PORTLAND-Among other award winners announced at the Building Owners and Managers Association annual awards ceremony this week were the 1515 Building and the Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Ashforth Pacific property manager Sherie Nishikawa and the late Tom Wrightson.

RIDGEFIELD, WA-Landowner Bob Zimmerly is partnering with Schuck and JRC Financial Inc., two Colorado-based companies. The trio has formed Pioneer Estates LLC to develop the project. JD White Co. Inc. of Vancouver is providing planning support.

OAKLAND, CA-The Alexandria VA-based luxury apartment REIT sells a 188-unit property here for $24.36 million. The company is netting $11.69 million from the disposition after paying off $12.66 million in debt on the property.

TIGARD, OR-The Sacramento, CA-based land developer has under contract an eight-acre property on Pacific Highway here that one local broker describes as "an absolute 100% location." A former General Motors training center on the property will be replaced with office space if the deal closes.

PORTLAND-In other banking news, Dalles, OR-based Columbia Bancorp. is reporting a 17% increase in net income, while Lake Oswego, OR-based West Coast Bancorp. is reporting a 46% drop in net income.

PORTLAND-The funds are used to fill financing gaps and assuage the concerns of other lenders with regard to the usually not-so profitable projects that assist those in need and help the city meet affordable housing goals.

MARYLHURST, OR-At the university and on-line, the Center for Professional Real Estate Studies now offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs for real estate marketing, management, appraisal and finance. It also folds in the training, licensing and certification components of the industry.

EUGENE, OR-Buyer Arlie & Co. is looking to do some interior demolition work and lease out the property temporarily as office space or storage while it studies the myriad options for the 11-acre site, which is zoned for general commercial uses an includes five acres of undeveloped land.