Apr 26, 2007

Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield of Washington hired Heather Mosebar as associate director of its valuation services group for the Puget Sound region and as a key member of the national residential development group. Cushman & Wakefield also hired three appraisers — Richard Sobczak, Sylvester Cann IV and Kevin Stoknes — to join the valuation services group, bringing the number of people in that group to 14. Mosebar has focused on subdivisions and condo valuations for 15 years. She was a commercial review appraiser for Sterling Savings Bank. Sobczak is a member of the agribusiness specialty group. He had his own appraisal firm specializing in rural and agricultural assignments. Cann was with McKee & Schalka Commercial Appraisal Services and Consultants. Stoknes was most recently a commercial real estate appraiser with Re-Solve.

The Staubach Co.

Andrew Harnish, CCIM, is the new vice president of Staubach Co.'s Pacific Northwest industrial services group and market leader for the logistics practice group. Harnish brings 11 years of corporate real estate experience to Staubach. He worked most recently for RREEF and prior to that, as a broker at Cushman & Wakefield in Portland.

Avalon Bay Communities

AvalonBay Communities of Alexandria, Va., was named 2007 Property Management Company of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders. AvalonBay was a finalist in three other categories: Best Garden Apartment Community 4 Stories & Under (Avalon Pines, Coram, N.Y.), Best Rental apartment Community 5 Stories or Less, Non-Garden (Avalon Juanita Village, Kirkland), and Best Multifamily Community Site Plan (Avalon Pines, Coram, N.Y.).

DSA forum on downtown housing

The Downtown Seattle Association breakfast forum on May 16 will be on residential development. DSA says the city center has about 55,000 residents, up about 61 percent in the last 16 years. More than 34 apartment buildings and condo projects are now under construction. A panel with Leslie Williams of Williams Marketing, Ada Healey of Vulcan Inc., Tom Parsons of Opus Northwest and Adrienne Quinn of the Seattle Office of Housing will look at who is moving downtown, business opportunities with this new customer base, affordable housing and how to make downtown more livable. The event starts at 7:30 and runs until 9 a.m. in Benaroya Hall, 200 University St. Cost is $35 for members and $50 for nonmembers. To register call (206) 613-3209.

NAIOP South Sound meeting May 11

The South Sound meeting of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties will be held May 11 at the Tacoma Club-Rainier Room from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. The topic is the proposed Regional Transportation Improvement District roads package, with speaker Shawn Bunney, Pierce County Council member and chair of the RTID Executive Board. Reservations must be made by noon on May 7. Cost is $30 for NAIOP members and $45 for non-members. For information see the Web site at http://www.naiopwa.org.

Apr 19, 2007

Colliers

Scott Alan, a senior vice president with Colliers International in Seattle, has received the SIOR industrial designation from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. People with the designation must have at least five years experience in industrial real estate and demonstrate ability, ethical conduct and integrity.

CREW meeting May 10

Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle will meet May 10 to hear Kip Lilly, principal, Lilly Foresight Dynamics, give a presentation on generational issues in the workplace. The program will cover the ways generations “see” the world differently and how people can better manage across the generational divide. Lilly has 20 years experience in organizational management and teaches for the Institute for Organization Management. The event will be at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $25 for CREW members and $55 for non-members. Reservations are due by Friday, April 27. Register online at http://www.crewseattle.org. Mail or fax reservations to CREW Seattle, Box 2016, Edmonds 98020-9516. Phone (206) 417-5580 or fax (425) 771-9588.

CREW, Rebuilding Together Seattle

On Saturday, April 28, CREW Seattle will work on a home with Rebuilding Together Seattle and is seeking supplies and cash donations as well as help with painting, yard work, project management and donating lunch/breakfast. Contact Niki Koubourlis at nikik@metzlerna.com at (206) 224-4522, Dora Taylor at dora.taylor@mulvannyg2.com or Deborah Matlick at deborah@pinest.com to volunteer. Rebuilding Together Seattle donates repair services to people in need so they can continue to live independently.

RedHill buys Royal Skies apartments

San Diego-based RedHill Realty Investors, a privately held real estate company, acquired the Royal Skies Apartments, a 240-unit property in Kent. This is the second Kent property in RedHill's portfolio. It bought the 304-unit Hampton Bay apartments in 2006. AEW Capital Management is a joint venture partner on Royal Skies.