Feb 26, 2003

Dorsey & Whitney

Laurie Cromwell Ragen joined the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney. She will be a member of the Seattle real estate group. Ragen's practice includes complex real estate and commercial finance transactions, with special emphasis on timber sales, acquisitions and related financing.

Feb 24, 2003

Short Cressman & Burgess

Roberta A. Farris has joined the law firm of Short Cressman & Burgess as counsel in the environmental, land use and natural resources group, and the real estate practice group. Farris has 15 years experience representing real estate firms, and has served as vice president of corporate affairs for Pope Resources, house counsel to Trillium Corp., and senior development manager for Boeing Realty. She earned a B.A. degree from the University of Washington, and a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound.

Feb 20, 2003

Wallace Properties

Bascomb

Kyana Bascomb joined Wallace Properties in Bellevue in commercial leasing and investment sales. Bascomb holds a bachelor's degree in business administration/real estate from Washington State University.

Northwest Multiple Listing Service

Craig Kline of Centralia was elected chairman of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service for 2003. Kline is president and designated broker for Coldwell Banker Kline & Associates. He becomes the first NWMLS chairman from Lewis County. Meribeth Hutchings of Windermere Real Estate-Lake Stevens, is the new vice chair. Dick Fulton of Coldwell Banker Bain's Lake Union office is secretary. Rick Schutte of Coldwell Banker Koetje Real Estate in Oak Harbor is treasurer.

Eight other brokers were elected to the 14-county listing service's 24-member board for this year: Matt Carroll of Windermere in Seattle, Don Dutton of Coldwell Banker Bain in Federal Way, Michael Grady of Coldwell Banker Bain in Mercer Island, Susan Hayes of John L. Scott in Federal Way, Sue Lantz of Windermere/Allen & Associates in Longview, Mike Larson of Harold A. Allen Co. in Tacoma, Presha Sparling of Gerrard Beattie & Knapp of Seattle and Gary Wright of Coldwell Banker-Gary Wright Real Estate in Marysville.

Housing Finance Commission

A new program will offer non-profit organizations in the state access to low-interest loans of up to $500,000. The Washington State Housing Finance Commission and the Washington Community Reinvestment Association have begun offering the program, called Capital Plus. The "below-market loans" are available for non-profits needing facility or equipment financing. The housing commission will initially put up $3 million that the reinvestment association will administer. For more information, see www.wshfc.org and www.wcra.net.

Bianco Properties

Rachell

Donita Rachell joined Bianco Properties as the St. Louis, Mo.-based firm's director of leasing, in charge of retail and industrial leasing portfolio-wide, including at Bianco's two retail properties in the Puget Sound area. Bianco owns Lynnwood Plaza and the Rainier Place shopping center in Tacoma. Rachell has 20 years experience in leasing and sales in St. Louis, where she'll be based.

Trilogy at Redmond Ridge

Ultican

Diana Lynn Ultican became community director for Shea Homes' Trilogy at Redmond Ridge, the 1,500-home master-planned community for active seniors on the east side of Redmond. Ultican will expose residents to programs, facilities and activities, and manage the homeowners' association. She's working on a pioneering educational partnership with the University of Washington. Before Trilogy, Ultican was president of three large Pacific Northwest travel agencies: AST Travel Management, Satellite Travel Systems and Stellar Travel. She was project director of a coalition of Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim Americans who built the multi-faith Habitat for Humanity homes at Snoqualmie Ridge.

Colliers International

Broker Eric Cederstrand was named senior vice president for Colliers International's Tacoma office. Cederstrand has been with Colliers since 1998 and has 14 years experience as a commercial broker.