May 08, 2014

Interbay apartments sell for $2M

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The 14-unit building is on Thorndyke Avenue West.

An entity managed by Preston Walls of Walls Property Management bought a three-story, 14-unit apartment building at 2501 Thorndyke Ave. W. for $2.2 million. The seller was a Canadian trust. Spencer Clark of Marcus & Millichap's Seattle office handled the listing. The complex was built in 1963, and is made of marblecrete and brick veneer.

Shives joins Momentum Partners

Shives

Tacoma-based Momentum Partners hired Amy Shives to be vice president of business development. Shives served on the firm's board of advisors for the last year, and will be responsible for building partnerships with developers and investors. Shives worked as a corporate business developer with Humphreys & Partners Architects in Dallas, which is listed as a partner on Momentum Partners' website. Momentum Partners focuses on buying, developing, managing and selling commercial real estate.

Capitol Hill Housing forum May 20

Capitol Hill Housing will hold a community forum about starting an arts district on Capitol Hill at 5:30 p.m. May 20 in the Oddfellows Building at 915 E. Pine St. Greg Esser of Arizona State University will talk about Roosevelt Row Arts District in Phoenix. There will be a panel discussion with Lesley Bain of Frameworks Cultural Placemaking, Tonya Lockyer of Velocity Dance Center, Jason Plourde of Three Dollar Bill Cinema, Matthew Richter, cultural space liaison for the city of Seattle, and Cathryn Vandenbrink of Artspace. For more information, or to attend, visit: bit.ly/artsdistrictforum.

May 01, 2014

CREW topic: workspace design

Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle and Sound will have a panel discussion about trends in workplace design at 11:30 a.m. May 8 at the Washington Athletic Club. The moderator is Arnold Levin, global director of workplace strategies for IA Interior Architects. The panelists are Tom Hebner, director of facility services for Premera Blue Cross; Carol Reifsnyder, senior manager of workplace strategies at T-Mobile; Kevin Sauer, workplace strategist for Hewlett-Packard; and James E. Truhan, workplace program leader with the U.S. General Services Administration. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1hWuRTz

Indigo wins housing award

Mercer Island-based Indigo Real Estate Services earned the first Proud Partner award from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. The award was presented at an annual meeting of the Affordable Housing Management Association of Washington and the Affordable Rural Housing Council and will be given annually to top property management firms. Indigo Real Estate Services manages low-income apartments in Washington, Georgia and Hawaii, including more than 3,000 apartments in Washington.

Realtor briefing for candidates June 5

Seattle King County Realtors will hold a briefing for state House and Senate candidates at 11:30 a.m. June 5 at Hyatt Regency Bellevue. The program includes an economic outlook and a panel discussion on education funding. Dr. John W. Mitchell, former chief economist for US Bank, is the keynote speaker. Seattle King County Realtors has more than 5,000 members and is the local affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. For more information, or to register, call (425) 974-1011.