Name: Wendell F. Brooks III
Age: 37
Position: V.P., Chaney, Brooks & Co.
First job: Busboy, hotel restaurant
Favorite pastimes: Weight training, exercise, reading
Wendell F. Brooks III has rejoined Chaney, Brooks & Co. in a move to strengthen its commercial acquisitions and leasing. He will work out of the company's Kailua-Kona office on the Big Island. Realtor rejoins
Chaney, Brooks & Co.For the past two years, Brooks has worked for the Maryl Group and in 1996 handled the sale of Azeka Place Shopping Center on Maui for $23 million. It was one of the largest local commercial real estate transactions in recent years.
"I wanted to diversify in a broader range of commercial sales and leasing (rather than just Maryl projects)," Brooks said.
Brooks has been in commercial real estate for 13 years, 11 of those with Chaney Brooks, the company formed by his father, Wendell Brooks II, and Aaron Chaney in 1980. He is a graduate of Punahou School and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin