Mar 25, 2010

Windermere

Windermere Real Estate has added new sales associates in six Washington offices. Federal Way: Tish Boursia, International District: Jason T. Haynes (associate broker) and Laura Ko, Kent: Rachelle Brooke and Kyle Murray, Lake Stevens: Tom Bruington, Gary Petershagen and Tami Tuck, Packwood: Amber Ackley and Westport: Tim Anderson.

Grubb & Ellis

AMB Property hired Grubb & Ellis as leasing agent for four industrial properties totaling 1.3 million square feet in the Seattle area. Grubb & Ellis Senior Vice President Matt McGregor will be the lead broker, and will be joined by regional Managing Director Bill Condon and Industrial Group Vice President Andrew Hitchcock. The team will lease AMB Portside Distribution Center in South Seattle, AMB Upland Distribution Center in Tukwila, Northwest Distribution Center in Kent and NW Corporate Park Renton.

Bellevue Towers

Union Bank was designated a preferred lender by Bellevue Towers, a 539-unit condominium project. Union officials say the bank specializes in jumbo loan financing up to $5 million. Last summer, Bellevue Towers developer Gerding Edlen cut prices by 20 percent for the next 50 buyers. For those buyers, prices ranged from $349,000 to $3.35 million. A spokesperson for the developer said 87 of the condos have sold and another 82 are under contract. Bellevue Towers was LEED gold certified.

Keller Williams Realty

Kelsey Lindblom joined the Metro West Market Center office of Keller Williams in West Seattle. She has been an agent for two years.

Urban Land Institute

The Seattle District Council of the Urban Land Institute will hold a breakfast program April 8 on “What's Behind Seattle's Hottest Neighborhoods.” Panelists Liz Dunn of Dunn & Hobbes, Rob Mohn of Ram Columbia and Charlie Wenzlau of Wenzlau Architects will talk about the strategies that were used to create a sense of place in Seattle's Pike-Pine corridor and Columbia City as well as downtown Winslow. The program begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St. Costs range from $20 to $55. Register at uli.org. For more information, contact seattle@uli.org or call (206) 224-4500.

Mar 18, 2010

Seattle Mortgage

Joe Krumbach is the new branch manager and assistant vice president of Seattle Mortgage's Southcenter office. Officials of the company, a subsidiary of Seattle Bank, say they expect the branch to grow to 12 to 14 loan officers. Krumbach was vice president of Normandy Mortgage and is past president of the Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association. He is president-elect of the Washington Association of Mortgage Professionals' King County Chapter. Other new staff members at the branch are loan officers Justin Mitchell and John Kipley, and Shand Dragland, who oversees processing and branch compliance.

Kennedy Associates

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Seattle-based Kennedy Associates an Energy Star Partner of the Year for the second straight year. Kennedy was cited for its energy management practices and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. It will be recognized at a ceremony tomorrow in Washington, D.C. In 2009, Kennedy, an institutional real estate adviser, measured energy consumption each month in 22 million square feet of commercial properties and said it found ways to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide emissions by 6 percent. Kennedy CEO Mike McKee said increasing energy efficiency reduces operating expenses for his company and tenants and increases financial performance for building owners. Kennedy is owned by its leadership team and Canada's largest adviser, Bentall, along with two institutional investors: Caisse de Depot and the British Columbia Investment Management Corp.

GVA Kidder Mathews

GVA Kidder Mathews opened a valuation advisory office in Portland. Senior Appraiser Rebecca Horvat is manager of the office, which is in Suite 950 of 1 S.W. Columbia St.

John L. Scott

Pat Giles, a John L. Scott marketing vice president, won the Microsoft Innovation Award for her work on online strategies. Microsoft gives the award to companies that use new Microsoft technologies. John L. Scott officials say their company was the first in the nation to feature Virtual Earth, which is now Bing Maps. The company also uses Microsoft technology in its Neighborhood Wizard. It also started JLSconnect that uses Microsoft technology as part of social networking efforts.

Everett Mall

The International Council of Shopping Centers awarded two silver U.S. MAXIs to Everett Mall. The mall won for its gift card campaign and for advertising. Individual recipients for the awards are Marketing Director Julie Tennyson, Marketing Assistant Jodi Peterson, General Manager Linda Johannes, Steadfast Commercial Properties Director of Corporate Retail Marketing Kristi Keene and Jennifer Ward, graphic designer with Pick of the Litter Design.