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ITH THE ECONOMY ON THE UPSWING, there has never been a better time to invest in Kapolei. The momentum W of a recovering economy is fueling interest in the region, where investment opportunities are made even more attractive with the availability of entitled, development-ready land. CONTENTS Investors remain bullish on Kapolei as the public and private sec- tors continue to build upon the groundwork that began with a vision FEATURES based on public policy - directing Oahu’s growth to the region. 6 Tapping Kapolei's Growth In this issue of Kapolei Magazine, we take a look at some of the many investors who are shaping the City of Kapolei and the 14 The City of Kapolei: Room to Grow broader Kapolei region. Their investments in these areas in the 20 State of Hawaii to Expand Kalaeloa Harbor region are attracting new businesses and creating jobs: 23 Bringing Essential City Services to Kapolei † THE CITY OF KAPOLEI, where the public and private sector are defining the urban core; 28 Western Kapolei: The Next Frontier † WESTERN KAPOLEI, where zoned land in three projects 36 Ewa: Bringing Services to a Booming is ready for development and represents some of the last Residential Area opportunities to get in on the ground floor in Kapolei; 40 James Campbell Industrial Park † KALAELOA, where new life is being infused into what was 44 Renewing Kalaeloa once a naval air station; 50 East Kapolei † JAMES CAMPBELL INDUSTRIAL PARK, which provides much of the state’s infrastructure; 58 Ko Olina † EWA, where master-planned residential communities and a sizable resident population are attracting businesses and jobs; Hurry, only a few investment opportunities remain PROFILES † EAST KAPOLEI, where the University of Hawaii – Everything is growing in Kapolei. Jobs. Population. Housing. West Oahu anchors the area’s development; and, 19 Rockne Freitas † KO OLINA, where a full-fledged resort destination offers UH West Oahu Chancellor Infrastructure. Rail transit. Income. Investments. And profi ts. an alternative experience to Waikiki. 26 Vida G. Bottom Take advantage of the benefi ts of Hawaii’s fastest growing Taken as a whole, they are the drivers of growth in the region, FBI Special Agent in Charge whose long-term investments are filling in the dazzling mosaic that 34 Susan Murray region and fi nd out how you can invest in success like Costco, is Kapolei. There are still facets to fill, and there was never a better Queens Medical Center COO time to fill them. Target, Disney Vacation Club, University of Hawaii-West Oahu, 43 Jose Bustamante Hunt Hawaii Vice President Gentry Investment Group, MacNaughton Group, Kobayashi 55 Mary Flood Group, Avalon Development Co., The Maryl Group and more. D.R. Horton Vice President Brad Myers, President 56 Keith Horita Kapolei Properties LLC They know a good deal when they see one. Find your Paradise Cover Luau President opportunity now and become Kapolei’s next success story. 61 Peter Merriman Monkeypod Kitchen Chef Theresia McMurdo Maya Leland EDITOR W R I T E R MAPS & GRAPHS 7 Hawaii Investment Sales Volume KAPOLEI MAGAZINE All contents copyright © 2013. Published in partnership with Kapolei Properties LLC and Hawaii Business magazine, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 12 The Dynamics of Growth 405, Honolulu, HI 96813. Telephone (808) 537-9500. Printed in Hawaii. All informa- tion contained herein is based on information currently available to Kapolei Proper- ties LLC, and is subject to change at any time without notice. Statements contained 32 Kapolei Area Long Range Master Plan Map For more information contact: herein are not to be construed as official policy positions of Kapolei Properties LLC, James Campbell Company LLC, its affiliates or any of the developers or companies 62 The City of Kapolei Map Kapolei Property involved in the building of Kapolei. No rights or benefits of any type are inferred by this publication. www.kapolei.com 2 KAPOLEI KAPOLEI 3

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Kapolei’s Growth “Population growth between 2010 and 2035 is forecasted to mushroom to 164,556residents, Investor Confidence on the Upswing a gain of nearly 64 percent over this timeframe and serves as the †THERE ARE CLEAR SIGNS that we are entering a boom cycle in the Hawaii real catalyst for future commercial estate market. What are those signs, and what does this mean for Kapolei and and industrial development.”

investors who are looking for business opportunities in the region? DAYONDON ODEELO PHOTOS: For the first half of 2013, Hawaii’s that Kapolei begins to shine. This re- – Safeway) and Kapolei Village Center E ASKED MIKE So, is Hawaii truly entering with solid job growth and rising real commercial real estate investment gion of Oahu provides an opportunity (Foodland) projects seeking to meet HAMASU, Direc- a boom cycle? personal incomes. marketplace posted a robust 135 to capitalize on available, affordable the rising consumer demand being tor of Consulting percent increase in sales volume over land for residential, commercial and generated in the area. and Research for Does this mean that real es- industrial development. Population From all appearances, the reces- tate investment and develop- 2012 levels. More than $2.2 billion Colliers Interna- sion’s impact is waning and Ha- in properties traded hands. The real growth between 2010 and 2035 is What are some of the op- tional to weigh in. ment activity will also be on estate cycle, which corresponds with forecasted to mushroom to 164,556 portunities you see in this waii’s economy is entering a boom the rise? Hamasu collects cycle. Following the boom in tourism, market and development conditions, residents, a gain of nearly 64 percent current market? and analyzes Hawaii’s construction sector is poised In addition to the improvement is again poised for its growth and over this timeframe and serves as valuable market for dramatic growth as the combina- in the economy, financial markets expansion phase. the catalyst for future commercial As retailers “follow rooftops,” pro- data and is a rec- tion of commercial development and have stabilized after the aftermath and industrial development. Already posed residential developments such ognized expert public sector projects surge forward. of the global financial crisis. Bankers What does this mean there is construction activity on the as Kapolei West, Makaiwa Hills, and in the area of commercial real estate Economic forecasts from the State De- are aggressively seeking borrowers for for Kapolei? upswing, with local and national Ho’opili will fuel even stronger interest trend analysis. A number of develop- partment of Economic Development loans, and low interest rates are spur- developers jumping into the market, in the area for retail development. Not ers, investors and companies rely on and Tourism and the University of ring interest in real estate investment It’s against this backdrop of posi- with the Kapolei Commons (The Mac- to be outdone, Kapolei’s industrial sec- his forecasts of the Hawaii market to Hawaii Economic Research Organiza- and development activity. tive economic and financial news Naughton Group), Promenade (PDC tor is also thriving. inform their decisions. tion point to a strengthening economy CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 PHOTO: BRAD GODA BRAD PHOTO:

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AVERAGE KAPOLEI HOUSEHOLD HOUSING SIZE: 3.43 GROWTH HOME MEDIAN COMMERCIAL 1990-2035 OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLD SPACE RATE INCOME Kapolei tomorrow vs. Honolulu today SOURCE: City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of Planning & Permitting and Plasch 70% $83K Econ Pacific LLC 65% $70K 8.8 The Dynamics MILLION SF 7.8 MILLION SF 164,556

of Growth 1990 11,722 137,721 HONOLULU KAPOLEI HONOLULU KAPOLEI HONOLULU KAPOLEI REGION REGION 2010 REGION S THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE BRIGHTENS, KAPOLEI'S 2010 30,000 2025 businesses are once again looking to Ka- POPULATION SOURCE: 2010 Census SOURCE: 2010 Census SOURCE: Plasch Econ Pacific LLC polei as the state’s fastest growing region GROWTH and Colliers Monroe Friedlander with some of the last, best opportunities 1990-2035 2015 34,341 for investment. For such investments to

