DALLAS—The Howard Hughes Corporation (NYSE: HHC) has promoted Nicholas (Nick) D. Vanderboom to senior vice president of development, based in Honolulu, HI. In this role, Vanderboom and his team will continue to focus on key strategic developments in Hawaii, including the recently announced luxury condominiums, ONE Ala Moana, and the transformation of 60-acre Ward Centers to Ward Village. Vanderboom continues to report to Christopher Curry, Senior Executive Vice President of Development for the company. He joins Dave Striph, Senior Vice President, as part of the leadership team in Hawaii.

Vanderboom most recently served as Vice President of Development. Prior to joining the company in 2010, Vanderboom served as Vice President of Development for TPMC California. He worked as an independent real estate consultant, where he spent the majority of his time working for Forest City Enterprises on mixed use development projects in California, Nevada, Texas and Hawaii. He also worked at Allan D. Kotin & Associates, a Los Angeles-based real estate consulting firm specializing in public private-joint ventures.

Vanderboom earned a Master of Real Estate Development in 2007 from the University of Southern California and received his undergraduate degree in Business from USC in 2006. He was also a tight end on USC's football team, winning two national championships and five Pac-10 championships.