Mar 07, 2013

Heartland LLC

Larson

Fiori

Dawson

Heartland, LLC, a real estate advisory and investment firm based in Seattle since 1984, said Deva Dawson, Chris Fiori and Doug Larson joined Jim Reinhardsen, Jeff Cook and Matt Anderson as principals effective Jan. 1. Dawson has been with Heartland since 2010 and is a senior investment manager in the Capital Markets Group. Fiori joined Heartland in July 2005 and is a senior project manager in the Public and Private Advisory Groups. Larson has been with the company since 2006 and is also a senior project manager in the Public and Private Advisory Groups.

HomeStreet Bank

Seattle-based mortgage lender HomeStreet Bank has opened its first California office in Pasadena. The lending center will be managed by Rob Levy. He was with Wells Fargo, and was the top seller of home loans nationwide in 2011 and the top producer in Southern California from 2008 to 2012. Levy will lead a staff of six brokers and assistants. HomeStreet Bank is 92 years old and has 22 retail branches and 26 lending centers in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and California. The company says it is the second most prolific mortgage loan producer in the Puget Sound region behind Wells Fargo.

Seattle housing advisory group

The Department of Planning and Development and Office of Housing is organizing an advisory group to review the city's low-income housing incentive programs. Tom Tierney, former executive director of Seattle Housing Authority, will chair the committee. The committee will weigh in on renewal of the Multifamily Tax Exemption program, recommend changes to low-income housing zoning incentives and look at adjusting the amount developers pay in lieu of providing low-income housing on site. Other members of the advisory group will be announced in the coming weeks.

FSBO conference here April 10

A conference called “For sale by owner: What you need to know to sell your home” will be offered April 10 in Seattle by The Seminar Group. The single-family home sector is finally turning around, and the conference will show sellers what it takes to market homes today. A panel will go over all the steps in selling a home. The event begins at 9 a.m. at the Washington State Convention Center. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/13FfLA8

Red Lion Hotels

The Las Vegas Hotel & Casino — which recently jointed Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels' Leo Hotel Collection — is available for reservations through RedLion.com or 1-800-RED-LION. The 2,956-room hotel has 200,000 square feet of meeting space, a spa, an outdoor pool, tennis courts and access to a private golf course.

Western Washington University

Western Washington University hired Mark I. Green as dean of libraries. Since 2001, Greenberg has been a member of the dean's senior management team at the University of South Florida Libraries.

Pioneer Human Services

Seattle-based Pioneer Human Services promoted Anthony J. Wright to chief operations officer. Wright joined Pioneer Human Services as vice president of Pioneer Enterprises. Pioneer provides a chance for change to people with chemical dependency, mental health issues or criminal histories.

Woodmark Hotel

Kirkland-based Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa said it will partner with Traci Bartee, owner of Fly Fitness in Kirkland, to provide workouts for guests. The Woodmark also is introducing Fitness-to-Go, a program that allows guests to work out in their room.