SOURCE: City & 137,721 County of Honolulu, pass due diligence, one basic factor is cru- Dept. of Planning & cial: Is there a critical mass of population Permitting and Plash 107,234 Econ Pacific, LLC 45,669 to support the projects – both in terms of 2025 100,397 building a local consumer base and being

able to tap a stable, well-educated work- 107,234 Aforce for the jobs they will create? The answer is yes. 2035 56,344 Since 1990, Kapolei’s population has grown nearly two and a half times to more than 101,000 today, with a projected increase of nearly 64 percent over the next two decades. It is a young community, with a median 42,983 age of 31.9, and is well educated, with nearly 62 percent CURRENT JOB CENTERS NUMBER OF JOBS having a higher education ranging from some col- IN THE KAPOLEI REGION IN KAPOLEI lege to associate, bachelor and graduate degrees. It is stable, with a 70 percent homeownership rate. And it is (Not including construction jobs) 1990- 2035 affluent, with a median household income of $83,300. Kapolei is also ethnically diverse, making it a rich % Ewa Beach SOURCE: 10 City & County of Honolulu, Dept. of multi-layered, multi-racial community. % Planning & Permitting and 1990 2010 2015 2025 2035 Plasch Econ Pacific LLC

Ewa 42 % City of 7 Gentry Kapolei

% Ko Olina KAPOLEI KAPOLEI REGION SOURCE: 2010 U.S. Census DEMOGRAPHICS 6 POPULATION BY ETHNICITY Villages % of Kapolei AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE: 3.43 6 % MEDIAN AGE: 31.9 Filipino % 0.9 Korean Makakilo/ 26.8 % Kunia EDUCATION: 1.5% Chinese 5 % High school – 30.1% 4.3 Other % Ewa Some college – 26.1% Two or % Villages more races 28.1 % 3 42,983 Associate’s degree – 11.6% 4.9 Other Asian Campbell SOURCE: City & County of Honolulu,

% 36,150 53,200 63,680 103,434 Bachelor’s degree – 17.5% % 19,938 9.3 Native Hawaiian & Industrial Park Dept. of Planning & Permitting Graduate degree – 6.6% Caucasian 18.6 Other Pacific Islander 21 1990 2010 2015 2025 2035 5.7% Japanese SOURCE: 2010 U.S. Census

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The City of Kapolei: “With the predominance of Room to Grow its city infrastructure in place, †IT WAS EXACTLY 20 YEARS AGO when the brand new City of Kapolei opened for Kapolei attracts investment business. In 1993, the Estate of James Campbell set the pace by moving its downtown now more than ever." Honolulu headquarters to the new James Campbell Building on Kamokila Boulevard. —Christine Camp At the time, it was the only building in the middle of a cane field. Just up the road on President, Avalon Group Farrington Highway, the Kapolei Shopping Center opened with its first tenant, Safe- way Stores, to be joined by 26 other retail tenants. three winners in the “Best Little Neighborhood Restaurant” category is coming to Kapolei. INCE THEN, THE CITY and the City of Kapolei and see that infra- Persistence paid off. In 2011, Avalon The father and son owners, Don and Lindsey Dymond, plan to the entire Kapolei region have structure is key in developing access delivered phase 1 of its Kapolei Pacific bring this little bit of country to the corner of Kamokila Boulevard grown exponentially, making for residents and businesses to all the Center with the completion of the Cole and Uluohia Street, right next to Assagio’s. It will be called Kala- it the fastest growing area in fundamental services necessary,” said Academy preschool Kapolei campus. pawai Café Kapolei. the entire state. But even as Christine Camp, president of Avalon This past July, the company completed “We want to keep the look and feel as close as possible to the the urban core is the center of Group. “With all these elements now phase 2 with the 13,250-square-foot Kailua café, which is very country,” said Lindsey Dymond. S commercial and government in place, investment in Kapolei is far U.S. Social Security Administration Dymond said they plan to change the look of the intersection activity for the region, it’s a city with more attractive for those who want to regional office building. Plans are now by having a street front with retailers occupying 4,000 square room to grow. tap into a growing marketplace.” underway on phase 3, which will in- feet of space on Kamokila Boulevard, and the restaurant fronting Camp should know, as her company clude retail and office, with a projected Uluohia Street in another 4,000 square feet. All parking will be Avalon Group bullish has had a presence in Kapolei for nearly delivery date of 2015. out of sight in the rear. on Kapolei seven years, never losing her belief in The café will have a coffee shop and deli in the front for Kapolei’s potential even during the Kalapawai Café -- quick, casual breakfasts and lunches, and a full-service restau- financial crisis a few years ago. “With the predominance of its city from Kailua to Kapolei rant for lunch and dinner with a full bar in the back. “We always knew that the market Why did they choose Kapolei? Dymond, who was born and infrastructure (i.e. roads, water, fundamentals existed in Kapolei,” Camp If you’re one of the people who voted wastewater, and electricity) in place, raised in Kailua, said the Kailua has limited room to grow, and said. “Where else on the island do you for this popular Kailua neighborhood few opportunities to own land in fee. Kapolei attracts investment now more experience the same growth that Kapo- café in the 2012 Hale Aina Awards, than ever. You can look anywhere in lei has historically demonstrated?” you’ll be happy to hear that one of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 CHRISTINE CAMP PHOTO: DAVID CROXFORD DAVID PHOTO: CAMP CHRISTINE

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Installing more than 200 public electric “Not only does Kapolei have room to grow, vehicle charging stations, statewide Leading the nation it also has a huge population base in all More electric vehicle charging stations different demographics.” per capita than in any other state. —Mitch Brown, Kisco Senior Living First in the nation “Not only does Kapolei have room Kisco will soon begin construction on to grow, it also has a huge population Ilima at Leihano, a three-story, 84-unit Hawaii — fi rst in the nation for installed base in all different demographics,” he senior living community with inde- solar PV systems per customer. said. “I also like the idea of creating pendent and assisted living, including jobs here so that our people won’t have a memory care residence and garden. to drive to work. In Kailua, I try to get The building will be set on 3.8 acres employees to ride their bikes to work!” of lushly landscaped grounds in the Dymond hopes to start construction center of the Leihano campus. 1,000 MW of in another 12 months, with the goal of Later phases of Leihano will include More than 34,000* customer-sited opening a year later. a mix of residential and commercial solar PV systems statewide uses, providing a compatible transition *As of August 2013 clean local energy Leihano at Kapolei from the single-family residential areas When the last piece of the nearly to the east, to new mid- to high-rise Now producing, under construction or completed Kapolei Parkway is in place, office and institutional uses to the west. in planning, with more to come. an entire section of the urban core will “Kapolei is the ideal environ- New wind, solar, ocean, open up to new opportunities for com- ment for a senior community, with its biomass, biofuel and mercial and residential development. direct access to parks, services, shops, geothermal projects statewide At the Hawaiian Electric companies, Kisco Senior Living is already moving libraries, transit, and opportunities for our goal is 100% clean energy for Hawaii at prices forward on the first phase of its Leihano community involvement and mentor- that are more stable and lower than oil prices. at Kapolei development next to the ing,” said Kisco Senior Living’s Mitch • PHOTOS: Above: The Cole Academy and Kapolei Regional Park, the first of its Brown. “Ilima at Leihano will be a U.S. Social Security Administration building are part of the first phase of the Kapolei Pacific Find out more at hawaiisenergyfuture.com kind in West or Central Oahu. place for seniors to thrive and engage Center. With grading and site development versus retire from all that life has to on 20 of its 40 acres almost complete, offer.”n

