Apr 01, 2021

ASH visits town

Design and development firm ASH NYC announced that its ASH Staging division has reached Seattle. Its first local project was a half-dozen units at the new Emerald condominium tower downtown, which is seeking to sell its few remaining units (of 262). Andrew Bowen leads ASH Staging from the firm's New York headquarters. ASH has, with partners, developed a trio of boutique hotels in historic buildings in New Orleans, Detroit and Providence, Rhode Island, along with mixed-use projects on the East Coast. It also designs furniture.

Oakpointe Communities

Nelson

Oakpointe Communities of Bellevue announced that its in-house attorney Megan Nelson was recently elevated to general counsel. Company CEO Brian Ross said in a statement, “Her superb legal expertise and guidance will continue to be a valuable asset as we move forward with several developments throughout King and Snohomish counties.” Among those are Ten Trails, now with about 400 homes developed near Black Diamond, and LakePointe. The latter is now a 214-acre gravel pit near Covington that Oakpointe acquired last year for $28 million. The future plan there is about 1,500 residential units (both apartments and houses), 850,000 square feet of retail, hospitality and office space. Said Nelson, “This step forward in my career and with the company is an exciting one.”

Spectrum Development Solutions

Boyce

Spectrum Development Solutions announced that its Kaitlin Boyce has been promoted to associate principal. She's been with the firm for seven years, working on entitlement, feasibility, financial analysis, design and project management. She's worked on past Spectrum projects including Decibel and Reverb, near Yesler Terrace, and on Canton Lofts — which is under construction in Pioneer Square by new owner Nitze-Stagen.

Local brokers honored

Industry website Connect Media recently named its top national brokers for the past year. The 2021 awards are broken out by region. In ours, the honorees include Thad Mallory of Newmark; Eli Hanacek of CBRE; Derek Heed, Gregg Riva, Bill Condon and Matt McGregor of Colliers; Scott Alan and Patrick Mullin of Cushman & Wakefield; and the Berkadia team of Kenny Dudunakis, David Sorensen and Ben Johnson. Connect said it honored 101 brokers from over 500 nominations.

Weingarten lands new tenant in West Seattle

Weingarten Realty owns the retail portion of The Whittaker, at 4755 Fauntleroy Way S.W., which was completed about four years ago. The company recently announced a new commercial tenant in the two-building, mixed-use complex: YogaSix, which is taking 2,302 square feet. The studio should open in mid-April. Amanda Blackwood of CARR represented the tenant; Weingarten's Andy Armstrong negotiated the lease. Named for famed mountaineer and West Seattle native Jim Whittaker, the complex is also home to a Whole Foods, and has 389 apartments. LMC was the developer, in a venture with Weingarten.