APPRAISALS BY COUNTY
The assignments presented in this section are a sample of various property types; many involving unusual problem solving expertise.
WESTERN WASHINGTON
PIERCE COUNTY
• Hansen Transloading Facility and MacMillan-Piper Transloading Facility, Tacoma
• Tacoma Boat, large waterfront industrial facility
• Tacoma Yacht Club
• Tacoma Kraft Company, conservation easement
• Pederson Fryer Farms, Tacoma, food processing plant
• Aquaculture Facility, Puyallup
• Van Dyk Dairy, Sumner, one of several dairy farms appraised
• Organic Farm, Glenoma
• Mink Ranch, Graham
• Congregate care facilities
• University of Washington Tacoma Branch Campus parcel acquisitions
• Various office complexes, shopping centers, retail facilities, office/warehouse complexes, mini-storages, multi-family complexes, and residential subdivisions
• Contaminated properties, vacant and improved
KING COUNTY
• Boeing Electronics Center, Renton; Oxbow Corporate Park, Seattle (design/manufacturing facility for F22 ATF & B-2 Stealth Bomber)
• Tashiro/Kaplan Buildings, Doces Building, and Lyon Building, Seattle
• 4th & 96th Industrial Park, Cloverdale Business Park, and Kenyon Industrial Park, Seattle
• AMI/Delphi Building, Bellevue
• Sky Services, Auburn, airport industrial use
• Subdivision developments
• Apartment buildings including low income tax credit and bond financed property, and partial interest valuation of Farm Home Administration (FmHM) subsidized property, Seattle and surrounding environs. Also includes work for the University of Washington's Seattle campus expansion.
• Various office complexes, shopping centers, retail facilities, office/warehouse complexes, and auto dealerships in Seattle, Tukwila, the Kent Valley, Bellevue, and the I-90 corridor.
• Mini-storage complexes in First Hill, Fremont, Bellevue, and Lake City
• Open space acquisition for King County including reviews and reappraisals resulting in the successful resolution of difficult acquisition processes.
• Industrial property including Murray Pacific Steel in South Seattle and Jorgenson Forge Corporation in Tukwila.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY
• Boeing Technical Center, Everett
• Apartment buildings
• Retail facilities
• Mini-storage complexes
• Improved and unimproved residential property for county acquisition
WHATCOM COUNTY
• Apartment buildings
• Shopping center (Power Center)
• Class A office building
• Time share campground facility
THURSTON COUNTY
• Subdivision developments
• Apartment buildings and land including low income tax credit and bond financed property
• Auto dealerships, Olympia
• Shopping centers, retail facilities, and restaurants
• Medical offices
• Car wash, Yelm
• Mini-storage complexes
COWLITZ COUNTY
• Kalama Chemical, Kalama
• Mallory Company, Kelso
LEWIS COUNTY
• Chateau Inn and Motel, Packwood
• Rib Eye Restaurant, Chehalis
• Callison Mint Factory, Chehalis
• Office facility, Chehalis
• Bodes Truck Stop, Chehalis
• Truck repair facility, Centralia
• Newspaper facility, Centralia
• Medical office facility, Centralia
• Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, Chehalis
MASON COUNTY
• Shopping centers
• Office/warehouse facilities
• Apartment buildings
• Church
• Industrial land
• Residential waterfront land, Hood Canal
• Partial acquisition valuations
KITSAP COUNTY
• Apartment buildings including low income tax credit and bond financed property
• Shopping centers and retail facilities including Sears Homelife Furniture Store in Silverdale
• Bremerton Elks Lodge
• Auto dealerships
• Subdivision development land
• Mini-storage complexes
• Port Orchard Yacht Club
• Gas and convenience stores
• Office buildings including medical offices
• Church
• Farm
• Improved and unimproved residential and commercial property for state acquisition
JEFFERSON COUNTY
• Large core area commercial waterfront site, Port Townsend
CLALLAM COUNTY
• Microbrewery, Port Angeles
• Mini-storage complex, Port Angeles
• Soleduck Ranger Station, Forks
• Office/Warehouse facilities
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY
• Sandpiper Beach Resort, Pacific Beach
• Time share condominium project, Ocean Shores
• Motels in Ocean Shores, Aberdeen, and Hoquiam
• North Shore Golf Course, existing and proposed
• Timberland, Aloha and Porter Creek
• Aloha Shake Company, Copalis
• Apartment buildings, Aberdeen
• RV Park, Westport
• Retail facilities, bank branches
• Proposed Holiday Inn
EASTERN WASHINGTON
YAKIMA COUNTY
• Hansen Controlled Atmosphere and Cold Storage Facility
• Grandridge Apartments, Grandview, partial interest valuation of Farm Home Administration (FmHM) subsidized property
• Bay Zinc Industrial Facility
BENTON COUNTY
• Desertbrook Apartments, Kennewick
• Englewood Apartments, Kennewick
• Industrial properties
• Casa Mia Restaurant
SPOKANE COUNTY
• Salty's Restaurant at the Falls, Spokane
GRANT COUNTY
• Aquaculture, Moses Lake
SPECIAL PURPOSE APPRAISALS
As well as providing appraisals of straightforward properties, Strickland, Heischman & Hoss, Inc. has experience with a variety of special purpose and complex properties.
INDUSTRIAL
Many of the industrial assignments included hazardous waste issues. Fred Strickland is a member of the Environmental Assessment Association and a Certified Environmental Inspector (CEI).
MARINAS
Tacoma Yacht Club, Port Orchard Yacht Club, Day Island Marina, Picks Cove Marina
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - TACOMA BRANCH CAMPUS
Appraised numerous parcels in a four block area near the Tacoma CBD to be used by the UW as a branch campus. The assignment demanded a clear understanding of historical renovation issues, tax incentive programs, and complex feasibility issues.
RENOVATION
The Howe Building, the Colonial Hotel, and the McDonald Smith Building, all in Tacoma CBD Historical Districts, were renovations to low income housing and commercial use. Each appraisal involved various special financial incentives, investment tax credit incentives, and real estate tax abatement incentives. The Howe Building project involved close correlation with an architect and engineer to develop five scenarios to be considered in the highest and best use analysis.
The renovation of the Sprague Building into office use, primarily for the United Way of Pierce County, also involved investment tax credit incentives and real estate tax abatement incentives.
AQUACULTURE
The aquaculture facility in Thurston County and the fish hatcheries in Pierce and Grant counties involved multi-state comparable searches. The appraisals also required the understanding and analysis of complex water rights issues and valuation concerns, as well as intensive market studies to develop supply and demand characteristics.
DAIRY FARMS
Dairy farms located in Thurston and Lewis counties
Water systems/biological treatment facilities
Private water system located in San Juan County
Biological treatment facility located in Thurston County
Summit Water and Supply Company in Pierce County
WATERFRONT PROPERTY
Appraised Cypress Island in San Juan County for Department of Natural Resources (DNR) purchase, as well as a variety of commercial and residential waterfront properties in San Juan County.
Have completed many appraisals of commercial and residential waterfront properties in Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor counties.
RESORTS
Appraised existing and proposed resort/recreation property in the Ocean Shores/Pacific Beach area and the San Juans including motels, time share condominiums, and campground participation properties.
GRAVEL EXTRACTION
Appraised existing gravel extraction operations, with and without machinery and equipment.
MEDICAL CLINICS
Appraised medical clinics in King, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, and Lewis counties
RESTAURANTS
Completed appraisals on existing and proposed conventional restaurants, as well as waterfront oriented restaurants.
