Dec 30, 2014

Port of Kalama

Yakovich

The Port of Kalama named Eric Yakovich economic development manager. Yakovich will manage new and ongoing construction and community projects, assist clients with projects and administer grants for port projects. He will also oversee the ports records, reception, security, safety and infrastructure. Yakovich was CEO for Cowlitz County Guidance Association, a community mental health center. Initial projects include infrastructure for a proposed methanol plant, walking paths, demolition, warehouse construction and new railroad tracks. Russell Watts was named field and maintenance operations/facilities technician. He has 40 years' experience working for municipal treatment plants in Vancouver, Gresham and North Bonneville. He will assist the wastewater treatment operator and maintenance crews. Jackie Heupel is the new receptionist. She has worked in customer service for Underwriter Laboratories.

Motif Seattle

Magoon

Frolik Kitchen + Cocktails in Motif Seattle said Anne Magoon will be joining the food and beverage management team as general manager.

She was operations director for McCracken Tough Restaurant Group, where she oversaw four venues in Capitol Hill and Belltown, including Tavern Law and Spur Gastropub.

Korsmo Construction

Eshenbaugh

Tacoma-based Korsmo Construction hired Sherry Eshenbaugh to lead the company's new Virtual Design and Construction Division. Eshenbaugh, LEED AP BD+C, holds master's degrees in both architecture and construction engineering management, and has more than 30 years of design and construction experience. She previously was a project architect, project manager and BIM manager.

Alliance Residential

Phoenix-based Alliance Residential appointed Jeremiah Jolicoeur as managing director for the Pacific Northwest region, where he is overseeing development of high-end multifamily communities in West Seattle and Capitol Hill's Pike-Pine Corridor. Jolicoeur is also in charge of market review, strategy evaluation, land opportunity negotiation, construction coordination, and leasing and asset disposition in the Seattle and Portland markets. He is based in Seattle and has been with Alliance for six years.

L&I

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators elected Brian Haight to a five-year term on its commission. Haight is the cranes technical specialist and crane certification program supervisor at the state Department of Labor and Industries. NCCCO is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.

Vigor Industrial

The Seattle Colleges District named Vigor Industrial a 2014 Constance W. Rice Partner of the Year. Vigor was chosen for its partnership with South Seattle College to provide space for the Harbor Island Training Center, which serves maritime and industrial fabrication companies and trains the next generation of welders.

Hammer & Hand

Green Builder magazine awarded Hammer & Hand two Green Home of the Year awards for its Karuna House and Pumpkin Ridge Passive House projects. Karuna House, in Oregon's Yamhill County, won Best Building Science; and Pumpkin Ridge, in North Plains, Oregon, won Best Mainstream Green. Hammer & Hand has offices in Seattle and Portland.

Dec 26, 2014

Land Advisors buys Cameron Land

Falkenborg

Cameron

Land Advisors Organization, a national brokerage focused on land, has established a presence here with the purchase of Bellevue-based Cameron Land Group. Cameron Land Group will become the Washington division of Land Advisors. Cameron was founded in 2008 by Scott Cameron and Wes Falkenborg. Land Advisors said Cameron's customers will now have access to tech tools and research as well as a capital advisory group, and resort and hospitality consulting. Land Advisors says it is the nation's largest brokerage focused solely on land. It has offices in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah.

Ken Larsen is WMLA president

Larsen

Ken Larsen, senior vice president and mortgage banking director at Banner Bank, was elected president of Washington Mortgage Lenders Association for 2015. Larsen has been a member of WMLA, a lobbying group that represents residential mortgage lenders, for more than two years and was a vice president. Larsen will work on education, advocacy and lobbying in Olympia, and represent Washington on national issues with the Mortgage Bankers Association. Larsen also wants to integrate regional associations into WMLA.

Port of Everett promotes Whitaker

The Port of Everett named Brandon Whitaker project manager for Waterfront Place Central. Whitaker is now the port's environmental and safety specialist, and will move to the new role in 2015. He will manage design and construction for the waterfront, and the first phase of marina improvements. Sixteen projects priced at $67 million are planned. The goal is to make the waterfront more pedestrian-friendly. The first projects are slated to begin early next year.

Stewart Title adds Elpel

Stewart Title Commercial Services hired Shawn Elpel as an associate senior underwriting counsel in Seattle. Elpel has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and the title business. He worked for title companies in Washington, Arizona and California on national, multi-site deals.

Studio 216 makes 999 Third app

Studio 216 and Colliers International released an app for iPhones and iPads for 999 Third Avenue, also known as Wells Fargo Center. While touring the building, potential tenants can point a phone or tablet to a specific spot and see what it will look like once renovation is complete. Areas that can be viewed in the app include the lobby, work stations, break room and game room. Ivanhoe Cambridge paid $390 million for the building in June 2013, and immediately started planning a renovation to attract tech and creative companies.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Christensen

White

Cairncross & Hempelmann hired Ryan White, who was a partner at Bean, Gentry, Wheeler & Peternell and established that firm's Seattle office. White will focus on real estate transactions, condominium formation, commercial leasing and advising developers as part of the Dirt team. Eric Christensen has joined the firm as a partner. He was chair of the Energy, Telecommunications & Utilities Group at Gordon Thomas Honeywell. His practice focuses on energy regulation, transactions and litigation.

Washington State University

Washington State University named David Cillay vice president for WSU Global Campus. He will focus on creating new off-site academic programs and serve as a liaison between WSU and groups that want programs at new sites. WSU Global Campus launched in 2012 to provide online educational programs. It offers eight baccalaureate and 12 graduate degrees.