Apr 19, 2024

Harborstone Credit Union

Harkley

Harborstone Credit Union selected Jimese Harkley as its new chief community engagement officer. In this role, Harkley will shape the organization's community engagement strategies and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Harkley most recently served as vice president of membership for CUES and brings over 15 years of industry experience to her new position. She began her career as a teller for America's First Federal Credit Union and progressed to serve as the group's philanthropy and community relations manager. Harkley earned her juris doctorate from Birmingham School of Law and her bachelor's degree in mass communication/media studies from Jacksonville State University. Lakewood-based Harborstone has 15 branches across western Washington.

Lane Powell

Flickinger

Jesse Flickinger joined Lane Powell as an associate on the Commercial Litigation team. Flickinger counsels individuals and businesses in commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Lane Powell, Flickinger dedicated several years developing his legal skills as a law clerk at the appellate and trial court levels, where he conducted comprehensive research and analysis across various federal and state cases. Flickinger's experience as a law clerk provided him with an understanding of the appellate process and considerable exposure to all stages of litigation. Flickinger obtained his juris doctorate from the University of Montana School of Law.

Lighthouse

Seattle-based Lighthouse, a provider of technology-enabled eDiscovery, compliance, and information governance services, announced the launch of its new antitrust practice and related technology offerings. The Lighthouse Antitrust Practice (composed of attorneys, technologists, linguists, eDiscovery project managers, and document review consultants and staff) develops and uses technology that manages antitrust compliance, including merger clearance, competitor disputes and regulatory compliance. Earlier this year, the company launched Lighthouse AI Privilege Review, which uses generative and predictive AI to identify privileged content and create privilege logs. Lighthouse was founded in 1995 as a local document copy shop, and has evolved with the legal technology landscape. Ron Markezich is the firm's CEO.

Apr 18, 2024

Northmarq lands $35M refi package

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Northmarq announced a recent refinancing deal it arranged for the 147-unit Lodge at Mallard's Landing, a senior housing community in Gig Harbor. The latest funding, Northmarq's third for the same client (Senior Services of America), amounts to some $35 million. An unnamed life insurance company put up the money. Northmarq's Stuart Oswald led the effort, and said in a statement, “We are grateful to have been chosen again for this financing assignment. Fortunately, I toured the property with the lender three years ago, and it has remained on their radar since that visit.” The 6% fixed-rate loan carries a six-year term. Northmarq says the community is about 95% occupied. It was built and developed by M&L Assisted Living LLC in 2010 and 2015, with Veer Architecture as the designer.

CBRE

Berg

Kim Berg was recently promoted to senior managing director, CBRE announced. She's been with the firm for 15 years, rising through the ranks in property management. The firm's John R. Miller said in a statement, “Kim's dedication to clients and exceptional leadership has been critical in shaping CBRE's market-leading property management services across the Puget Sound region and Portland markets. We are very fortunate to have Kim as part of our leadership team, and congratulate her on this well-deserved promotion.”

Weidner is No. 12!

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Local multifamily investor and property manager Weidner Apartment Homes announced earlier this month that it was ranked No. 12 on the National Multifamily Housing Council's annual list of the top 50 apartment owners. Last year, it ranked No. 15 on the list. With holdings mostly on the West Coast, Weidner says it now has a U.S. portfolio of 68,462 units. (The NMCH doesn't include Weidner's 6,444 units in Canada.) Notably, Kirkland-based Weidner says it made its first East Coast acquisition last year with an investment in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm's Kevin Colard said in a statement, “This exciting milestone serves as a humble reminder of how far our company has come in its 47 years, and a strong motivator for our future goals. Our consistent growth allows us to push forward on our mission — a mission that takes hard work and commitment from many talented people.”

Sila

Belmontes

Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, hired Erika Belmontes as its new human resources manager at its Moses Lake plant. Belmontes has over a decade of HR experience in employee relations, organizational design, and learning and development with an emphasis in production manufacturing. Prior to this role, she worked in HR departments at Grant County Public Utility District, Tree Top, Mission Vista and Lamb Weston. In her previous roles, she developed, directed and managed various HR functions while aligning business objectives with people strategies, programs, processes, and tactics across various functions and geographies. At Sila, Belmontes will be responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management, and partnering with the Moses Lake community on local initiatives such as the education program with Big Bend Community College and Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center.

Absolute Software

Seattle-based Absolute Software changed its name to Absolute Security. The change reflects a long cybersecurity heritage and vision to provide organizations with cyber resilience capabilities across mobile and hybrid workforces. The Absolute Cyber Resilience Platform is built to help customers maintain constant connections to PC fleets, ensure devices and security software are operating as intended, and quickly restore normal business operations following cyberattacks and disruptions. Christy Wyatt is the CEO of Absolute Security.

Banner Bank

Newsweek selected Banner Bank as one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies 2024, ranking Banner third among the 27 banks and credit unions that made the list. This list is compiled by Newsweek in collaboration with market research partner Statista, a statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The trustworthy companies were identified in an independent survey based on a sample of U.S. residents who rated them in terms of customer trust, investor trust and employee trust. A total of 97,000 evaluations were submitted. All U.S. public and private companies with more than $500 million in revenue were considered in the study. From that, Newsweek and Statista teams selected the 700 most trustworthy companies across 23 industries. Banner Bank, headquartered in Walla Walla, is a Washington-chartered commercial bank that conducts business in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho.