SEATTLE-The district purchased the 350,000-sf building in 1999 from Lowe Enterprises for approximately $12 million and in it plans to combine a variety of operations. It plans to spend an estimated $20-$26 million on the remodel.

SEATTLE-Seattle Federal Home Loan Bank has re-elected Dick Swanson to its board of directors. Swanson is chairman and chief executive officer of the regional bank HomeStreet, formerly Continental Bank.

PORT TOWNSEND, WA-Thanks to a $500,000 donation from the Camilla Chandler Family Foundation, some $2.5 million now has been raised for the $8 million project, planned for a dock once occupied by the Thomas Oil Company.

SEATTLE-The store in King of Prussia, PA will occupy approximately 40,000 sf of an 185,000-sf development by ORIX Real Estate Equities Inc. Neighbors will be Best Buy, United Artists 15, IMAX Theatre and Champs Restaurant.

SEATTLE-The world's leading professional association for corporate real estate executives, the International Development Research Council, wound down its regional networking event this week at the Washington State Trade & Convention Center.

SEATTLE-The Hunt Group is a Seattle-based workplace consultancy. HOK Consulting is a division of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, one of the largest diversified architectural firms in the world.

SEATTLE-COO Robert J. Herbold, speaking yesterday at the International Development Research Council's Pacific Northwest World Congress, says there is a definite upside to the current downslide.

BELLEVUE, WA-With $255 million in construction financing in hand, concerns about how to lease up the multifaceted development's 530,000-sf office component are being eclipsed by early returns from residential and retail components, and the expectations for the four-star Westin hotel.