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Gabe is a Principal and co-Founder of Alchemy Real Estate. Born and raised in the Baltimore Metro area, Gabe’s first career was in the restaurant business where he landed a job at the age of 13. At the young age of 18, Gabe had worked his way up from a chef to co-owner of a restaurant. After running the business for a few years, Gabe sold his portion of the business to start a new life and career in Seattle. In 1997, Gabe entered the real estate world and spent his first year in the business with a small local independent agency. He then moved on to Windermere Real Estate where he discovered and grew his niche as an urban land broker. After a few years there, Gabe moved to Re/Max where his success continued. In 2007, he co-founded Alchemy Real Estate with Jay Miller. Combined with their experience and deep understanding of the marketplace, they built Seattle’s first full-service builder developer brokerage services company. Nineteen years later, Alchemy has five departments and is currently a team of 25 people. Those departments are land acquisitions, new home listing services, entitlement services, new construction buyer’s agency and retail listing services. Having represented around 175 builder/developers in 800+/- land acquisitions, Alchemy has sold around 6,000 speculative housing units.
Michael has worked as a land acquisitions broker for Alchemy Real Estate since 2018. After graduating from Gonzaga University in 2010, he moved back to Sandpoint, ID to join the family business as a real estate appraiser, while also working in the ski industry at the local mountain during the winter months. In 2014, Michael and his wife made the move to Seattle where he continued his career as an appraiser. This avenue allowed him to develop an extensive understanding of the complex neighborhoods and land values throughout the city. These skills have been refined and sharpened when specifically applied to townhouse and apartment development. Michael has been a great addition to our team and we are excited to see what the future holds!
Kyle Shankle is a dual project manager for the Acquisitions team and Seattle Land Use co. As a licensed real estate broker, he has worn many hats in the company, advocating for deals on the back-end or doing site walks to ensure transparency for our builders! When not working, you can catch him traveling, hiking, or rooting for one of the great Seattle sport teams. Go Hawks!
The Seattle Land Use Company was formed to help combat the unknown during feasibility and to help our clients navigate the complex world of entitlement.
Kyle Shankle is a dual project manager for the Acquisitions team and Seattle Land Use co. As a licensed real estate broker, he has worn many hats in the company, advocating for deals on the back-end or doing site walks to ensure transparency for our builders! When not working, you can catch him traveling, hiking, or rooting for one of the great Seattle sport teams. Go Hawks!
Starting his career with Alchemy as a Real Estate Broker, Jason Simonis navigated the industry until he found a true passion of working in in the technical field of Entitlements. Over the course of 5 years and being a part of performing countless feasibility land acquisitions, Jason worked his way from an entitlements coordinator to Direct of Seattle Land Use Company. He enjoys the attentive focus needed to manage a plethora of projects, overseeing employee growth and development, and finding a work-life balance with his family. Jason spends most of his free time enjoying activities with his wife, 3 year old boy and 5 year old boy.
Jenna moved to Seattle about seven years ago from Massachusetts with a Master’s and Bachelor’s of Science in architecture. After working for a few years in architectural design in Seattle, she transitioned to project management as an entitlements manager. She’s been managing Seattle residential infill development projects going on six years, about 30 projects. At Alchemy she’s part of the development project manager team leading projects from site planning to construction. Her strengths are sharing new perspectives and creative problem solving through design. On weekends she enjoys spending time with her Australian Shepherd, sharing wine, spending time on the water, and singing karaoke!
We wouldn't be able to serve all our clients if it wasn't for our outstanding Operations team working behind the scenes!
Demetre is a Seattle native, who joined the Alchemy Real Estate Team in 2015 as a broker. In 2016 Demetre became the Builder Services Coordinator, managing and tracking upcoming projects as well as managing Alchemy’s in-house database. In 2017 Demetre transitioned to a role on the Alchemy Acquisition Team becoming the Land Acquisitions Coordinator. Since June 2020 Demetre has taken on a role as the Marketing Manager for Alchemy, with the objective of helping the branding of Alchemy Real Estate!
Tanasha joined Alchemy Real Estate in 2015 and is currently the Operations & Finance Manager. Originally from Idaho, Tanasha graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in Business Marketing. After beginning her career in marketing, she realized accounting & finance was a better fit for her skills in analytics and her love for numbers. During her free time, Tanasha enjoys everything outdoors the PNW has to offer.
With a background in property management, Tilo loves working behind the scenes to keep things moving seamlessly from listing all the way to closing. Since 2021, she has served as the Transaction Coordinator for Alchemy Real Estate’s closing department. When not working, you can find Tilo painting, reading or spending time with her family.
Cenedra is our behind-the-scenes transaction master. She came on the team in 2021 with 20+ years of expertise in escrow, document preparation, negotiations, and title. Her unique ability to see all sides of a deal and capture every important facet of a transaction has served our clients well. When she's not working, you can find her hiking, gardening, or just hanging with her beloved dogs.
With a background in hospitality and business administration, Jasmine loves working behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly. Since 2019, she has served as the Executive Assistant to our CEO, Gabe Rosenshine. Jasmine is a Seattle native and a University of Washington alum. Go Dawgs!
Karah comes to Alchemy with experience in research evaluation and analysis, educational design, and project management. With a love of problem solving and helping others, she builds and modifies our informational systems on how to best serve our clients in this changing Seattle market. In her free time, she loves painting, getting outside, and hanging out with her beloved cats.
Return of the Mac! Mackenzie is the coordinating queen for CEO Gabe Rosenshine and President Rebecca Mitsui. She has a bachelor of arts in communications with experience administrative management. Her thoughtful, organized approach to business makes her the ideal communicator and executor for lots of different projects. When Mackenzie isn't making tasks and lives easier, you can find her making gains at the gym, walking at sunset, or sipping different kinds of coffee.