Helping make it happen will be Steve Wong, the latest additionto Harsch's acquisitions department, which now totals five people.Fresh off 10 years with Chicago-based LaSalle InvestmentManagement, Wong will be in charge of Harsch acquisitions inNorthern California, Oregon and Washington and Hawaii. He willreport to Ed Borst, who heads the department.

Wong, who grew up in Portland, was most recently working out ofLaSalle's Walnut Creek, CA office. He started with the company inPortland in 1991, and in 1996 was recruited back to Chicago wherehe became chief investment officer. Among other things, the jobwith Harsch was a way back home, says Schnitzer.

"We're the largest privately held real estate company in theNorthwest, so it's logical he would try contact us," saysSchnitzer. "He had excellent referencing, a good education and weneeded another person in that department."