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People: Week of May 21, 2012
May 21st, 2012John Meislahn has joined the business development team at Exchange Bank as vice president and SBA business development officer. … Mary Celestre and Judy Reynolds have each been promoted to vice president. … Minh Tran, who has been assistant county counsel for Napa County since July 2009, was named by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to the top attorney position. … KGO radio anchor and reporter Jeffrey Schaub moved to KCBS All News AM 740/FM 106.9. … Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced two additions to its Marin County management team: Joanne Zavlaris as assistant manager and Kevin Kearney as assistant manager. … VML Winery‘s Virginia Lambrix hired Alex Kanzler to direct quality control for the company’s wines made at the Russian River Valley winery in Healdsburg. … Mike Meneghelli joined Napa-based wine bottle supplier Global Package as sales representative. … Seghesio Family Vineyards has appointed Ned Neumiller as the winery’s head of grower relations.
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April foreclosures fall and sales rise for most of North Bay
May 17th, 2012NORTH BAY – Home sales and median prices increased while new foreclosures decreased across the Bay Area in the month of April, with more varied trends in the North Bay counties, according to a duo of reports released today by foreclosure and real estate tracking firms RealtyTrac and DataQuick.
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People: Week of May 14, 2012
May 14th, 2012Construction Carilile Macy, a Santa Rosa-based civil engineering, landscape architecture and surveying firm, has hired Christopher Brown as its finance manager. Health Care Chris Bandy, MD, FACS, has been named trauma medical director of Kaiser Permanente’s Vacaville Medical Center. Dr. Bandy joins Kaiser Permanente from Enloe Medical Center in Chico where he was a trauma and [...]
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Lucasfilm moves forward with affordable housing at Grady Ranch
May 8th, 2012NOVATO — Lucasfilm has partnered with the Marin Community Foundation to explore options for building affordable housing on the Grady Ranch property near San Rafael that George Lucas originally planned for a sizable digital-movie studio.
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Report: Homebuilding to rebound after prices hit bottom in 2013
May 7th, 2012SONOMA COUNTY — Residential construction in the North Bay’s most populous county is projected to improve this year as prices for unsold homes finally hit bottom heading into 2013, but the pace of homebuilding going forward will be slower than before the economic recession and profits will be pinched harder, according to a new county government report.
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People: Week of April 30, 2012
April 30th, 2012Banking and Finance Leslie Miller has joined Corte Madera-based Financial Connections Group, Inc., as a financial adviser, as the firm expands to handle its growing business in Marin County. Financial Connections is an independent, fee-only financial advisory firm that was founded in 1995. Ms. Miller, a resident of Kentfield, has more than 20 years of [...]
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Foreclosure rate rises in Lake Co., falls elsewhere in North Bay
April 12th, 2012The proportions of homes in foreclosure in the North Bay last month was below the state average in four of the six counties, and the number of properties at risk of going back to lenders fell in all but Lake County over the past six months, according to data released today from foreclosure data compiler RealtyTrac.
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Marin Housing Turnover Index receives national award, grant
March 26th, 2012MARIN COUNTY — An online tool to illustrate the rate of housing turnover in Marin County, a collaborative project between the Marin Association of Realtors and Sausalito-based Sunshine Marketing, has won the National Association of Realtors’ Game Changer Award.
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New owner of Greenbriar Apartments plans ‘substantial renovation’
March 19th, 2012PETALUMA — After a several-month effort to reach a purchase agreement with three lenders on the parts of a 224-unit Petaluma apartment complex involved in the Bijan Madjilessi bankruptcy, a significant California multifamily investor purchased Greenbriar Apartments and has a “substantial renovation budget” for maintenance and upgrades.
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February foreclosure rates beat state in four of six North Bay counties
March 15th, 2012NORTH BAY — The proportions of homes in foreclosure in the North Bay last month matched or were below the state average in four of the six counties, and the number of properties at risk of going back to lenders fell throughout the region in recent months, according to a report released today from foreclosure data compiler RealtyTrac.
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Lowry to retire from Burbank Housing
March 9th, 2012SANTA ROSA — John Lowry, executive director of Burbank Housing, plans to retire in September after 14 years in that role.
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Redwood Trust reports fourth-quarter loss, full-year gain
February 27th, 2012MILL VALLEY — Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT), the 18-year-old real estate investment trust headquartered in Mill Valley, today reported a net loss of $3 million in the final quarter of 2011. Yet for the year ending Dec. 31, Redwood Trust earned $25 million.
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North Bay foreclosures dip in January
February 16th, 2012NORTH BAY — The proportion of homes in foreclosure in the North Bay last month was below the state average in four of the six counties, with the number of properties at risk of going back to lenders falling throughout the region in recent months, according to a report released today from foreclosure data compiler RealtyTrac.
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People: Week of Feb. 13, 2012
February 13th, 2012Banking & Finance Jeff Gerlomes joined Bank of Napa, N.A. (OTCBB: BNNP) as vice president, marketing and relationship manager. Mr. Gerlomes previously served on the bank’s board of directors. He is a graduate of Sacramento State University, where he received B.A. He began his business career at American Savings and Loan where he served as a [...]
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People: Week of Jan. 30, 2012
January 30th, 2012Click here for photo gallery Health Care The Northern California Center for Well-Being has hired Annette Zucconi as its new operations manager as part of its leadership team. Ms. Zucconi has dedicated over 20 years to non-profit community education work and brings a breadth of curriculum development, contract and program management experience to the Center [...]
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Habitat for Humanity, banks, others collaborate on foreclosures
January 16th, 2012While building homes for low-income families remains a part of Habitat for Humanity’s mission in Sonoma County, local volunteers say they’ve found a cost-effective alternative in the current economy – purchasing and renovating foreclosed houses.
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Nicholas promoted to president of Redwood Trust
January 12th, 2012MILL VALLEY — Brett Nicholas, a nearly 16-year employee of Redwood Trust Inc. (NYSE: RWT), has been appointed president of the real estate investment trust.
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New Bradley at the helm of Bradley Real Estate
January 5th, 2012SAN RAFAEL — Bradley Real Estate, one of the North Bay’s largest home brokerages, is under new leadership after founder and CEO Melissa Bradley announced her retirement Wednesday.
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Rick Laws joins Pacific Union
December 23rd, 2011SANTA ROSA — Pacific Union International announced that Rick Laws, previously managing broker of Coldwell Banker’s Santa Rosa office, has joined the real estate brokerage.
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Sonoma County moves closer to smokeless
December 19th, 2011SONOMA COUNTY — The first provisions of Sonoma County’s smoke-free law went into effect in early December, a move viewed by proponents as both a critical step in making the county healthier as well as a relatively rare achievement for a county.
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