barrientos

Maria Barrientos, principal
qualifications
Ms. Barrientos has more than thirty years of experience in real estate development, project management, construction management and contract administration. She has successfully managed the development and construction of more than $600 million worth of projects over the past twenty years. Ms. Barrientos’ strong inter-personal communication skills, leadership abilities and problem-solving capabilities enable her to successfully analyze challenging problems and discover creative solutions which satisfy all members of a development team. Ms. Barrientos also spends considerable time as a volunteer on numerous community-based organizations. She is the Founder, Managing Member and Principal of barrientos, LLC.
experience
January 1999 – present barrientos LLC	Seattle, WA
barrientos provides real estate development services for a wide range of real estate projects ranging in size from large public works to multi-family, mixed-use buildings.
current mixed-use projects
§ The Chloe	Seattle, WA
120-unit apartment building with street level retail and underground parking at the corner of 14th between Madison & Union just south of the Pike Pine Triangle on Capitol Hill. Occupancy November - December 2009.
§ Leona Condos	Seattle, WA
18-unit condominium homes in an updated, historic building with underground parking and stunning views on Queen Anne Ave. Occupancy August 2008.
§ The Packard Building	Seattle, WA
61-unit apartment building with street level retail and underground parking at the corner of 12th & Pine in the heart of the Pike Pine Triangle of Seattle's Capitol Hill. Completion Fall 2009.
§ Ruby Condos	Seattle, WA
52-unit condominium homes with street level retail and underground parking at the corner of Allison & Eastlake at the North side of the vibrant Eastlake Community. Occupancy December 2008.
§ Stadium Lofts	Seattle, WA
80-unit loft style condominium homes with street level retail and parking in a historic building in the historic Pioneer Square neighborhood across from Qwest & Safeco Fields. Completion Summer 2010.
past mixed-use projects
§ The Pearl	Seattle, WA
80-unit apartment building with 7,000sf of retail and underground parking. Located on 15th between Pine & Madison at the east edge of the Pike Pine Triangle of Seattle's Capitol Hill. Occupancy September 2008.
§ The Bernard	Seattle, WA
64-unit apartment building with underground parking located on Warren Avenue, just north of Denny in the Uptown Neighborhood by Seattle Center. Completed February 2008.
§ The Gilbert	Seattle, WA
54-unit apartment building with 9,000sf of retail and underground parking located atop Queen Anne Hil in the midst of this lively neighborhood commercial area. Completed January 2005.
§ 705 South Weller Street	Seattle, WA
40-unit apartment building with street level retail and underground parking at the corner of 7th & Weller in the International District. Completed Summer 2006.
§ The Cobb Building	Seattle, WA
Hired by the University of Washington to represent their ownership interests during the redevelopment of The Cobb Building from an historic commercial office building into housing units with street level retail.
§ 12th & Cherry	Seattle, WA
84-unit apartment building with street level retail and underground parking at the corner of 12th & Cherry on the Seattle University campus. Occupancy Fall Semester 2010.
public / private projects
§ Olympic Sculpture Park – Seattle Art Museum	Seattle, WA
Full project management services for the development of an 8-acre open space dedicated to the exhibition of sculpture, located near Seattle’s waterfront. Services provided include running an international architecture selection process, extensive environmental clean-up, and complex construction process.
§ Seattle Asian Art Museum	Seattle, WA
Consulting services for long range planning, capital projects, and renovation of this museum.
§ St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral	Seattle, WA
Consulting and project management services for this organization’s capital projects over the past fifteen years. Most recent work included a facilities master plan for the St. Mark’s campus.
§ Seattle University	Seattle, WA
Consulting and full project management services for Seattle University. Work has included development of Archbishop Thomas Murphy Apartments, consulting for the new performing arts center, and development services for a 250-bed student housing building.
§ King Street Station Renovation	Seattle, WA
Hired by Washington State Department of Transportation’s Rail Division as a development advisor during the renovation and development of historic King Street Station.
§ Union Station Renovation – Sound Transit	Seattle, WA
Represented Sound Transit’s interests during the renovation of the historic Union Station, which now houses Sound Transit’s headquarters.
§ Mann Building Renovation	Seattle, WA
Project management services for the renovation of this historic structure, converting it into the Wild Ginger restaurant and office space.
performing arts centers
§ Marion Oliver McCaw Hall	Seattle, WA
Full project management services for renovation of Seattle’s performing arts center for both the Seattle Opera and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Work included renovation of nearby Mercer Arena to be interim location of opera, ballet and other functions, while the McCaw Hall was being constructed.
§ Performing Arts Center Eastside	Bellevue, WA
Consulting services for the pre-development of this new performing arts center to be built in downtown Bellevue.
§ Fifth Avenue Theatre	Seattle, WA
Consulting and project management services for renovation of this historic theater in downtown Seattle.
§ Paramount Theatre	Seattle, WA
Full development services for the renovation of the theater, including its placement on the National Historic Register. (Completed while at Lorig Associates.)
§ Eagles Auditorium – A Contemporary Theatre (ACT)	Seattle, WA
Full development services for the adaptive re-use of this historic structure into three performance spaces plus administrative offices. (Completed while at Lorig Associates.)
§ Village Theater	Issaquah, WA
Full development services from land acquisition through design and construction of a new performance space for this theater organization. (Completed while at Lorig Associates.)
additional experience
1988 – 1998 LORIG ASSOCIATES	Seattle, WA
Ms. Barrientos was the managing partner for this developer of mixed-use projects around the Pacific Northwest. During her tenure at Lorig, Ms. Barrientos developed both private as well as public-private partnership projects, ranging in size and complexity. The following is a sample of the projects she developed during this time:
§ Uwajimaya Village	Seattle, WA
Development services for the creation of a new mixed-use facility in the International District of Seattle, including 176 apartments above a 76,000sf retail center, anchored by the famous Uwajimaya Asian Food and Gift store.
§ Lincoln School Apartments	Eugene, OR
Developed the renovation and adaptive re-use of an historic, former high school, including its acquisition from the City of Eugene for conversion into 59 apartments.
§ Cliff Street Lofts	Tacoma, WA
Development for the renovation and adaptive re-use of a former warehouse is downtown Tacoma, converting it into apartments.
§ Bailey Boushay – AIDS Housing of Washington	Seattle, WA
Full development services, ranging from land acquisition, financing, design to construction of facility for people living with HIV/AIDS and other long term illnesses.
§ Lyon Building – AIDS Housing of Washington	Seattle, WA
Full development services for the renovation and adaptive re-use of an historic downtown building, converting it into housing for people living with HIV/AIDS.
§ Cal Anderson House Apartments – AIDS Housing of WA	Seattle, WA
Full development services for the creation of housing for people living with HIV/AIDS, including land acquisition, planning, design and construction.
§ Commodore Duchess Apartments – University of WA	Seattle, WA
Developer services for renovation of graduate student housing, including first-time use of off-balance sheet bond financing.
§ Seattle Tennis Club	Seattle, WA
Development services for renovation of clubhouse.
§ Overlake Golf and Country Club	Bellevue, WA
Development services for renovation of clubhouse.
§ 45th Street Community Health Clinic	Seattle, WA
Development services for the renovation of an historic fire station into a medical clinic.
§ Central Youth & Family Services	Seattle, WA
Development services for the creation of a new headquarters, including land acquisition from the City of Seattle.
1977 – 1988 Club Corporation of America/Corporacion de Clubes en Mexico
Ms. Barrientos worked as a developer providing project and construction management for the building of new clubhouses, and managing the creation of new private golf clubs. She was also the Director of Development for the new company, formed in Mexico. Projects included:

