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Amfac, Inc., formerly known as American Factors and originally H. Hackfeld & Co., was a land development company in Hawaii. Founded in 1898 as a retail and sugar business, it was considered one of the so-called Big Five companies in the Territory of Hawaii.
Apr. 9—Total sales volume for the Hawaii investment market in 2023 declined 18.6 % to $1.93 billion from $2.37 billion in 2022. Hospitality purchases at more than 23 % were the largest share of ...
Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.It's most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs), but also as Kona Town, and occasionally as Kailua (a name it shares with a community on the windward side of Oʻahu), thus its less frequent use.
The YWCA Building at 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, popularly called the Richards Street Y, is now officially named Laniākea, which means 'open skies' or 'wide horizons' in the Hawaiian language. [2] It was designed by San Francisco architect Julia Morgan, who considered it one of her favorites. The building consists of two large ...
Kona is a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the Ironman World Championship Triathlon. [1] In the administration of Hawaiʻi County, the moku of Kona is divided into North Kona District (Kona ‘Akau) and South Kona District (Kona Hema). "Kona" sometimes refers to its largest ...
[4] When the Westin Kauai (a redevelopment of the old Kauai Surf Hotel) opened in September, 1987, suites cost up to $1,800 and rooms ran double the island's average at $180 per night. [5] The hotel was set in 560 acres (2.3 km 2 ) and boasted two golf courses and a 2-acre (8,100 m 2 ) reflecting pool, adding to the reported $775 million ...
After closing down the sugar business and diversifying into other agricultural products and spinning off its real-estate business, the company moved to Hilo, Hawaii on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1998. [3] The building now houses the statewide headquarters of the Hawaii Community Foundation which moved into the building in 2010. [4]
The district encompasses all rural and most suburban areas of Oahu/Honolulu County, as well as the entire state outside of Oahu. It includes the counties of Kauai, Maui, Kalawao, and Hawaii ("the Big Island"). The district spans 331 miles. The most populous community entirely within the district is Hilo.