Mar 11, 2010

Sares-Regis Group

Gail Duke joined Sares-Regis Group as a senior vice president in the Multifamily Property Management Division, and will open a Seattle office to expand into the Northwest. She'll also operate Northern California multifamily properties. Duke comes to the Irvine, Calif.-based company from Belkorp, an investment firm where she headed Seattle operations. She also was president and COO of Trammell Crow Residential Services. Sares-Regis develops and manages apartments in California, Colorado and Arizona. Sixty percent of the portfolio is third-party management. Sares-Regis also develops and manages commercial real estate. It has more than 4 million square feet of industrial space in the entitlement process and 1,962 residential units in pre-construction and development. The firm says its combined portfolio is valued at more than $4 billion.

NAIOP events

• The commercial real estate development group NAIOP is hosting a members-only event with Seattle restaurateur Tom Douglas at 4:30 p.m. March 18. Douglas will give a cooking demonstration at Vulcan's Terry Avenue Building, and NAIOP President Rob Arron will talk about Amazon's decision to move to the South Lake Union neighborhood. Douglas plans to open several restaurants in the Terry Avenue Building, at 320 Terry Ave. N., which is part of Amazon.com's new 1.7-million-square-foot campus. Cost is $50. Register at naiopwa.org by Friday.

• The results of NAIOP's seventh-annual Real Estate Challenge will be presented at a March 24 breakfast at the Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Ave., starting at 7:15 a.m. Teams of students from Northwest universities have been studying the potential development of an area in West Seattle and will offer their ideas. Cost is $35 for members and $60 for non-members. Register at naiopwa.org.

CREW Seattle & Sound

Jeff Harris and Kirk Anderson of ActionPointe will give a presentation on “How to Effectively Negotiate Compensation and Articulate Your Value for Maximum Impact” at Commercial Real Estate Women of Seattle & Sound's 7 a.m. March 25 breakfast. The meeting will be in the 44th floor conference room of Wells Fargo Center, 999 Third Ave. Cost is $20 for CREW members and $30 for non-members. Register at crewseattle.org.

Mar 04, 2010

Grubb & Ellis

Matt McGregor joined the Seattle office of Grubb & Ellis as Industrial Group senior vice president. He will represent tenants and landlords, and handle sales and acquisitions. He was with Cushman & Wakefield, where he ranked as one of the firm's top five producers in the western region in 2008 and also ranked among CoStar's list of top 25 brokers in the Puget Sound region in 2007 and 2008.

Coast Sperry Van Ness

Coast Sperry Van Ness' Jansen Multifamily Team arranged the sale of the Garden Court Apartments in Everett. CEP GC-06, LLC sold the 12-unit, 12,400-square-foot complex for $1.35 million to Tom and Linda Dorsey. The brokerage team includes Josh Jansen, Todd Thompson and Matt Wilson. The brokerage's Blake Stedman and Donna Schaefer arranged the sale of the Harbor Building in downtown Edmonds. Harbor Building of Edmonds Two LLC sold the 17,920-square-foot, three-story building sold for $3.5 million to Hassen Properties.

Harbor Properties

Accountant Dawn Stephens was promoted to chief financial officer at Harbor Properties. She was director of finance and corporate controller. She leads the accounting and IT departments.

Windermere

Windermere Property Management/Lori Gill & Associates opened an office in Edmonds at 210 Fifth Ave. S. Owner Lori Gill is recruiting new agents. The office focuses on houses, condos and small apartment buildings. It's the fourth Windermere office for Gill.

Keller Williams Realty

Agents Spary Dauterman, Janet Gibson and Lauren Kronmiller joined the Keller Williams Realty Seattle Metro West Market Center in West Seattle. Dauterman has been in the real estate industry five years. Gibson previously worked for Dwelling Seattle Real Estate and Old Republic Title & Escrow.

CREW Seattle & Sound

Michael Newsome of Seattle-based investment-banking firm Zachary Scott is the speaker at Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle & Sound's noon, March 11 program at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle. “Financing in an Uncertain Environment” is the program. He'll talk about credit relationships, and give predictions for the future of Northwest banking. Register at crewseattle.org.