Mar 24, 2005

SIOR

The Washington chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors named Jane Blair of CB Richard Ellis and Risk Osterhout of GVA Kidder Mathews office and industrial brokers of the year, respectively.

Touchstone Corp.'s 9th & Stewart Life Sciences Building was selected Office Development of the Year and Summit @ Sumner Corporate Park is SIOR's Industrial Development of the Year. That project was developed by Knapp Development, Washington Capital and Michelson Development.

Blair was CB Richard Ellis' top office broker in the Puget Sound area last year, when she worked on nearly $38.2 million worth of transactions. Osterhout's transaction dollar volume was $40.5 million last year.

Touchstone said its 9th & Stewart Life Sciences Building was the first speculative high-rise for life sciences in a West Coast central business district. MBT Architecture designed the 11-story Seattle building, and Lease Crutcher Lewis built it. Bill Neil and John Cox of GVA Kidder Mathews are the listing brokers, and Bob Mooney of Staubach Co., was the broker for Corixa, the lead tenant.

The 492,000-square-foot Summit @ Sumner Corporate Park is reportedly the largest speculative building developed in the Southend. Lance Mueller & Associates designed it, and Foushee & Associates built it. Norvanco International leased the space. Scott Carter and Leslie Boudwin of Pacific Real Estate Partners brokered the deal for the developers, and John Sullivan of CB Richard Ellis represented Norvanco.

Unico Investment

Deanna W. Oppenheimer has been elected to the board of directors of Unico Investment Co., parent company of Seattle-based Unico Properties. Oppenheimer is the second Unico board member elected who is not directly related to, or closely associated with, one of its six founding partners. She is president of CameoWorks, a Seattle-based consulting company.

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

Two groups have honored four members of the Portland-based brokerage Norris, Beggs & Simpson.

Jan Robertson was named Commercial Association of Realtors Humanitarian of the Year for her work with the nonprofit arts group Young Audiences and the Vancouver School District.

Chris Johnson was named Office Broker of the Year by the association. He worked on was the sale of 2100 River Parkway, which sold for $260 per square foot, a record for Portland.

Jack McConnell and Michael Merino were awarded CAR's and the Oregon/Southwest Washington chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors' Industrial Transaction of the Year. They sold the Ryerson Tull property for $8.35 million and secured a lease to meet the company's facility needs.

Windermere Real Estate

Jeri Smith has joined Windermere's Sand Point office as a sales associate.

Washington State Coalition for the Homeless

Supportive housing development is one of the workshop topics at Washington State Coalition for the Homeless' 15th-annual conference May 11-13 at the Yakima Convention Center. Also, the coalition will honor individuals and businesses who have worked to end homelessness. Nomination forms and conference registration details are at www.endhomelessnesswa.org.

Mar 18, 2005

Better Lodging Group

Seattle-based Better Lodging Group signed a deal to provide management services for 11 lodging properties: Nendels Valu Inn Auburn, Chehalis Inn and Suites, Willow Springs Inn Cheney, Kings Valu Inn Enumclaw, Kalama River Inn, Monroe Motel, Best Value Airport Inn SeaTac, Country Inn and Suites Sunnyside and Cedars Suites Yakima. The company will also run operations for Tillicum Inn Umatilla in Oregon. BLG provides hospitality management solutions to meet technology needs of hospitality enterprises.

Mar 17, 2005

BPI Consulting

Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke is joining BPI Consulting as a principal. Schlicke will head the School of Real Estate, a division of BPI Consulting that focuses on continuing education for agents, mortgage brokers and others. BPI provides leadership development, conflict resolution, ethics and communication consulting services. Schlicke was director of education for First American Title. She won the Seattle King County Association of Realtors' 2004 Affiliate of the Year Award for her work on the Cultural Diversity Committee. The National Association of Professional Mortgage Women has recognized her three times as Member of the Year.

BIAW

Robert W. Thorpe is the first non-attorney to be appointed chairman of the Building Industry Association of Washington Legal Trust Committee. Thorpe is president of R. W. Thorpe & Associates Inc., an urban and regional planning company in Seattle. The committee supports the interests of the real estate community.

The Ryness Co./Windermere

The Builder Sales Group/Windermere, a residential sales and marketing company in the Northwest, has changed its name to The Ryness Co./Windermere. This caps a merger of the two companies that began in February 2004, and marks The Ryness Co.'s move into the Northwest. San Diego-based Ryness markets homes in California, Arizona and Nevada. Builder Sales Group cofounders Bill Donahoe and Barbara Allen are co-presidents of The Ryness Co./Windermere, which is based in Bellevue. Donahoe and Allen estimate closings for Ryness/Windermere in 2005 will be more than 2,500 units.

Quadrant Homes

Officials of Quadrant Homes say they beat their Snoqualmie Ridge sales record by selling 386 homes in the 1,340-acre planned community in 2004. Since Snoqualmie Ridge sales began in 1998, 1,896 homes have been sold. Snoqualmie Ridge has been the top selling new-home community in Washington for three years, according to the company. Snoqualmie Ridge has 87 sales so far this year.

Windermere Real Estate

Windermere has some new sales associates: Mark Corcoran, former Great Harvest Bread Co. co-owner Maggie Weissman and ex-pro football player Forey Duckett, all at the Sand Point office; and Elizabeth Bruckner and Leslie Fox, both at the Queen Anne office.

John L. Scott Real Estate

The John L. Scott Foundation donated $25,000 to KISS 106.1 FM's fourth-annual One Big KISS for Children's Hospital Radiothon. The foundation also has a new Web site: JohnLScottFoundation.com. New agents are: Julie Adams and Sherry Hornsby, both in the Kirkland office; Thi Vu, Charles Calhoun, Lynn Taylor and Leslie Lavoie, Lynnwood Center; Lacey Allen and Natalya Tkach, Redmond; Tim Auld and Stuart Gottschalk, Mercer Island; Thomas Carmichael, Kent; Sandra Cruz, Burien; Kym Whitish, Jill Dougherty and former Windermere real estate assistant Casee James, Sammamish Plateau; Hilal Guzelis, Laurelhurst; Craig Allegro and Eirean Cunningham, Seattle Center; Leanna Blackmon, Bellevue Downtown; and Enid Gough, Gig Harbor.

NAIOP

The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties' second-annual Pacific Northwest Real Estate Challenge will be at 4 p.m. March 30 at Qwest Field. A panel will judge students' ideas on how to develop the north lot of Qwest Field. Teams from the University of Washington, the University of British Columbia and Portland State University are competing. It's $65 per person or $600 for a table of 10. Register by March 25 at http://www.naiopwa.org or telephone (206) 382-9121.