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N SOME QUARTERS, University of students who were having trouble with community relations for UH under Hawaii West O‘ahu Chancellor school. “They were disconnected from President Al Simone and President Rockne Crowningburg “Rocky” school, and were considered at-risk,” he M.R.C. Greenwood. Then in May 2013, Freitas may be best known for said. “I also learned that 60 percent of he was appointed chancellor of UH his professional career in the them were Hawaiian.” West O‘ahu. National Football League. But To his surprise, they were attentive “I learned early, football is not the this wasn’t the plan, because and asked a lot of questions. This was end. Education is the end,” he said. But four-year-old Rockne had other his “aha!” moment. “I realized that I that’s not to say he doesn’t bring his dreams. He wanted to be like his could impact the lives of young people, athletic experience to his job as chan- dad, a policeman. and especially Hawaiian students.” cellor. ”I remember he used to pick Freitas began to plan a new path for “I’ve never forgotten a lesson my of- Island Pacifi c Academy It’sYOUR DOORSTEP!all at University of Hawaii - West Oahu me up from pre-school, and I himself. During football “off-season,” fensive coach Chuck Knox taught me,” would always ask him, ‘Did you catch he enrolled at the University of Hawaii said Freitas. “He told me, ‘When you crooks today?’” at Manoa and worked his way through get up in the morning, go to practice His mother had other ideas. “She a masters and doctoral degree in edu- and focus on one thought: Be the best pounded it into my head that I was cational curriculum and instruction tackle in the NFL. At the end of the going to be the first college graduate in with a minor emphasis in educational day, look at what you did right and the family.” And he was. After Kame- administration. what you did wrong. Then the next hameha Schools, he graduated from “I majored in curriculum and day, keep doing what you did right Oregon State University with a bach- instruction because they are the ‘back- and work on fixing the things you did elor’s degree in animal science, before bone’ of every school,” he said. wrong.’ I’ve lived by that every day being drafted by the Detroit Lions as an Education became his new career. since.” offensive tackle. This was the start of He started as an associate athletic This is a lesson he wants other Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman Playgrounds Podium Raceway Pray Eat Love Café a storied 12-year career in professional director at UH, moving up the ladder to Hawaiian students and underrepre- football. other administrative positions includ- sented minorities to learn. But first, he But fate has a funny way of step- ing chancellor of Hawaii Community wants them to have the opportunity Condominium Townhomes and Single-Family Homes ping in. Kailua High School invited the College, and a two-time vice president to practice it by giving them the best young athlete to speak to a group of for student affairs and university and education UH West O‘ahu can deliver.n Priced from the high: $300,000s(fs) 693-8004 O ered by D.R. Horton Schuler Homes LLC (R) 808-521-5661. Courtesy to Brokers, Realtor must accompany buyer on  rst visit. Prices, options & 18 KAPOLEIavailability subject to change. Photos are representational only. See agent for complete details. KAPOLEI 19

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Harbor State acquires Campbell Move Supports Job Growth Company lands Oahu’s, and particularly Kapolei and in Kapolei West Oahu’s explosive growth are already exerting pressure on the state’s pipeline for materials used to construct buildings, †THE IDEA FOR A SECOND HARBOR TO SERVE OAHU was first raised in build and repair roads, and fuel day- the early 1960s. The thinking was that a second harbor would to-day energy demands. The adjacent open up lines of ocean commerce outside downtown Honolulu, planned Kapolei Harborside industrial and absorb the expected demand for capacity at Honolulu Har- park will exponentially increase that pres- sure when it begins to meet the pent-up bor. The Barbers Point Harbor opened in 1985, which helped not demand for industrial property on the only to relieve congestion at Honolulu Harbor, but also to acceler- island. The state’s solution is to expand ate the growth of Kapolei’s industrial base centered at the James harbor facilities at Kalaeloa Harbor , the Campbell Industrial Park. only harbor locale with enough available lands for this kind of expansion. To this end, the State of Hawaii Department of INCE THAT TIME, the harbor, and storage site for companies ship- Transportation recently acquired 54 acres renamed Kalaeloa Barbers ping in dry bulk cargo such as cement of land adjacent to the harbor from the Point Harbor (Kalaeloa Har- and other construction materials, and James Campbell Company. bor), has become the state’s various types of fluids, especially energy “When more than 80 percent of the second busiest harbor – a products. It is also the hub for exporting S conduit as well as an operations these products to the neighbor islands. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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“These plans will be “Kapolei was chosen to be strategically vital to Oahu’s and, in particular, West Oahu’s new city and I have Oahu’s future, as Kalaeloa is made realizing that vision the closest port to the fastest a top priority. From hosting growing region in the state.” monthly cabinet meetings and —Governor Neil Abercrombie town hall meetings to serving as the headquarters for three city departments, Kapolei is

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 already delivering essential city services.” state’s consumer goods are imported, with nearly all of it coming through —Mayor Kirk Caldwell our harbors, we are seeing a steep increase in demand at all our harbors, especially Honolulu Harbor,” said Governor Neil Abercrombie. “It makes perfect sense to expand Kalaeloa where there’s room to grow. And just as important – it is at the nexus of exclusive of the upcoming update of Oahu’s future growth.” the Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor The 54 acres are being factored into Master Plan, and as a result will see the State Harbors Division’s expansion The State construction sooner. plans for Kalaeloa in its Oahu Com- of the State Bringing Essential City mercial Harbors 2020 Master Plan. It includes improving the harbor to ac- in Kapolei Updating the master plan commodate larger cargo ships, which Services to Kapolei In addition to its operations at Kalae- The new Kalaeloa master plan will be may eventually lead to containeriza- loa Barbers Point Harbor, the State forward looking, spanning the present tion at the harbor. of Hawaii’s footprint covers a broad to 2040. During the updating process, †THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU made it official in 1977 nitty gritty details that are important “This comes at a very good time, as range of government services being planners will consider future trends in to its day-to-day functionality, such we are about to embark on updating our – it selected the City of Kapolei to accommodate Oahu’s delivered at a number of locations maritime uses as they impact Kalaeloa, as providing emergency services, master plan for Kalaeloa Harbor,” said across Kapolei. develop and recommend alternative future growth, calling it the “secondary urban center.” maintaining parks and recreation ar- Randy Grune, deputy director for the uses with the input of stakeholders Then in 1990, the Estate of James Campbell broke ground, eas, providing public transportation, Harbors Division. “There is already a lot • STATE OFFICE BUILDING and the public, then prepare a draft and taking care of infrastructure. of interest from harbor users who want (Kahuhihewa) houses eight paving the way for the development of the City of Kapolei. review and a final plan. Grune expects Caldwell said, “The major priorities to expand their own operations.” state departments. the plan will be completed in 2015. of my administration – building rail Grune has also seen the rapid • Hale Kalanianaole, East Kapolei In addition to the State’s master better, improving our roads, restor- growth of fuel imports, particularly (Department of Hawaiian Home APOLEI WAS CHOSEN to be The three departments are Hu- plan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ing TheBus service, beautifying our as the state pursues a 2030 target to Lands) Oahu’s new city and I have man Resources, Information Tech- is developing a plan to expand, deepen parks and civic centers, and investing supply at least 70 percent of its power • Kapolei Judiciary Complex (Ronald made realizing that vision a nology and Parks and Recreation. and improve the nautical capabilities in sewer and basic infrastructure – from clean energy sources. T.Y Moon Judiciary Complex) top priority,” said Mayor Kirk Much of this business takes place of Kalaeloa because of its importance all apply to Kapolei.” “Kalaeloa Harbor has become the includes the Family Court, the “ Caldwell, noting that the at Kapolei Hale, the region’s satel- to both state and federal transporta- One of the projects in Kapolei is energy hub, as most of the fuel brought Waianae District Court, and the city has an active presence lite city hall that houses about 250 tion needs. the City’s partnership with Kapolei into the state comes through this har- Kapolei Juvenile Detention Center K in Kapolei. “From host- employees. Kapolei Hale opened “These plans will be strategi- Properties LLC to complete the Ka- bor,” Grune said. “So demand for pier • KAPOLEI REGIONAL LIBRARY ing monthly cabinet meetings and in 2000, the same year that the City cally vital to Oahu’s and, in particular, polei Parkway, a major thoroughfare and storage facilities is high.” Harbors • UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII town hall meetings to serving as the opened its Kapolei Regional Police West Oahu’s future, as Kalaeloa is that will connect Fort Barrette Road is working on a plan for a dedicated WEST OAHU headquarters for three city depart- Station. the closest port to the fastest grow- to Kamokila Boulevard by Costco. fuel pier at Pier 4, with expected • DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ments, Kapolei is already delivering For the mayor, building and man- ing region in the state,” said Governor The parkway is a crucial part of a completion in mid-2014. This plan is (Leeward District schools – K-12) essential city services.” aging a city involves taking care of Abercrombie.n CONTINUED ON PAGE 25

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• PHOTOS: Left: One of the City & County of Honolulu's projects is its partnership with Ka- GREEN LIVING polei Properties to complete Kapolei Parkway to connect Fort Barrette Road with Kamokila Boulevard by Costco. This photo shows Kapolei Hale (middle right) with the Kapolei Parkway construction in the foreground.

