Jun 07, 2022

Department of Commerce

Washington state Department of Commerce Director Lisa Brown named 21 members to the state's new Manufacturing Council. The council will advise and consult with the department and its agency partners, including the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the state Board of Community and Technical Colleges, on the state of manufacturing and research and development.

The Manufacturing Council members are: Amit Arora, Jubilant HollisterStier; Allison Budvarson, Out of the Box Manufacturing; Susan Champlain, Boeing; Ted Cummings, United Steelworkers Local 338; Maud Daudon, Career Connect Washington; Jon Holden, International Association of Machinists 751; Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business; Junus Khan, Carbitex; Jessica Koski, BlueGreen Alliance; Todd Mitchell, Heat and Frost Insulators Local 7; Greg Pallesen, Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers; Shana Peschek, Machinists Institute; Gaylan Prescott, United Steel Workers, District 12; Chris Reykdal, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Jessica Stiefel, Heritage Distilling Co.; Phil Stephenson, Paccar; Russ Vaagen, Vaagen Timbers; Dave Whitehead, Schweitzer Labs; Brenda Wiest, Teamsters Local 117; Deloit Wolfe, Impact Washington; and Jan Yoshiwara, state Board of Community and Technical Colleges.

The Building Economic Strength Through Manufacturing (BEST) Act, passed by the 2021 state Legislature, provides a framework for the state to add 300,000 new manufacturing jobs over the next 10 years. The BEST Act also seeks to double the number of small manufacturing firms and the number of manufacturing firms owned by women and minorities.

Carolyn Busch, workforce innovation sector lead, and Sarah Lee, manufacturing sector lead, will staff the new Manufacturing Council. The first meeting of the council will take place this month.

Pearson Builders

Corey Culp transitioned from superintendent to project manager at Bellingham-based Pearson Builders. In his new role, Culp is responsible for managing projects across the organization's primary market segments, including health care, luxury homes and commercial construction. He joined the company in 2001 and gained experience as a carpenter while working on teams that built Chrysalis Inn and Spa, several Industrial Credit Union projects, and multiple luxury homes in Bellingham and the San Juan Islands. Culp became a superintendent in 2012. “Corey brings an extensive skill set to this new role,” said Scott Isenhart, president of Tiger Pearson Construction, in a news release. “His experience as a journeyman carpenter, combined with his friendly, personable, and customer-focused demeanor make him uniquely qualified to excel as a project manager.” Tiger Construction bought Pearson in 2020.

ABC of Western Washington

G&A Quality Metals of Seattle joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. G&A is a sheet metal shop and provider of construction supplies. Steven Lopez is the general manager.

Jun 03, 2022

Estate Planning Council of Seattle

Halos

The Estate Planning Council of Seattle has appointed a slate of new officers to lead the council for 2022-2023, with Dan Halos, ChFC, CLU, with The Bailey Group, in Bellevue, as president.

Joining Halos is Immediate Past President Jolene Cox, CPA, with Deloitte Tax LLP, in Seattle; President-elect Debra Smiley, CTFA, with Laird Norton Wealth Management, in Seattle; Treasurer Teresa Byers, JD, with Ogden Murphy Wallace, in Seattle; and Secretary Allison Kollack, CPA, MST, with King & Oliason CPAs, in Seattle.

The executive committee includes Chris Downing, with Greene Wealth Management, in Seattle; Elizabeth McGrath, CFP, CTFA, with Key Private Bank in Seattle; Sara Berkenwald, JD, MBA, LLM, with Jeppesen Gray Sakai in Bellevue; and Nate Rothbauer, CPA, with Ascent Private Capital Management in Seattle. Johanna Coolbaugh, JD, with Karr Tuttle Campbell in Seattle, will chair the 67th annual Estate Planning Seminar on Oct. 24-25, 2022, and Chad Proctor, JD, LLM, CTFA, with BNY Mellon in Seattle, will co-chair the event.

