Oct 30, 2003

Madison Marquette

The Seattle-area offices of retail developer and property manager Madison Marquette landed two large management and leasing contracts: the 250,000-square-foot Lake Forest Park Towne Centre on the north end of Lake Washington, and the 360,000-square-foot Commons at Issaquah. Lake Forest tenants include Albertsons, Rite Aid, Third Place Books and Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts. Commons at Issaquah tenants are Target, Safeway, Ross, Long's Drug and Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Opus Northwest

Santos

PJ Santos was promoted to senior real estate manager at developer Opus Northwest in Bellevue. Santos lately has led Opus’ mixed-use project that’s under construction on the Bremerton waterfront. That public-private project includes a conference center, hotel, retail, office and parking garage. Santos previously worked on Opus’ Sammamish ParkPlace and Opus Eastpointe office buildings in Issaquah. Santos holds an undergraduate degree from UCLA and an MBA from the University of Washington.

John L. Scott

Wiggins

Julie Lin and Christine Morgan became sales associates in John L. Scott Real Estate's Magnolia office. Gregory Hancock joined the Burien office. Stu Cradduck and Sharon Kienzle started in the Monroe office. Loretta Ames and Keith Zeiler joined the Kirkland office. Richard Dowd started in Mercer Island and Harald Preston-Moore in Laurelhurst. Dave Wiggins became the managing broker for John L. Scott's 26-associate Kingston office. Wiggins was assistant manager of the residential agency's Silverdale office, where he worked since 1997.

Oct 23, 2003

Zebraclub to open 6 new stores

The trendy clothing retailer Zebraclub will open a store in Bellevue Square at the end of this month. The first Zebraclub started on First Avenue in downtown Seattle in 1985 as a "retail laboratory" for 15 sportswear vendors. The second Zebraclub is on Capitol Hill. The stores are owned by International News, headed by chairman and CEO Raj Shah. Shah said opening of the Bellevue store starts a roll-out of 20 new stores across the United States and six more abroad during the next five years. "At a time when most fashion retail is suffering setbacks, our stores are logging 30 to 50 percent comparable sales growth over the past year," Shah said. The Bellevue Square store will include a second floor with a suspended DJ booth, hot-rolled steel trim and fixtures resembling fashion runways, and a "club-rivaling" sound system. Function Design laid out the store.

Windermere

Odom

Accountant David Odom joined Windermere Services as executive vice president of finance. Windermere Services provides support for the firm's residential sales offices. Odom manages accounting, budgeting, and fiscal planning and reporting. He plans to bring "next-generation" accounting procedures to the firm and its affiliates. Odom owned his own CPA firm and has been involved in the start-up and development of closely held businesses.

Windermere Real Estate's Ballard office hired two sales associates: Bonnie Ellsworth and Susan Norman. Ellsworth previously worked as a sales associate at Loyal Realty in Seattle. Norman was a program manager at Microsoft in Redmond and at one time worked as an agent's assistant in Windermere's Northgate office.

Quadrant

Krivaneck

Gray

Ken Krivanec and Mark Gray were each promoted to senior vice president in home building at Quadrant Corp. Krivanec was vice president of sales and marketing and will continue to oversee those. He has been with Quadrant for four years. Gray was vice president of production and will continue to oversee all operations. He has worked at Quadrant for 13 years and helped cut the time it takes to build each new home to 54 days. Quadrant is selling its commercial development sites and focusing on high-volume home building. The Weyerhaeuser-owned firm's goal is to build and sell 1,700 homes next year.

Banner Bank

Banner Bank opened a branch in Seattle's Belltown area. The 3,200-square-foot branch is in the Bay Vista Office Building at Second Avenue and Clay Street. The building owner, a partnership assembled by Jim Potter, also signed NeonGecko.com as a 3,600-sqare-foot office tenant. NeonGecko.com runs e-commerce Web sites such as CoolAnimalStuff.com. The lease puts the building at 85 percent occupied.

Oct 21, 2003

Seattle Financial Group

Seattle Financial Group, a network of financial services including Seattle Mortgage and Seattle Savings Bank, named Gary Carlson chief administrative officer. Carlson is responsible for overseeing the organization's financial operations, including activities conducted under Seattle Mortgage, Seattle Savings Bank, Seattle Escrow and Seattle Capital. Carlson is the former vice president of U.S. Bank's Metropolitan Commercial Banking division.