Kapolei’s future. He said, “In addition to providing a world-class education to Leeward residents, the University of Hawaii at West Oahu will anchor our rail system. Rail will provide Leeward residents who work in town with an alternative to spending hours in traffic CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 specific uses for the remaining parcels each day commuting back and forth. network of roads that will open up are yet to be determined. Looking further down the road, busi- prime lands in the urban core for Projects like this are the founda- ness growth in Kapolei will leave more future commercial and residential tion upon which a city’s quality of life residents with more time to spend development. It also gives the City depends, meaning residents are able to with their families and enjoy living in direct access to the 34 acres it owns have convenient access to the services paradise.” along the parkway. The land gives and resources they need to create and He continued, “The City of Ka- the City the flexibility to meet future enjoy a better life for themselves and polei is already on track to allow resi- Energy Effi cient, Great Location and Affordably Priced needs and support and complement their families. dents to live, work, and play without planned extensions of the rail transit As an example, the mayor points the burden of a commute. Kapolei is system. One of the lots is slated to to the Honolulu Rail Transit Project, about hope and a better future – and exterior interior serve as a bus transit center, while which will have far-reaching impact on that future is already taking shape.” n

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• PHOTO: The planned Makaiwa Hills • PHOTO: A vision of Kapolei's next phase residential community will have panoramic of development with Kapolei Harborside, Western Kapolei: ocean views overlooking Ko Olina Resort. Kapolei West and Makaiwa Hills. “These projects represent some of the last opportunities for development on entitled, developable, advantageously sited The Next Frontier lands anywhere on Oahu, and certainly in Kapolei. Their —Brad Myers proximity to the centers of commerce on the one hand, and the †A NEARLY 2,900-ACRE WEDGE OF LAND President, delineates three projects (two mixed-use residen- Kapolei Properties LLC tial and one industrial) that forms Western Kapolei. It begins with Makaiwa Hills attractions of a successful resort on the other, only serve to add in the lower foothills of the Waianae Mountain just west of Makakilo, descending value to their investment potential.” gradually down through Kapolei West, before curving to form the tip of the wedge at

Kapolei Harborside, almost touching the sea. This is Kapolei’s next frontier – and the well as parks and open space. About the resort. that it is fully-zoned and shovel-ready, last remaining opportunities for investing in zoned lands that will complete the Kapo- 60 percent of its 1,850 acres will “With Kapolei Commons within with infrastructure systems planned lei Area Long Range Master Plan. be preserved in open space to take easy reach of Kapolei West’s future resi- and being constructed to ensure readi- advantage of the view planes and the dents, we can see our center becoming ness for its development. It is approved site’s natural topography. The project both a shopping and dining destination for residential, commercial and recre- HESE PROJECTS REPRESENT state, attracting the likes of the Disney also has direct access to the region’s for them, especially as we continue to ational uses, and will have about 2,500 some of the last opportunities Makaiwa Hills company, which invested $1 billion to major transportation corridors. attract popular restaurants like Ruby single and multi-family residences. for development on entitled, Makaiwa Hills, a Makaiwa Hills LLC build its Aulani Resort & Spa. It is Dis- Tuesdays and Olive Garden,” said Todd Aina Nui already has plans to start con- developable, advantageously project, is the last coastal hillside ney’s first resort that is not adjacent to Hedrick, director of leasing for The struction on the first residential incre- sited lands anywhere on Oahu, residential area planned on the island one of its theme parks. Kapolei West MacNaughton Group. ment in 2014. The project also includes “ Just south of Makaiwa Hills, Aina Nui’s The project’s 500 acres feature a land for an elementary school and sev- and certainly in Kapolei,” said of Oahu. The rare nature of this Makaiwa Hills is planned as a Aina Nui Corporation and project is further underscored by its mixed-use residential development Kapolei West is bordered by the City of gently sloping topography from north eral parks. Kapolei West is accessible T Kapolei and regional shopping center, Kapolei Properties LLC president, Brad picture-perfect panoramic views of that is zoned for up to 4,200 residen- to south, with an elevation of about 100 from the region’s major transportation Myers. “Their proximity to the centers the south and west coast of the island, tial units, from executive and single Target-anchored Kapolei Commons, to feet down to about 50 feet, providing corridors, and is adjacent to a planned of commerce on the one hand, and the and its proximity to the growing City family homes to multi-family condo- the east, and the Ko Olina Resort to the spectacular mauka and makai views mass transit hub for the Honolulu Rail attractions of a successful resort on the of Kapolei. Another close neighbor is miniums. It will include a community west. It combines the urban vibe and across the entire property. Transit Project. other, only serve to add value to their the Ko Olina Resort, one of the most shopping center and a village town bustle of the city with the relaxed, ame- Master planned as a resort mixed- investment potential.” successful resort communities in the center, and land for two schools, as nities- and leisure-rich environment of use property, Kapolei West is unique in CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

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• PHOTOS: Kapolei Commons continues to expand its retail offerings, attracting popular restaurants like Ruby Tuesday's and Olive Garden. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 West Oahu’s destination for Kapolei Harborside acres next to Kalaeloa Barbers Point designated for growth by state and city. Harbor, the state’s second busiest Kapolei Harborside will be at the SHOPPING DINING Kapolei Properties LLC’s Kapolei harbor which is slated for improvement center of the coming wave of demand Harborside is in the rarest class of real and expansion, and the James Campbell for new industrial, light manufacturing, Located at 4450 Kapolei Parkway · 5 minutes from Ko`Olina estate on Oahu. It is the largest, most Industrial Park, the state’s largest in- maritime, and mixed-use development, www.thekapoleicommons.com& contiguous industrial parcel in a market dustrial park and a Foreign Trade Zone. and is strategically positioned to ride where industrial property is extremely It is also minutes from the H-1 Freeway. that wave well into the future.n A joint venture development by The MacNaughton Group, Kobayashi Group and Craig Realty Group. scarce. Located south-east of Kapolei Kapolei Harborside is in the state’s For leasing information call Todd Hedrick at (808) 203-2210. West, it covers 450 prime industrial fastest growing region, the only area

