Seyfarth had added a new partner in its real estate department and leasing practice group. It announced the recent hiring of Ian Taylor, who makes the move from Pacifica Law Group. Seyfarth's Paul Mattingly leads the real estate group, and said in a statement, “Ian is a skilled real estate lawyer with incredible transactional experience. With the extraordinary growth of our national portfolio leasing practice and other leasing demands, Ian is an important addition to our team.” Seyfarth opened its Seattle office last year; it now has 17 attorneys and 11 partners.

Kidder Mathews

Coron

Veteran retail broker Robert Coron has moved to Kidder Mathews, the company announced. He makes the move from Seneca Real Estate Advisors. KM's Brian Hatcher said in a statement, “Robert has a long career as a high performer. His business acumen and genuine ability to create connections will help him bring that same level of performance to our retail team.” Coron has done past deals with CarMax, Hobby Lobby and Grocery Outlet. He said in a statement, “I'm looking forward to bringing my skill set to the Kidder team, and playing a role in growing Kidder's retail presence throughout the Western U.S.”

BitTitan

McDonogh

BitTitan appointed Craig McDonogh as vice president of marketing. McDonogh's appointment follows BitTitan's acquisition of Perspectium in June. With more than 30 years of experience in technology marketing and service management, McDonogh will lead all product, brand and channel marketing initiatives for BitTitan and will be based in the company's San Diego office. Before joining Perspectium in 2017 as its vice president of marketing, McDonogh was one of the early employees at ServiceNow, where he shaped product and corporate messaging. Prior to ServiceNow, McDonogh spent 12 years with Remedy and BMC Software. McDonogh has also worked extensively in the enterprise, IT, cloud and SaaS industries, and has presented at various events around the world. BitTitan enables IT service professionals to deploy and manage cloud technologies through its family of software solutions: MigrationWiz, Voleer and Perspectium. The global company has offices in Seattle, San Diego and Singapore.

Panopto

Wyatt

Panopto announced that Will Wyatt is joining the company as its new chief sales officer. Before joining Panopto, Wyatt ran the sales and partnership organization at Ekata, formerly Whitepages Pro, for nearly seven years. Prior to his role with Ekata, Wyatt founded a digital marketing business and held several sales leadership positions at Seattle technology startups. Panopto helps businesses and universities create secure, searchable video libraries of their institutional knowledge. Panopto is headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Pittsburgh, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.

Maryhill Museum of Art

The four-day Plein Air Paint Out will take place July 26–29, with artists fanning out to paint the scenic beauty of the Columbia River Gorge. Close to 40 artists are expected to attend this annual event hosted by Maryhill Museum of Art since 2016 and founded 17 years ago by Hood River artist Cathleen Rehfeld Meyers. Finished artworks will be on view and available for purchase Aug. 1–28 in the museum's M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center. Artists are anticipated to create over 200 pieces during the paint out. As work is sold and removed, other work created during the paint out will replace it. Proceeds support Maryhill Museum of Art. The event is sponsored by Byron and Sue Henry, Laura and Steve Muehleck, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, and Scottsdale Artists' School. Housed in a Beaux Arts mansion on 5,300 acres high above the Columbia River, Maryhill Museum of Art opened to the public in 1940. The museum, 12 miles south of Goldendale, was founded by Northwest entrepreneur Sam Hill.