Apr 02, 1998

Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Robert C. Wallace, chair of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, has been named Bellevue's citizen of the year in the Best of Bellevue awards. Wallace is also the managing partner of Wallace Properties Group. The Best of Bellevue awards will be held April 3, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Bellevue Place Wintergarden. Tickets are $35 each and may be purchased by calling (425) 883-8443.

Mar 31, 1998

Glasshouse Studio

The new owners of Glasshouse Studio will celebrate the grand reopening of the Northwest's oldest glass blowing studio on April 2 during the First Thursday Gallery Walk in Pioneer Square. The artists that have worked at the Glasshouse during the last decade have purchased the company. Glasshouse Studio is located at 311 Occidental Ave. S. For more information, contact Emily Loving at (206) 682-9939.

Mar 27, 1998

Mortgage Market

Roger Chamberlin and Cameron McCully have been named mortgage bankers at Mortgage Market's Federal Way branch office. Chamberlin and McCully will be responsible for originating and closing home loans in the Puget Sound area.

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

Matthew J. Wood and Christopher L. Hughes have joined Norris, Beggs & Simpson as brokers in the industrial leasing division of the Puget Sound office. Both formerly worked at Cushman & Wakefield. Together they bring 12 years of experience leasing 1.5 million square feet of industrial space in the Kent Valley. Wood has been named an associate vice president. Hughes is a sales associate.

Bentall

Jay Johnson has joined Bentall, U.S. LLC as a construction manager. A former project manager at Baugh Construction Company, Johnson has more than 15 years' experience. At Bentall he will oversee all new construction and tenant improvements. Bentall is in the business of acquiring, developing, leasing, financing and managing revenue-producing downtown and suburban office properties. Its core markets are Vancouver, B.C., Seattle and Southern California. Bentall's assets have a market value greater than Canadian $1.1 billion.

Pinnacle

James C. Palzer has been named president of the Northwest Region of Pinnacle Realty Management Company, a national real estate management and brokerage firm. He previously served as senior investment manager for Pinnacle's Seattle office. A Certified Property Manager with 15 years' experience, Palzer is responsible for acquiring new business as well as managing a portion of the region's 22,000 multifamily units and 1 million square feet of commercial space. That region includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

PNC Mortgage

Sue Pfendler has joined the Mount Vernon office of PNC Mortgage as a loan officer. She is a recent graduate of PNC Mortgage Corp. of America's mortgage lender training program. At PNC she will serve borrowers in Skagit, Island and Whatcom counties.

Mar 24, 1998

Norry joins Greenfield Development

BELLEVUE -- Brownfield redeveloper Lewis Norry has joined Greenfield Development, a Bellevue company that acquires and redevelops contaminated properties throughout the United States. Based in Rochester, N.Y., Norry is responsible for Greenfield's projects east of the Mississippi. "Lewis has an extraordinary track record of large, successful redevelopment projects," said George Blackstone, Greenfield's president and CEO. "He is one of the few people in the country who really grew up in the brownfield industry -- well before the industry even had a name." Norry, 37, is a graduate of Columbia Law School. His grandfather began acquiring and rehabilitating industrial properties more than 40 years ago. Norry is well-known in brownfields circles for his redevelopment of a 1.6-million-square-foot former AT&T building in Indianapolis. One of the largest brownfield redevelopments in the U.S., the project involved cleanup of asbestos, PCBs and heavy metal contamination from plating operations. The AT&T building was empty when Norry took it over. Today it is more than 90 percent occupied with more than 1,000 employees. Tenants include the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the Indiana Network for Employment and Training. Norry has been named a Greenfield partner and board member. He joins former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William D. Ruckelshaus, who is an advisory board member, and former Microsoft President James C. Towne, who is chairman of Greenfield's board. Another key Greenfield team member is Elliott P. Laws, former Assistant EPA Administrator and now a partner at Patton Boggs LLP in Washington, D.C.