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ORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, a life-changing “We want the community to feel connected event took place. A to the West O‘ahu campus, and know that we young Susan Murray Navigating Your Way To A Better Loan was furloughed as care about their needs.” Home Purchase • Home Equity • Home Refinancing • Debt Consolidation a Hawaiian Airlines www. HawaiiMortgageExperts.com flight attendant. To fill the gap while she tenure, Kaiser achieved top ratings for At Hawaii Mortgage Experts you are not limited by the constraints of one bank. In today’s market, its especially waited to be recalled, Medicare and Medicaid services and important to partner with a Mortgage Advisor who puts your needs before their own. We provide residential Murray took a job as clinic coordinator for quality assurance from national as- loans that fit your goals! Let our Mortgage Advisors show you what it’s like to truly be the first priority. Mat Straub Clinic & Hospital and made sessment organizations. She also coor- an unexpected discovery. dinated Kaiser’s $150 million hospital Hawaii Mortgage Experts is a Hawaii Licensed Mortgage Company NMLS: Kapolei 1045356, Hawaii Kai 968243. All Rights Reserved “I was surprised at how comfort- expansion. able I felt in a hospital setting,” said the With such impressive credentials, chief operating officer of The Queen’s when Murray joined the Queen’s Medical Center – West O‘ahu. “It Health System in 2012, she was tapped also had the intrinsic value of helping to become the chief operating officer 11-13 HME 1/2h HB.indd 1 10/4/13 2:55 PM people at critical times in their lives, for the new Queen’s Medical Center – which appealed to my basic desire to West O‘ahu campus. serve.” Murray, who lives in Ko Olina, has embraced the West O’ahu community Murray had found her calling. whole-heartedly and is excited to bring back essential hospital and emergency Realizing she would need a gradu- services to the region. “The Queen’s Off the beaten path is ate degree to advance in the health mission is centered on patient care, care field, the Punahou graduate who particularly for native Hawaiians and where you experience had a bachelor’s degree in psychology for all the people of Hawaii,” Murray the exceptional. from the University of Hawaii, got her said. “This is especially true at the MBA in Health Services Management West O‘ahu campus, which will serve Venture to the Paradise Cove Lū‘au in from the University of Dallas in Texas. communities with the largest concen- Ko‘olina and enjoy a Hawaiian experience Credentials in hand, Murray began a tration of native Hawaiians on O‘ahu, that is truly exceptional. career that far surpassed her earlier and the fastest growing population in aspirations. see, which is owned by the Hospital the state.” She worked for Kapi‘olani Medi- Corporation of America, the largest Murray will work closely with other cal Center for Women and Children publicly traded hospital chain. healthcare providers in the region to as director of surgical services, then Then at the height of a successful enhance existing health care resources 10% Off as assistant vice president, manag- mainland career, Murray decided to by not duplicating services. She will ing a number of clinical services. She return to Hawaii. “It seemed the right also reach out to employers and people Kama ʻaina Rates moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as time to come home to be close to my in the community to listen to their vice president at nationally respected mother.” needs. Present this coupon and proof of Women’s Hospital, overseeing the In 2002, she joined Kaiser Perma- “Hospitals are a central point in the Hawaii residency to receive 10% off community,” she said. “We want the maternal-fetal medical center. She nente as its regional hospital admin- our kama‘aina rates. Good for new then became hospital administrator of istrator and regional vice president community to feel connected to the the Women’s Hospital of Centennial for Quality, Safety & Service, a posi- West O‘ahu campus, and know that we bookings only; for up to four people. Medical Center in Nashville, Tennes- tion she held for 10 years. During her care about their needs.”n Reservations must be booked in advance. 800-775-2683 • 808-842-5911 Valid through December 20, 2013; other www.paradisecove.com KAPOLEI restrictions and blackouts may apply. KAPOLEI 34 /ParadiseCoveLuau @ParadiseCoveHI 35

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(LEFT:) “West Oahu and the A rendering of The Queen's greater Kapolei area Medical Center - West O‘ahu are the focal point Lobby. Queen's is undertaking of growth and new an $85 million renovation of this development for the healthcare facility which will open in island, so we are very Spring 2014. fortunate to be here.” —Keith Turner Safeway Inc.

“Queen's is investing Ewa: Bringing more than $85 million healthcare and emergency services to the Leeward side of the island. The to build a healthcare Ewa campus meant that residents Services to a Booming facility for the people wouldn’t have to travel into Honolulu for often life-threatening emergen- of West Oahu. We cies. This came to an end in 2011 with Residential Area the closure of the successor Hawaii as the Kaiser hospital administrator the company’s Laulani Village Center will bring the same Medical Center West. A year later, The for over 10 years.” that was developed by its subsidiary Queen’s Health System acquired the standard of excellence “We are committed to being good and development arm, Property De- campus from St. Francis Healthcare †EWA HAS PROVEN TO BE AN IDEAL MARKET for investors, partners and good neighbors to build a velopment Centers (PDC). The Center that our founders, System of Hawaii, and set into motion healthcare facility the people of West has attracted well-known retailers especially when viewed in the context of the Kapolei a massive renovation project with Oahu will be proud to support and such as the local home improvement Long Range Master Plan. The plan describes Ewa as Queen Emma and plans to open the Queen’s Medical utilize,” said Ushijima. “We will bring store, City Mill, and national compa- Center – West O‘ahu in Spring, 2014. an area where residential communities would provide King Kamehameha the same standard of excellence that nies Petco, Ross Dress for Less, and The task is immense, with a punch our founders, Queen Emma and King Walgreens. much-needed housing for the expected explosion of IV, envisioned.” list of over 900 critical tasks to com- Kamehameha IV, envisioned.” “West Oahu and the greater Kapolei plete in time for the 2014 opening. population growth in the region – nearly 165,000 resi- Their vision is especially appropri- area are the focal point of growth and The original facility has been gutted —Art Ushijima ate to the West O‘ahu region, which is new development for the island, so we dents by 2035. The area’s rapidly growing resident down to its studs to make way for con- President & CEO “to provide in perpetuity health care are very fortunate to be here,” said Safe- population makes it an attractive place to invest for struction on the “new” hospital. To Queen's Health Systems services to improve the well-being of way Inc.’s spokesperson, Keith Turner. West Oahu residents, it’s well worth businesses and institutions. Native Hawaiians and of all the people The company still has plans for an- the wait. of Hawaii.” other shopping center in Kapolei. “Ka- “When Hawaii Medical Center ERHAPS THE MOST MOMEN- organizations can tap into the sizable polei fits Safeway’s model of acquiring West closed in December 2011, over TOUS DEVELOPMENT in the consumer markets in the master properties that are located within 2,000 inpatient admissions and Safeway makes its area is the Queen’s Health planned communities that Gentry core urban or suburban markets, and 30,000 emergency room visits had System’s acquisition of the Hawaii and Haseko Development mark in Ewa we look forward to being a part of this to be moved to other area hospitals, former Hawaii Medical Center have been developing in Ewa growing community,” Turner said. West campus, which closed over the past 26 years. creating significant hardships and in- Safeway has been doing business in P in 2011. The parent company convenience to West O‘ahu residents,” the islands for 50 years, starting in Two companies - plans to open the completely renovat- Queen’s Medical Center said Art Ushijima, president and CEO 1986 when it opened its first store on ed hospital in 2014 with a new name of The Queen’s Health Systems and Beretania Street in Honolulu. In 1992, two communities – The Queen’s Medical Canter – West closes a critical health- president of The Queen’s Medical it made its mark in Kapolei’s history O‘ahu. National company Safeway care gap Center. “We are looking forward to as the first business to open in the When Thomas Gentry, founder of Inc.’s Property Development Centers working with the West Oahu com- new City of Kapolei, and now as the Gentry Homes, broke ground in 1987 for (PDC) also saw the area’s potential, In 1990, the St. Francis munity to open The Queen’s Medical developer of the largest retail project the Soda Creek community, he brought and recently built and opened the Medical Center West hospi- Center – West O‘ahu under the able in Ewa. with him a dream to build quality Laulani Village Shopping Center, the tal opened, bringing critical leadership of Chief Operating Officer This past year, Safeway opened its homes and better communities for Ewa largest retail center in Ewa. The two Susan Murray, who previously served 20th Hawaii store in Ewa, anchoring residents. His experience in new home CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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(LEFT) The interior of a Gentry Sandalwood development home.

