Insignia/ESG Searching for New NW Director

PORTLAND-Sonna Durdel is on the hunt for her successor. The executive director of Insignia/ESG’s Pacific Northwest region is taking a one-year sabbatical from commercial real estate to relax and learn how to cook Italian while her new party house is being built on Cooper Mountain. Durdel intends to focus on business development, client services and production when she returns to the company in the fall of 2002.

The vacation begins in mid-September. Meantime, Bob Shibuya, who oversees the entire Western region for Insignia, tells GlobeSt.com Durdel is hard at work creating a short list of candidates to replace her as a senior partner in the Northwest. “I have in mind people I want to call,” adds Durdel, without revealing any names.

Shibuya says the financial package for the new director will depend on the individual. “If the person has dealmaking abilities like Sonna, we would allow them to be involved in commissions,” says Shiboya, “while someone with a pure management background would likely utilize that component.”