BUSINESSMADE EASY

2016 Issue 2

2016 is anticipated to be a big year for Pacific Guardian Center as this is the year that we prepare to apply for our LEED recertification. Since 2012, PGC has been LEED Silver certified which reflects our adherence to a high level of sustainability requirements in our building operations. This

year we have decided to shoot for the even more prestigious Gold Certification, and to that end, we are working very diligently to achieve the goals set by the US Green Building Council. We are very proud of our many “green” and sustainability accom-plishments, and achieving and maintaining LEED Certification reflects one of the core values of PGC’s Ownership and Building Management and our desire to make a global contribution to the conservation of our planet and our local community. Spring is the best time to learn about the many green initiatives going on both at PGC and in the greater Honolulu area. We encourage you to come to our 2016 Earth and Health Fair on April 22nd in the PGC Courtyard and hopefully be inspired to find ways to make a contribution.

A Message fromJoyce Arita-Liberman, General Manager

Tenant Events Recap - Page 2

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Tenant Spotlight - Page 4

“Thinking Green” in 2016

Since 2012, Pacific Guardian Center has been awarded the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EBOM) Silver Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

‘LEED’ and related logo is a trademark owned by the U.S.Green Building Council and is used by permission.

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TENANT EVENTS RECAP

2016 PGC COURTYARD EVENTSMark Your Calendars

One nighT ArT ShOw | October 22, 2015 & December 17, 2015

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Friday, April 22 | AnnuAl PgC eArTh DAy & heAlTh FAir Come attend our annual fair celebrating Earth Day! We will be hosting many vendors and tenants who will be sharing all the ways PGC tenants can maintain their wellbeing and stay green and sustainable in 2016 and beyond! There will be special giveaways so be sure to stop by!

Tuesday, April 26 | e-wASTe evenT

Our biannual e-waste event will be taking place. Tenants are welcome to bring all computers, monitors, laptops, printers, fax machines, servers, telecom equip-ment, and wires.

Friday, April 29 | POPCOrn FriDAyS

Complimentary freshly-popped popcorn in the PGC Courtyard every Friday, 12:00 noon to 1:00pm, weekly beginning Friday, April 29.

ChineSe new yeAr | January 29, 2016

ArT ShOw – SeleCTeD wOrkS OF rOberT kObAyAShi February 4, 2016

blOOD Drive | February 16, 2016

ST. PATriCk’S DAy | March 18, 2016

We were thrilled to be able to host the art shows featuring over 45 local artists here at Pacific Guardian Center!

An art show benefitting the Hawaiian Humane Society and Honolulu Museum of Art was held on February 4, 2016. Robert Kobayashi, who delighted and mystified passers-by for decades with the whimsical displays of his art in the window of Moe’s Meat Market on Elizabeth Street in New York, died on Dec. 14, at his home in Hono-lulu. He was 90. Kobayashi studied under Willson Stamper, and although he went on to study in Paris and at the Brooklyn Museum’s art school, Kobayashi said Stamper remained the best art teacher he ever had, and changed his life. Kobayashi wished to help young aspiring artists as he once was.

Thank you to everyone who participated and gave blood to the Blood Bank of Hawaii! We were able to collect and donate 25 pints!

Pacific Guardian Center hosted the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii on Aloha Friday to celebrate this very Irish holiday

Meet Tess Hirai, your new Property Manager. Tess has over 10 years of experience in com-mercial property management which includes lease administration, project management, cli-ent and tenant relations, as well as day-to-day operations of retail and office properties. With her background in accounting, she is versed in fiscal management, budgets, variance tracking, and property forecasting. Tess has a proven history in customer satisfaction; her proactive approach to property management allows her to quickly identify issues and address them practically and efficiently for her clients.

Prior to joining PM Realty Group, Tess was a Senior Real Estate Manager for Newmark Grubb CBI and managed the Queen’s Physi-cians Office Building I, II, and III. She has also worked at Colliers International as a Senior Property Manager and managed the HMSA building, a highly secure and owner-occupied facility. Prior to this assignment she man-aged a portfolio of boutique office buildings in Downtown Honolulu, owned by a large private institutional owner. Tess started her career with the Shidler Group as an Accountant and transitioned to commercial property manage-ment as a Property Coordinator for Waterfront Plaza, also known as Restaurant Row, where she assisted with the day to day operations.

Tess enjoys watching action and mystery films and spending time with her family. She has two young girls, ages 9 and 5, who are active in sports such as swimming and ice skating. The Hirai family is an active member of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) under the Kochinda Chojin Kai club, one of the many clubs that organizes and perform volun-teer work in the Okinawan Festival, the largest festival of its kind in Hawaii.

Please help us welcome our newest team member to the PGC Ohana and stop by the building management office and say hello.

