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Nyhus Communications Hires Talented Account Manager SEATTLE – April 9, 2008 – Nyhus Communications LLC, a Seattle–based strategic public relations and public affairs firm, today announced that Laura McLeod has joined the company’s growing team. As Nyhus’ newest account manager, McLeod will focus on real estate, community development and hospitality clients. Read more Nyhus Communications Promotes Six Team Members SEATTLE – Feb. 27, 2008 – Nyhus Communications LLC, a Seattle–based strategic public relations and public affairs firm, today announced the promotions of six key team members: Michael Graubard to account supervisor; Beau Fong, Jessica Joffe Stein and Marc Stiles to account managers; Joe Feese to chief writer; and Gregg Flotlin to account executive. Read more Nyhus Communications Welcomes Four New Team Members SEATTLE – Feb. 20, 2008 – Nyhus Communications LLC, a Seattle-based strategic public relations and public affairs firm, today announced the addition of four new team members: Sally Poliak, chief operating officer; Gary Fuller, director of accounting and finance; Nate Cole-Daum, account executive; and Leslie Boelter, account coordinator. Read more Puget Sound Business Journal — July 2007 Nyhus Communications jumped from #24 to #17 on the Puget Sound Business Journal’s annual list of greater Seattle’s top 25 public relations firms. Seattle Magazine The Puget Sound Areas’s Most Influential People of 2006 Influential Acts: Roger Nyhus SEATTLE — November, 2006 — The CEO of public relations firm Nyhus Communications (nyhus.com), Roger Nyhus, 38, is the marketing and media relations mastermind behind many of the city’s hippest, coming-soon condos, including Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue tower and the high-profile Four Seasons Private Residences Seattle. The media’s go-to guy for condo quotes also manages marketing for Paul Allen’s ambitious South Lake Union creation, 2200 Westlake, and Queen Anne’s super-sexy Lumen – when he’s not representing such seminally Seattle clients as the Woodland Park Zoo and the Downtown Seattle Association. In September, Nyhus, whose resume includes serving as former governor Gary Locke’s communication director, earned a spot on the Puget Sound Business Journal’s competitive “40 Under 40” list. And aptly, this June, he upgraded his own digs–opening a swanky office suite downtown. –Shannon O’Leary Seattle Post-Intelligencer Nyhus Communications named one of the region’s “Best Workplaces for Commuters” SEATTLE — October 18, 2006 — Even on Seattle’s drizzliest, chilliest mornings, Daniel Hirschstein leaves his new sports car in the garage and pedals through train yards and past petroleum tanks down a narrow industrial path to his lab at Amgen Inc. Read more Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40: Roger Nyhus SEATTLE — Sept. 15, 2006 — Cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw. South African civil rights activist Nelson Mandela. Keiko the killer whale. They all have something in common. Each has been represented by Roger Nyhus, CEO of Seattle–based Nyhus Communications. Read more Puget Sound Business Journal Scent of an office: Nyhus joins Westin, Omni in choosing a signature aroma SEATTLE — June 23, 2006 — When Roger Nyhus recently moved his growing public relations firm from his Capitol Hill home to a downtown Seattle office building, he wanted to give the sterile space its own scent that would mask the odor of new paint and make visitors think of his company. Read more Nyhus Celebrates Opening of New Downtown Seattle Headquarters SEATTLE — June 16, 2006 — Nyhus Communications LLC, a rapidly growing Seattle–based strategic public relations and public affairs firm, yesterday held an open house to celebrate the grand opening of its new downtown Seattle headquarters at 1525 Fourth Avenue, Suite 400. The event, which was attended by more than 250 clients and friends, marked the culmination of months of planning for the new office move. Read more Clients in the News Seattle Times China’s Hainan Airlines High on Service to Seattle SEATTLE — April 8, 2008 — With its nonstop Seattle–to–Beijing route ready to take off in June, the airline’s not letting its delayed Boeing 787 order ground its optimism about the Northwest. Read more Seattle Times On the Up and Up SEATTLE — April 6, 2008 — To understand the value we in the Seattle area put on going high and looking far these days, get into the stairwell of a condominium tower and count your way up the thousand-dollar steps. Read more Seattle Times New Angle on Seattle's Skyline SEATTLE — February 11, 2008 — The developer who saved the historic First United Methodist Church sanctuary last year has unveiled plans for an asymmetrical skyscraper next door that could be a striking addition to the downtown Seattle Skyline. Read more Puget Sound Business Journal The New Four Seasons Primps for Its Close-Up SEATTLE — December 14, 2007 — With 1,000 luxury rooms on their way to downtown Seattle, innkeepers are looking for that edge. Read more Puget Sound Business Journal Portland’s Urban Pioneers Stake Out the Sound SEATTLE — September 21, 2007 — A year ago, Gerding Edlen Development Co. LLC – the Portland firm that helped crank up that city’s bustling Pearl District – started its first Puget Sound area project, the $500 million Bellevue Towers, and quietly relocated principal Scott Eaton to work out of the Bellevue sales office. Read more Seattle Business Monthly Money Maven SEATTLE — September 2007 — You may not have heard of Maud Daudon, CEO of Seattle-Northwest Securities, but she’s a major player in city government, public finance and securities trading. Maybe you should get to know her. She has worked in the upper echelons of the mayor’s office and in the executive suites of a national investment firm. She’s helped finance some of Seattle’s biggest municipal projects and fixed up crumbling schools. Her expertise has been used to manage the