The Straight Arrow Homes' staff has been dedicated to fulfilling our clients' housing needs for over 15 years. Our extensive experience in the real estate field within the Greater Seattle Area allows us to undertake projects of all shapes and sizes!
Clint Mead, Principal
Clint has 35 years entrepreneurial experience in real estate development, operating companies and venture funding in the Seattle area. He is a current licensed real estate broker in the King County, State of Washington.
Clint holds a BA in Business Administration and Accounting at the University of Washington and is a former member of the UW Tyee Board. Philanthropically, Clint is involved in many things and at the forefront is the
the Annual Salvation Army Bell Ringing Kick off fundraiser of which he is chairman.
Clint began working with his father, Herb T. Mead and historically they evaluated real estate investments, then broadened to a broad variety of venture capital investments, including most recently Aquor, OxyScience, Straight Arrow Homes, Mead Homes, Mead Investments and Emerald City Smoothie. He also
Serves on Board of Directors for Aquor.
Clint took over the business from his father in 2000
Brandon Shimizu, Principal
Brandon Shimizu graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma after studying accounting and finance. He began his financial career in the Seattle area as a Certified Public Accountant at Deloitte. He began working with Mead Investments over 20 years ago.
Brandon brings his expertise in financial management and his ability to oversee the many facets of growing a variety of businesses for Mead Investments. Brandon was instrumental in envisioning and ultimately developing the partnership with Chris Reed and bringing Straight Arrow Homes to fruition.
With Brandon, Clint and Chris's leadership, Straight Arrow Homes currently provides construction and services for all types of projects, including new construction, remodels and deck construction, as well as sewer services.
Chris Reed, Principal
Chris Reed has a lifetime of construction and construction management experience. Chris hails from the Seattle area and with his vast number of contacts in the business, he has worked tirelessly to assemble a qualified, knowledgeable and hardworking construction team.
Chris is actively involved in all construction projects, services and decisions. He has been working with Mead Investments/Mead Homes on projects for over 5 years and in 2019 Straight Arrow Homes was formed as a joint venture with Mead Investments/Mead Homes.