Full Name
Howard Stern
Job Title
Board Member
Company
Broe Real Estate Group
Speaker Bio
Howard Stern is the Chairman of the Real Estate Board of Broe Real Estate Group, a private real estate investment company located in Denver that owns over 2,200 multi-family units in Denver, San Diego and Dallas as well as Class A office and industrial properties nationwide. In this role, Mr. Stern directs the real estate strategy for this multi-billion family office company that also is the nation’s fifth largest owner of short-line railroads. The Company recently entered the San Diego market with the acquisition of a high-rise ultra-luxury multi-family asset in the Bankers Hill area.
Mr. Stern is the founder and principal of Stern & Associates, LLC a full-service real estate advisory and consulting firm. Current and past clients include a multi-billion-dollar media and entertainment technology (SVOD) company, a commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) with a $5.6 billion market capitalization; an ultra-high net worth/family office landlord with real estate holdings in excess of $2 billion, a family office owner with over $200 million in commercial real estate and private/institutional real estate owners and others. Advisory services include all aspects of asset disposition, strategy and execution; project redevelopment/repositioning; value enhancement/leasing activities; and media and entertainment production studio and creative office operations.
In addition to his real estate advisory practice, Mr. Stern is principal and co-founder of DSHS Student Housing Investment Group, a real estate vehicle that focuses only on student housing. With projects in Long Beach, California, DSHS acquires existing multifamily buildings and repositions them to turn-key “best in class” apartment units catering to students at California State University Long Beach. DSHS currently owns approximately seven student housing projects with 225+ beds.
Prior to forming his own firm in July 2014, Mr. Stern served as President and director of Hudson Pacific Properties, a premier California-based office REIT from June 2010 to January 2014. Mr. Stern co-founded the predecessor Company Hudson Capital, LLC in 2006 and successfully took the Company public in 2010. In his role as President and Member of the Board of Directors, Mr. Stern oversaw such aspects as operations, leasing, development and acquisitions; and was instrumental in the Company’s operating and geographic growth which at the time of his departure encompassed approximately 7.5 million square feet in Northern and Southern California as well as the Pacific Northwest. As part of his responsibilities, Mr. Stern also acted as President of the Company’s Sunset Gower and Sunset Bronson media and entertainment properties in Hollywood where he led the daily operations of 23 production sound stages and over approximately 650,000 square feet of office production and support space catering to media content providers. Mr. Stern can also be credited for the successful consummation of the Company’s key lease transactions such as the 284,000 square foot Riot Games transaction ($370 million) at Element LA as well as the 320,000 square foot and 230,000 square foot Square and Salesforce lease transactions respectively, in San Francisco.
Mr. Stern is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy and he has an MBA degree from the University of Southern California. Mr. Stern is an active member of the Office Development Council at the Urban Land Institute as well as a regular speaker at numerous real estate industry organizations such as NAIOP, RealShare and Bisnow and Family Office events.
Mr. Stern recently completed an independent board director role at Veris Residential (formerly Mack- Cali Realty), a public REIT (VRE) that comprised of over 7,000 Class A multi-family units located in New Jersey and the Northeast area. As a board director, he served as the Chair of the Audit Committee and held prior positions as Chair of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) committee as well as member of the Nominating and Governance committee. The Company was successfully sold on May 27, 2026, for $19.00 share which represented a 27.5% premium to the 30-day VWAP.
Mr. Stern is a frequent speaker on real estate industry panels and conferences as well as a special guest speaker for growing companies, emphasizing the need to focus on brand, culture, quality and service.
Mr. Stern is the founder and principal of Stern & Associates, LLC a full-service real estate advisory and consulting firm. Current and past clients include a multi-billion-dollar media and entertainment technology (SVOD) company, a commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) with a $5.6 billion market capitalization; an ultra-high net worth/family office landlord with real estate holdings in excess of $2 billion, a family office owner with over $200 million in commercial real estate and private/institutional real estate owners and others. Advisory services include all aspects of asset disposition, strategy and execution; project redevelopment/repositioning; value enhancement/leasing activities; and media and entertainment production studio and creative office operations.
In addition to his real estate advisory practice, Mr. Stern is principal and co-founder of DSHS Student Housing Investment Group, a real estate vehicle that focuses only on student housing. With projects in Long Beach, California, DSHS acquires existing multifamily buildings and repositions them to turn-key “best in class” apartment units catering to students at California State University Long Beach. DSHS currently owns approximately seven student housing projects with 225+ beds.
Prior to forming his own firm in July 2014, Mr. Stern served as President and director of Hudson Pacific Properties, a premier California-based office REIT from June 2010 to January 2014. Mr. Stern co-founded the predecessor Company Hudson Capital, LLC in 2006 and successfully took the Company public in 2010. In his role as President and Member of the Board of Directors, Mr. Stern oversaw such aspects as operations, leasing, development and acquisitions; and was instrumental in the Company’s operating and geographic growth which at the time of his departure encompassed approximately 7.5 million square feet in Northern and Southern California as well as the Pacific Northwest. As part of his responsibilities, Mr. Stern also acted as President of the Company’s Sunset Gower and Sunset Bronson media and entertainment properties in Hollywood where he led the daily operations of 23 production sound stages and over approximately 650,000 square feet of office production and support space catering to media content providers. Mr. Stern can also be credited for the successful consummation of the Company’s key lease transactions such as the 284,000 square foot Riot Games transaction ($370 million) at Element LA as well as the 320,000 square foot and 230,000 square foot Square and Salesforce lease transactions respectively, in San Francisco.
Mr. Stern is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Economy and he has an MBA degree from the University of Southern California. Mr. Stern is an active member of the Office Development Council at the Urban Land Institute as well as a regular speaker at numerous real estate industry organizations such as NAIOP, RealShare and Bisnow and Family Office events.
Mr. Stern recently completed an independent board director role at Veris Residential (formerly Mack- Cali Realty), a public REIT (VRE) that comprised of over 7,000 Class A multi-family units located in New Jersey and the Northeast area. As a board director, he served as the Chair of the Audit Committee and held prior positions as Chair of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) committee as well as member of the Nominating and Governance committee. The Company was successfully sold on May 27, 2026, for $19.00 share which represented a 27.5% premium to the 30-day VWAP.
Mr. Stern is a frequent speaker on real estate industry panels and conferences as well as a special guest speaker for growing companies, emphasizing the need to focus on brand, culture, quality and service.
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