  {"id":56474,"date":"2017-02-20T09:03:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=56474"},"modified":"2020-01-08T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:23:49","slug":"developer-jack-myers-kicks-off-inaugural-real-estate-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/20\/developer-jack-myers-kicks-off-inaugural-real-estate-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Jack Myers kicks off inaugural real estate lecture series"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_56477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56477\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ShidlerRealEstateLectureSeries-JackMyers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"269\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ShidlerRealEstateLectureSeries-JackMyers.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ShidlerRealEstateLectureSeries-JackMyers-193x260.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Myers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Renowned real estate developer Jack E. Myers highlights the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Shidler College of Business<\/a> Real Estate Lecture Series on April 20, 6 p.m., at the <span aria-label=\"Waialae\">Wai&#699;alae<\/span> Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>As chairman and <abbr title=\"chief executive officer\">CEO<\/abbr> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myersdevelopment.com\/\">Myers Development Company<\/a> located in San Francisco, Myers has developed an extensive portfolio of commercial, residential, hospitality and industrial properties in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> and California valued at over $1.7 billion. Since 1974, Myers has played a large role in helping to shape Honolulu&#8217;s skyline with such iconic buildings as the First Hawaiian Center, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Prince Hotel, Waik&#299;k&#299; Trade Center and One Archer Lane to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>He is a 1970 graduate of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa Shidler College of Business and a 1998 inductee into the college&#8217;s Hall of Honor.<\/p>\n<p>A. Kam Napier, editor-in-chief of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pacific\">Pacific Business News<\/a> will moderate the discussion. Pacific Business News is the media partner for the event. The event is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This lecture series will provide local professionals with a rare opportunity to hear and learn from visionary real estate leaders from around the world,&rdquo; says <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/about\/dean\">Vance Roley<\/a><\/strong>, dean of the Shidler College of Business. <\/p>\n<h2>More about the Real Estate Lecture Series<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56482\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/manoa-shidler-EddieandElaineFlores-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56482\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lecture series sponsor Eddie and Elaine Flores, Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Real Estate Lecture Series will address issues and trends in the real estate industry in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> and beyond, and provide practitioners the opportunity to learn and network with like-minded professionals.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture series is made possible thanks to a generous donation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbarbecue.com\/\">L&#038;L Drive-Inn\/L&#038;L Hawaiian Barbecue<\/a> president and <abbr>CEO<\/abbr> Eddie Flores Jr. and his wife Elaine. Eddie also founded the Eddie Flores Real Estate School and Sun Pacific Realty. He has been active in the real estate industry for many decades and was named the Educator of the Year by <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Association of Realtors in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This lecture series would not be possible without the vision and support of Eddie and Elaine. Eddie is a successful entrepreneur and an accomplished real estate investor, author and educator. The funding of this real estate lecture series is a testament to his passion for real estate,&rdquo; says Roley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shidler.hawaii.edu\/events\/2017\/04\/20\/real-estate-lecture-series\">Learn more and register.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Dolly Omiya<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myers has played a large role in shaping Honolulu&#8217;s skyline with such iconic buildings as the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Prince Hotel and Waik&#299;k&#299; Trade Center to name a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[498,146,9],"class_list":["post-56474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-business","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56474"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108944,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56474\/revisions\/108944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}