fortunes of Seattle’s wealthiest and to shepherd a plan to house low-income families. Read more Seattle Homes & Lifestyles High Expectations SEATTLE — September 2007 — More and more, real estate agents say, commuters are seeking more centrally located properties, preferably with a view. Read more Seattle Times Luxury for all seasons SEATTLE — July 26, 2007 — The Four Seasons is returning to Seattle next summer, this time in the heart of a once–seedy neighborhood. Its very high–end hotel and condominiums are luring the well–heeled to a life downtown that most people can only dream about. Read more Seattle Magazine Island Dining SEATTLE — June 2007 — On our nearby islands, the sea, the meadows and the forests are all so clearly within reach. It’s no surprise, then that at our favorite island restaurants, elements of all three come into vivid relief. Read more Seattle Times Whidbey Island’s tranquil Inn at Langley SEATTLE — June 21, 2007 — The hotel guest must have spent the afternoon there, snuggled in her wooden deck chair amid cushions and a blanket for a fresh-air nap. She was there when I arrived at the Inn at Langley and stepped out on my waterfront deck adjacent to hers. She was there when I left for a walk, and still slumbering peacefully when I returned. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce Bottoming out at the Escala SEATTLE — June 4, 2007 — In three weeks, construction workers are expected to hit the bottom of the giant hole for the 30–story Escala condominium project at Fourth Avenue and Virginia Street in downtown Seattle. The hole is now 60 to 70 feet deep and will reach 90 feet when finished. Read more The Robb Report 1521 Second Avenue, Seattle SEATTLE — April-May 2007 — Statuesque is one way to describe one of Seattle’s newest residential towers. A tall, well–proportioned natural beauty, 1521 Second Avenue includes an exterior wrapped in glass, allowing residents to have both water and city views, while its interiors are swathed in a contemporary style with open floor plans, nine–and–a–half–foot ceilings, spa–like bathrooms and flexible indoor/outdoor glass–enclosed rooms that are designed to replace traditional outdoor–only terraces. Read more New York Times To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime In a March 11, 2007, article, the New York Times mentioned that a full quarter of the 275 homes at Escala, a 31–story condominium project in Seattle’s midtown neighborhood, have two master bedrooms, following a recent trend in new residential developments. A growing number of empty nesters are willing to pay thousands more to have separate bedrooms, according to Seattle–based architect Kristen Scott. Daily Journal of Commerce It’s what’s inside condos that counts SEATTLE — March 8, 2007 — While many people gravitate to a particular condominium development because of its exterior architecture or fabulous location, it is the interior design that should really be the focus. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce What a few million will buy SEATTLE — February 22, 2007 — Developers of Four Seasons Private Residences Seattle have come up with a virtual tour that offers the first look inside the $120 million–plus, 21-story luxury hotel/condo project under construction at First Avenue and Union Street. Read more Seattle Times Iconic Smith Tower may become condos SEATTLE — February 22, 2007 — Ninety–three years after Pioneer Square’s Smith Tower was built as an elegant business address, its new owner hopes to turn the 38–story landmark into residential condominiums. Read more Seattle Times Year of the Condo SEATTLE — February 11, 2007 — Looking mimelike in a brown turtleneck sweater and matching corduroy pants, David Thyer holds his hands out to show a large gray board mounted on the wall in front of him. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce Marin condos are coming to Semiahmoo SEATTLE — December 13, 2006 — SW Group LLP is accepting early reservations for condos in Marin, a 54–unit upscale resort project on the Semiahmoo Peninsula. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce Queen Anne readies for icons old and new SEATTLE — October 26, 2006 — Anyone trying to determine the truth behind the adage that the more things change, the more they stay the same need not look beyond Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Queen Anne, one of Seattle’s first communities, is home to two distinct developments: Lumen, a modern mixed–use development that is a landmark in the making, and Queen Anne High School Condominiums, a historic property that is one of Seattle’s well–known landmarks. Read more Puget Sound Business Journal Seattle discovering homes with serious altitude SEATTLE — September 15, 2006 — Seattle’s hottest new neighborhood looks down on the rest of the city. That doesn’t necessarily make the residents snobs. They’re just living la vida alta — or will be soon. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce If you’re going to live there … SEATTLE — June 15, 2006 — Longtime downtown Seattle condo dweller William Justen is pretty picky about his digs. He tends to move into his own projects. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce 30–Story condo tower at 4th and Virginia SEATTLE — June 8, 2006 — A Seattle–based company is planning a 30–story, $325 million luxury condo tower that will offer hotel–style amenities without the hotel. Read more Daily Journal of Commerce Queen Anne High School sold for condo conversion SEATTLE — November 17, 2005 — The heated competition for the Queen Anne High School Apartments ended Tuesday when Legacy Partners aquired the landmark Seattle property for $25.25 million. Read more “Nyhus brings a fresh approach to communications. Melding considerable experience in business, government and the nonprofit sector, the firm finds creative solutions to complex issues.” –Paul Schell Former Mayor of Seattle, Owner of the Inn at Langley © 2008 Nyhus Communications LLC. All rights reserved.