Dec 08, 2004

Harborstone

Schmidtke

The Pierce County chapter of Credit Unions named Rick Schmidtke Credit Union Professional of the Year. Schmidtke, president and chief executive officer of Lakewood-based Harborstone Credit Union, has more than 30 years experience. Harborstone offers mortgage lending, investment services and insurance for individuals and small businesses.

Dec 02, 2004

Pageantry Communities of Washington

Easter

Smallwood

Kent-based home builder Pageantry has named Tim Easter vice president of land acquisitions in Washington, and Jeff Smallwood sales manager. Easter was vice president and director of marketing and sales for the company. He now acquires land for single- and multi-family projects. The company's goal is to build up to 550 homes in the Puget Sound region starting in 2005. Smallwood joined the company last year as community sales manager of Shadowhawk, a condo and townhome project in Renton. The Pageantry Companies, headquartered in Las Vegas, opened in Washington in 2000 and has built more than 600 homes in the Puget Sound region. Builder Magazine ranked it the sixth fastest growing home builder in the country.

Davis Property & Investment

Morgan

Stacy Morgan has joined Davis Property & Investment. She will perform property management duties. She is a graduate of the University of Washington and has seven years' experience as a paralegal.

S-J Management

S-J Management, through its affiliate Monterra Associates LLC, bought the 258-unit Monterra Apartments in Phoenix for $18.16 million. It's the fifth time since July 2003 that a limited liability company formed and managed by S-J has acquired a Class A, institutional core asset in Arizona. S-J is one of the more active buyers of large multifamily properties in Washington and Arizona. It owns and manages 793 units in Arizona and 2,407 in Washington.

Madison House Ltd.

Seattle real estate company Madison House Ltd., has joined the Sotheby's International Realty franchise network. It now operates as Madison House Ltd. Sotheby's International Realty. Kitty Hughes owns the 23-year-old brokerage at 4227 E. Madison St. It has 17 sales associates, who rang up approximately $70 million in sales last year, with an average home sale price of $650,000.

CREW

John Powers, president and CEO of Enterprise Seattle (formerly known as the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County) will speak at the noon Dec. 9 CREW lunch at the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle. Powers was Spokane's first full-time mayor, serving from 2000-04. Lunch is $29.50 for members with reservations and $45 for nonmembers. Reservations are due Monday and can be made at http://www.crewseattle.org or by calling Commercial Real Estate Women at (206) 417-5580.

Urban Land Institute

Urban Land Institute's breakfast program, "Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2005," will be at 7 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Hyatt Regency, 900 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue. Peter F. Korpacz, director of Pricewaterhouse Coopers Real Estate Practice, is the speaker. Panelists are Jim DeLisle of the UW's Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, Christopher J. Hartung of Wells Fargo Securities and Michael J. Parks, editor and publisher of Marples Pacific Northwest Letter. Cost ranges from $25 for students who are ULI members to $50 for nonmembers. Register by Dec. 9 by calling 1 (800) 321-5011; after Dec. 9, e-mail coordinator@seattle.uli.org.

The Housing Partnership

The Housing Partnership will present a half-day workshop about urban infill housing at 8 a.m. Dec. 15 at SeaTac City Hall, 4800 S. 188th St. It's for developers, builders, bankers, realtors, architects, planners and elected officials. The cost, which includes a continental breakfast, is $50; reservations are due Dec. 13. For more information or to register, write Michael Luis at mluis@seanet.com or call (425) 453-5123.