Feb 21, 2013

CBRE

Okerlund

Commercial real estate firm CBRE hired Paul Okerlund as director of the Seattle project management team. Okerlund has more than 25 years of experience in leading teams and managing projects. Okerlund worked at Howard S. Wright Cos. for the last 19 years in various roles.

Kidder Mathews

Newton

Michael Newton has joined Kidder Mathews' South Seattle office and will specialize in industrial leasing and sales. Newton has been a broker for 23 years, and he last served as an industrial specialist and principal with NAI Puget Sound Properties. Kidder Mathews has more than 200 brokers in nine offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

Keller Williams Realty

Wang

Dominguez

The Bellevue office of Keller Williams Realty hired three new agents. Andrew Choi, Edgar Dominguez and Joy Wang are all entering the residential real estate industry for the first time. Keller Williams is based in Austin, Texas, and has more than 700 offices and 78,000 associates in the U.S. and Canada.

City of Kirkland

The city of Kirkland will hold a meeting about an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to tenants just because they are using Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. The informational meeting will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 in Kirkland City Hall, 123 Fifth Ave. The Kirkland City Council will discuss the ordinance March 19. More information is at http://bit.ly/WUJ3H4

Bellevue Downtown Association

Representatives from the Bellevue Collection will discuss the group's marketing strategy at the Bellevue Downtown Association's monthly breakfast Feb. 26 at the Harbor Club, 777 108th Ave. N.E. Kris Allan, vice president of leasing and development for Kemper Development Co., and Jennifer Leavitt, vice president of marketing for the Bellevue Collection, are the speakers. The event is $30 for BDA members and $40 for nonmembers. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1322hhh

Feb 14, 2013

NBS Financial

Henderson

Patterson

Two employees in NBS Financial Services' Seattle office have been promoted. Jeff Henderson is now senior finance officer. He joined NBS Financial in 2009 with a background in commercial real estate. Andrew Patterson was promoted to senior associate finance officer. Patterson has been with NBS since 2007.

GardnerGlobal

Seattle-based GardnerGlobal Inc. has moved its headquarters to Pioneer Square at 114 Alaskan Way S., Suite 104. The company was founded in 2009 and is headed by CEO Jaebadiah S. Gardner. GardnerGlobal services include real estate development and consulting, brokerage and property management, business development and social media consulting.

Cobalt Mortage

The Kirkland branch of Cobalt Mortgage said it raised $36,800 for college scholarships for local students. The funds came from a competition between University of Washington alumnae at the Kirkland branch and Washington State University alumnae at the Southcenter branch. Overall, the company raised more than $100,000 that will be given to 73 students in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Utah and Oklahoma. Cobalt Mortgage Dollars for Scholars is a nonprofit founded in 2010.

Capitol Hill Housing

Capitol Hill Housing will hold its annual Top of the Town event March 21 in the Sorrento Hotel at 900 Madison St. The event brings together developers, business and community leaders, and elected officials to talk about affordable housing on Capitol Hill. For more information and tickets contact Ragnar Thorisson at rthorisson@capitolhillhousing.org or call (206) 204-3843.