Sep 18, 2024

KMB architects

La Vaque

Lacy

Hughes

Deocampo

Bills

Cadwalader

Freund

Rishel

Sharareh

Lawrence

KMB architects has welcomed ten new team members in the first half of 2024: Terence Bills, E.J. Deocampo, Jenny Hughes, Shomari Lacy, Gene La Vaque, Brian Lawerence, Sheyda Sharareh, Benjamin Rishel, Rachel Freund, and G. Schuyler Cadwalader.

Senior project manager Bills has focused deeply on developing and maintaining strong client connections through K-12 education projects during his 39-year career in architecture. Bills holds a Bachelor's in Architecture and a Master's of Architecture from the University of Michigan.

Project architect Lacy has a diverse background in architecture, project management, and website development. Lacy holds a Bachelor's of Architecture from the College of Architecture Art & Design, Mississippi State University, and a Master's of Internet Technology, Management Information Systems Department, University of Georgia.

Deocampo recently joined the KMB team as a staff architect with a career focused on sustainable design, affordable housing, and mixed-use projects. Deocampo holds a Bachelor's in Architecture Studies and a Master's of Architecture from Washington State University.

Hughes joined KMB as a staff architect with 16 years of experience specializing in mixed-use development, single-family residential, and justice facilities. Hughes holds an Associate in Applied Science, from South Puget Sound Community College.

La Vaque joined KMB as a project manager/project architect with a 26-year career focused on state, higher education, and K-12 market sectors. La Vaque holds a Bachelor's in Fine Arts in Art/Art Studios from the College of Visual Arts and a Master's of Architecture from the University of Minnesota.

Lawerence has joined KMB as a staff architect with seven years of experience. Lawerence's experience spans from single and multi-family residential, mixed-use, hospitality, and civic projects.

Interior designer, Sheyda Sharareh, joins KMB with six years of experience. Her project work includes education, multi-family, healthcare, corporate, civic, and commercial. Sharareh's certifications include WELL AP and Associate AIA.

Project architect, Benjamin Rishel joines KMB with 10 years of experience. He has worked on various project types and scales, including justice facilities, residential, mixed-use, and sustainable development. Rishel holds a Bachelor's of Architecture, from the University of Arizona, and is a registered architect in Washington, North Carolina, and Iowa.

Staff architect, Rachel Freund has 12 years of experience specializing in mixed-use, tenant improvements, residential, adaptive re-use, and sustainability. Freund holds a Bachelor's of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University.

Staff architect, G. Schuyler Cadwalader, joins KMB with 10 years of experience with a focus on mixed-use, residential, high-rises, and civic projects. Cadwalader holds a Bachelor's of Arts from Hampshire College and a Master's of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sep 17, 2024

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Beierle

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis hired Austin Beierle to serve as a project executive in the company's Seattle office. A lifelong builder and the son of a union carpenter, Beierle began his construction career in 2009.With a focus on highly technical and demanding projects, he'll support the continued growth of the company's Seattle commercial market sector — including the delivery of high-rise office, residential and hospitality projects — and the company's self-perform subsidiary, Crutcher Structures.

Lattice Semiconductor

Following a comprehensive search by the company's board of directors, Lattice Semiconductor appointed Ford Tamer as chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors. Tamer replaces Esam Elashmawi, who served as interim CEO since June 2024. Elashmawi will continue to serve as the company's chief strategy and marketing officer, a position he has held since September 2018 and maintained while serving as interim CEO. Tamer brings to his role extensive industry experience and leadership spanning semiconductors, networking, and enterprise software. In his most recent operating role, Tamer served as president and CEO of Inphi for over nine years. Prior to Inphi, he was CEO of Telegent Systems, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom's Infrastructure Networking Group, co-founder and CEO of Agere. Most recently, he served as a senior operating partner of Francisco Partners. Lattice Semiconductor is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Performance Home Medical

Kent-based Performance Home Medical (PHM), a home medical equipment and respiratory services provider, named Larry Mastrovich, who has served as PHM chairman since January 2024, chief executive officer. Mastrovich's appointment follows healthcare-focused private equity firm Grant Avenue Capital's investment in PHM and reflects PHM's continued focus on expanding its geographic footprint, and accelerating the business' growth. Mastrovich brings three decades of leadership, operations, sales and marketing, and strategic transaction experience to PHM. For more than 25 years, Mastrovich worked at Apria Healthcare, most recently as president and COO. Prior to joining PHM, he served as president and CEO of Breathe Technologies, a medical device manufacturer for respiratory products. Founded in 2001, PHM provides home care services to patients in need of obstructive sleep apnea, oxygen, ventilator, and continuous glucose monitoring device and supply needs. Serving over 70,000 patients primarily in the Pacific Northwest, PHM provides access to in-home equipment and supplies throughout its over 20 locations across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Grant Avenue Capital is a healthcare-focused, middle-market private equity firm.

Sep 13, 2024

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Schuck

Seattle-based general contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis (Lewis) promoted Rob Schuck to the role of project executive within the firm's corporate market sector, which delivers high-end spaces for companies in the Pacific Northwest. During his six years with Lewis, Schuck has demonstrated an ability to deliver complex lab environments, data centers, and technical office spaces while ensuring positive project outcomes. In his new role, he will continue to help drive the growth of Lewis' corporate market sector team.