the market today. “We’re using the best of today’s technology, and at the same time we’re always looking for ways to improve the quality of the homes we build,” said Brant. Gentry Homes has earned the Ener- gy Star Housing Award from the EPA, several Parade of Homes Grand Cham- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 pion awards, and a prestigious LEED facilities and easy access to beaches and Platinum designation in a recent home design and construction for the 1,000- nearby golf courses for all their residents design. The two newest communities acre master planned Ewa by Gentry to enjoy. are the popular Trades and Sandal- community resulted in over 7,500 homes This year, Bob Brant, president of Gen- wood neighborhoods, both featuring with several hundred more to go. Over try Homes and his team are celebrat- innovative design and energy efficient the years, family-friendly neighborhoods ing the company’s 45th anniversary, features. Other projects include the have been established, along with com- marking it with an enhanced ‘Gentry Department of Hawaiian Homeland’s munity amenities like schools, parks, Green Living’ product line, which could Kanehili development where Gentry shopping centers, bike paths, recreation be the most energy efficient homes on designed and built over 300 homes. Island Ready Mix Haseko Development Inc.’s first Ewa development was its master-planned Ocean Pointe community, which it started in 1998 and completed in 2008 Ad with 2,500 homes. In 2006, the com- pany broke ground on Hoakalei Resort’s 18-hole Ernie Els-designed course at COMING TO Hoakalei Country Club. It was the first project in the 726-acre master-planned Metal Roofing resort community, which will also • Specify Kloeckner Products feature 2,300 resort and golf residences, ® a recreational lagoon, a boutique hotel, WEST O‘AHU • ULTRA-Cool heat reflective coating creates spa, cultural center, and shops and res- an Energy Efficient “Cool” Roof that’s taurants in a waterfront environment. SPRING 2014 durable and adds value to any project Haseko is close to completing its first • ENERGY STAR® listed & LEED compliant residential neighborhood, Ka Makana at Hoakalei, and has launched its second, Kipuka, the resort’s first gated com- Steel Service Center munity. A planned Wai Kai Lagoon will • Hawaii’s largest steel inventory offer recreational activities as well as a • Our dedicated team delivers great service network of walking trails connecting to a shoreline wilderness park. • 60 locations serving North America Richard Dunn, executive vice president of Haseko Development, Inc., believes the company’s investment in Ewa is paying off. “We saw great po- The Queen’s Medical Center – West O‘ahu will be opening in Spring 2014. Hot-Dip Galvanizing tential and a great need in West Oahu for quality neighborhoods offering • Superior long-term corrosion protection We’re looking forward to becoming members of your community with a brand beautifully crafted homes and year- THE QUEEN’S • Protecting steel for generations Formerly new hospital. Services will include a greatly expanded Emergency Room and all the round resort living. The resort lifestyle health care services essential to a community hospital, such as Inpatient and Outpatient MEDICAL CENTER at Hoakalei is one that can’t be found Surgery, Imaging, Women’s Health Screenings, Cardiology, and Specialty Clinics. Serving all Islands since 1959 anywhere else on Oahu. It continues WEST O‘AHU to be a good investment because there We look forward to becoming partners with you and serving you in the tradition www.queens.org is a lot more to come; the resort is just of The Queen’s Medical Center’s 154-year heritage. For more information, Oahu (808) 682-3000 • Neighbor Islands (800) 352-3920 beginning to emerge and the future is please call: 691-5048 The Queen’s Medical Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t corporation Fax (808) 682-3636 • [email protected] • www.kloecknermetals.com very bright out here.”n

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natural gas), 40 percent of Oahu’s electrical generation, and a whole range of other vital services that sup- port the day to day lives of residents across the state. The concentration of these indus- tries in one contained area has mutual benefits. For example, many of the businesses in JCIP depend on one another for fuel, raw materials, waste disposal and shipping. This interde- pendency also reduces transportation costs and associated environmental

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“Our facilities at James Campbell Industrial Park are critical to our Oahu and statewide (ABOVE:) A HAWAI‘IGAS employee inspects the company’s bulk propane operations. As we storage facility at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor, where it plans to add another 270,000 gallons of propane storage capacity before the end of the year. continue to grow and diversify our fuel supply, we will continue to invest James Campbell in Kapolei.”

Industrial Park: —Alicia Moy CEO, HAWAI‘IGAS Providing for the State’s Infrastruture

†WHEN THE JAMES CAMPBELL INDUSTRIAL PARK (JCIP) opened in 1958, its very first tenant was Standard Oil Company of California (now Chevron). Today, the state’s largest industrial park has about 250 tenants that provide a good part of the infrastructure for the island of Oahu and for the state. This is the unglamorous but fundamental framework that allows a society to func- tion smoothly – like transportation, communications, power, sewers, and water supply systems. To nd out why upgrading to gas is good for Hawai‘i, CIP TENANTS PROVIDE a Campbell Local Emergency Action significant portion of the Network (CLEAN), the organization contact us at 808-535-5933 • hawaiigas.com state’s infrastructure, through that promotes emergency prepared- services like a wide range of ness and public safety in JCIP, the manufacturing, import/export, park provides 100 percent of Hawaii’s power generation, construc- oil refining, most of the state’s gas tion, and waste management production and distribution (synthetic industries. According to the natural gas, propane and renewable

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“We believe gas can play an even bigger Shaping Kalaeloa’s Future role in Hawaii’s clean energy future, providing †Jose Bustamante / Vice President, Hunt Hawaii tangible benefits for S A YOUNGSTER GROWING development analyst for the New York tions manager for Sun Microsystems families and businesses UP IN HONOKAI HALE DURING City Economic Development Corpora- in San Francisco. He also has extensive throughout the state.” THE 1980S, Jose Bustamante tion. His experience is not limited to military experience as a captain and distinctly remembers be- the real estate industry, however. Prior military intelligence officer in the U.S. ing a student at Makakilo to that, he led the worldwide produc- Army, where he took part in wartime Elementary School and see- tion and distribution of high technol- and peacekeeping operations through- ing the makai view of vast ogy hardware products as an opera- out Europe, Asia and the U.S. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 40 amounts of undeveloped lands in the area. He recalls risks. And access to the nearby Kalae- A that he and his family were early and loa Barbers Point Harbor and the H-1 active community supporters of plans “I am extremely proud to be from this Freeway allow for smooth commodity to develop Kapolei as Oahu’s second ur- flow through the Hawaiian Islands ban center. He also has vivid memories area and look forward to working with and beyond. The park’s underground of learning and playing tennis, baseball pipelines also provide an additional and basketball at the courts and fields the community and government to transportation corridor for refined oil of a very active Naval Air Station further shape its future.” and gas products to major port facili- Barbers Point, where he had access ties and the greater Honolulu area. because his Dad and uncles were in the Navy. Later, he would frequent the HAWAI‘IGAS provides clean, base as a U.S. Army officer stationed at cost-effective, reliable gas Schofield Barracks. All this is supported by solid aca- HAWAI‘IGAS’ synthetic natural gas plant, Today, as Hunt Hawaii’s vice presi- demic credentials, including a master’s energy built in 1974, provides customers with dent, these two points converge for degree in real estate development for clean gas energy via an underground Bustamante as he leads the real estate Columbia University in New York, and One particular company that is utility pipeline system that runs from capitalizing on JCIP’s advantages is Kapolei to Hawai‘i Kai. development, master planning and a bachelor’s degree in law from the U.S. HAWAI‘IGAS, previously known as asset management initiatives for the Military Academy at West Point. He The Gas Company. redevelopment of Kalaeloa, his former also received advanced management HAWAI‘IGAS has a new president playground at the Naval Air Station certification from Stanford University. and CEO, Alicia Moy, who plans to Barbers Point. Bustamante believes in being en- continue to diversify the company’s workforce of over 300. At its Barbers and greases. “I remember how vibrant this base gaged in the community, and does this fuel supply and further develop its Point Harbor facility, HAWAI‘IGAS “HAWAI‘IGAS is committed to low- was, and how it deteriorated over time by serving on the board of directors for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and re- is adding another 270,000 gallons of ering the cost of energy for Hawaii, and after it closed,” he said. “It gives me a the Honolulu Habitat for Human- newable natural gas (RNG) initiatives. propane storage capacity, which is we see our LNG and renewable gas ini- strong perspective and interest in revi- ity and the Kapolei Chamber of Moy was a senior vice president at expected to be in operation before the tiatives as a key step in achieving that talizing and redeveloping Kalaeloa into Commerce. And prospective New York-based Macquarie Infra- end of the year. goal,” said Moy. “Natural gas provides a productive, integrated, and sustain- West Point candidates will structure Company, the entity that Additionally, HAWAI‘IGAS plans clean, reliable, cost-effective and firm able mixed-use community. Kalaeloa’s be happy to know that he acquired HAWAI‘IGAS in 2006, and to bring in LNG to not only serve as an power, making it the ideal partner for prime location will play a significant is a congressional district has served on the HAWAI‘IGAS board emergency backup to its SNG produc- intermittent renewable energy sources. role in regional growth and develop- coordinator and candidate since 2011. tion, but also as a potential new fuel We believe gas can play an even bigger ment in West Oahu.” mentor for the U.S. Military As the state’s only regulated gas supply source that can significantly role in Hawaii’s clean energy future, Bustamante brings a wealth of Academy’s admissions team. utility, HAWAI‘IGAS serves approxi- lower energy costs in Hawaii—through providing tangible benefits for families experience to the task. Before joining Of course, his main focus is mately 68,000 customers statewide. direct use, electricity generation, and and businesses throughout the state. Hunt Companies, he completed over on Kalaeloa’s redevlopment. In Kapolei, it operates a synthetic ground and marine transportation. Our facilities at James Campbell Indus- one million square feet of transactions “I am extremely proud to natural gas (SNG) plant, propane The company also continues to pursue trial Park are critical to our Oahu and as a commercial real estate broker be from this area and look storage and distribution facilities, and renewable natural gas initiatives from statewide operations. As we continue to for CBRE in San Francisco. He also forward to working with the propane barging operations, employ- various sources, including wastewater grow and diversify our fuel supply, we participated in the redevelopment of a community and government ing 75 professionals out of a statewide treatment plants, landfills, and fats, oils will continue to invest in Kapolei.” n 400,000-square-foot mixed-use proj- to further shape its future.” n ect in Lower Manhattan as a real estate

