Linda Schatz, wife of U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, has been hired by Forest City Hawaii, one of the largest homebuilders in the state, as development manager, the company said Tuesday. She began work Oct. 13 and is primarily responsible for the marketing of Forest City’s $140 million Kapo­lei Lofts rental development. Schatz previously worked in the commercial real estate division of Kame­ha­meha Schools from 2008 to 2013 and got a doctorate in architecture from UH in 2009.