Apr 16, 2015

LoanStar promotes Morgan

Morgan

LoanStar Home Lending recently promoted Mikayla Morgan to marketing integration manager and coordinator of the marketing department. Morgan has been with the company since November 2013. Her title has been marketing coordinator and regional marketing manager. Morgan will continue to be a “marketing concierge” for LoanStar branches in Bellevue, Vancouver and Walla Walla. LoanStar is a Portland-based mortgage banking firm.

HUD awards $244,000 to two agencies

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $244,527 to two housing agencies in Washington. Washington State Housing Finance Commission got $232,053, and South Sound Outreach in Tacoma got $12,474. The money is part of more than $34 million that HUD recently awarded to 135 housing counseling agencies. HFC works with lenders, investors, developers and nonprofits to create and preserve affordable housing. South Sound Outreach helps homeless seniors, disabled people and others get services.

Berkshire adds Shelton firm

Prudential Northwest Real Estate Shelton has joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices' network, and will now be called Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate Shelton. Kevin Cronquist owns the Shelton brokerage. He said the access to online tools and other resources will help his business grow in Mason County and beyond. Since its launch in September 2013, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has grown to nearly 35,000 agents and 1,100 offices in 47 states.

Apr 09, 2015

Provenance hires revenue and sales heads

Tsoumas

Cooke

Portland-based Provenance Hotels has hired Melanie Cooke and Larry Tsoumas to lead its revenue and sales teams at Hotel 1000 in Seattle. Cooke will be director of revenue management, and she has experience in sales, e-commerce, social media and front office operations. She last worked at Carmel Valley Ranch in Carmel, California; and she has held positions at hotels in San Francisco; Houston; Dearborn, Michigan; and Auckland, New Zealand. Tsoumas last worked as director of marketing for Four Seasons Bitmore in Santa Barbara, California. He has been director of sales and marketing for hotels in Boston and Chicago.

Sperry Van Ness adds Bellevue company

Wilcox

Gleason

Beckley

Sperry Van Ness International Corp., a Boston-based commercial real estate franchisor, has added Raven Commercial Real Estate of Kent to its network. Raven was founded in 2013 by Dana Beckley, Chad Gleason, and Jason Wilcox. It provides traditional commercial real estate services like brokerage, investment, property and asset management and development. Raven will now have access to Sperry Van Ness' “national reach, local expertise” program and its more than 1,300 advisors and staff members. Sperry Van Ness has more than 190 locations in 500 markets.

Red Lion opens hotel in Cincinnati

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Red Lion Hotels Corp. of Spokane said it has opened a hotel in Cincinnati. Red Lion worked with the property owner, Durga LLC, to convert a portion of the property, which is called CoCo Key Water Resort, to a 184-room Red Lion. The Red Lion has indoor and outdoor pools, a gym, business center and restaurant called the Sharon Hill Bar & Grill. There is 17,000 square feet of meeting space on the property, which is across the street from a 65,000-square-foot convention center. Red Lion was founded in 1959 and has more than 55 hotels.