Jun 06, 2013

ULI event on historic buildings

The Urban Land Institute Northwest will hold an event about the importance of renovating and reusing historic buildings at 7 a.m. June 19 at the Arctic Club Seattle at 700 Third Ave. The speaker is David J. Brown, executive vice president and chief preservation office for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He has more than 15 years of experience in redeveloping historic buildings. For more information or to register contact ULI at Northwest@uli.org or 205-224-4500.

Dow Hotel

Seattle-based Dow Hotel Co. hired Rick Rogovin as vice president of hotel investments, a new position. Rogovin has more than 25 years of hotel investment experience, and rejoins Dow Hotel after a stint at Wells Fargo where he worked on hotel financing. In his previous role at Dow he was vice president of business development. Dow bought three properties in the last nine months, and President Murray Dow said it will be active over the next 12 to 18 months.

EMB Management

Associa's EMB Management, which provides services to homeowner associations and developers, added Bella Vista Heights condos in Redmond to its portfolio. Dallas-based Associa says it is North America's largest community association management firm, with 8,000 employees and more than 150 offices in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

May 30, 2013

CREW lunch on biotech impact

Commercial Real Estate Women of Seattle and Sound's next meeting will look at biotech and health care growth, and the impact those industries have on local real estate at 11:30 a.m. June 13 at the Washington Athletic Club at 1325 Sixth Ave. Panelists will be Steve Eirschele of Eirschele Consulting Services; Kay Kornovich, managing principal at the Seattle office of Perkins + Will; and Scott Rusch, vice president of facilities and operations at Fred Hutchinson. More information is at crewseattle.org

NAIOP Night of Stars

The Washington chapter of NAIOP is taking nominations for the Night of the Stars Awards. The awards honor this area's top projects and transactions. They must be mostly complete between June 2012 and December 2013. Nominations are due by July 12. The awards will be presented Nov. 8 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue. Nomination forms are at http://bit.ly/Ml2W5m

HomeStreet Bank, Saturn

HomeStreet Bank said it provided a $12.9 million loan to the owners of the Saturn, a mixed-use building in Fremont that provides incubator office space for small businesses. This is HomeStreet's third loan to a building that provides office space for small businesses. The Saturn is 93 percent occupied. It was designed by Lance Mueller and Associates of Seattle. Developer Brian Regan wants to add a model of the planet Saturn to the roof of the building.