Jan 12, 1996

Qpoint International

Qpoint International announced the addition of David Howard to its corporate staff as director of training and education. Howard will be responsible for Qpoint University, where he will train employees from all Qpoint franchise locations. He will also coordinate publishing of the company newsletter, the QReview. Howard has more than 10 years experience in the mortgage business.

Sorensen receives SIOR

Kurt Sorensen, associate broker at Kidder, Mathews & Segner, Inc., has been awarded the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) designation. The designation is awarded to professionals who have a minimum of seven years industrial or office real estate experience, have maintained a very high level of transaction and sales volume, and successfully completed specified courses and exams. Only 28 commercial real estate agents in the state hold the SIOR designation.

Schafer awarded CCIM

Tom Schafer, associated broker at Kidder, Mathews & Segner, Inc., has received a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) award from the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute. CCIM's are awarded to professional who have completed 240 hours of graduate-level courses in financial analysis, commercial brokerage, market analysis, tax planning, managing and marketing troubled assets, decision analysis and negotiation and who have fulfilled professional experience requirements.

City University Realtor education

City University now offers Realtors-developed classes to business majors seeking a bachelors degree. Up to 45 credits of Realtor education classes and experience may be awarded toward the 180-credit bachelor's degree program. These are the same classes that the Washington Association of Realtors Education Department offers to practicing real estate professionals to meet the state's 30-hour continuing education license renewal requirement. City University will award up to three college credits for Realtor classes comprised of 30 classroom hours. For more information contact City University or the Washington Association of Realtors office at (360)943-3100.

Windermere

Judy Cook, Cathy Boorman, and Mary Ann Arnold have joined Windermere Real Estate's Kirkland office as associates. Cook, associate broker, has 10 years of real estate experience, working with Prudential Preferred Properties and Coldwell Banker. Boorman joins Windermere as a sales associate, with nine years of real estate experience, most recently with Prudential Preferred Properties. Arnold, sales associate, has been in the industry for nine years, and has also worked with Prudential Preferred Properties. Joan and Darrel Whittaker have been named to the ownership of Windermere Real Estate's Northeast office in Kirkland. Joan will be handling the day-to-day sales and office management while Darrell will focus on business support and development. Windermere Real Estate's Northwest and Oak Harbor offices recently relocated to two new custom-designed buildings. The Northwest office, located at 125th and Greenwood in North Seattle's Broadview neighborhood, now occupies most of the first floor of a three-story, mixed-use building. The office currently has 35 sales associates with the ability to expand to 42. The Oak Harbor office on Whidbey Island, will be the anchor tenant of the new 10,000 square foot Windermere Building. Christopher Holden has joined the Federal Way office as a sales associate. Holden has been practicing real estate for one year with All-American Homes and Century 21. Kimberly Stohr and Dalton Wong have joined the Bellevue Commons office and Jennifer Raby will begin her real estate career with the Redmond office as a sales associate.

REAPS investor program

Real Estate Association of Puget Sound (REAPS) will present their local investor program for the month of January. Michael McQuaid, a real estate broker for over 15 years, will discuss investing in income property. He will review the risk levels associated with specific types of properties for the average investor. The meeting is Jan. 24 at 7 p.m., at the Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island. For more information contact Jimm & Pat Roberts at (206) 827-6673.

Voice of the M's at BOMA

Seattle Mariner announcer Dave Niehaus will be the speaker for the monthly meeting of the Builders Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of Seattle and King County. Niehaus will share his perspectives on the past year and the season to come, as well as his thoughts on the new stadium. The meeting will be held on Jan. 22 at the Sheraton Hotel, Metro Room. For more information contact BOMA at (206) 622-8924.

Jan 09, 1996

Swedish Health Services

Seattle-based Swedish Health Services has hired Albert J. Alvarez as executive director of the Foundations -- the fund-raising arm of the organization -- and promoted Lisa Anderson to vice president of human resources. Alvarez comes to Swedish with more than 20 years of experience in fund raising, development, marketing and public relations. For the past three years, he was president of university relations for Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage. Prior to that, Alvarez served in top-level executive positions at Northridge Hospital Foundation in Northridge, Calif. Anderson, who has been director of human resources for Swedish since 1992, came to the company from Careline Inc. of Seattle, one of the largest emergency medical services providers in the nation. She also has served as director of human resources management for Safeco Properties Inc., in Seattle.

Hazardous Waste in Real Estate

A two-day conference on Hazardous Waste in Real Estate, Strategies for Successful Transactions, will be held Feb. 1 and 2 at the Center House Conference Area of the Seattle Center in Seattle. There have been a number of recent developments at both the federal and state levels to address the way the EPA and the Washington Dept. of Ecology administer the hazardous waste statues. The program will examine those changes with particular emphasis on the productive use of contaminated property. The seminar features legal, real estate and government experts with extensive experience in environmental and real estate law. It is designed to familiarize lawyers, lenders, business and real estate professionals as well as government officials with current and emerging issues involving liability for hazardous waste in real estate transactions. The conference is sponsored by Law Seminars International. For registration and information call 621-1938.