Oct 12, 2000

Karr Tuttle Campbell

The Seattle law firm Karr Tuttle Campbell announced that Kenneth Karlberg and George Treperinas have joined the firm as shareholders. Karlberg has an active trial practice that includes products liability and personal injury defense. Treperinas has a broad range of transactional experience including business and real estate acquisitions and sales.

Fisher Properties

Kelly Dowd was promoted at Fisher Properties to property manager at Fisher Plaza. Fisher Properties earlier this year finished construction of the first phase of Fisher Plaza, a high-tech office complex near Seattle Center that's home to Fisher's KOMO TV. Dowd previously managed Fisher's marina and lake properties.

Colliers International

Steve Koon joined Colliers International as a downtown Seattle office leasing and sales agent. In addition, Kevin Fritz came from Norris Beggs & Simpson to Colliers' Bellevue office, where Fritz will work in office leasing and sales.

Windermere Real Estate

Windermere Real Estate hired the following new sales associates: Ken Blondin and Cheryl Whitener in the Eastlake office and Ami Wells in the Broadway office. Blondin was a software test engineer for the Redmond contracting agency Volt Computer. Whitener worked as an actress in Seattle and New York then went to the University of Washington. Wells worked in Portland for Windermere as an Internet coordinator.

Urban Land Institute

If you don't see the usual movers and shakers around in the first few days of next month, they may have gone to Chicago. The Urban Land Institute's fall meeting is scheduled for Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. See www.uli.org.

Session Six in NAIOP technology series

Three speakers will talk about development of biotech buildings at the next breakfast meeting of the local chapter National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. The Oct. 18 event is the sixth session in NAIOP's software/technology series. The speakers will be: Ruth Martens Scott, president of the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association; Steve Gilbert, CEO of Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories and Biosupport and director of the Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders; and Jim Thomas, vice president of Immunex Corp.'s Process Sciences Facility in Bothell. The event is titled "The emerging and changing world of biotech/biomedical and the facilities the industry requires." The gathering is scheduled for 7 to 9 a.m. on Oct. 8 at the Bellevue Club south of downtown Bellevue. For information, call (206) 382-9121.

Meanwhile, NAIOP's annual awards ball, called Night of the Stars, is scheduled for Oct. 27 at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle.

Oct 09, 2000

James G. Murphy Co.

James G. Murphy has been inducted into the National Auctioneers Hall of Fame. Murphy established the James G. Murphy Co. in Seattle in 1970 and it has grown into one of the largest commercial and industrial auction companies in the United States, conducting more than 90 no-minimum-bid auctions each year in the western U.S. Items include contractors' equipment, vehicles, boats, aircraft, computers, real estate and office furniture. He was director of purchasing for a large construction company before starting his auction company.

Oct 05, 2000

Max Bruce migrates to Mosaic

Max Bruce, the former real estate manager for Madison Homes when Madison developed the residential portion of Sunset Corporate Campus in Eastgate, has resurfaced as a principal in his own firm.

Bruce and partner Rob McCarthy have formed Mosaic Homes. They're based in Vancouver, B.C., like Madison, and have a project moving forward there, but they also plan to build Seattle-area condo projects, said Bruce, who worked out of Kirkland when he was with Madison.

"We've got a couple small project in the Vancouver area, but we're also focused down there," he said. "We're looking at both urban and suburban (in and around Seattle), mostly in Seattle. Our focus will mostly be condo and town home developments, and we'll also look at apartment conversions to condos and industrial loft-type conversions."

One of the Vancouver projects recently started construction, a small brick row house on Vancouver's west side.

Bruce declined to identify how Mosaic is capitalized. Madison's Sunset town homes -- 164 total in Harmony and Seasons at Madrona -- finished construction last summer and have been selling well, Bruce said.

Madison also made news in the past year by buying the huge Trivista site on the north edge of downtown Bellevue. Madison took over Vancouver developer Nat Bosa's plans to build 25-story towers housing more than 600 condos on the Trivista site. That project is working its way through permitting and financing.

Leland Consulting Group

Shelby Edwards and Christopher Zahas became associates in the Portland office of Leland Consulting Group, which provides economic and development services. Edwards previously served as program manager for the Northwest Environmental Business Council. Zahas was project coordinator for the Portland Development Commission, working on urban renewal projects in Portland's Lents neighborhood. Zahas' first assignments at Leland are downtown redevelopment projects in Bellingham and Kirkland. Edwards is working on downtown and waterfront revitalization in Bend and Rainier, Ore.

HomeStar Lending

Christine West joined the Lake Stevens office of HomeStar Lending (formerly Qpoint Lakeside).  West, who has worked six years in the mortgage business, came from Qpoint Home Mortgage. Everett-based HomeStar is owned by Richard and Sherrie Henke.

Commercial Real Estate Women

No speaker this month. Elections instead. The Northwest chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women reserved its next monthly lunch meeting for electing the group's next board of directors. Candidates will make presentations before the vote. The event is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 12, at noon in the Crystal Room of the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. For more information, call (206) 361-6859.

BOMA plans to rock and roll

The next general meeting -- make that "Groovin' General Meeting" -- of the local chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association is scheduled for Oct. 16th at the Experience Music Project. It couldn't be determined who wrote the invite, but it was clear they were pumped about EMP: "Get Down -- Don't be leavin' on a jet plane instead of groovin' on a Monday noon at EMP," they wrote.

"Someone's waiting just for you to get your tickets torn in half and see the memories in bits and pieces. There's not a trace of doubt in my mind that you will be amazed by this wow thing master-minded by Paul Allen. The Turntable Restaurant is the place to meet to get something good to eat. Their special dessert will send you to Nirvana. When you're not grazin' in the restaurant, you can tour the museum and hear the sounds of renown. They say it takes 17 hours to see everything, but you'll know more than Diddley and be aware of the happening in less time."