Apr 07, 2016

Josh McDonald joins CBRE

McDonald

CBRE hired Josh McDonald as a partner on its Northwest Multifamily Institutional Investment team. The team is headed by Jon Hallgrimson, and it works on a variety of properties: workforce housing, suburban property, downtown buildings and development sites. McDonald worked for Holland Partner Group of Vancouver for more than 10 years before joining Rhapsody Property Management Services of Toronto. He has experience as an investor, developer, owner and manager.

ARCH honors Bel-Red TODs

A Regional Coalition for Housing gave its 2016 Community Recognition Award to the city of Bellevue and Sound Transit for bringing transit-oriented development and affordable housing to Bel-Red Corridor. Bellevue and Sound Transit negotiated a memorandum of understanding in 2015 that called for creating a mixed-use neighborhood around the future 130th Avenue Northeast station with housing, office space, retail and pedestrian connections. The city pledged to build a park and ride for 300 vehicles. ARCH is a partnership between King County and Eastside cities focused on affordable housing.

Alesko joins Churchill Mortgage

Churchill Mortgage added Debbie Alesko to the Gig Harbor branch as a loan partner. Alesko is one of 28 people Churchill recently hired in Washington, Colorado, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Churchill has offices in 36 states.

Eminent domain conference May 12-13

The Seminar Group's sixth annual Eminent Domain Conference is May 12-13 at Hilton Garden Inn Seattle Downtown. Topics include ethical considerations in valuations, negotiating a condemnation case and relocating tenants. For more information, or to register, visit: http://goo.gl/lGpeoq

New leaders at CoreNet

The Washington chapter of CoreNet Global, an association for corporate real estate professionals, elected its 2016 board and new officers. Cristy Handsaker of CH2M, Al Kinisky of Concur Technologies, Karen Kramer of Shaw Industries Group and Scott Schlumberger of Cushman & Wakefield/Commerce are directors. Brian Collins of Microsoft is president-elect and Michelle Kelly of Western Office Interiors is secretary.

Mar 31, 2016

Jacobis help fund new UW program

Windermere Real Estate founder John Jacobi and his wife, Rosalind, gave $5.4 million to University of Washington to start an undergraduate minor in real estate studies. The first courses will be offered in January 2017. The money also will help fund two new endowed faculty chairs at Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies in UW's College of Built Environments. The Jacobis attended UW and have supported several athletic programs.

Walla Walla Clothing opens in Tacoma

Walla Walla Clothing Co., a designer women's fashion retailer, has opened a Puget Sound store at Proctor Station, 3910 N. 28th St. in Tacoma. The Rush Cos. developed and manages Proctor Station. Co-owner Teresa Ellison said they have customers from the Puget Sound area who visit Eastern Washington wine country. This will be the chain's third store in Washington. Others are in Walla Walla and Kennewick, as well as Boise and Meridian, Idaho. The chain is looking for other sites in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain West.

NAIOP broker forecast panel April 20

The Washington chapter of NAIOP will hold its annual broker forecast at 7 a.m. April 20 in Hyatt at Olive 8 in Seattle. Bill Pollard of Talon Private Capital will moderate the panel: Craig Kinzer of Kinzer Partners, Scotta Ashcraft of CBRE and Wilma Warshak of Washington Real Estate Advisors, talking about what drives tenant decisions, how landlords are adjusting to tenant demands and regional transportation issues. For more information or to register, visit: http://goo.gl/Lhz5ZW