Apr 29, 2003

GeoCom Resources

GeoCom Resources of Bellingham announced John E. Hiner has joined the board of directors and was named president of the corporation. Hiner has 30 years of experience in resource exploration, managing exploration, acquisition and development programs for metals and industrial minerals on four continents. GeoCom Resources is a junior natural resource company operating in the oil and gas industry to identify and acquire oil and gas properties.

Apr 24, 2003

Leider to tell CREW about Lincoln Square

Richard Leider, project director for Lincoln Square, will talk about the stalled downtown Bellevue mega-project at the next lunch meeting of Commercial Real Estate Women, scheduled for May 8. The gathering begins at noon at the Bellevue Club, southeast of downtown Bellevue. Leider "will discuss the real story behind the development: Why did it stop, what's being done now, what's next," CREW says. For information, call CREW at (206) 361-6859.

Bellevue leaders will air some issues

The Bellevue Downtown Association's May meeting will include a presentation from the mayor and the city manager about new initiatives and issues facing the city, including economic development, transportation and the potential new civic center at the Qwest Building in downtown. Other issues include Charter Now and regulatory reform proposals. The event is scheduled for noon to 1:30 on May 2 in the Center Hall at Meydenbauer Center. For information, call (425) 453-1223.

Realty Consultants

Glen Vannoy of Realty Consultants in Seattle became one of only 210 auctioneers in the United States and Canada to become an Auction Marketing Institute "Accredited Auctioneer, Real Estate." Vannoy went through the institute's four-part educational program. Course topics include legal issues, financial analysis, property transfer and case studies on the marketing of residential, agricultural and commercial real estate.

Windermere

Dennis Sutter became director of agent development for Windermere/East Inc. He'll provide coaching, personal branding and career development services to about 300 owners, managers and agents in six Eastside Windermere offices. Sutter has advised real estate agents for more than two decades, holding director roles at several Northwest companies including 10 years at John L. Scott Real Estate. He holds a state new construction instructor license, and is charter instructor for the National Association of Home Builders and the Master Builders Association.

John L. Scott

Buck Michelsohn joined John L. Scott Real Estate's Kent North office as a sales associate. Ten people signed on at the firm's Auburn office: Shannon Andrews, Kim Esp, Deffia Schoos, Glenn Sterling, Laura Papritz, Jessica Ogas, Darcy Walker, Bob Clawson, Kellie Rust and Janel Snow. Four joined the Kent office: Sheila McGraw, Dennis Bassham, Stacie Cruzat-Del Prado and Matt Smith.

Apr 22, 2003

Network Mortgage Services

Eric Miller joined the staff of Lynnwood's Network Mortgage Services as a loan originator. He was previously with the sales department at Hard Drives Northwest of Bellevue. Miller will be responsible for originating Network Mortgage Services loans in King and Snohomish counties.

Apr 17, 2003

Norris, Beggs & Simpson

Wood

Mike Wood was promoted to senior financial officer at Norris, Beggs & Simpson's Bellevue real estate finance office. Wood joined the Portland-based brokerage and finance firm in its Portland Real Estate Finance Department in 1997. In 1998 he moved to the newly opened Bellevue office, and in 2002 became office manager. The firm also promoted Greg Baker to associate vice president in Portland, where he works in real estate finance.

Architect Kreager to talk about 'the D word'

Architect Bill Kreager will talk about building new housing when the supply of affordable land is shrinking, at a Washington Association of Realtors Event on Wednesday, April 23. The presentation will run from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Evergreen Room of the Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport. Kreager, of Mithun, is an advocate of the New Urbanism style of residential building. He "challenges negative assumptions about the 'D' word -- density" by retaining warmth and attractiveness in developments of up to 30 homes per acre, the association says. For information, call the association in Olympia at (800) 562-6024.

Affordable housing conference Sept. 8-10

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission's 10th annual "Housing Washington" conference on affordable housing is scheduled for Sept. 8-10 at the Spokane Center in Spokane. Speakers include Norm Rice of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle on "urging the Bush administration to take action" and the Urban Land Institute's John K. McIlwain on local solutions to the shortage of worker housing in expensive cities around the country. For information, go to www.wshfc.org/conf.

CB Richard Ellis

Hanke

Brendan Hanke joined CB Richard Ellis in Seattle as a broker in office tenant representation. Hanke was a sales and development manager for Ernest and Julio Gallo for the Seattle area. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma and is a member of the Downtown Seattle Association.

PGP Valuation

DeLacy

Barton DeLacy was named managing director for the Portland appraisal and consulting firm of PGP Consulting LLC, which operates a Seattle office. PGP Consulting is a subsidiary of PGP Valuation Inc., formerly Palmer, Groth and Pietka. In addition to Portland and Seattle, it has offices in Sacramento, Vancouver and San Diego. Prior to joining PGP Consulting six months ago, DeLacy, who is an Appraisal Institute member, ran Arthur Anderson's Real Estate Consulting Group for Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Trilogy at Redmond Ridge

Wright

Mark Wright was named residential sales manager for Trilogy at Redmond Ridge, Shea Homes for Active Adults' master-planned community for active seniors. Wright came from Shea's Trilogy at Power Ranch near Phoenix. Before joining Shea, Wright was a territorial sales manager for Ingersoll-Rand Corp. He holds a bachelor's degree in building construction, another in industrial engineering, and a master's in theology. He was pastor of Harvest Baptist Church in Clinton, Ill.

Windermere

Margie Zech joined Windermere Real Estate's Capitol Hill office as a sales associate. Zech has seven years of project management experience and previously worked with Reed Construction in Seattle.