Apr 10, 2014

Holzhauers join Kidder Mathews

Colene Holzhauer

Timothy Holzhauer

Timothy Holzhauer and Colene Holzhauer joined Kidder Mathews' Seattle valuation advisory group. Timothy Holzhauer will be a vice president. He has worked in real estate valuation and consulting for 25 years, and has done valuation and appraisal work for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Federal Aviation Administration. Colene Holzhauer will be an associate appraiser. She last worked at RP Herman and Associates, with experience in the industrial, land, governmental, retail, and residential sectors. Kidder Mathews' valuation advisory group has 30 appraisers who handle more than 1,300 appraisals and consulting assignments annually.

Waldbaum new VP at NAI

Waldbaum

NAI Puget Sound Properties hired Chad Waldbaum as a vice president to focus on sales and leasing of office, industrial and retail properties. Waldbaum was last with Rosen-Harbottle Commercial Real Estate, and has completed more than 400 transactions in the last six years valued at more than $250 million. NAI Puget Sound is a locally owned affiliate of NAI Global, with offices in Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma.

Leith joins ARA in Seattle

Atlanta-based ARA Real Estate Investment Services has hired Marty Leith as a managing broker in the Seattle office. Leith has been a multifamily broker for more than 14 years, and he has sold property worth more than $750 million. Leith was an associate partner at Hendricks-Berkadia Apartment Real Estate Advisors and a first vice president of Kidder Mathews' multifamily and investment sales division. Leith will work with Gail Neuburg, who is based in Portland. ARA said it is the largest private investment advisory firm in the country that focuses just on multifamily.

Colliers hires new president

Colliers International hired Craig M. Robinson as president of U.S. operations. In the new position, Robinson will head day-to-day operations in the U.S. division. Robinson last worked at the national real estate services firm Cassidy Turley, where he was president of corporate services. He was responsible for corporate business development, account operations and strategic planning. He was on the executive committee and board of directors. Colliers has more than 13,500 employees in 482 offices in 62 countries.

Apr 03, 2014

Erwin Park joins NAI

Park

NAI Puget Sound Properties hired Erwin as a senior associate. He will represent regional, national and global office tenants with interests in the Seattle area. Erwin last worked at Jones Lang LaSalle, and started his commercial real estate career in 2007 after working in aquarium management. NAI Puget Sound Properties is a locally owned affiliate of NAI Global, with offices in Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma.

JLL promotes Prasad

Prasad

Jones Lang LaSalle has promoted Gina Prasad to be chief administrative officer of the west region. Prasad is based in the Palo Alto office and was previously vice president of Northwest operations. Prasad has more than 18 years of experience in finance and administration. Before coming to Jones Lang LaSalle, she spent nine years working in human resources for Merrill Lynch.

eXp Realty hires Gagnon

David Gagnon has been hired as eXp Realty International Corp.'s director of cloud leadership and growth. Gagnon was with Keller Williams Realty, where he held a variety of titles including team leader, consultant and director of growth. Bellingham-based eXp Realty is an agent-owned, cloud-based residential real estate marketing and sales company with agents in 29 states and Canada.

CREW program tackles gender issues

“Gender Matters: Increasing Influence, Improving Productivity, and Making Drama Disappear” is the topic of a luncheon and afternoon workshop at the April 10 meeting of CREW. The real estate industry is largely dominated by men, and CREW says in a press release that female professionals in the industry often say they want to better understand male bosses, colleagues, subordinates and customers. Shaunti Feldhahn, author of “The Male Factor,” will shares results of a nationwide survey and confidential interviews with more than 3,000 men, and talk about men and women in the workplace, including flextime, compensation, emotions and even clothing. The luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave. The workshop will go deeper into Feldhahn's findings from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Pre-registration is $50 for members and $70 for non-members and the walk-in fee is $60 for members and $75 for non-members. Register online at crewseattle.org.