Shown above are (left to right) Duane Komine, ARM, Hokua; Fernando Bastos, ARM, Allure Waikiki; Heather Steele, ARM, Kaimana Lanais; Jayne Cloutier, Management Executive, Hawaiiana Management Company, William "Bill" Samaritano, ARM, Discovery Bay; Chris Herndon, ARM, Discovery Bay; Ralph Ahles, Management Executive, Hawaiiana Management Company.

Each year, the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®), selects award-winners for its prestigious Building of the Year and Member of the Year awards. For 17 years straight, Hawaiiana Management Company has been honored to see Hawaiiana-managed properties and their managers’ strong representation among the winners. Hawaiiana heartily congratulates its properties, their managers and their boards of directors!

Accredited Residential Managers from three Hawaiiana-managed properties took home honors from this year’s award ceremony.

Fernando Bastos, ARM, won "Member of the Year" in the category of high rise between 250 and 349 units. In addition, Bastos won the chapter’s overall Member of the Year Award. Bastos is the general manager of Allure Waikiki.

William "Bill" Samaritano, ARM, operations manager at Discovery Bay won Member of the Year in the category of high rise over 600 units.

Heather Steele, ARM, Resident Manager of Kaimana Lanais won Member of the Year in the category of high rise between 100 and 249 units.

Allure Waikiki was winner of the AOAO Green Business Award. The Green Business Award recognizes associations which have exhibited leadership and innovation in their sustainability initiatives. Every year one aspect of energy efficiency and sustainability is chosen by IREM’s board of directors. As 2015 was designated by UNESCO to be the "Year of the Light," the chapter chose "energy-efficient lighting" as this year’s emphasis. Award winner Allure Waikiki completed six lighting retrofit projects, resulting in a total savings of over $214,000!

Also honored was Duane Komine, ARM, general manager of Hokua, who won the organization’s highest international honor in Salt Lake City earlier this year.