Real estate community, wine enthusiasts help launch Ashton Martini Group

The Houston real estate community, clients and friends came together for an evening of Texas wine tasting to launch the Ashton Martini Group, a team within Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, comprised of Ashton Martini, Javier Gautier and Morgan Steen.

The Ashton Martini Group was founded to leverage the global reach of Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, to serve Houston buyers and sellers, and to assist clients seeking to relocate throughout the world. The group also will focus on connecting builders and developers to facilitate architectural planning for construction projects and leverage the group’s knowledge of interior design.

Invited guests were hosted at Solaro Urban Winery, where they sampled five wines, all made from Texas grapes, while Barbara Hader- lin and Robert Fritz of Solaro gave guests tours of their urban winery and explained the history of Texas winemaking.

Attending from Martha Turner SIR were co-president and founder Martha Turner and husband, Glenn Bauguss Jr.; copresident, Tom Anderson and wife Bibbi Anderson; vice president of operations Paul Kilian and wife, Barrett Donahue-Mink; sales managers Marilyn Thompson, Robin Suter, and Seita Jongeblood and her husband, Jimmy.

Guests also included Natalie Warren with Alamo Title; Mike McFarland with Legacy Mutual Mortgage; as well as Clark and Genevieve Arnold, Richard Mazzarino, Steve and June Barth, Dr. David and Connie Arnold, John Palmer, Steve and Darlene Steen, Keith and Jennifer Richard, Luke and Jenny Johnson, Peter and Esther deSmidt, Harriet Reynolds, and Ann Wallentine. accepting the position of vice president of sales for the Pearland office and its group of sales associates.

Sheinall, a native of Galveston who resides in League City, is a TREClicensed Core and MCE instructor, past HAR and TAR director, and recent graduate of the Texas Real Estate Leadership Program.

Her 19-year knowledge of the Brazoria and Galveston counties’ residential markets assures that her contribution will provide a solid foundation for gaining the confidence and respect of her Coldwell Banker agents in the Pearland, Friendswood and Manvel markets.

“What interested me most about returning to Coldwell Banker is their national reputation and the fine Coldwell Banker United agent and management group,” Sheinall said. I am also excited about the continued growth of the city of Pearland and the possibilities that presents for our agents and customers.”

The Pearland office was a natural fit for Sheinall, as the office has a long reputation of fine service to the markets of Brazoria and Galveston counties and the surrounding areas of southcentral Houston.

“I’m here to be a mentor, coach, cheerleader and advisor for our agents. My tenacity, professional ethics and fairness will hopefully create an energetic atmosphere in the office,” Sheinall said. “We will continue to set the highest standards for professionalism and ethics. I am truly excited to be a part of the Coldwell Banker United team again.”

George Washington owned thousands of acres, spread across several states — from the verdant Ohio Valley, east to New York and south to Washington, D.C. But the crown jewel of his holdings was his 7,000-acre Mt. Vernon estate in Virginia, which is now open to the public mostly due to the hard work and fundraising efforts by the nonprofit Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

One study suggests that Washington’s real estate holdings, after adjusting for inflation over the years, would make him the fourth-wealthiest American today, behind only Microsoft’s Bill Gates, investment guru Warren Buffet and Internet entrepreneur Larry Ellison, of Oracle Corp. — David Myers, King Features

A number of agents and staff from Greenwood King Properties turned out to work on Saturday, March 7, for opening day of West University Little League baseball on the fields adjacent to West University Elementary School.

The company is a 20-plus year Grand Sponsor of the West University Little League main campus. West University Little League was formed in 1954 and is one of the largest little leagues in the country with more than 1,300 players.

Agents who worked for the opening day activities were: Greenwood King founder and owner Linda King, Aiko Asher, Caroline Billipp, Kathryn Bonner, Alexa Burrow, Debbie Crow, Mary Frances DuMay, Kathleen Dunwoody Graf, Stormy Hayes-Knipe, Lee Kaplan, Elise Niefield, Michele Sheffer, Lynne Skinner, Cathy Steward and George Sutherland.