Iolani Alumni

With over a decade of experience and $150 million in closed transactions, Trevor Benn ‘92 recently formed Benn Pacific Group, a boutique full-service brokerage and consulting company.

“Our goal is to leverage our experience, knowledge and contacts to provide our clients with exceptional opportunities in real estate,” Benn said in recent profile in Hawaii Business magazine.

Currently Benn Pacific is the exclusive listing brokerage for the Regency on BeachWalk and the Ilikai Hotel, with several other large projects in the works…

[Photo: Wife, Rae (Ifuku) Benn '92 and children, Tyler & Malia]

After graduating from Santa Clara University in 2003, Cord and Brad Anderson ‘99 (shown, Star Bulletin) have since moved into the “family” business joining their father Brian as partners in Anekona LLC, a real estate development firm which has been featured in the press as of late for their purchase and planned renovation of the historic Ilikai Hotel.

Former 1998 Hawaii State Basketball Co-Players of the Year (along with Kirk Uejio ‘98), Cord (center) and Brad (left) are now part of the management team for Anekona and oversee several of the company’s current projects which includes The Ilikai as well as The Regency on BeachWalk, the Kauai Beach Resort and the W Hotel in Honolulu.

Read the Honolulu Star Bulletin article, “Andersons tackle Ilikai Renovation” »

According to Hawaii Business Magazine, three of the 25 people that will shape Hawaii’s future over the next 25 years are graduates of Iolani School. They include:

• Adam Wong ‘94 - Age: 30, Former Owner of the local Great Harvest Bread Company franchises and current Equity Partner with Anekona Real Estate Development
• Maile Shimabukuro ‘88 - Age: 36, State House of Representatives, District 45 (Waianae, Makaha, Makua)
• R. Scott Simon ‘88 - Age: 36, Associate General Counsel with Hawaiian Electric Co.

Read the article in Hawaii Business, “25 People for the Next 25 Years” »

Two Iolani alumni are featured on the new websites for Servco, Hawaii’s local Toyota/Lexus dealer.

Trevor Benn ‘92 and wife Rae (Ifuku) Benn ‘92 are featured with their two children, Tyler and Malia on the home page of the Servco Auto Centers website. Trevor is currently a REALTOR with Honolulu Realty and Rae is a Controller at Ohana Pacific Management.

James Chan ‘98, Realtor-Associate with Prudential Locations and co-founder of Walk Fantastic Surfboards, is shown on the home page for Servco Auto Honolulu (formerly Toyota City).

Brian Anderson, president of Anekona Real Estate Development, son of local politician and businessman “Andy” Anderson, and father of twins Cord ‘99 (right) and Brad ‘99 (left), is featured in this month’s edition of Hawaii Business magazine.

Since graduating from Santa Clara University in 2003, Cord and Brad joined Anekona as project managers, handling the day-to-day issues associated with each property. And that’s no small undertaking… Anekona is currently in the process of redeveloping the Ilikai Hotel, rebranding two existing hotels on Kauai, renovating the Regency on BeachWalk and also overseeing the management of the W Hotel which the company purchased more than a year ago.

Adam Wong ‘94 (also mentioned in the article), commonly associated with the local Great Harvest franchises, joined Anekona earlier this year as an equity partner and project manager.