Oct 31, 1995

General contractor selection class

The topic of the Nov. 13 dinner meeting of the Associated General Contractors of Washington's Seattle District is selecting general contractors. The program will cover criteria used by owners and developers; and how success of a project is measured in terms of performance, quality and safety. Representatives from local owners and developers will participate, including George Sherwin of Quadrant Corp., John Jackson of Vyzis Company, Steve Trainer of Seneca Real Estate Group, and John Battle of Microsoft Corp. The evening will begin with a reception at 5:45 p.m. in the board room, followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the AGC Building (1200 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle). Reservations must be made by Nov. 9. For further information, contact Kathy Cicero at (206) 284-0061 or (800) 562-2868.

Oct 27, 1995

Cloud Public Relations

Bellevue-based Cloud Public Relations Inc. has received a Telly Award for its SCAN remarketing/training video developed for Electronic Transaction Corp., the nation's largest check loss prevention company. The international competition honors non-network television commercials and programs as well as non-broadcast video and film productions. Cloud Public Relations manages communications programs in professional and financial services, high-technology, telecommunications, commercial real estate, health care, retail and nonprofit.

The Norman Company

The Norman Company has hired John Seidelmannas research associate to head up the company's newly created research department. Seidelmann will collect and study information regarding commercial real estate market trends throughout the Northwest.

Port of Chehalis tenant

The Port of Chehalis has reached an agreement with Imperial Fabricating Company Inc. to locate on Port property near the Circuit City Distribution facility, another port tenant. Imperial plans to construct a 90,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. Employment at the new plant is expected to be between 75 to 100 full-time jobs within the first year of operations.

World Vision

World Vision U.S. will be dedicating its new national headquarters Nov. 1. The company broke ground on its four-story, 150,000-square-foot Federal Way headquarters a year ago. On Oct. 16, a three-month phased relocation was completed when the final departments moved into the new offices. In all, 286 staff relocated with the organization from Monrovia, Calif. An additional 168 staff have been hired locally.

Retail centers sold

Big 5 Retail Center, a shopping center of approximately 21,860 square feet, located on 104th Ave. S.E. in Kent, recently sold for $2.575 million. Pickering Square, a 120,000-square-foot retail center in Issaquah, also recently sold for $9 million. Paul Sleeth and Terry Moss of Colliers Macaulay Nicholls International were the listing brokers for both transactions.

RE/MAX

Chuck Cady, sales associate with RE/MAX Northwest Realtors in Seattle, has been named one of the RE/MAX top 10 producers for the Pacific Northwest Region including Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Frontier Bank

Mary Jobe has recently joined Frontier Bank's commercial real estate department as vice president. Jobe spent 17 years with Key Bank in commercial real estate lending and mortgage banking.

Coldwell Banker

Coldwell Banker Bain Associates made $19,177 in donations to 21 Puget Sound charities for the four months of June through September. Recipients included: Virginia Mason Foundation's Bailey-Boushay House, Puget Sound Blood Center & Program, Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center, Genesis House, Eastside Sexual Assault Center for Children, Center for Contemporary Art and The Lakeside Chorus.

Conference on leases

An advanced conference on commercial real estate leases will be held Dec. 14 and 15, at the Seattle Center. The conference will explore drafting and negotiating leases, as well as remedies in case of default. Speakers will include: William Wade Cole, Kidder Matthews Segner; Christopher Holden, Koll Management Services; Russell Johnson and Rick Osterhout, CB Commercial; and Arthur Wahl, Wahl Associates. For registration and information, call (206) 621-1938 or (800) 854-8009.

Windermere

Windermere Real Estate has added several new sales associates to offices in the Puget Sound area. They include: Phyllis O'Neil, Bellevue South; David Lubocki, Bellevue East; Sean Durbin, Issaquah; Diane Terry, Allison Clark and Valerie Bartholme, Lakeview; Sandra Colwell, Jeanette Hallock, Deborah Burnside and Wendy Ridley, Builder Services. Also Ribbon Realty Inc. of Manzanita, Ore., has recently affiliated with Windermere.