Bridge Industrial announced the recent hiring of Greg Stumm as its new director of West Coast acquisitions, which includes our region. He'll be based in Los Angeles, where he's spent the bulk of his career. He makes the move from Newmark. Nick Siegel of Bridge said in a statement, “The addition of Greg as our west region leader strengthens our national acquisitions strategy, as we expand our reach and sharpen our focus as we acquire even more in-demand industrial product in key locations.” Said Stumm, “I'm excited to join the team.”
Chief Musician Antje Farmer, of Redmond, advanced to the rank of senior chief petty officer in the United States Navy May 25, during a promotion ceremony among friends, family and shipmates. As one of five chiefs in the United States Navy Band selected for advancement to senior chief, Farmer joins a prestigious list of just 2% of sailors that will reach the rank of E-8 throughout their career in a total force that exceeds 330,000 personnel.
“I could not be more proud of those selected for promotion. These individuals represent the best our command has to offer and the future of the Navy Band looks bright with these folks moving into more senior leadership positions” said Captain Kenneth Collins, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy's premier band. Keeping with tradition, select family members and shipmates ceremoniously removed the chief collar insignia of their sailors and replaced them with their newly earned senior chief devices.
Farmer joined the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus in 2005 as a soprano vocalist. Prior to joining the Navy, she completed a bachelor of music in vocal performance and pedagogy from Brigham Young University and returned to her home state to complete a master's of music, cum laude, at the University of Washington. She also studied at the Musik Hochschule in Graz, Austria, for one year, and was engaged as an opera singer at the Tiroler Landestheater opera house in Innsbruck, Austria, for the 2003-04 season.
Wednesday, June 15 will be the next monthly breakfast meeting for NAIOP. The topic? The Pike-Pine corridor, with an emphasis on its downtown section, not Capitol Hill. Says the event description, “For years, downtown Seattle has been fighting rising crime rates and homelessness in addition to retail competition from online shopping and outlying malls like University Village and Bellevue Square — making it difficult to attract office workers, tourists and shoppers to the once bustling area.” How can it be revitalized? That's the question to be addressed by Brad Reisinger of Lennar Multifamily Communities, Deborah Ross of Pine Street Group and Andy Wattula of Hudson Pacific Properties. (The latter two parties plan to buy and renovate Pacific Place, so they have special interest.) Details and info: naiopwa.org. And don't forget that NAIOP is now accepting nominations for its Night of the Stars gala, which is set for Nov. 4.
As the DJC first reported early last month, the 2nd Street Apartments in downtown Bellevue sold for a bit over $33 million. The buyer was an LLC associated with Angelo Gordon, a private investment firm based in New York, and local shop Timberlane Partners. That deal included a nearly $27.9 million loan from Varde Partners of Minnesota. Now Northmarq has announced its role in sourcing the loan. The firm's Jake Leibsohn led that effort, and said the loan would support planned improvements to the 80-unit building, which dates to 1997.
Local shop Thayer Manca Residential announced its recent disposition of the 272-unit Ventura, at 3600 W. Ray Road in Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix. The price and buyer weren't disclosed. Thayer Manca had acquired the property in 2017 for about $47.6 million, then invested over $4 million in upgrades. Joe Manca said in a statement, “We feel fortunate to have owned the Ventura for just under five years, and to have had the opportunity to lean into the repositioning and revitalization of this premier asset.”
Blueline recently hired three engineers. Nicole Mulheran has been hired as an engineer to work on public works projects as well as construction inspection. Mulheran is a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and has experience as an engineer intern for NIES Engineering. Kylyn Sasaki has also been hired as an engineer to work on public works projects. Sasaki is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, with a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering and has experience as a specifications engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District in Hawaii. Matthew Strittmatter joins the team as an engineer specialized in residential development. Strittmatter is a graduate of Kennesaw State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering and an Associate's in Biology. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he relocated to Seattle in 2020.
Blueline also recently hired Sarah Zwaagstra as the office coordinator. Zwaagstra attended the University of Washington and received her Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Studies. Prior to Blueline, she worked at Nordstrom on the Corporate Social Responsibility team leading on sustainability data analysis and insights. Dené Kuzaro PE has been rehired as a senior project engineer to work on residential and commercial projects. Kuzaro is a graduate of Seattle University with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. She has over a decade of experience as an engineer assisting builders with residential and commercial development throughout the Greater Puget Sound Region.
