Jan 19, 2024

NW Natural Renewables

Chittum

NW Natural Renewables Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Natural Holding Company, has promoted Anna Chittum to president of NW Natural Renewables. Chittum replaces Mike Kotyk. NW Natural Renewables focuses on providing renewable natural gas (RNG) to a variety of sectors. Chittum has been leading the development of RNG and renewable hydrogen for NW Natural. Previously, she consulted on business models and regulatory structures for district energy, microgrids, and combined heat and power systems and worked to promote energy efficiency policies for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Chittum was a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark, where she researched local district heat planning and the use of combined heat and power systems to balance variable wind generation. She holds degrees from Gonzaga University and Columbia University. Northwest Natural Holding Company is headquartered in Portland, and has been doing business for over 160 years in the Pacific Northwest.

Parse Biosciences

Parse Biosciences, a provider of accessible and scalable single cell sequencing solutions, announced it has acquired data analysis software company Biomage. With the acquisition, customers will have access to a richer suite of single cell data analysis tools. The Biomage platform was launched in 2021, and currently maintains a user base of nearly 4,000 researchers globally, with approximately 200 scientists accessing the platform daily. All current Biomage staff members are being integrated into the existing Parse team. Founded based on a technology invented at the University of Washington, Parse has raised over $100 million and is used by over 1,000 labs across the world. Its portfolio of products includes Evercode Whole Transcriptome, Evercode TCR, Gene Capture, and a software tool for data analysis. Headquartered in Seattle's South Lake Union district, Parse Biosciences recently opened a 34,000 square foot headquarters and state-of-the-art laboratory.

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors has been named a top 100 Registered Investment Advisor in the nation by SmartAsset as measured by average Assets Under Management per client relationship. SmartAsset reviewed nearly 5.800 firms registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and ranked them according to average balances per account. Bordeaux's practice centers on serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, providing investment, financial and tax advice. In addition to investments, Bordeaux's service model incorporates estate and wealth transfer planning, tax planning, charitable gifting strategies, and equity compensation planning. Bordeaux Wealth Advisors has offices in Silicon Valley and Seattle.

Jan 18, 2024

JLL lands nearly $12M for Ballard units

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Belotti + McHugh began building a 54-unit Ballard apartment project in the spring of 2021. The four-story J.G. Whittier apartments opened last year at 7750 15th Ave. N.W. Lake Union Partners and Johnston Architects originated the project, which then sold before construction to an Issaquah family ownership group. Now JLL has announced an over $11.8 million refinancing package for the project. Its Seth Heikkila and Steve Petrie secured the five-year, fixed-rate loan from National Life Group. Units range from studios to two-bedrooms; tenants also have 27 structured parking stalls and a roof deck. Nearly 3,000 square feet of retail/commercial space remains on offer, with the brokers being Gibraltar and Orion Commercial Partners.

Newmark offering all of 2Pine

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For tenants who might be seeking a whole-building lease downtown, consider the offices at 2Pine (aka the former Broadacres Building at 1601 Second Ave.). The building has some ground-floor retail tenants, but Newmark recently put all the vacant office floors on the market. Levels two through 10 offer about 102,922 square feet. The individual brokers are Jesse Ottele, Daniel Seger and Cavan O'Keefe. At the time of its last sale in 2016, for about $25 million to LBA Realty, the building was about half occupied. Since then, Olson Kundig oversaw renovations. Below the offices, tenants include Royal Robbins and H Mart. And if no one emerges to claim the offices in the 116-year-old building, with floor plates of around 11,790 square feet, it just might flip to apartments. With large windows on three aspects, including the alley, plus the 12-foot ceilings, 2Pine could be a candidate for conversion. (Helpfully, the main stair and elevator core is on its blank north side, too.)

Berk Consulting

Oneza

Ferdouse Oneza has joined Berk Consulting as an associate principal. Oneza brings extensive experience in local government planning, policy and regulations development and implementation, and public engagement. She has more than two decades of experience in public and private sector planning and project management. Her experience working for the city of Kennewick and running her own consulting firm deepens Berk's existing connections in eastern and central Washington. She also spent five years as CEO of Spreeha Foundation, focused on empowering people in communities to thrive through healthcare, education, skills training, and economic opportunities.

Berk is an interdisciplinary consultancy integrating strategy, planning, and policy development; financial and economic analysis; and facilitation, design, and communications.

City of SeaTac

Guzman

Egal

The SeaTac City Council selected Councilmember Mohamed Egal as mayor and Councilmember Iris Guzman as deputy mayor. Mayor Egal works as a King County Municipal Court interpreter, assisting in the translations and interpretation of English materials to Somali speakers. He has over two decades of senior social services program management experience. Egal is the chair of the Planning and Economic Development Committee, a member of the Parks and Recreation Committee and a member of the King County Sheriff's Office Community Advisory Committee. Deputy Mayor Iris Guzman is the chair of the Parks & Recreation Committee and a member of the Administration & Finance Committee.

Boise Cascade

Hoffman

Boise Cascade announced the retirement of Tom Hoffmann, senior vice president of purchasing, Building Materials Distribution division, effective March 1. Hoffmann joined Boise Cascade in 1981. He served in leadership positions over the years, including division operations manager, Pacific region manager, and Denver branch manager. He holds a bachelor's degree in business with a dual major in management and marketing from the University of Idaho. He was promoted to vice president in 2016 and senior vice president in 2021. He currently oversees the procurement, safety, and transportation functions for the BMD division. Boise Cascade produces engineered wood products and plywood, and is a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products.