Feb 06, 2004

Alteon Training

Alteon Training, a Renton-based aviation training company, named John Barrett regional sales manager to be based in Luton, United Kingdom, where he will be responsible for sales activities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Barrett, who has 25 years of experience in the aviation industry, has worked with British Caledonian Airways, Ryanair, Thomson Simulation and Parc Aviation. Alteon is a subsidiary of Boeing Co.

Columbia Bank

Tacoma-based Columbia Bank promoted Sue Leonard, vice president and corporate audit manager, to the new position of senior vice president and manager of loan operations and compliance. Prior to joining Columbia, Leonard was vice president at Key Bank.

Federation of Independent Business

The National Federation of Independent Business presented Scottie Marable with the Small Business Champion Award for her years of advocacy and lobbying on the behalf of Washington state small-business owners. Marable is the co-founder of Bellevue-based Pinnacle Marketing.

Simply Thai

Simply Thai opened a new Seattle location at 1001 Andover Park E. that will provide lunch service through the cafeteria at Boeing Longacres Park Facility.

Kibble & Prentice

Kibble & Prentice, a Seattle-based financial services firm, acquired BGI, Inc. BGI is a Seattle-based insurance company specializing in the medical professional liability market.

Parker Smith & Feek

Parker, Smith & Feek has added three new board members. Jim Chesemore, Jim Hamlin and John Emery are all vice presidents and shareholders in the Bellevue-based company. The insurance brokerage was founded in 1937.

Feb 05, 2004

Sentinel Real Estate

Cool computers and a hot new rig are among the tools that Sentinel, a new Seattle residential real estate company, are using to make its mark. Gerard M. Stannard, CEO and designated broker, says his company uses cutting-edge technology to streamline the process so it can eliminate mortgage and escrow fees without charging customers higher interest rates. Sentinel has equipped a 2004 Lincoln Navigator with wireless computers, phones, a high-speed printer and other gadgets to let buyers and sellers access and provide the latest data about properties from the field. Offers can be faxed from the property while copies are printed in the Navigator.

Housing Resources Group

Housing Resources Group, the Pacific Northwest's largest private nonprofit affordable housing provider, begins its 24th year with one new board member, Mary Kathryn (MK) Long, senior vice president at Wells Fargo Bank's Real Estate Group. Officers elected for 2004 are Bryan Friend, G.E. Asset Management, president; Laurel Spelman, Downtown Emergency Service Center, vice president and president elect; and Quentin Kuhrau, Unico Properties, secretary/treasurer.

Seneca Real Estate Group

Seneca Real Estate Group has named Mike Hassenger and Mike Stanley principals. Hassenger, a member of the state bar association, has more than 20 years' real estate experience. He currently is assisting Northwest Hospital develop a garage and medical office building, and he advises other nonprofits. Stanley, who holds an MBA, is a civil engineer who has been in construction and project management for more than 15 years. He works on a variety of projects, including office, health care and biotech.

Opus Northwest

Cane

Opus Northwest has promoted Tammy Cane to real estate representative. Cane joined the company in 1997 and has held positions in real estate development and property management. Her focus in 2004 is working on leasing and entitlements. Projects include Opus Park 167, Pacific Coast Corporate Park, Sumner Landing, Regal Logistics Building D in Fife and Williamson Place at Northwest Landing.

Quadrant Homes

Quadrant Homes recently recognized real estate agents Anna LaMotte of Coldwell Banker All American and Cheryl Farnham of Windermere Real Estate Paragon for selling the most Quadrant Homes of any outside agent in 2003. Each sold 16 Quadrant homes in 2003. Quadrant gave each a Rolex watch during a gala at the Space Needle. Quadrant officials say they paid more than $4.9 million in outside agent commissions last year when outside agents helped Quadrant sell 75 percent of its homes. Quadrant pays a 3 percent commission on the first $100,000 of the home's sale price and 2 percent on the balance.

Spring Cutsforth Realty Group

Cutsforth

Spring Cutsforth, who says she has been a top-producing Realtor in Portland for 10 years, has opened her own firm, Spring Cutsforth Realty Group. The office is at Willamette Park Plaza, 6420 S.W. Macadam Ave., Portland.

Windermere Real Estate

Daniel Greenfield joined Windermere Real Estate's Ballard office as an associate broker. He had been an associate broker for John L. Scott in Seattle for more than nine years. Renee Manier has joined Windermere's Wall Street office in Seattle. She writes the Condo Report for the Belltown Messenger and was a sales associate at Prudential NW

Healthcare office space

Cirrus Tenant Lease Services of Toronto will present a seminar for health-care providers on how to find office space and renegotiate leases. Participants will learn how to avoid common negotiating mistakes and how leases affect the value of a practice. The seminar will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Bellevue Hilton, 100 112th Ave. N.E., and repeated at noon Feb. 20 at the Seattle Hilton, 1301 Sixth Ave. Cost is $129 and includes dinner and a lease analysis. Register online at www.cirrustls.com or by phone, 1 (866) 590-6854, Ext. 233.

Management seminar

Koss Property Management and The Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound will sponsor a seminar, "Landlord 101: Strategies for Managing Single Family Homes and Small Multiplexes," at 1 p.m. Feb. 21 at Ivar's Salmon House, 401 N.E. Northlake Way, Seattle. The three-hour seminar is for people new to property management and those in the industry for several years. Cost is $75 for association members and $100 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, write kosspm@earthlink.net or call (206) 729-3630.

Columbia Bank

Tacoma-based Columbia Bank named Mark W. Nelson, executive vice president and senior credit officer, chief banking officer. Prior to joining Columbia, Nelson held senior positions with Evergreen Bank and Bank of America, as well as loan-related positions with Puget Sound Bank and Bank of California.

Parker Smith & Feek

Parker Smith & Feek, a Bellevue-based insurance brokerage, hired Walt Isler as an account executive. Isler has more than 12 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis Wright Tremaine, a Bellevue-based business and litigation law firm, named Michael A. Breda director of marketing. Previously, Breda was managing partner at The Breda Group and held senior management positions with Ingalls Moranville Advertising and Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising.

Month of Meals

Month of Meals opened a new location at 18005 N.E. 68th St., Suite A-115, in Redmond. Month of Meals is a Carnation-based service that allows customers to prepare a month's worth of gourmet and home-style meals in a four- to six-hour cooking session.

Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind

Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind will recognize George Jacobson for 35 years of service at the annual employee awards ceremony. Jacobson joined Lighthouse as marketing director in 1968 and was later named president. Lighthouse's mission is to create opportunities for independence for people who are blind, deaf-blind or blind with other disabilities.