Nov 01, 2012

CBRE

Gist

Katrin Gist has joined CBRE's tenant representation team and will lead development of an airport real estate practice. Clients will include fixed-base operators, maintenance facilities, charter operators, and others with hangar and office space requirements, both sales and leasing. Gist worked an attorney at Lane Powell, with a focus on aircraft transactions and regulatory issues. She assisted Boeing customers, foreign airlines and others with more than $1 billion worth of transactions.

Bluestone & Hockley

Bluestone & Hockley said it will offer a class Nov. 28 in Portland called “Don't Fall off the Fiscal Cliff in 2013: Things to Consider Before Year-End.” It is part if a continuing series and is designed for real estate investors. The instructors are Tim Kalberg and Trent Baeckl of Perkins & Co. who will talk about real estate and income tax implications of the “fiscal cliff” and the Affordable Care Act. It will start at 4:30 p.m. at 9320 S.W. Barbur Blvd on the third floor and is open to the public. There is no cost. For information or to register, go to http://www.bluestonehockley.com or call (503) 222-3800.

Dow Hotels

The Dow Hotel Co. of Seattle promoted Howard Gottlieb to general manager of the 248-suite Chicago Marriott Suites in Deerfield, Ill. He was the hotel's director of sales and marketing. Founded in 1997, Dow is a hotel owner, investor and operator, with 11 hotels in the United States.

Kidder Mathews

Chin

Tim Chin, a 17-year veteran broker, has joined Kidder Mathews' Bellevue office as a vice president. He will represent landlords and tenants in Eastside office properties, and spent 15 years at Colliers International.

Capitol Hill Housing

Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program is seeking nominations for board members from the Capitol Hill community. CHH has a 15-member board. Qualifications include leadership, experience or training in areas such as development, management, special needs populations, community development, finance, policy, planning, marketing, fundraising and accounting. Interested parties should submit a resume and a statement of interest to board@capitolhillhousing.org before Dec. 15. CHH develops, preserves and manages affordable housing. It owns and operates 44 apartment buildings in Seattle with more than 1,700 residents.

CREW luncheon Nov. 8 on campus design

The Nov. 8 CREW lunch topic is “Building the Future of Higher Education Architecture.” It will be at the Washington Athletic Club, starting at 11:30 a.m. with registration. Speakers are Miller Hull Partnership's Ruth Baleiko, LMN Architects' Jennifer Hing and Bill LaPatra of Mithun. They will talk about how typical college campuses don't work for 21st century academia and student life. Modern teaching methods, technology and student expectations are changing the design of academic and student life buildings. Register at http://www.crewseattle.org/ .

Oct 25, 2012

City Club

City Club will meet Nov. 6 for a panel discussion about “The Making of a Neighborhood” at Rainier Square Atrium in Seattle. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the program starts at 8 a.m. Register at http://www.seattlecityclub.org or call (206) 682-7395. The panel will be Suzie Burke, president, Fremont Dock Co.; Rahwa Habte, organizer, OneAmerica; Mike Mathieu, executive chairman and co-founder of Walk Score; Darryl Smith, deputy mayor of Seattle; and Pete Spalding, West Seattle community leader. The moderator is Knute Berger of Crosscut.com.

Phillips Real Estate Services

Phillips Real Estate Services' President and Managing Partner Louie Micheli was selected by the Rental Housing Association as the 2012 Community Service Award winner. Micheli was chosen for his support of Compass Housing Center. Compass Housing Alliance has received nearly $200,000 from Phillips' clients, vendor-participants, partners and employees. Compass helps families transition from homelessness.

Washington State Chapter of CCIM

The Washington State Chapter of CCIM recognizes eight chapter members who recently earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation from the CCIM Institute: Caleb Farnworth of Rosen Harbottle, Kelly Muldrow of Windermere, Sharry Nadjm of Marcus & Millichap, Kelly Richardson of Rowley Properties, James Schone, Port of Seattle, Patrick Starr of John L. Scott, Brian Stuchell of Eclipse Real Estate Group and Jonathan Tran of Rainier Property Management.

NBS Financial Services

NBS Financial Services Principal Mike Wood and Associate Finance Officer Andrew Patterson arranged $9 million for Pioneer Village Shopping Center in Orting, 40 miles south of Seattle. The 82,130-square-foot center was built in 2000. It is anchored by Safeway and is 92 percent occupied. The borrower was seeking a long-term, fully amortizing loan. NBS said the rate is in the low 4 percent range on a 20-year loan term with a 20-year amortization.