TEAM MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Marites “Tess” HiraiProperty Manager

We definitely know how to ring in the Chinese New Year at Pacific Guardian Center with our traditional Lion Dancers and Chinese almond cookies. We’re forecast-ing a fantastic Year of the Monkey!

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) is a third party green building certification program that was created by the United States Green Build-ing Council (USGBC). The program was created to improve upon the design, construction, maintenance and operations of buildings. The building you work in, Pacific Guardian Center, is a LEED Silver Certified Building under the LEED Existing Building: Operations and Maintenance program. Your building is track-ing to achieve Gold through recertification with the USGBC. The point threshold to certify a building is 1-100 points. Base Certification is 40-49 points, Silver is 50-59 points, Gold is 60-79, and Platinum is 80+ points.

LEED buildings are better for the environment and for its occupants. LEED focus-es on tangible outcomes and benchmarks for optimal operations and improve-ments that can be measured; so that buildings continue to save energy, water and money as well as provide a healthy indoor environment.

How can you help the property with the LEED certification? • Be energy efficient in your offices • Participate in the LEED tenant surveys on comfort and transportation! • Choose alternative forms of transportation• Recycle in your offices

LEED 101Dricka ThoboisBuilding Scientist, Chelsea Group, Ltd.

The Elevator Modification project is now in full-swing, and we’re at about the mid-point of the project, with full completion currently anticipated in June 2017. All three of Pacific Guardian Center’s buildings are being actively modified by our partner, Otis Elevators and I want to give a big mahalo to Otis for hosting the December Coffee Talk in the Dillingham Transportation Build-ing. We had a fantastic turnout and DTB tenants received a lot of valuable infor-mation regarding the project timeline and scope.

As you are aware, all three parking el-evators are now modernized and for the Towers, we have released two newly upgraded elevators in the Makai Tower (4 total now completed), with another elevator currently under modernization. In the Mauka Tower, a second elevator modernization is currently in progress and is estimated to be completed by the second quarter of 2016. Keep an eye out for our weekly PGC Tenant Bulletins which contain project updates, and are updated every Monday and posted in the elevator lobbies in the parking struc-ture and in the ground floor lobbies.

We’re also pleased to announce that several of our major building improve-ment projects are well underway and on schedule, many of which are behind the scenes, but critical to the safety and operation of our property – namely our transformer replacement project, in which we replaced five Mauka Tower floors’ electrical transformers; our chiller optimization project; and our fire panel upgrade project. With over twenty build-ing improvement projects in progress or planned for this year, your building management team is committed to maintaining Pacific Guardian Center as a Class A business center.

‘LEED’ and related logo is a trademark owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and is used by permission.For more information about LEED Silver Certification for Commercial Buildings: www.usgbc.org

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Clarissa Mar-quartOperational Manager

A MESSAGE FROM

Pacific Guardian Center has worked hard to lower the cost of occupancy for its ten-ants and prospective tenants. A significant portion of this savings comes from recent decreases in electricity costs and PGC’s ongoing energy efficiency programs that have resulted in the project earning its sixth Energy Star Award in 2013.

Pacific Guardian Center has been awarded the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EBOM) Silver Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

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Base40-49 Points

Silver50-59 Points

Gold60-79 Points

Platinum80+ Points

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OPEN for BusinessTo all our new tenants, our warmest welcome, and to all our existing tenants, thank you for your continued business.

VACANT SuitesPacific Guardian Center has office space available ranging from a 287 SF office to a full-floor suite (14,139 SF) with ocean views! Please give our leasing agents at Hawaii Com-mercial Real Estate a call at (808) 441-9757 or visit them in Suite 151, Makai Tower.

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Just a quick reminder that services such as After-Hours air conditioning or visitor access to Pacific Guardian Center will not be available during Building Holidays without prior written request to the Build-ing Management Office. Please be sure to submit your requests no later than 3:00 PM of the previous work day in or-der to receive service. Requests can be emailed to pgcadmin@pmrg.com, hand delivered to the Building Management Office (Makai Tower, Suite 1270), or by fax to 533-2047.

Memorial Day Monday, 5/30Independence Day Monday, 7/4Labor Day Monday, 9/5Thanksgiving Day Thursday, 11/24Christmas Day Monday, 12/26

2016 Building Holiday Schedule

Graphic Artist: Stephanie Higa

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Submit your story to David Whitaker by email to pgcadmin@pmrg.com or by de-livery to the Building Management Office, Makai Tower, Suite 1270. Management retains the right not to accept any request it deems inappropriate for the newsletter.

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TENANT Spotlight

We would like to congratulate Architects Hawaii for being named as a “Best Place to Work” by Hawaii Business Magazine. The magazine’s April issue recognizes Hawaii’s businesses that, via anonymous employee surveys, score well enough to be deemed a Best Place to Work.

Architects HawaiiPacific Guardian Center733 Bishop St, Makai Tower, Ste 3100Honolulu, HI 96813

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