Jan 05, 2017

Kidder Mathews

Chudzik

David Chudzik, vice president for Kidder Mathews' Valuation Advisory Services, has been awarded the CRE designation by The Counselors of Real Estate. In 10 years with Kidder Mathews, Chudzik has also has earned the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. He has a Ph.D. in biochemistry, and focuses on venture capital investing in the life sciences industry. Chudzik has performed biotechnology valuation and market analysis on a national basis, and he authored the National Biotechnology Real Estate Market Analysis for GVA Worldwide. His clients include Alexandria Real Estate Equities, University of Washington and Vulcan Real Estate.

NAIOP

The January NAIOP breakfast meeting has the tantalizing theme of “Lessons From Auckland,” which is where 2015 and 2016 Runstad Fellows visited to study urban planning and development in New Zealand. Speaking on their observations and experiences will be Joe David of Point32, Rick Mohler of the University of Washington and Mohler + Ghillino Architects, Barbara Swift of Swift Company, Giovanni Migliaccio of the University of Washington, Ben Broesamle of Jonathan Rose Companies, and two students: Genevieve Hale-Case and Amy Hartman. The event takes place at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Hyatt Olive 8. Registration and details: naiopwa.org.

CREW

The rising phenomenon of co-working and shared office spaces is the topic of the Jan. 12 luncheon meeting of Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle & Sound. Gina Phillips of WeWork and Su-Zette Sparks of Coterie Worklounge will lead the discussion about flexible offices, the demise of traditional leasing and collaborative work spaces. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. at Motif Seattle hotel, 1415 Fifth Ave. Registration and details: crewss.memberclicks.net.

Dec 29, 2016

Homestead Community Land Trust

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Set to celebrate its 25 anniversary next year, the nonprofit facilitator of affordable housing is also seeking four new board members. They will be elected at Homestead's annual meeting (5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way S.W.) Active in Delridge, Columbia City and other neighborhoods, Homestead counsels about 300 prospective homebuyers a year, provides grants and loans, develops new homes with private partners and preserves affordable housing stock by keeping them in a restricted trust. That trust now includes 211 homes, which can only be resold to buyers at or below 80 perent of area median income; Homestead maintains ownership of the land. Potential board members can find more information athomesteadclt.org.

TOD in Tacoma

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The city of Tacoma announced that it's one of five U.S. cities to be competitively awarded with ground technical assistance supporting transit-oriented development (TOD), improving access to public transportation, and building new economic opportunities and pathways to employment for local communities. Guidance and resources will be provided by the Federal Transit Administration and Smart Growth America, which the city will use to help in the development of the Hilltop neighborhood. For what it calls the the Links to Opportunity Project, Tacoma previously received a $2 million grant from the FTA to plan for transit and economic development along the Tacoma Link Expansion corridor. (Hilltop is scheduled to have a light-rail station in 2022, which will connect to Seattle in 2030.) In a statement, mayor Marilyn Strickland said, “Smart growth strategies that make Tacoma an even better place to live and work, a solid transportation system, economic development – these things are all connected.”

CoreNet Global

The Washington state chapter of CoreNet announced its 2016 award winners. The categories and honorees include the following: Young Leader of the Year, Dane Larsen of CBRE; Supplier of the Year, Legacy Group; Presenter of the Year, Roberto Yglesias of Buildingi; and Program Coordinator of the Year, Angela Thomlinson of Catalyst Workplace Activation.