Jul 23, 2009

Paragon Real Estate Advisors

Jeff Stoner and John Stoner of Paragon Real Estate Advisors represented the seller of a six-unit apartment building at 6201 11th Ave. N.W. in Ballard. They said in a press release that the building sold at 95 percent of the list price for a final price of $660,000.

NAI Puget Sound Properties

NAI Puget Sound Properties agent Gordon Fouts handled sale of the Ananda Building at 6509 Roosevelt Way N.E. The single-story retail building has 2,450 square feet and sold for $640,000. The seller was R. Bruce McDonald and the buyer was Muhammad Salah Uddin. The co-broker was Mark Heach of Steele Development.

Koss Property Management

Tamara Simon of Koss Property Management is offered a class called “Landlord 101: Strategies for Managing Single-Family Homes and Small Multiplexes” on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th St. S.W. Simon said she is presenting the class free of charge to help others during this rough economic period. Topics include how to set the rent, tenant screening, evictions, marketing and managing. She has been a licensed real estate broker since 1983. For information contact Simon at (206) 729-3630 or rentals@kosspm.com.

CREW summer event

CREW is offering a summer event on Savvy Networking today from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Gallery Condos, 2911 Second Ave. in Seattle. The speaker is Zita Gustin, executive managing director of the Greater Seattle & Bellevue chapter of eWomenNetwork, offering tips on networking successfully and efficiently. Cost is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. For information see http://www.crewseattle.org.

NAIOP property tour

The NAIOP 2009 annual property tour is July 30 in Bellevue. The speakers are Matt Terry of the Bellevue Department of Planning and Community Development, Ric Ilgenfritz of Sound Transit, Dan Meyers of Kemper Development and Greg Johnson of Wright Runstad. The tour will go to Lincoln Square, Avalon Meydenbauer Apartments, Bellevue Towers, Tower 333, Skyline Tower, The Bravern and City Center Plaza. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. and the tour starts at 1:30 p.m. For information and registration go to http://www.naiopwa.org

Washington State China Relations Council

Mendel

Fraser Mendel, a shareholder at Northwest regional law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, has been named to the board of the Washington State China Relations Council. The council promotes stronger commercial, educational and cultural relations between the state of Washington and the People's Republic of China. Mendel co-chairs Schwabe's China practice.

Seattle Symphony

Chihuly

Seattle Symphony's board of directors elected Leslie Jackson Chihuly as its new chair. Chihuly will succeed Susan Hutchison whose term as chair ends this month. Hutchison will continue to serve on the board of directors. Chihuly is president of Chihuly Inc. and Portland Press, and has worked with Chihuly Studio since 1994. She has been on the board for the past five years.

Snoqualmie Ridge Kidney Center

Dr. Robert Winrow has been named medical director of Northwest Kidney Centers' Snoqualmie Ridge Kidney Center. Winrow is a nephrologist and was recently the medical advisor of Northwest Kidney Centers' Diabetes Program in Seattle.

Bartell Drugs

Seattle-based Bartell Drugs recently opened the first of three new stores. The new store, located at 3625 148th St. S.W., is Bartell's 55th store. Bartell's will open two other stores this year, one in Mill Creek in August and another in Issaquah in September.