Feb 14, 2025

Boise Cascade

Barney

Boise Cascade promoted Joanna (Jo) Barney to executive vice president of its Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division. She will oversee the company's 40+ distribution facilities, including millwork and door shops, across the U.S. Barney joined Boise Cascade in 2005. Prior to this promotion, she was the senior vice president of BMD Western Operations. Before that she served in several key roles and progressive leadership positions, including general manager of BMD Western Operations and branch manager for BMD's Salt Lake City, Utah, location. Boise Cascade is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America and a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products.

K&L Gates

Global law firm K&L Gates added Samuel Breeze as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice. He joins the firm's Seattle office from Lee & Hayes, where he served as chair of its design practice group. Breeze advises clients on how to protect their brands by securing intellectual property on the ornamental aspects of their inventions. He focuses his practice on the protection of the industrial design of electronic devices, graphical user interfaces, sports equipment, apparel, and other ornamental inventions. Over the course of his career, Breeze has helped clients obtain thousands of U.S. design patents and foreign registrations. He has extensive experience protecting designs outside the United States, including knowledge of the requirements involving The Hague Agreement. Breeze also has patent experience with life science technologies, including medical equipment and other biomechanical inventions. K&L Gates' IP practice includes more than 250 lawyers and professionals, offering clients IP services across four continents.

Concord Technologies

Seattle-based Concord Technologies named William Cavanaugh as its chief executive officer, succeeding its founder Chris Moore. Moore, who led the business for more than 29 years, will now serve as chairman. Cavanaugh, who joined Concord in 2022 as its president, will focus on continuing to deliver double-digit revenue growth riding on Concord's clinical data exchange network. Concord Technologies provides secure document exchange, intelligent document processing, and interoperability solutions to the health care industry.

Feb 13, 2025

A bit more about that Hawthorne sale

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As the DJC reported last week, Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in a $22 million apartment deal on Capitol Hill. The brokers for the 63-unit Hawthorne were Dylan Roeter, Tim McKay, Dan Chhan and Matt Kemper. The same firm also arranged the $13.1 million Fannie Mae loan, originated by Greystone's Michael Zampetti, on behalf of buyer Felson. C&W's Dave Karson, Chris Moyer, Paul Roeter, Mitch Rothstein and Mary Shin lead the loan effort. Buyer Adam Felson said in a statement, “We are very excited to grow our presence in Seattle. The Hawthorne stood out to us as a compelling opportunity, given the excellent location, high parking ratio and early 2000s vintage.” The building, with 86 structured parking stalls, is now said to be 95% occupied.

Kidder Mathews

Herrmann

Piper

Anderson

Simon

In its Tacoma office, Kidder Mathews has added two new brokers to its multifamily platoon, led by Dylan Simon and Jerrid Anderson in Seattle. The new hires, both moving from First Western Properties, are Elijah Piper and Tony Herrmann. Piper said in a statement, “This is an incredible opportunity to elevate the service I provide to clients.” The duo brings the squadron up to 13 brokers. Said Simon, “Seattle's multifamily market is settling into a new rhythm, and investors are finding their footing again. Growing our team and the geography we service will allow us to serve clients in every market they own.”

Pacific Asset Advisors joins X, the other X

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Brokerage X Team Retail Advisors is based in Phoenix, with offices in 50 U.S. markets and in Canada. The firm announced this week that our own Pacific Asset Advisors is joining X as an affiliate. Leasing specialist Pacific Asset is led by Brad Close, who said in a statement, “Joining forces with the national affiliates within the X Team platform is a natural progression. We continue to grow our established retail property management service line, and a key focus this past year was building the premier retail brokerage team.” That team now numbers around 13, including five hires last year: Michael Olsen, Tony Omlin, Adam Greenberg, Ryan Cornish and Tyson Clarke. Last year, the firm arranged 146 leases spanning about 5 million square feet.

More on Altitude 104 ... er, we mean The Ellyson

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In Pierce County, the 230-unit Altitude 104 recently sold for almost $40 million to Oro Capital Advisors of Nevada. (The DJC reported the sale last week; Berkadia was the broker for seller Goodman Real Estate.) Changes are now coming to the garden apartments, which are in the Parkland area, near Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Starboard Real Estate announced that it's now running, renaming and renovating the complex, which was developed in 1989. The company's Lindy Harvey said in a press release, “Residents can look forward to modernized interiors with quartz countertops and new flooring, as well as exciting community upgrades — including an enhanced clubhouse, a new dog park, an outdoor kitchen area and refreshed exteriors.” The complex is now The Ellyson, and it serves a very diverse community of renters. Said Harvey, “Our team speaks more than four languages, which is a huge asset for our diverse resident base, and we go above and beyond to accommodate their needs.”

All about Everett!

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The Greater Everett Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Feb. 19 lunch event titled, appropriately, Everett Rising. It's to be held at downtown's Kings Hall, a vintage events space, at 1611 Everett Ave. Speakers will include Craig Skotdal of Skotdal Real Estate and Lisa Lefeber, the CEO and executive director of the Port of Everett. Topics will include the Kaiser Permanente expansion, the Everett Station District (where light rail should arrive by perhaps 2041), the port's ongoing Waterfront Place mixed-use redevelopment effort and other transit-oriented development in the city. Details and registration: everettchamber.org

Ballard Spahr

Wyant

Christopher Wyant has joined Ballard Spahr's Litigation Department and Antitrust and Competition Group as a partner, firm Chair Peter Michaud announced. Wyant has experience in all aspects of antitrust litigation. He has represented defendants in multidistrict price-fixing cases brought by class plaintiffs, direct-action plaintiffs, and attorneys general. He has also represented both plaintiffs and defendants in monopolization cases. Wyant provides advice to clients facing government investigations and counsels clients on antitrust compliance. His broader commercial litigation practice focuses on local, national, and international disputes involving breaches of contract, fiduciary duties, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, and debtor/creditor claims. Wyant is the first partner to join Ballard Spahr since its combination with Lane Powell on Jan. 1. He is resident in Seattle, one of Ballard Spahr's three new offices. Wyant joined Ballard Spahr from K&L Gates. He is the second Antitrust and Competition partner to join the firm as of late, following Kristen Broz, who joined the firm from Fox Rothschild in December 2024.

Pacific Northwest CMAA

The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) Pacific Northwest Chapter is hosting its Annual Construction Conference 2025 for construction managers, engineers, contractors, owners, designers, and providers on April 18 at the Lynnwood Convention Center located at 3711 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood. The conference will also be live streamed through Zoom. More details including the Zoom link will be provided at a later date. Tickets are $400 for CMAA affiliated organization members or public agencies, $450 for non-CMAA members, and $20 for students. Register before April 1 to avoid late fees. Additional information is available at info@pnwcmaa.org.

Alderwood Water & Wastewater District

The Alderwood Water & Wastewater District (AWWD) appointed Patrick Peck, a long-time Edmonds resident, to fill the vacancy on its board of commissioners. This position was recently vacated following the retirement of Commissioner Donna Cross. “We are thrilled to welcome Pat back to the district in this new role,” said John McClellan, general manager of AWWD. “Having recently retired after 40 years of dedicated service in our Maintenance and Operations department, Pat brings an invaluable wealth of experience and deep knowledge of our industry and the communities we serve. His expertise will undoubtedly be an asset to our Board as we continue our mission to provide high-quality water and wastewater services.” Peck will serve on the board until the end of 2025. At that time, the position will be open during the November 2025 general election. The AWWD Board of Commissioners is a publicly elected body responsible for providing strategic and policy oversight to AWWD's operations.