Steve K. Sombrero (B), CRE

Steve Sombrero is the President and principal owner of Cushman & Wakefield ChaneyBrooks, Hawaiʻi’s oldest and largest, locally owned real estate brokerage and management company.

Throughout his career, he has counseled and advised many Fortune 500 companies and Asian conglomerates to conduct some of the largest transactions in the Hawaiʻi-Pacific markets.

Steve has been actively involved in real estate since 1987 and is renowned in the industry for his ability to handle complicated, cross-border real estate transactions. He has worked on a variety of assignmentsthroughout the Pacific and Asian markets ranging from master-planned communities, multi-tenantresidential projects, regional and mega-shopping centers, commercial office buildings, resort hotels, and the Department of Defense Military Housing Privatization. Steve’s sale of the Genshiro Kawamoto Kāhala estate in 2013 received local and national media attention.

Steve is also the founder of the Aloha Beer Company. Established in 2010, Aloha Beer Co is Hawaiʻi’s most original beer company owned and managed by the Sombrero Family.

Mr. Sombrero serves on many non-profit organization boards, including the Japan America Society of Hawaiʻi and the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation. He holds the Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) designation as a prominent real estate practitioner recognized in the industry for expertise, experience and ethics in providing advice that influences real estate decisions.

Professional Affiliations

· Licensed Real Estate Broker, State of Hawaiʻi

· International Council of Shopping Centers

· NAIOP

· BOMA

· CRE

· LAI

Major Transactions

· Royal Hawaiian Hotel Leased Fee $510,000,000

· Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel - (Hospitality) $335,000,000

· Waikīkī Galleria Tower - (Retail-Office) Brokerage $270,000,000

· Waikīkī Galleria Tower - (Retail-Office) Brokerage $187,250,000

· Queen Kapiʻolani Hotel - (Hospitality) Brokerage $134,000,000

· Kawamoto Estates, Kāhala - (Residential Portfolio) Brokerage $128,000,000

· Bank of Hawaii Waikiki Center Leased Fee $67,000,000

· Guam Premier Outlet - (Retail) Brokerage $92,000,000

· Don Quijote - (Retail) Brokerage $45,500,000

· Tumon Sands Plaza - (Retail-Office) Brokerage $49,500,000

· Pacific Guardian Tower - (Office-Retail) Brokerage $38,000,000

· Bank of Hawaiʻi, Waikīkī - (Office-Retail) Brokerage $37,750,000

· 1659 & 1673 Kapiʻolani - (Mixed-Use) Brokerage $36,500,000

· Waikīkī Trade Center - (Office-Retail) Brokerage $32,500,000

· 1357 Kapiʻolani - (Office) Brokerage $31,000,000

· Lotus Hotel - (Hospitality) Brokerage $30,000,000

· Chrome Hearts Building - (Retail) Brokerage $30,000,000

· Kenrock Building - (Mixed-Use) Brokerage $22,500,000

· 2113 Kalākaua - (Hospitality) Brokerage $23,000,000

· Like Like Plaza - (Retail) Brokerage $16,300,000

· Nike Town Waikīkī - (Retail) Brokerage $10,000,000

· New Hope Christian Fellowship - (Ministry Center) Brokerage $9,200,000

· Promise Land-Kunia (155 Acres Land) $8,000,000

· 1420 Kapiʻolani - (Retail-Office) Brokerage $5,145,000

· Polaris Point Guam - (Industrial) Master-Lease

· Outrigger Hotel - (Hospitality) Master-Lease

· Waikīkī Prince Hotel - (Hospitality) Brokerage

· Royal Kūhiō Hotel - (Hospitality) Brokerage

· AEON Lake Town, Mega Mall Japan - (Retail) Leasing

· The Valley House (Jurassic Park) - (Estate) Brokerage

· Iroquois Point Community - (Multi-Family) DoD Housing Privatization Management

· Barbers Point Community - (Multi-Family) DoD Housing Privatization Management

· Waikele Gulch - (Industrial) DoD Facility Privatization Management

· Tommy Bahama - Japan (Retail) Market Entry Consulting and Leasing

Community Leadership

· Lecturer, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

· Trustee, Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation

· Chairman, Japan America Society of Hawaiʻi

· Chairman, WUB Network (Okinawan Chamber of Commerce)

· Board Member, Goodwill Industries

· Board Member, ʻŌlelo Community

· Board Member, New Hope Oʻahu

· Board of Governors, Filipino Community Center of Hawaiʻi

· Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Education

· Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, CSULA, California

· Master, Business Administration, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Hawaiʻi

· Real Estate Broker License, John F. Stapleton School of Real Estate

· Certificate, University of Shopping Centers - School of Mixed-Use Development