PORTLAND-Lewis "Lew" Bowers has joined the Portland Development Commission as senior development manager and Martha "Marty" Schwab Harris has come on board as econimic development director.
PORTLAND, OR-A former partner at Stoel Rives LLP has been named to the five-member board of DealPlanner Inc., a Seattle-based firm developing software that can manage sophisticated finance transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity offerings and other corporate transactions.
POWAY, CA-Corporate Express Inc., a subsidiary of publicly traded business-to-business supplier Buhrmann NV, completes lease negotiations for the 12-year lease of a yet-to-be-built 41,562-sf building.
PORTLAND-Norris Beggs & Simpson's newest partner Chris Johnson was the lead broker for the $87.5 million sale of Cornell Oaks, the $19 million sale of PGT Tower and two lease deals with an estimated value of around $12 million -- all of which closed this month.
PORTLAND-The five-year, estimated $845,000 deal is for 9,167 sf in a 45,000-sf former health clinic turned office building at 8909 SW Barber Blvd. that is now 98% leased. Jack in the Box is expanding from 1,000 sf on Kruse Way.
SAN LEANDRO, CA-The company, which does business as Essenza, leases several thousand square feet for five years in the Wicks Business Park. The park is owned by Westcore Industrial Properties.
SALEM, OR-The estimated $18 million office building is slated for the north end of the Capitol Mall, between Mill Creek and the Oregon Employment Building.
PORTLAND-After a significant remodeling, the law firm will be leasing somewhere between 67,000 sf and 72,000 sf .The 10-year lease rate, not being released by those involved, is said to average around $24 per sf.
BEAVERTON, OR-The deal is for 684,554 sf in 12 buildings on 55 acres and 24 acres of developable land. PS reportedly walked away from the deal several weeks ago. Owner Talcott Realty I LP originally wanted $105.5 million for the park.
SAN FRANCISCO-In the largest lease deal in San Francisco this year, the law firm Farella, Braun & Martell renews and expands it lease to 112,208-sf in the Russ Building, a historic building on Montgomery Street, in the city's North Financial District.