Mar 15, 2001

Energy incentives for commercial buildings

BOMA and IREM scheduled Seattle City Light and Puget Sound Energy officials to outline energy conservation incentive programs for building managers, and any other interested people, at a lunch gathering Monday in Bellevue.

The utilities will discuss "how property managers can qualify to recover between 10 percent and 60 percent of (the cost of) installing energy-efficient equipment and controls," the Building Owners and Managers Association said. IREM stands for the Institute of Real Estate Management.

The event will start at noon at the Embassy Suites Hotel Bellevue on 158th Avenue SE. BOMA wants reservations in by 1 p.m. today. Call BOMA at (206) 292-8060.

Wolff Corporate Housing

Spokane-based Wolff Corporate Housing bought Boise, Idaho-based Corporate Quarters. Both firms provide short-term executive lodging. The nine complexes run by Corporate bring privately-owned Wolff to a total of 150 units in Spokane and Boise, said Wolff President David Lorber. Boise has a high concentration of corporate headquarters, Lorber said.

Pacifica Bank opens mortgage company

Bellevue-based Pacifica Bank formed a residential mortgage company called Pacific Mortgage Co. as a subsidiary of Pacifica Bancorp. Bob Rea serves as president of the mortgage company.

Peter Moy reappointed to housing authority board

The Seattle City Council reappointed Peter Moy to a second four-year term on the board of the Seattle Housing Authority. Moy, a management consultant and former administrator for the City Council back in the early 1980s, works as a project manager for the Financial Consulting Solutions Group Inc. The board consists of seven unpaid members, each appointed by the mayor. Two members are residents of housing authority properties. More than 23,000 Seattle residents receive housing assistance from the authority.

John L. Scott Real Estate

Eastside residential sales veteran Carrie Lord returned to work in John L. Scott's Bellevue office, circling back from Windermere Real Estate. John L. Scott described Lord as having 27 years of experience in customer service, 11 of them "as one of the top Eastside residential real estate specialists."

Seven other sales associates joined the following John L. Scott offices: David Foster, Port Orchard; Ron Abersold, Gig Harbor; Steven Lee, Terri Graham and Jeff Garrnett, Bellevue; Michael Greville, Redmond; Roger Merrifield, Bainbridge Island

Mar 14, 2001

Graham & Dunn

Graham & Dunn, a Seattle-based law firm, announced the addition of Daren Nitz and Mark Reinhardt as shareholders and members of it technology & e-commerce team, and Soojin Kim and Kelly Mann as associates and members of its real estate team. Both Nitz and Reinhardt come to the firm from Van Valkenberg Furber Law Group. Kim was an assistant attorney general for the State of Washington before joining Graham & Dunn. Mann comes to the firm from Ramis Crew Corrigan & Bacharach.

David Evans and Associates

David Evans and Associates, Inc. has hired several employees for its Bellevue office. Craig Flamme joins the firm as a senior environmental planner. His environmental project experience includes housing, utilities, land use, transportation and capital facilities. Katherine Casseday was recently hired as a senior transportation engineer. Her current assignments include lead traffic engineer to study safety and roadway improvements on State Route 2 for WSDOT in Chelan County and she was selected project manager to explore corridor traffic optimization and network improvements in Bellevue. Dean Smith has been hired to work in the Real Estate Services Division as a senior real property specialist. He is currently serving as real property specialist on the I-405 Corridor Program for the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Mar 08, 2001

Colliers International

Oliveira

Commercial broker Oscar Oliveira jumped from CB Richard Ellis' Eastside office to become an associate vice president in Colliers International's Eastside office. Oliveira specializes in office sales and leasing. He holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas and shifted his career into commercial brokerage less than three years ago.

Federal Home Loan Bank

Susan Taoka became a member of the board of director of the Seattle Federal Home Loan Bank. Her term lasts three years. Taoka is CEO of the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority. The bank, one of 12 like it around the country, primarily lends short-term funds to 375 financial institutions in eight Western states but it also issues grants to support creation of affordable housing. It has averaged about $12 million a year in grants.

Richard Swanson, chairman and CEO of HomeStreet Bank, was re-elected to a second three-year term on the board. Seattle Housing Authority executive director Harry Thomas was re-appointed to his fourth term. Thomas chaired the board during his second term. Pacific Northwest Bank vice chairman Steve Walden was re-elected to his second term.

Windermere Real Estate

Albert Rodriguez became a sales associate in Windermere's Capitol Hill office. Rodriguez previously worked for Amazon.com.

Coldwell Banker Bain

Twenty-three people joined eight offices of Coldwell Banker Bain:

• Donald McKinney in Bellevue East;

• James Seastone and Marina Georgiev in Duvall;

• Tonya Stephens, Mike West, Antonia Guerra, Peggy Metzger and Crystal Whittikiend in Everett

•Frances Carlsen and Diane Humble in Federal Way;

•Adam Cavailli, Aynn Appleton, Nicole Jacobsen, Marcia Chase and Geralyn Kogelman in Issaquah;

•Carol Hinderstein in Mercer Island;

•Katy Heady, John Brangwin, Kirsten Strand and Kendall Mugleston in Redmond;

•Teri Zindel, Ron Waxman and Burton Hill in Seattle-Lake Union.

Alvin J. Wolff Property Management Co.

Stacy Mattson became controller at Spokane-based Alvin Wolff. Mattson came from Brown & Delaney in Spokane. She holds degrees from Gonzaga University and Eastern Washington University. Also, Judith Kruiswyk joined the company as human resources director. Kruiswyk came from the Spokesman-Review newspaper.

A look at investment prospects

Local economist Doug Pederson of Conway Pederson Economics will give an updated economic forecast at Marcus & Millichap 2001 investor symposium on Thursday, March 15, starting at 9 a.m. at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. The event is called "Puget Sound Economy: Prospects for 2001.