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Renewing Kalaeloa Hunt Hawaii Works to Redevelop Kalaeloa, the company is currently engaged in revitalizing nearly 540 acres of land for the Former Naval Air Station commercial, light industrial, institutional and residential projects. These are expected to create more than 7,000 direct and indirect †WHEN THE U.S. NAVY CLOSED THE NAVAL AIR STATION Barbers jobs, more than 1,000 construction jobs, and Point in 1999 as a part of its base realignment and closure process, 4,000 homes. it opened up a rare opportunity to master plan the redevelop- “The significant investment Hunt is ment of the 3,700 acres that comprise the area known as Kalaeloa. making to rebuild Kalaeloa as a job center A complex undertaking, the Hawaii Community Development is a solid strategy in a region that is slated for growth,” said Steve Colón, president of Authority’s Kalaeloa Master Plan seeks to balance the needs and Hunt Hawaii. “Hunt has made significant concerns of the community with the mission and interests of fed- investments to attract businesses to the area eral, state, and county government and private landowners. By its and revitalize this job center. As a result we very nature, the plan would require public-private partnerships have more than doubled the number of our for the kinds of developments that will build homes, attract busi- commercial tenants in Kalaeloa.” Hunt now has more than 30 tenants, ness and industry, and create jobs for residents. including American Machinery, Barbers Point Bowling Center, Henkels & McCoy, NE SUCH DEVELOPMENT is of experience in Hawaii, developing Kama’aina Kids preschool, the Pacific Edu- Hunt’s Kalaeloa redevelopment underutilized government properties cation Center, Podium Raceway, Tamura’s project. Hunt is an interna- to create master planned communi- Market, and Tripler’s Warrior ‘Ohana Medi- tional real estate company ties that complement the cultural and cal Home. O that has more than 20 years geographical identity of the islands. In At the same time, Hunt is making CONTINUED ON PAGE 46

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Akamai Self Storage, ALU LIKE, Inc., American Cancer Society, Ameron Hawaii - Industrial, Precast Products, HELP SHAPE Associa Hawaii, Bank of Hawaii, Best Bridal Hawaii, Inc., Bonded Materials “The significant investment THE FUTURE OF WEST OAHU Company, Brookfield Homes Hawaii, Capili & Associates, LLC, Carlsmith Hunt is making to rebuild Ball, Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc., Central Pacific Bank, Kalaeloa as a job center is a solid Child and Family Service, Chun Kerr Dodd, Beaman & Wong, strategy in a region that is Clayton M. Koseki & Associates, Coldwell Banker Pacific slated for growth.” Properties, Consitdone, LLC, Consultants Plus, Inc., D.R. Horton - Schuler Division, DeBartolo Development, Delta Construction Corporation, District Council 50, Dorvin D. Leis Co., Inc., DSR Logistics Co., Elite Resources of Hawaii, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 44 LLC, Energy Management Consulting & Construction, significant improvements to exist- Enterprise Honolulu, Environ- ing community resources, such as mental Risk Analysis, Ewa Beach establishing a security presence to Lions Club, Ewa Community Service Corp., First Hawaiian curb vandalism and other property Bank, Flagship Fast Lube, The damage, cleaning up and upgrading Gentry Companies, Glenna J. —Steve Colón, the landscaping, and keeping the ball- Wong Public Relations, Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Grace Pacific President fields open for more than 20 youth teams. It is also working to address Corporation, Guide Star Hunt Hawaii Engineering, LLC, Hale Kipa, Inc., the issues related to infrastructure Haseko (Ewa), Inc., Hashimoto and connectivity for the area. WOEDA, the West Oahu Economic Development Association, is a private, non-profi t organization Corporation, Hastings & Pleadwell, “Hunt has been a good steward that was formed by local businesses and community leaders in 2001 to promote West Oahu as the Hawaii Carpenters Union, Hawaii of the land,” said Melissa Lyman, best place for residents and visitors to live, work, play, and learn in Hawaii. Our current efforts Community Development Authority, president of the Kalaeloa Heritage Hawaii Crop Improvement are aimed at increasing the number of jobs in our region, calling for: Advocacy, Partnerships and Association, Hawaii Operating & Legacy Foundation and a Kapolei Program Development. Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund, Hawaiian Civic Club board member. Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki & Golf “They have been sensitive to the im- Club, Hawaii Stationery, Hawaii Supply, portant cultural and historic sites in “More than ever, West Oahu families need rail. WOEDA, like many West Oahu residents Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Proud to be a part of a growing Kapolei the area and they have worked with and businesses, continues to strongly support the rail system. Not only will rail help Hawaii's Plantation Village, Hawthorne with traffic congestion on our roadways, it will also bring new residential development Pacific Corp., Hoakalei Country Club, the community to create value—not Honolulu Disposal Service, Inc., Hunt just for Hunt—but for the commu- and commercial activity around the rail system. Ultimately, because of its convenience Companies, Inc., Hunt Development Group, nity as well.” and ease of use, rail will give us what we cannot regain once lost... precious time with Ilima at Leihano, Imanaka Kudo & Fujimoto, our families. For our neighbors and friends in the construction industry, rail will Kahi Mohala Behavioral Health, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, Kapolei Property Government has create thousands of jobs, which will help to stimulate and grow our local economy. Development, Kapolei Realty, Inc., Ki Insights, significance presence A stronger economy will give us the ability to provide better education for our children, Kiewit Building Group, Inc., Ko Olina Golf better maintenance of our infrastructure, better services from our government and the Club, Ko Olina Resort Association, Leeward in Kalaeloa Community College, Lifeline Fire and Security power to live a better quality of life not only for West Oahu residents, but for all of Inc., Loihi Communications, M5 Architecture The city, state and federal govern- Hawaii residents.” LLC, Marriott's Ko Olina, Beach Club Vacation ments have several established op- – Darian Chun, President of WOEDA Owners Association, Michael J. Hulser, Inc., Mid erations at Kalaeloa, including the Pac Petroleum, Midas Waipahu, Monsanto Company, Nordic PCL Construction Inc., Oellien headquarters for the state’s Hawaii Membership is open to all businesses, government entities, non-profi t organizations and student Pacific LLC, Ohana Matters Educational Founda- National Guard and the U.S. Coast organizations that have an interest or stake in West Oahu. Applications are available online at tion, P.A.C.T. Economic Development Center, Guard’s Airwing, both of which use www.westoahu.org, or you can request an application by calling (808) 842-1600.. Pacific Links Hawaii, Pali Momi Medical Center, the state’s Kalaeloa (John Rodgers) PBR Hawaii - Kapolei Office, Plumbers & Fitters, Airport as a base of operations in Local Union 675, Podium Raceway Hawaii, Private Lending LLP, Pyramid Insurance - Kapolei, RE/MAX times of emergency. Honolulu, RokZ Productions, Royal Kunia Commu- More recently, the Federal Bu- nity Association, Schnitzer Steel Hawaii Corp., Seagull reau of Investigation (FBI) moved Schools, Inc., SECOH, St. Francis, Development its Honolulu Field Office head- Corporation, Stor-Secure Self-Storage @ Kapolei, Streamline6 Communications, LLC, Territorial Savings quarters with its 200 employees Bank, Tesoro Hawaii Corporation, The Filipino from downtown Honolulu to a new Community Center, Inc., The Gas Company, LLC, The Hawaii’s 152,000-square-foot facility at Ka- Gretzinger Corporation/Kauhi Commercial LLC, The manufacturer laeloa. It is the first federal agency MacNaughton Group, The Queen's Health System to be headquartered in Kapolei. The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps of quality Working to bring jobs to where people live. Community Center, The UPS Store, Trent Thoms, Headed by Special Agent in Charge University of Hawaii at West Oahu, Value Remodeling concrete products. TILECO INC. (SAC) Vida G. Bottom, the Honolulu LLC, Waianae Business Center, Waikele Premium 91-209 Hanua Street office has jurisdiction over Hawaii, P.O. Box 700972 • Kapolei, Hawaii, 96709-0972 • (808) 842-1600 Outlets, West Oahu Quarterly, West Oahu Realty, Wet Kapolei, Hawaii 96707 Guam and American Samoa.  www.westoahu.org 'n Wild, Youngleson Holdings LLC UH West O‘ahu Campus ph 682-5737 / www.tilecoinc.comPhone 682-5737

