CH& is excited to welcome attorney Lindsey M. Pflugrath to the firm. Lindsey has devoted her career to understanding the risks faced by design and construction professionals. Her clients include owners, owner’s representatives, international multi-disciplinary design firms, as well as local engineering and architecture firms.

CH& is pleased to announce the return of prominent Seattle real estate attorney, Ryan McFarland. Ryan’s practice is concentrated on complex commercial real estate transactions and development projects both nationally and throughout the Northwest.

Microsoft is leading the charge against the traditional utility model, which, like many large high-tech companies, has adopted a corporate sustainability policy that mandates aggressive reductions in the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and, ultimately, use of 100% renewable energy. Microsoft’s sustainability policy has run head-long into the heavy dependence of its major electricity supplier, Puget Sound Energy, and the collision has produced cracks in Washington’s utility regulatory model that may presage a fundamental rethinking of Washington’s utility business model.

CH& represents real estate development group Plus Investment USA, Inc., in their acquisition, entitlement, financing, and all related transactional aspects of their $400 million dollar mixed-use high rise development in the heart of downtown Bellevue.

Yesterday a federal court in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Department of Labor’s “overtime rule” that was scheduled to go into effect on December 1.

This week the Urban Land Institute Northwest (ULI) hosted their annual “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” report review with an assemblage of experienced real estate leaders who provide commentary on polemic industry trends.

Cairncross & Hempelmann has once again been ranked in the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® 2017 “Best Law Firms” list

CH& Land Use attorney, Nancy Bainbridge Rogers, is honored to present three awards at NAIOP’s upcoming Night of the Stars Gala. The Night of the Stars recognizes outstanding real estate developments and activities in a variety of market types and the individuals who conceived of, took risk, sponsored, supported, and made the projects happen.