Anne Nautsch joins Blueline as a planner. Nautsch is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Master's Degree in Urban Planning. She has experience in federal land use planning, public engagement, and project management.
Blueline has also hired Peter Ralston as an engineer to work on commercial projects. Ralston is a graduate of the California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. He has experience as a project engineer with BKF Engineers in California.
Cast architecture has added Emilio Craddock to their team. Craddock received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and earned a dual Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington. Craddock will focus on Cast's residential and community projects.
Coffman Engineers Inc. announced that Brian Walkenhauer, PE, SE has been promoted to principal, and is now a shareholder in the company. Walkenhauer is a structural engineer and the Burlington office operations manager. His structural design background includes commercial, industrial, military, and complex seismic retrofit projects. Walkenhauer leads a growing multi-discipline team and drives business development through the development client relationships and a high-functioning team. He has designed over 1-million-square-feet of post-tensioned concrete slabs and has significant experience with the seismic retrofit of existing structures. His retrofit experience includes earthquake repairs to structures damaged in the 2014 South Napa earthquake as well as seismic retrofit of a fully operational hospital emergency department building using friction dampers.
Dykeman Architects announced that Miranda Otto has been promoted to associate. Otto graduated from Norwich University with a Bachelor's of Science in Architectural Studies in 2014 and a Master's of Architecture in 2015. She worked at one other firm previously before being hired by Dykeman in 2016. Her previous role was as a job captain. As an associate Otto will be taking a more active role in Dykeman's leadership and workplace dynamics.
Family owned for 82 years, Absher Construction Co. has transitioned to an employee-owned company through an employee stock ownership plan. CEO Dan Absher said in a news release: “Trusting and believing in the talent and commitment of our employees is part of our DNA at Absher. When he reached the end of his career, my grandfather — company founder Barney Absher — passed the company to his son Tom and his top employee at the time, Clark Helle Sr. For more than five decades, the company was owned by our two families, the Abshers and the Helles. As we engaged in succession planning over the past several years, deciding to transition to an employee-owned company aligned with our company culture and values, and deepens our commitment to our team members who are responsible for the success of our projects throughout the region.” The current executive team will stay in place, with Dan Absher as CEO, Jeff Richards as president, James Christianson as vice president of operations, Curt Gimmestad as vice president, and Billie Otto as chief strategy and risk officer. Absher has offices in Puyallup and Bellevue.
St. Louis-based Concrete Strategies, which announced last week it opened a local office in Marysville, said it is looking to expand its staff in the area under the leadership of Johnnie Zabel, a 20-year industry veteran. Zabel is vice president of operations for the Northwest region, and has been with Concrete Strategies since last August, according to his Linkedin profile. Zabel has worked as an estimator and project manager for LangCo Northwest, and as a project manager for Salinas Construction and Mowat Construction. Concrete Strategies is a design-build concrete contractor.
In Tacoma, APA — The Engineered Wood Association added two members to its board of trustees: Jimmy Mason, executive vice president of OSB for LP; and Matt Tobin, vice president of sales and marketing for West Fraser. Mason has over 20 years of manufacturing operations and leadership experience. He was elected to the seat vacated by Jason Ringblom's changed role with LP. Tobin has 16 years of progressive experience, predominantly in West Fraser's Canadian lumber business. He was elected to the seat vacated by Mark Dubois-Phillips' departure. APA represents about 175 plywood, oriented strand board, glulam timber, wood I-joist, Rim Board, cross-laminated timber and structural composite lumber mills throughout North America.
As part of a long-planned executive transition, San Francisco-based Build Group promoted Nathan Rundel to chief executive officer. Rundel succeeds longtime CEO Ross Edwards, who has served in the role since Build Group's inception 15 years ago. Rundel joined Build Group in its first year of operations and has served as president for the past six years. Build Group primarily operates in the Bay Area but has a Seattle office. It builds multifamily, office, high-end retail, restaurant, hotel, student and senior housing, health care, life science, seismic upgrade, and parking garage projects.
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