Feb 12, 1999

Be There Now

Peter B. Truex has joined Be There Now, as executive vice president of real estate sales. Be There Now provides Internet-based, interactive, three- dimensional viewsets of real property assets.

Windermere Real Estate

Garby Ouillette and Linda Maly have joined Windermere's Magnolia office in Seattle as associate broker and sales associate, respectively. Both had worked at John L. Scott's Lakeside office. Joyce Edmundson has joined Windermere's Mount Baker office in Seattle. She previously worked at Gem Realty in Seattle.

Community Reinvestment Association

The Washington Community Reinvestment Association assisted in developing 56 new units of affordable housing in 1998, benefiting low-income families and individuals in Seattle. WCRA is a nonprofit banking consortium of 33 financial institutions that provide permanent financing and technical assistance to affordable housing developers in the state. Since its inception in 1992, WCRA has provided $114 million in funding and commitments and has created or preserved 4,461 affordable and special-needs housing units. Seattle projects include the 48-unit Scargo Hotel, 2205 First Ave., and the eight-unit Columbia Hotel, 4900 Rainier Ave. S.

Snoqualmie Ridge builders selected

Snoqualmie Ridge developers have selected William Buchan Homes, Preswick and Sherlock Homes to construct 15 houses beginning this spring. The house sizes will range from 4,000 to 5,000 square feet and prices will start at $750,000.

Cam West

Cam West Development has opened a sales office for a residential plat in the Totem Lake area of Kirkland, at 132nd Avenue Northeast and Northeast 135th Street. Cambridge Heights, when completed, will consist of 48 single-family houses ranging from 2,100 square feet to 2,850 square feet. The two-story, three and four bedroom units are priced from $300,000. Cam West, of Bellevue, is currently involved in construction of three other new communities, including Lake Youngs in Renton, Hawksmoor in Bellevue, and Park Ridge in Lynnwood.

Real estate training seminars

Mortgage Market of Lake Oswego, Ore., will sponsor the Institute for Real Estate Success training seminars for 1999. Courses will be conducted in Washington, Oregon and Utah covering topics such as real estate law, finance, advanced real estate negotiations, new construction, fair housing and environmental controls. For more information about the offerings, call 800-770-4826.

Feb 11, 1999

Network Nine

Five former employees from Paul Allen's online media company, Starwave, have launched a new full-service Web production company, Network Nine, Inc. Network Nine specializes in designing and developing Internet, Intranet and e-commerce Web sites for clients such as Vulcan Ventures, Microsoft and Pura Vida Coffee. Network Nine is located in Pioneer Square. Erling Aspelund, Eneida Guzman, Michael Holden, Ron Morris and Laura Blanchard are co-founders.

Tech-Fast Metal Systems

Kurt W. Hoppen was recently hired as senior project manager at Tacoma-based Tech-Fast Metal Systems. Valorie J. Tresner has been hired as operations administrator and David Comfort has been hired as staff accountant. Tech-Fast Metal Systems provides a range of services related to the planning, engineering, material supply and construction of mini-storage facilities.

Seattle Aquarium Society

The Seattle Aquarium Society recently selected its officers for 1999. Don Audleman has been appointed president; Leslie Magid, Linda Johnson, John Thompson and George Willoughby have been appointed vice presidents; Tom Evert has been appointed treasurer; and Paul Kundtz has been appointed secretary.

Destinations.com Inc.

Galileo International has acquired a minority equity interest in Seattle-based Destinations.com Inc., a provider of travel reservations products and services for resorts, convention and visitor bureaus and other destination marketing organizations. Galileo International CFO Paul Bristow will serve as a member of Destinations.com's board of directors.

Parking Staffing Services Inc.

Kristine Kuzemka has been named manager of the Seattle branch of Parker Staffing Services Inc.

Seattle Times Co.

Mei-Mei Chan has been named vice president of circulation for The Seattle Times Co. Chan formerly served as director of circulation.

Piper Jaffray

Jim Kovarik has joined the Bellevue office of Piper Jaffray, a full-service investment firm, as an investment executive. Kovarik formerly served as a lobbyist with the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce.

Seattle City Council

The Seattle City Council has named Mary Denzel director of central staff and Michael Nank public information officer. Denzel formerly served as a policy analyst for Quasi-Judicial Land Issues with the Council. Nank formerly served as a public information officer for Mayor Paul Helmke in Fort Wayne, Indiana.