The new slate of officers will take office on July 1, 2022.

The Estate Planning Council of Seattle is comprised of King County's top estate planning lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, trust officers, insurance agents, and financial planners. The council aims to promote the highest quality estate planning services in the Pacific Northwest by developing and improving the capabilities of its members, fostering cooperation among professionals, and by educating the public about estate planning matters.

Jun 02, 2022

United States Navy Band

Farmer

Chief Musician Antje Farmer, of Redmond, advanced to the rank of senior chief petty officer in the United States Navy May 25, during a promotion ceremony among friends, family and shipmates. As one of five chiefs in the United States Navy Band selected for advancement to senior chief, Farmer joins a prestigious list of just 2% of sailors that will reach the rank of E-8 throughout their career in a total force that exceeds 330,000 personnel.

“I could not be more proud of those selected for promotion. These individuals represent the best our command has to offer and the future of the Navy Band looks bright with these folks moving into more senior leadership positions” said Captain Kenneth Collins, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy's premier band. Keeping with tradition, select family members and shipmates ceremoniously removed the chief collar insignia of their sailors and replaced them with their newly earned senior chief devices.

Farmer joined the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus in 2005 as a soprano vocalist. Prior to joining the Navy, she completed a bachelor of music in vocal performance and pedagogy from Brigham Young University and returned to her home state to complete a master's of music, cum laude, at the University of Washington. She also studied at the Musik Hochschule in Graz, Austria, for one year, and was engaged as an opera singer at the Tiroler Landestheater opera house in Innsbruck, Austria, for the 2003-04 season.

Only they can save Pike-Pine?

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Wednesday, June 15 will be the next monthly breakfast meeting for NAIOP. The topic? The Pike-Pine corridor, with an emphasis on its downtown section, not Capitol Hill. Says the event description, “For years, downtown Seattle has been fighting rising crime rates and homelessness in addition to retail competition from online shopping and outlying malls like University Village and Bellevue Square — making it difficult to attract office workers, tourists and shoppers to the once bustling area.” How can it be revitalized? That's the question to be addressed by Brad Reisinger of Lennar Multifamily Communities, Deborah Ross of Pine Street Group and Andy Wattula of Hudson Pacific Properties. (The latter two parties plan to buy and renovate Pacific Place, so they have special interest.) Details and info: naiopwa.org. And don't forget that NAIOP is now accepting nominations for its Night of the Stars gala, which is set for Nov. 4.

Bridge Industrial

Stumm

Bridge Industrial announced the recent hiring of Greg Stumm as its new director of West Coast acquisitions, which includes our region. He'll be based in Los Angeles, where he's spent the bulk of his career. He makes the move from Newmark. Nick Siegel of Bridge said in a statement, “The addition of Greg as our west region leader strengthens our national acquisitions strategy, as we expand our reach and sharpen our focus as we acquire even more in-demand industrial product in key locations.” Said Stumm, “I'm excited to join the team.”

Northmarq secures $28M multifamily loan

As the DJC first reported early last month, the 2nd Street Apartments in downtown Bellevue sold for a bit over $33 million. The buyer was an LLC associated with Angelo Gordon, a private investment firm based in New York, and local shop Timberlane Partners. That deal included a nearly $27.9 million loan from Varde Partners of Minnesota. Now Northmarq has announced its role in sourcing the loan. The firm's Jake Leibsohn led that effort, and said the loan would support planned improvements to the 80-unit building, which dates to 1997.

Thayer Manca unloads 272 Phoenix units

Local shop Thayer Manca Residential announced its recent disposition of the 272-unit Ventura, at 3600 W. Ray Road in Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix. The price and buyer weren't disclosed. Thayer Manca had acquired the property in 2017 for about $47.6 million, then invested over $4 million in upgrades. Joe Manca said in a statement, “We feel fortunate to have owned the Ventura for just under five years, and to have had the opportunity to lean into the repositioning and revitalization of this premier asset.”