Aug 26, 2010

Hammes Co.

Bill Foulkes rejoined Wisconsin-based Hammes Co., which is developing a $23 million ambulatory center and emergency room in Redmond with Swedish Health Service. Hammes will own and manage the property. Foulkes will help with business development efforts in the Northwest and other regions. He returned to Hammes after working for Cumming Corp.

Pacific Real Estate Partners

Pacific Real Estate Partners promoted Tony Ford to vice president. He represents tenants throughout Puget Sound, including MacDonald Miller, Metzler North America and the University of Washington.

Common Ground

Scott Schaffer is new executive director of Common Ground, a nonprofit that preserves and creates housing for low-income and special-needs people in Washington. Schaffer was principal of Public Interest Management Group, where he consulted with nonprofit clients. He also has worked with Philabundance, a hunger relief organization in Philadelphia, as well as Olympic Park Institute and NPower. He was active in Philadelphia's emergency shelter system, and founded Community Alliance for Affordable Housing. Schaffer succeeds Lynn Davison, who retired.

Vulcan, Hornall Anderson

Today Vulcan is unveiling the first-of-its-kind transit and neighborhood amenity touch-screen kiosk in the lobby of Amazon.com's building at 500 Boren Ave. N. Users can see real-time arrivals for Metro buses and streetcars, and find nearby restaurants, shops and services. Hornall Anderson designed the 40-inch, map-based kiosk. The goal is to encourage alternative modes of transit.

Cole Real Estate Investments

Phoenix-based Cole Real Estate Investments, the new owner of the City Center Plaza office tower in downtown Bellevue, promoted Clint Marchuk to director of acquisitions. Since joining Cole in 2007, he has been involved in the acquisition of more than $1 billion of commercial real estate.

CREW program on global business

“Living Locally, Doing Business Globally” is the topic of Commercial Real Estate Women's 11:30 a.m. Sept. 9 lunch program at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle. Panelists are Port of Seattle Commissioner Gael Tarleton, Seattle University's Associate Director of External Relations Gayatri Eassey and Kathleen Conroy, executive adviser for Cisco Systems. Cathy Allen of The Connections Group will moderate. Register at crewseattle.org.

Aug 19, 2010

Pacific Real Estate Partners

Pacific Real Estate Partners promoted Greg Inglin to vice president. He represents landlords, tenants and private investors in the Puget Sound region, including Metzler North America, Casey Family Programs and Goodman Real Estate. Steve Crantz and Mike Horner, formerly of Colliers International in Tacoma, formed the Retail Services Group at PREP. Based in Seattle, they will represent tenants, landlords and investors, including Burger King, Blazing Onion Burger Co., Blackrock, Lowes and Simon.

Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle promoted Sharen Bajema to associate director of operations in the Seattle office. She was vice president of operations. She had been operations manager for The Staubach Co., which merged with Jones Lang LaSalle in 2008.

Greenfield Advisors

Greenfield Advisors LLC of Seattle launched a service it says will help people determine the impact of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill on their property values. At gulfspillvaluations.com, users identify their land and get a report on the value. The report can be filed with claim documents, according to Greenfield, which specializes in complex real estate valuation and advisory services. CEO John Kilpatrick said the service will help expedite claims. According to BP, 145,000 claims have been filed to date. Greenfield reviewed tax assessor records and other data to arrive at a “pre-incident” valuation for a given parcel. Company officials then determined the change in value caused by the spill using techniques they applied in other events, such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Hurricane Katrina.

North Pacific Management

North Pacific Management added four hotels, including two in Seattle, to its portfolio. The Portland company is now managing the Inn at Queen Anne and the MarQueen, both in Seattle, and the Ashley Inn & Suites in Lincoln City, Ore., and the Ashley Inn at Tillamook, Ore. John Taffin, vice president, is responsible for these properties. North Pacific's portfolio also includes restaurants, racquet clubs and large commercial properties.