Developers

Career:

• Current: South Whidbey, LLC
• Current: NORTH PRAIRIE, LLC
• 2001-2004: Trillium Corp. Executive
• 2009-2015: NP PHASE I, LLC
• 1996-2002: LIBOLT CONSTRUCTION

Career:

• Current: South Whidbey, LLC
• Current: Blossom Property Management
• 1984-1994: Trillium Corp. Vice Chairman
  • Those familiar with Trillium have said, "His term as mayor ended on a Friday and he reported for work at Trillium on Monday. There are many who wonder just when Hertz was really recruited and how many of his decisions as mayor may have been influenced by such a relationship."
• 1976-1983: Bellingham Mayor
• 1965-1975: Whatcom County Parks & Recreation Director

Career:

• 2019: promoting "Coles Valley Development"
• 2014: partners with Langley town board member, JR Fulton, sells $1.1M apartments for $2M as "Fifth Street Commons" condos.
• 2004: sells pocket neighborhood (1000 SqFt) condos, "Conover Commons Homes" for $4.6M
• 2002: sells 8 unit pocket neighborhood condominium project "Greenwood Avenue Cottages" for $2.2M (1000 Sq Ft units sell for $290,000, sell for $586,000 in 2018)
• 1998: converts 3660 SqFt lot into $1.2M "Third Street Cottages". (700 Sq Ft units sell for $143,000, in 2018, they sell for $400,000)

These are examples of some pocket neighborhoods which allow the tight packing of residences into a small space. As Ross told a room full of investors in a 2019 forum, that these projects yield an "eye-popping" number of zeros in the selling price.