James “Jamie” M. Brown (B)

Company Experience

 

 

■ Hawaii Commercial Real Estate, 2002─Present, Founder and President

■ Colliers International, 1992─2002, Senior Vice President, Vice President and Office Leasing Specialist

■ Verizon Hawaii, 1989─1991, Sales Representative

■ Corporate Vision Hawaii, 1989, Founder, Business Automation Consulting

■ General Electric Company, 1982─1987, Mechanical and Software Engineer

■ Yale University, 1977─1981, Assistant to Engineering Business Office

Education

 

■ Yale University, BS, Mechanical Engineering, New Haven, CT, 1981

■ Northeastern University, MS, Industrial Engineering, Boston, MA, 1987

■ CCIM Institute, CCIM, Honolulu and Chicago, IL, 2000

 

Designations + Awards

 

■ CCIM – The PhD of Commercial Real Estate

■ SIOR – Specialist, Industrial and Office Real Estate

■ NAIOP – Office Sales Transaction of the Year, 2001

■ Colliers International – Top Producer, Office Group, 1995─2002

■ Verizon Hawaii – Top Producer, Mobile Communications, 1990─1991

■ 4 Time Hawaii State Champion OCI Paddler

■ Collegiate All-American – 1981 Sailing Team

■ 2 Time Runner-Up Collegiate National Sailing Championships

■ 3 Time North American and US Sailing Championships – 420 Class Racing Sailboat

■ 2 Time US Representative at Sailing World Championship – 420 Class Sailboat

Investment Sales

Jamie’s investment sales experience includes dozens of properties both large and small.

His seller and buyer clients have ranged from large institutions to local families. A select-
ed sampling is:

Office Properties

 

▬ Bishop Place Street — 450,000 sf class A office building

▬ Davies Pacific Center — 350,000 sf class A office building

▬ Pan Am Building — 205,000 sf class B office building

▬ Waterfront Plaza — 515,250 sf class A office building

▬ No.1 Capital District Building — 15,000 sf class B office building

▬ 1100 Alakea Office Condominium — 6,053 sf class A office building

▬ Eaton Square Office Condominium

▬ Royal Capital Plaza Office/Retail Condominium Investment Sales

 

 

Retail Properties

 

▬ King’s Shop — 73,571 sf resort retail center

▬ 116 S. Hotel Street — 18,478 retail and office property

▬ 204 Hotel Street — 13,483 retail and office property

▬ Shops at Kalakaua — 12,000 sf of Kalakaua Ave retail space

▬ 1102 Bishop Street — 9,720 sf retail property

▬ 1850 Ala Moana Blvd — 7,000 sf restaurant condominium

▬ 3631 Campbell Ave — 4,414 sf retail property

 

Industrial Properties

 

▬ 2621 Waiwai Loop — 22,000 sf industrial property

 

 

Hotels

 

▬ Four Seasons Maui — 380 room hotel

▬ Waikiki Beach Marriott — 1,310 room hotel

▬ Hilton Kauai Resort (fka Radisson Kauai) — 350 room hotel

▬ King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel — 460 room hotel

▬ Aloha Beach Hotel — 216 room hotel

 

 

Golf Courses, Land, Other

 

▬ Luana Hills Country Club — 18 hole golf course with 43,278 sf clubhouse and 894 acres of land with various entitlements and zoning

▬ Waikoloa Land Portfolio — 13,797 acres of land of with various entitlements and zoning

▬ King’s Land — 112.4 acres of land for Hilton timeshare development

▬ Hilton Waikoloa — Leased fee land under 1,240 room hotel

▬ 47-357 Ahuimanu Road — 2.68 acres agricultural land

 

Landlord Representation

 

Jamie’s landlord representation has included office, retail and industrial properties both large and small. Notable assignments have included:

 

■ Pacific Guardian Center — 628,000 sf Class A office building

■ 1132 Bishop Street — 450,000 sf Class A office building

■ Davies Pacific Center — 379,336 sf Class A office building

■ Waterfront Plaza — 515,250 sf Class A office building

■ Pan Am Building — 203,910 sf Class B office building

■ Kapiolani Business Plaza — 79,848 sf Class B office building

■ Waikiki Trade Center — 205,390 sf Class B office building

■ Bank of Hawaii Waikiki Center (fka ANA Kalakaua) — 184,647 sf Class B office building

■ Galleria Office Building (fka 2222 Kalakaua) — 275,720 sf Class B office building

■ Milltown Center Business and Industrial Park — 16,000 sf industrial building

 

Tenant Representation

 

Jamie’s tenant advisory assignments have included international, national and prominent local firms such as:

 

■ First Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd.

■ Smith Barney/Citigroup

■ Crawford and Company

■ Starwood Hotels and Resorts

■ American Cities Business Journals (PBN)

■ American Savings Bank

■ Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays

■ Honolulu Star Advertiser

■ Hawaiian Insurance and Guaranty

■ HMAA (Hawaii Medical Assurance Association)

■ Insurance Factors

■ Net Enterprise

■ Prudential Advantage Realty

■ Hawaii State Ethics Commission

 

Commercial Property Financing

 

Jamie arranged financing for the following projects

 

■ Waikiki Beachwalk Resort Retail Center — $50 million construction loan plus $40.8 million equity raise

■ Naniloa Hotel and Golf Course — $6.1 million acquisition loan

■ 1100 Alakea Office Condominium — $2.7 million acquisition loan

 

 

Community Involvement

 

■ Hui Nalu Canoe Club – Board Member

■ Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii — President Emeritus

■ Plaza Club — Former Board Member

■ Waialae Iki V Homeowners Association — Former Board Member

■ Sales and Marketing Executives of Honolulu — Former Board Member

■ Hawaii Technology Trade Association — Former Chair, Action Team

■ Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu — Former Member

■ Kalihi Elementary School — Former Reading enrichment program and Junior Achievement instructor

■ Chamber of Commerce — Former Project JOBS volunteer

 

 

Personal

Jamie is married, has a daughter and a son, and enjoys surfing, canoe padding, canoe sailing, windsurfing, canoe surfing, swimming, skiing and playing guitar.