Apr 15, 1998

W&H Pacific

Marcia Gamble Hadley has joined W&H Pacific as director of project development in the Bellevue office. She will serve as the firm's project manager for the 7,400-acre Trendwest Resort, "Mountain Star," being developed near Roslyn. In addition, she will work to identify opportunities for private development and new, mixed-use project which satisfy requirements of the Growth Management Act and the Regional Transit Authority. Hadley formerly headed The Housing Partnership and Threshhold Housing, advocacy organizations for building affordably priced housing in Seattle and King County. She managed the development of Benson Glen, a 43-unit starter home project undertaken with King County and Malden Court, an award-winning 40-unit-per-acre condominium development on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Prior to her work for the Housing Partnership, Hadley designed the renovation of the Pine Street Cottages in Seattle and worked for the City of Seattle's Downtown Housing Development division. Gary Wiggins has joined the Bellevue office of W&H Pacific as a senior project manager for the transportation department. He has managed transportation capital improvement projects for several agencies, and has been responsible for the acquisition of $19 million in state and federal grants for cities. Robin E. McKennon has joined W&H Pacific as a survey and forest services engineer-in-training. She will lead a team of multidisciplinary professionals through the management and inventory of forest and threatened species issues. She has three years experience in engineering and natural resource management.

Apr 10, 1998

Fisher Properties

Scott Herrmann has been promoted to director of marketing for Fisher Properties in Seattle. Herrmann previously served four years with Fisher Properties as associate director of commercial leasing. Prior to that, Herrmann worked with Nooney Krombach in St. Louis, Mo.

Kidder, Mathews & Segner

Curt Ghan has been named senior vice president and branch manager of the Seattle office of Kidder, Mathews & Segner. Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Ghan was vice president of marketing for AT&T Gateway Tower (now Key Tower) and has been in the commercial real estate industry for 20 years. He will continue to specialize in Seattle office leasing.

Prudential Northwest Realty Associates

Prudential Northwest Realty Associates, the top producing Prudential affiliate in Washington, is now solely owned by two of its three original owners. They are Roger Cayce and Mike Gain. The third partner, John Wunder, has moved on to other interests in commercial real estate and property management through his own firm, Associates West. In the meantime, Prudential Northwest Realty was named winner of the Pinnacle Office Award for top residential and top closed residential units in 1997 by the Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. in March.

RE/MAX Masters

Steve Tarabochia, owner/broker of RE/MAX Masters, Inc., in Everett, has earned the Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB) designation from the Real Estate Brokerage Managers Council. Tarabochia is president-elect of the Snohomish Camano Association of Realtors and a director of the Washington State Association of Realtors.

John L. Scott Real Estate

J. Lennox Scott, president of John L. Scott Real Estate, has received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. The award was presented March 25 at the annual Eastside Friends of Scouting Breakfast at Bellevue's Meydenbauer Center. It goes to Eagle Scouts who, after 25 years, have distinguished themselves in their life work and have voluntarily shared their talents with the community. The breakfast raised $186,539 for scouting.

Windermere

New technology has come to Windermere's residential real estate agents. Using Pocket Net, AT&T's new cellular service, agents can get immediate access to a database of information about properties for sale. Data about such things as active, pending and sold properties, including address, number of baths, bedrooms and other amenities, is displayed directly on the telephones' screens. The required software was developed by Windermere. Pocket Net works with telephones manufactured by Mitsubishi and Samsung.

GMAC Commercial Mortgage

GMAC Commercial Mortgage, of Horsham, Pa., has arranged $6.25 million in financing for construction of Hampton Inn Southcenter in Tukwila. The permanent loan has a fixed interest rate of 1.3 percent and a 10-year treasury. It was provided to Tukwila Associates Limited Partnership. The loan to value ratio was 58 percent with debt service coverage ratio of 1.96 with 25-year amortization. When finished, the hotel will have 154 rooms with an average nightly rate of $72.21. It will have meeting rooms, a pool and fitness center in 62,670 square feet.

NAIOP property tour

The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties will present its 1998 property tour on May 14. The bus excursion will depart the Redhook brewery in Woodinville at noon and return at 4 p.m. after visiting sites in Bothell, Woodinville, Redmond and Everett. Sponsorships are available. For information call (206) 382-9121.

Presentation on retail forecasting

J'Amy Owens, president of The Retail Group and an authority on retail and consumer trends, will speak on retail forecasting at a joint meeting of the Northwest Shopping Center Association and the Washington Retail Association. The luncheon event will be held April 20 at the Edmond Meany Hotel in Seattle, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The cost is $35. For reservations, call Ruth Scott at (360) 943-9198. For information, call the NSCA at (425) 836-8050.

Seminar on fixer homes

Prudential Northwest Realty is offering a free class on finding and financing a fixer home. To be held Tuesday, April 21, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., the seminar will cover financing, adding value and choosing a contractor. The location is 4700 42nd Ave. S.W., Suite 600, in Seattle. For information or reservations call (206) 389-4406.