Sep 14, 2000

NetUpdate

NetUpdate, a Redmond-based supplier of collaborative transaction applications to the mortgage industry, announced the appointment of Chris Dishman as chief financial officer. Dishman joins the company with more than 17 years of financial and high-tech experience. Before coming to NetUpdate, he worked at Pointshare Corp. as vice president of finance/controller, where he participated in raising $60 million in venture capital

HAL Real Estate Investments

Brad Lange joined Seattle-based HAL Real Estate Investments as vice president. Lange, who previously spent 10 years with a major public pension fund, is responsible for Seattle-area acquisitions and project management.

Qpoint Home Mortgage Network

Greg Olson joined Bellevue-based Qpoint Home Mortgage Network as chief financial officer. Qpoint said Olson, a CPA and certified management consultant, has more than 20 years experience in operations, human resources management, information systems, accounting and finance. Olson is completing a master's degree in organization management. Qpoint also promoted 2.5-year employee Lisa Hepler to director of mortgage banking. Also, Tony Fadale joined Qpoint as sub-prime lending manager. Fadale's 14 years of mortgage banking experience include work with American Savings Bank and First National Bank.

HomeStar Lending

Rich Hallman joined HomeStar Lending of Everett as senior loan officer in its Lakeside office, responsible for originating Snohomish County loans. Hallman came from 3.5 years as a senior loan consultant with Washington Mutual Savings. HomeStar, owned by Richard and Sherrie Henk, formerly was Qpoint Lakeside.

MetStream Communications

MetStream Communications of Portland, which provides wiring for apartments and hotels, completed a $4 million Series A preferred private stock offering to fund expansion in the Northwest. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm Vertex underwrote the offering along with Integrated Electrical Services Inc., the nation's largest electrical and communications contracting company. MetStream designs, installs and upgrades high-density residential and hospitality properties with fiber optics, twisted-pair wiring and broadband access equipment.

Sep 07, 2000

Opus Northwest

Mark Denmarsh has joined Bellevue-based Opus Northwest as the  project coordinator in the architects and engineers department. Denmarsh, who previously worked as project manager at Paradigm Design & Management, will be responsible for Opus' development projects in Seattle and Portland.

MBK Northwest

Dave E. Moore has been promoted to senior vice president at the Portland-based developer MBK Northwest. Working out of the Portland office, Moore will be responsible for the company's retail development/redevelopment projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. MBK is in the last phase of redeveloping the 700,000-square-foot Parkway SuperCenter in Tukwilla.

Mastro Properties

Seattle developer Mike Mastro has started construction on the 59,000-square-foot Valley View Corporate Center, a two-story office/high-tech building in Kirkland at Northeast 126th Place and 139th Avenue Northeast. Broker John Black of the Broderick Group has the job of finding tenants. The architect is Lance Mueller & Associates. Mastro says he expects to lease the space in the mid-$20 range for each square foot and that the completed project will be worth $15.5 million.

Buildex Seattle

A large, two-day trade show for property managers called Buildex Seattle will run Sept. 18 and 19th at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in downtown Seattle. Program topics include solving mold and moisture problems, trends in security systems, "Commercial Roofing 101," endangered species listings and remaining motivated. For information, call (877) 739-2112.

BOMA on using technology

The next lunch meeting of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Seattle and King County will include a presentation about how real estate professionals use the Internet to succeed. The Sept. 18 event will be during the Buildex Seattle Trade show, in the convention center's Ballroom 6-A. The presentation will cover at least 50 Web sites of use to real estate professionals. For more information, call (206) 622-8924.