Wildflower Country Club
Red Mountain Ranch Country Club
Hackberry Creek Country Club
Marina Vallarta Golf Club
Las Misiones Country Club
FONATUR Public Golf Courses
La Cima City Club
Plaza Club
Renaissance Athletic Club
Marina Vallarta Yacht Club
El Palomar Athletic Club

Temple, TX
Mesa, AZ

Las Colinas, TX
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
Monterrey, Mexico
Mexico
Las Colinas, TX
Tuscon, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Puerta Vallarta, Mexico
Guadalajara, Mexico

education

University of Texas, Austin, BS in Advertising and Marketing

community activities (past & present)

Woodland Park Zoo, board member and Executive Committee member
Reaching Growing Throwing, chair of Boys Youth Lacrosse Foundation
Pacific Northwest Ballet Advisory Board member
International District Preservation & Development Authority, Board member
Seattle University Major Institution Master Plan, president, Citizens Advisory Committee
Historic Seattle Public Development Authority, past member and chair, Development Committee
City of Seattle, Public/Private Partnership Panel, past member
City of Seattle, Transferred Development Rights Advisory Group, past member
City of Seattle Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, past member
WACED, Washington Academy of Community and Economic Development, member
Village Theater, past Board member
ARCADE Magazine, past Board member
Seattle Parks Department Interbay Golf Course Selection Committee, past member
Wintonia Housing, past Board member and Building Committee chair
Central Youth and Family Services, past Board president
Pike Place Market PDA, past Council member
Sand Point/Magnusson Park, past Blue Ribbon Committee member
Municipal Golf of Seattle, past Board member and chair, Finance Committee