Real estate leaders launch new market-intelligence initiative examining the forces reshaping resort communities across the Western U.S. and Canada as Suncadia brings its mountain lifestyle, new homesites and resort residences to the Westside.
KIRKLAND, Wash. — [September 2026] — Members of the media, real estate professionals, and prospective buyers are invited to attend the Suncadia Showcase: The Mountain Lifestyle—Brought West. on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at FogRose Atelier in Kirkland, featuring the inaugural presentation of the Western Alpine & Resort Real Estate Barometer.
The event brings Suncadia to the Seattle-Bellevue market for an afternoon devoted to resort real estate, lifestyle, development and the changing dynamics of Western alpine communities. Guests can explore Nelson Lakes developer homesites and custom-home opportunities, The Residences at Suncadia, preferred builders and the broader Suncadia lifestyle without first making the drive across the Cascades.
At the intellectual center of the program is the debut of the Western Alpine & Resort Real Estate Barometer, co-authored by Dean Jones, CEO of Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty, and Thomas Wright, CEO of Majestic Realty Group.
Envisioned as a biannual thought-leadership report, the Barometer is gathering intelligence from leading real estate advisors and industry experts representing premier alpine and all-season resort markets throughout the Western United States and Canada.
The initiative will examine how forces including housing supply, pricing, resort and infrastructure investment, accessibility, buyer migration, taxation and residency policies, capital mobility, generational wealth transfer, and changing lifestyle preferences are influencing different resort communities.
The Barometer is designed to establish a common framework for understanding how different Western resort markets are evolving, and to capture emerging trends local experts may recognize before they become visible in conventional market statistics.
“The opportunity isn’t simply to identify where alpine markets are today, but to understand where they’re heading next. By comparing destinations through both market data and local expert intelligence, the Alpine Alliance can reveal how generational wealth, lifestyle migration, infrastructure and scarcity are shaping the next chapter of Western resort real estate.” — Dean Jones, Co-Founder, Alpine Alliance.
PRO-PANEL: THE NEXT ALPINE FRONTIER
The Showcase will convene a Pro-Panel of resort real estate and development experts offering perspectives from several of the West’s most closely watched alpine communities. The discussion will kick off with a brief presentation on this submarket momentum by key members of the Suncadia team including; Dawn Wandasan – VP, Developer Sales; Dawn Cameron – Director of Sales; Ashley Brendan – Residential Broker; Angelina Quattrucci – Senior Sales Executive; Shannon Blume-Anderson – Director of Club Membership; Kristin Brunker – GM, Suncadia Home Collective as a featured builder, Bobby Graham – President of NW Roots Construction. The following Pro-Panel is bringing the developer and resort perspective from one of Washington’s prominent four-season mountain communities; Summer Baldwin, Associate Broker with Sun Valley Sotheby’s International Realty, a second-generation Sun Valley real estate professional with more than two decades of experience in the Idaho resort market; and Mila Lane, Personal Real Estate Corporation and Senior Vice President, Sales with Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, whose practice encompasses Whistler and Squamish and includes firsthand experience with vacation-rental ownership and investment property. Joining them will be Katlin Lee of Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty, a Suncadia specialist representing the perspective of Puget Sound buyers discovering ownership east of the Cascades, and Corey Atherton, Managing Broker and Director of Suncadia Properties at REAL Residential, whose 23-plus years in luxury, resort, new-construction, land and master-planned-community real estate provide another deeply local Suncadia perspective. Together, the panel will explore what distinguishes emerging alpine communities from mature resort markets; how infrastructure, development and accessibility can influence demand; what today’s second-home and lifestyle buyers are seeking; and the emerging “X-factors” that local experts see shaping the next chapter of Western resort real estate.
THE SUNCADIA SHOWCASE
The September 22 program transforms FogRose Atelier into a temporary “Suncadia Westside Showroom,” where guests can meet community representatives, explore available Nelson Lakes lots, connect with preferred builders, learn about turnkey residences, and arrange subsequent visits to Suncadia.
WHAT:
Suncadia Showcase: The Mountain Lifestyle—Brought West.
WHEN:
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Open House Preview: 1:00-4:00pm
Showcase: 3:00–4:00 PM
Suncadia Market Momentum Presentation: 4:00-4:15PM
Western Alpine & Resort Real Estate Barometer + Pro-Panel: 4:15–5:15 PM
Suncadia Social Happy Hour: 5:15–7:00 PM
Event concludes by 7:30 PM.
WHERE:
FogRose Atelier
15 Lake Street
Kirkland, Washington
Fronting the Kirkland branch of Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Members of the media; real estate brokers and referral partners; prospective second-home and resort buyers; custom-home buyers; existing Suncadia owners; developers, builders and design professionals; and those interested in Western resort real estate, recreation and four-season living.
The event plan specifically calls for media interview and content opportunities, including discussions with Suncadia representatives, builders and alpine-market experts, as well as coverage of the Barometer and pro-panel.
HOSPITALITY & PARKING:
Guests of the Alpine Alliance at FogRose Atelier will enjoy a thoughtfully curated hospitality experience featuring passed and stationed bites, a charcuterie and cheese presentation, assorted desserts, and décor programmed by one of the Westside’s premier caterers. Upon arrival, guests will be welcomed with a complimentary glass of champagne or the signature “Alpine Breeze” cocktail, with a no-host bar available throughout the event for additional beverages. For those driving, public parking with four-hour limits is available at the Kirkland Marina parking lot, with additional public parking available in nearby surface lots and along streets surrounding FogRose Atelier. Guests are encouraged to allow a few extra minutes for parking and enjoy the short walk through downtown Kirkland to the event.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
Credentialed media may arrange interviews and capture content addressing:
- The Western Alpine & Resort Real Estate Barometer and what is influencing resort markets across the West;
- The changing demographics and geography of second-home and resort buyers;
- Suncadia, Nelson Lakes and evolution of Central Washington’s four-season resort market;
- Custom-home construction, land availability and development;
- Resort, recreation and infrastructure investment;
- Taxation, residency and capital mobility;
- The Great Wealth Transfer and emerging sources of wealth;
- What established destinations such as Whistler, Sun Valley and other Western resort communities may reveal about the evolution of younger alpine markets; and
- The “X-factors” local experts believe could shape resort real estate next.
The program’s pro-panel is specifically intended to examine the evolution of alpine communities, infrastructure, accessibility, changing buyer preferences and lessons from established Western resort destinations.
GUEST REGISTRATION
For RSVP, link here: Suncadia Showcase Tickets, Tuesday, September 22 • 3 PM – 7 PM | Eventbrite
MEDIA / EVENT CONTACT:
Dean Jones
CEO, Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty
206.390.1826
