Nov 12, 2010

Colby & Co.

Colby Haugness launched Colby & Co., a commercial real estate brokerage and sale-leaseback advisory company in the Whatcom County town of Custer. The company focuses on triple-net properties, 1031 exchanges and shopping centers. It will work with individuals, private real estate investment trusts, developers, trusts, companies and banks. Colby has been in commercial real estate for 11 years, and has completed $750 million in sales. He worked at Capital Real Estate Investments in San Diego, Marcus & Millichap in Bellevue and Net Leased Real Properties in Vista, Calif. He founded R&R Capital, a private equity company that provides sale-leaseback financing for restaurateurs and retailers.

Windermere

Windermere Real Estate opened a property management office in Seattle at 819 N.E. 65th St. The office has six agents, and owner Lori Gill is recruiting new associates.

Keller Williams

Broker Julie Selmikeit joined the Keller Williams Realty Seattle Metro West Market Center in West Seattle. She has worked primarily in luxury condo sales for Seattle developers.

Home-buying workshop Nov. 20

The ReMax Bothell office will host a free workshop for first-time home buyers at 10 a.m. Nov. 20 in the Woodlands Technology Building, 1909 214th St. S.E., Bothell. Register by calling (206) 817-5532.

Appraisal conference Nov. 30

The Seattle Chapter of the Appraisal Institute will hold its annual day-long Fall Real Estate Conference at 8 a.m. Nov. 30 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle. Robert White Jr., president of Real Capital Analytics, is the keynote speaker. There will be educational sessions throughout the conference. Continuing education credits are available. For more information or to register, go to ai-seattle.org or call (206) 622-8425.

Nov 04, 2010

Colliers International

Dave Schumacher, a regional multifamily investment veteran, joined the Seattle office of Colliers International. He was with Columbia Partners, which he founded in 1991. Schumacher has closed more than $2 billion in apartment transactions. Joining him at Colliers from Columbia Partners are brokers David Mortensen and Jill Prestegard. The current Colliers multifamily investment team is Joe Levin and Jason Davis.

GVA Kidder Mathews

Gary Guenther, senior vice president and partner of GVA Kidder Mathews, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce.

NAIOP looks at capital markets

NAIOP's 7:30 a.m. Nov. 17 breakfast meeting will include a panel discussion about the changing capital markets. Doug Daley of Harbor Properties will moderate the discussion by Cory Carlson of Washington Capital Management, John McAllister of Northwestern Investment Management Co. and Craig Wrench of Washington Real Estate Holdings. The breakfast is at the Sheraton Seattle, 1400 Sixth Ave. Register at naiopwa.org.