Banner Bank

Borrecco

Banner Bank is expanding its executive leadership team by adding Mark Borrecco as chief banking officer. Borrecco will oversee the bank's production lines of business, including commercial, commercial real estate, community banking and mortgage, and will be responsible for executing the bank's initiatives to enhance the client experience while ensuring continuing growth and profitability across all banking divisions. Borrecco has more than 25 years of banking experience focused in the Western U.S., most recently as the California president of a large regional bank. Prior to that, he held positions as president, CEO, chief banking officer and national sales manager with regional and community banks. Borrecco earned his bachelor's degree in economics from California State University. He has served on the Pacific Coast Banking School Board of Directors and the Greater Sacramento Economic Council. Banner Bank is a Washington-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Walla Walla, conducting business in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho.

Titan

Titan, a bi-coastal company providing ship repair and marine and complex fabrication services, appointed Francesco Valente as CEO. Valente will replace Jim “Marco” Marcotuli, who is retiring after five years leading the company and nearly five decades as a leader and executive in the aerospace, defense and manufacturing sectors. Valente joins Titan with more than 20 years of experience running business operations globally, including as CEO of Fincantieri Marine Group, the parent company's U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair operation. He joins Titan from Beretta, where he has led U.S. operations since 2019. Valente will join Titan on Sept. 23, with Marcotuli taking on a role as a board member and advisor. Valente will be based at Titan's headquarters in Portland. Titan Acquisition Holdings was formed in 2019. Titan is the parent company of Vigor, operating in Portland, Seattle, Ketchikan and Hawaii; MHI Holdings, based in Norfolk, Virginia; and Continental Maritime of San Diego.

Sep 12, 2024

Women Who Build Seattle

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That's the theme for this month's NAIOP breakfast meeting, to be held next Wednesday at the Grand Hyatt Seattle. And the four featured speakers certainly know a great deal about building: Coriann Presser is president at Lease Crutcher Lewis; Maria Barrientos is the founder of Barrientos Ryan; Lori Hill recently moved to Clise Properties, where she's executive VP; and A-P Hurd is the founder of SkipStone, which aided in the development of the new Heartwood affordable housing project on Capitol Hill (pictured). The event begins at 8 a.m. Details and info: naiopwa.org

A $25M construction loan in Spokane

A few miles east of Spokane, the Boise-based Hawkins is now building Saltese Creek, a 192-unit garden apartment complex. And for that, Cushman & Wakefield recently announced, it secured an over $25.3 million construction loan from Bok Financial. Chris Moyer, Paul Roeter and Meredith Donovan led the effort. Moyer said in a statement, “We are thrilled to have arranged the successful financing for Saltese Creek, a prime residential project perfectly positioned to capitalize on the growing demand in Spokane Valley With its proximity to both urban attractions and natural outdoor recreation, Saltese Creek is poised to be a standout community in one of the fastest-growing submarkets in the U.S.” Hawkins isn't active in Puget Sound, but develops multifamily, retail, school, hospitality and self-storage projects in the Mountain West region and up to Alaska.

MacDonald-Miller

MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions has become one of only two companies in Washington state to have multiple sites recognized in the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), with its Everett location recently earning Star status alongside its Seattle prefabrication shop. The Everett site is located at 11512 Airport Road, Suite F-700, and the Seattle shop is at 3701 S. Norfolk St. The VPP is a way for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health to recognize and partner with businesses and worksites that show excellence in occupational safety and health. Sites are committed to effective employee protection beyond the requirements of OSHA standards. VPP participants develop and implement systems to effectively identify, evaluate, prevent and control occupational hazards to prevent employee injuries and illnesses. The VPP in Washington state is an occupational safety and health initiative managed by the state Department of Labor & Industries. It is part of a broader effort to promote workplace safety through proactive measures and a cooperative partnership between government, management and labor. The VPP recognizes employers and workers who have implemented effective safety and health management systems. MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions specializes in design-build HVAC, plumbing, energy services and building automation systems.

Alaska Communications

Knipp

Alaska Communications named Dale Knipp as senior vice president, business. He will lead all business sales teams, including enterprise and wholesale, carrier and federal, opportunity management, managed IT services and SMB. Knipp has worked in various capacities with large telecoms including Comcast, Verizon, Cox, Dish and Charter. During his time at Comcast, he led a team which earned more than $1.5 billion in total contract revenue. He earned his undergraduate degree from University of Kansas, an MBA from University of Phoenix and executive management certification from Carnegie Mellon University. Alaska Communications, an affiliate of ATN International, provides advanced broadband and managed IT services for businesses and consumers in Alaska. Matt McConnell is president and CEO of Alaska Communications.

Seattle Convention Center

Seattle Convention Center's Board of Directors appointed Jennifer LeMaster as its new president & CEO, effective Sept. 16. She will be the center's first female CEO, replacing Jeff Blosser, who retired earlier this year. The unanimous selection follows a thorough CEO search process conducted by the board through the efforts of its Search Committee. LeMaster's 26-year career started in college sports at the University of Kentucky Athletics Association, leading marketing and special events. She then joined the Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA), first at the Georgia Dome where she had responsibilities for $22 million in annual revenues and oversaw a $30 million renovation to the club seats and suites. Later, she would guide public affairs during the development of the $1.7 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Her work on the stadium project led to her overseeing the development and implementation of strategic planning that reshaped culture, internal governance, brand positioning and future growth of the GWCCA facilities, including as a hotel project development lead and asset manager for the Signia by Hilton Atlanta, the first publicly owned-publicly financed convention hotel on campus.