Jan 16, 2014

McAvoy hires Brown

Brown

McAvoy Real Estate, a condo sales firm, hired Stephanie Brown to be a sales coordinator. She was an executive assistant with Nyhus Communications, and worked for Vulcan Real Estate and Urban Realty Group on such projects as 2200 Westlake, Olive 8 and the Seattle Seahawks facility. McAvoy specializes in downtown condos such as Olive 8 and Four Seasons Private Residences.

Join Tacoma's redevelopment board

Tacoma City Council is looking to fill two vacancies on the Community Redevelopment Authority Board. The 10-member board gives loans to a variety of clients including low-income families, low-income housing developers, businesses and nonprofits. Board members serve two-year terms. Experience in construction or development is required. Applications are due Feb. 14. For more information, or to apply, visit: cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication or contact Linnea Meredith at 253-591-5178.

Lennar moves to in-house marketing

Lennar Seattle has moved to an in-house sales and marketing division. The Miami-based company has an office Puyallup. It was working with Matrix Real Estate on sales and marketing. Lennar entered the Seattle market in 2011 when it bought Premier Communities, a Puyallup-based homebuilder. Lennar's website says it has 16 projects in Seattle. The company builds housing in urban and suburban communities in 18 states.

Schroth buys Eastlake complex for $3M

Ted Schroth, developer of Oddfellows Building and Trace Lofts on Capitol Hill, bought a 17,000-square-foot retail property at 2501 Eastlake Ave. E. for $3.15 million. Brian Bergman of Westlake Associates brokered the sale. The complex has one vacant space and is being renovated. Laura Miller of Gibraltar LLC is handling the listing.

Conference here on BIM March 26

The Seminar Group will hold a conference on the use of building information modeling on construction projects at 1 p.m. March 26 at City University of Seattle. BIM is used to generate digital representations of buildings. The conference will explore BIM's future and how architects, contractors and attorneys can use it. The seminar is available via webcast. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1dQQEdA

Jan 09, 2014

Christophilis moves to CBRE

Christophilis

CBRE hired Dino Christophilis as senior vice president in the Seattle office. He will be a part of the national Private Capital Group and focus on retail investment sales. Christophilis worked at Marcus and Millichap where he helped complete 105 sales worth more than $220 million. CBRE has more than 300 offices around the world.

Kilroy hires Paratte

Kilroy Realty Corp. hired A. Robert Paratte to oversee leasing and business development from Seattle to San Diego. Paratte will handle relationships with tenants and build-to-suit projects. He has spent seven years at Tishman Speyer where he was managing director for global leasing and business development. Kilroy has more than 12.5 million square feet of office space on the West Coast, including buildings in Bellevue as well as Fremont and South Lake Union.

JLL brokers Third Avenue site sale

David Young, Corey Marx and Seth Heikkila of Jones Lang LaSalle brokered the sale of a 19,440-square-foot site at 2000 Third Ave. in Seattle where British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is expected to build a 400-foot apartment tower with ground floor retail. Investco Financial Corp. sold the site to bcIMC for $17.75 million. JLL has more than 1,300 people in its Capital Markets Group.

Noble adds California hotel

Seattle-based Noble House Hotels and Resorts has taken over management of Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley, Calif. The 57-room hotel is on 26 acres and is the 19th hotel in Noble House's portfolio. Bernardus Pon opened the hotel in 1999 as a Euro-style retreat. An adjacent winery and tasting room are not part of the sale. Noble owns and manages boutique hotels and resorts in Washington, California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota and Rhode Island. Noble owns Hotel Deca and the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle. It was founded by Patrick Colee.