Sep 03, 2015

Chavez new VP at Associa EMB

Chavez

Associa EMB Management of Bellevue named Susan Chavez vice president of operations. Chavez has worked at Associa EMB in the past and has more than 14 years of experience. Associa EMB's new president, Nicole Washington, said Chavez is part of the firm's new leadership team. Associa EMB Management is an affiliate of the Dallas-based housing management company Associa, which has more than 9,000 employees in 170 offices in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Council candidates at NAIOP

Seven Seattle City Council candidates will discuss business and real estate issues at the NAIOP monthly breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 16 at Grand Hyatt Seattle. Here are the candidates on the panel: Shannon Braddock, District 1; Bruce Harrell, District 2; Pamela Banks, District 3; Rob Johnson, District 4; Sally Bagshaw, District 7; Tim Burgess, District 8; and Lorena Gonzalez, District 9. Kevin Wallace, president of Wallace Properties and Bellevue deputy mayor, will moderate. The candidates have been endorsed by Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's political action committee. For more information, or to attend, visit: https://goo.gl/kr7xZN

Appraisal Institute conference

The Seattle chapter of the Appraisal Institute is holding its annual fall real estate conference Oct. 1 at Washington State Convention Center. Kemper Freeman of Kemper Development Co. and Mike Nelson of Trammell Crow Co. will be keynote speakers. Topics at the all-day event include analysis of office, retail, residential and industrial markets; a look at south Puget Sound and eastern Washington markets; and legal issues. For more information, contact Darcy Schmidt at (206) 622-8425 or aisea@qwestoffice.net.

Aug 27, 2015

Atreg hires Wade Moller

Atreg, a Seattle-based firm that specializes in disposing of high tech manufacturing facilties such as semiconductor fabrication plants and cleanrooms, named Wade Moller a vice president. Moller advised Amazon on how to structure supply chains, and on the acquisition and disposition of assets. He also worked on Amazon Web Services, Amazon's Lab126 and Amazon Publishing. Moller also was an assistant director at Weyerhaeuser.

ULI offers bike tour of SLU, Fremont

Urban Land Institute Northwest's Thriving Communities Task Force will lead a bicycle tour Sept. 15 of South Lake Union, Westlake and Fremont. The event begins at 2 p.m. at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St. Alyssa Mehl of Bellwether Housing, Marc Gearhart of Holland Partner Group and Sandra Woods of Seattle Department of Transportation will lead the tour. It will focus on how streets handle bicycles and cars, and what changes are needed. For information or to register, contact Northwest@uli.org or 206-224-4500.