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During the mid-19th century, most of the land in the area belonged to Kalama, Queen Consort of Kamehameha III and later Queen Dowager of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.She and Judge Charles Coffin Harris began a sugarcane plantation on the land, but after she died in 1870 and it failed in 1871, the land eventually passed to Harris's daughter, Nannie H. Rice, who leased 15,000 acres (61 km 2) to J. P ...
On Aug. 17, rules surrounding real estate commissions are set to change thanks to a legal settlement between the National Assn. of Realtors and home sellers. Proponents hope the new rules will ...
converted into museum by the Daughters of Hawaii in 1927 [18] Ihikapukalani and Kauluhinano Honolulu Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma, Albert Kamehameha: Smaller royal residence flanking the east side of ʻIolani Palace; the makai side was known as Kauluhinano, and the mauka side was known as Ihikapukalani; site of the Hawaii State Archive building ...
In the early years of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Development Trust, it financed the construction of two of five high-rise luxury condos in Hawaii (on the island of Oahu). The five towers (two completed as of October 2005) are on prime Honolulu real estate with ocean views and represent a benchmark in Honolulu luxury high-rises.
[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 ...
In 1976, Eddie Flores, Jr. bought L&L Drive-Inn at 1711 Liliha St., Oahu, Hawaii for his mother, Margaret Flores. [4] He kept the name L&L, even while there was no relation to the current business, and remodeled the building as a small walk-up restaurant for his mother to operate. [5]
With only 18% of board members being 18 years old to 45 years old, and 38% of members serving 10 or more years (Neighborhood Commission Survey, 2014), in 2013 the NCO identified a need to increase citizen engagement to reflect the true demographic make-up of the island and to bring more people into the system.
In 1917, he purchased almost 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of land on the windward side of the island of Oahu, in what was then the ahupuaʻa of Kailua, to establish his sprawling Kaneohe Ranch. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1962, he set up the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation , which remains the largest private foundation based in Hawaiʻi. [ 2 ]