Apr 09, 2002

Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis Wright Tremaine has expanded its real estate and land use practice, adding Dennis D. Reynolds and Charles E. Maduell, who were previously with Williams, Kastner & Gibbs. Reynolds was chair of Williams Kastner's land use practice group and will join Davis Wright as a partner. He is a member of the Building Industry Association of Washington Legal Trust Committee. Maduell has more than 15 years of experience and will join as of counsel.

Apr 04, 2002

Harbor Resorts

Nova

Fina

Ron Nova and Stephen Fina of the Harbor Resorts division of Seattle-based Harbor Properties will place all of their attention on development of Harbor's Schweitzer Mountain Resort near Sand Point, Idaho. Nova, vice president of resort operations, will move his family from Monroe to Schweitzer, the company said. Fina has been vice president of planning and development for Harbor Properties but changed to vice president of resort real estate for Harbor Mountain Co., a Harbor Properties ski area partnership. Fina's duties will include not only sales and marketing at Schweitzer but real estate planning and development for Harbor's three ski areas.

Seattle-based Century Pacific Real Estate, headed by Steve Wood, has begun planning what would be the third condo project at Schweitzer, Harbor said. Century Pacific calls the project Grey Hawk. Century Pacific is an arm of the Seattle law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine. Fina said three-fourths of the 50 condos in the second project, called White Pine Lodge, have sold. Harbor is the developer of White Pine, which nears the finish of construction.

Hines

The developer Hines topped out construction of the 40-story IDX Tower at Fourth and Madison in the downtown Seattle financial district. Hines said work should finish in October. So far, the 820,000-square-foot skyscraper is 81 percent leased. Tenants include IDX Systems Corp., Preston Gates & Ellis, Deloitte & Touche, UBS Paine Webber and Regal Financial Bank. Hines' financial partner in the building is the California Public Employees Retirement System through National Office Partners Ltd. Hines executive Rob Hollister said prospective tenants can now ride the elevators. The views make it easier to generate interest in the remaining space, he said.

EOP and Civia Media Group

Equity Office Properties Trust will place media terminals operated by Fisher Communications' Civia Media Group in 20 EOP office buildings in Seattle and Portland, the two companies said. The locations will serve as test sites for EOP's portfolio of 774 office buildings throughout the country. If EOP likes the results, it would consider placing terminals in more properties, a prospect Civia sought to highlight. The experimental, 8-foot-high terminals display breaking news, property information, city guides and advertising on 42-inch screens. They're both for passive viewing from afar and interactive use up close. Touch-screen buttons allow selecting items of interest. Fisher envisions placing them in airports, shopping malls, office buildings and other public places. They "add color and conversation, turning (lobbies) into true community places," said Civia Vice President Anthony Bontrager.

GSA to CREW

The single-largest user of office space in the nation will tell how it operates in the Northwest at Commercial Real Estate Women's next lunch gathering, scheduled for Thursday, April 11. The General Service Administration's regional manager, Patrick Clark, will speak at the event, starting at noon at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. Clark's region covers Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska. He oversees 16 million square feet of leased or owned federal space. His talk will cover surplus properties, architecture and building security.

Up after that, CREW will take a tour of Chicago Title Insurance Co.'s downtown Seattle offices, sometimes called the company's "title plant." Chicago Title's Mike Beckman will show what happens when one orders those costly title reports.

Lend Lease to NAIOP

Lend Lease Real Estate Investments principal Martha Shelley will speak during breakfast on Thursday, April 11, to the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties' monthly meeting. The event runs from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in downtown Seattle. Shelley will talk about emerging national trends and discuss recent events and patterns in the Puget Sound area, where Lend Lease clients own a lot of industrial space. Lend Lease is developing the huge Lincoln Square project in downtown Bellevue. For information, call (206) 382-9121.

Breakfast with Transnation

John Jones and Earl Strom of Transnation Title will lead the next "Breakfast with Transnation," scheduled for 7:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, at the Washington Athletic Club. The events are geared toward people in the legal community who deal with real estate, particularly title insurance. For information, call (206)628-4650.

Apr 01, 2002

2go Services

The second edition of 2go Services' South King County Restaurant Delivery Guide is ready for distribution. The Renton company provides delivery from restaurants in the guide in the South King County area. This year, eight new restaurants have been added to the listings. The guides are available at participating restaurants and newsstands or by calling (206) 246-2626.