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IROQUOIS POINT BEACH RESTORATION The largest project of its kind ever in Hawai‘i, the Iroquois Point beach nourishment project is the culmination of eight years of planning and permitting. The project is designed to improve coastal water quality and reduce erosion along the shoreline bordering the oceanfront residential community.

KALAELOA RENEWABLE ENERGY PARK The 5MW Kalaeloa Renewable Energy Park will be comprised of 21,000 photovoltaic (PV) panels and will generate power equivalent to the amount needed by 1,000 homes over one year. Based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates, it will produce enough renewable power to prevent DEDICATED nearly 11,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

TO HAWAI'I KILAUEA LIGHTHOUSE VILLAGE Located on Kaua’i’s North Shore in the commercial expansion area of Kilauea Town Plan, this project is a 50,000-square-foot mixed-use neighborhood retail center.

For more than 20 years in Hawai‘i, Hunt has built or revitalized more than 6,600 homes for Hawai‘i’s families and is responsible KAUPUNI VILLAGE for the ongoing management of more than 2,000 acres—including one million square feet of commercial and industrial space. The Kaupuni Village project, which features 19 homes and a community center at Kaupuni Village Hunt’s Hawai‘i projects refl ect the company’s deep roots in public-private partnerships and innovative projects, as well its Residences in Wai‘anae, was built for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) as affordable commitment to creating premier master-planned communities that complement the cultural and geographical riches of the housing for residents, and is the nation’s fi rst net-zero energy and Leadership in Energy and Hawaiian Islands. Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum affordable housing community. Hunt’s Hawai‘i services include development, construction, energy and social infrastructure, affordable housing and public facility services. Large or small, public or private, every Hunt project is designed to deepen the connection between people and place. FORD ISLAND Ford Island is a unique, ongoing public-private partnership between the U.S. Navy and Hunt Hawai‘i. Under the Ford Island Master Development "Our goal is to contribute to the overall region’s Agreement (MDA), the U.S. Navy exchanged 1,600 acres on fi ve parcels jobs/housing balance. Hunt has made signifi cant of land across O’ahu (including 2,000 family housing units) for signifi cant investments to attract businesses to the area and infrastructure and other improvements on Ford Island. revitalize this job center. As a result, we have more than doubled the number of our commercial tenants in Kalaeloa." PALAMANUI

Steve Colón, President, Development-Hawai'i Division • Hunt The Pãlamanui project is a 725-acre master planned community with entitlements for more than 1,100 homes, a 70-acre business park and a 30-acre town center. The project will also provide higher education access for West Hawai‘i as a result of a $20 million contribution by Hunt toward the design ABOUT HUNT and construction of Hawai‘i Community College Palamanui Campus. Hunt is a national developer, investor and manager of real assets. Hunt is a private family-owned company with more than 1,000 employees across the U.S. and $16 billion in assets under management. We are dedicated to improving everything we touch—every project, every investment, every time. We stand by what we do. And we stand for Values that Build. 737 Bishop Street, Suite 2750 Honolulu, HI 96813 ® DEVELOP. INVEST. MANAGE. www.huntcompanieshawaii.com

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Grace Paci c and Kapolei. We’ve grown up together.

• PHOTO: (L and R): East Kapolei: University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu campus Pathways to the Future

†WHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII WEST O‘AHU and is to continue actively reaching out the Salvation Army Kroc Center opened in East Kapolei, to all intermediate and high schools in the area, and encourage students the area began to define itself as the higher education and their families to visit the campus. and family services center of Kapolei. Add the Depart- Already, this effort is paying off as UH ment of Hawaiian Home Lands’ presence here, and it West O‘ahu was the only University of Hawaii campus reporting an increase suggests another dimension to their combined impact on in enrollment (18 percent) to 2,372 in Kapolei and West O‘ahu – the communities they serve in the fall 2013 semester. the Leeward area have the highest percentage of Hawai- “We want to expose them to what’s possible for them, because every stu- ian and part-Hawaiian residents in the state. dent is smart in one way or another,” he said. “Our job is to give them a good education, and help them to find NOTHER FACTOR that will resident in the state, especially on the good jobs in areas like teaching, health help to shape East Kapolei is west side,” he said. care administration and services, and D.R. Horton - Schuler Homes’ This appears to be a sweeping state- business. As Kapolei grows, so will the Ho‘opili master planned com- ment, until he gets down to the details. jobs. And I want our students to be munity, which will bring a “Hawaiians are on the bottom rung well prepared.” comprehensive and innova- of every ‘good’ ladder, for measures tive approach to community like health and academic success. building. They are at the top rung for things like Kroc Center Hawaii – The abuse, incarceration rates and health Gathering Place A standards. When you do well for UH West Oahu: A Game Hawaiians, you do well for everybody When the Salvation Army opened the Changer else. And the answer is education, $133 million (including $79 million for University of Hawaii West O‘ahu’s new plain and simple.” construction), 200,000-square-foot chancellor, Rockne Freitas, has big plans With so many Hawaiians and other Kroc Center Hawaii in East Kapolei in for the institution. “UH West O‘ahu is under-represented minorities living on 2012, it became the largest community going to be a game changer for every the Leeward side, Freitas’ game plan center of its kind in the state. Most

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Lightweight Cellular Concrete Technology

Isle CellCrete is a polymer-based, lightweight cellular concrete produced for Geotechnical, Structural and Floor Leveling applications at densities ranging from 35 to 120 pounds per cubic foot (pcf).

“It’s our hope that The Salvation Army Kroc Center traditions, and culture of native Ha- waiians.” All the advantages of concrete and more Hawaii continues to be a gathering place for West Oahu Today, it is the mission of the residents, especially as the East Kapolei community Department of Hawaiian Home Lands • Strength • Durability develops and grows.” (DHHL) to place native Hawaiians • Termite & Fire Resistance CONTINUED FROM PAGE 50 on the land, setting up homestead • Low Maintenance Cost communities on DHHL land hold- notably, Kapolei was selected for the and classes are also a big draw, ranging ings. While these lands can be found Center because it gives the Salvation from the Kroc Keiki Learning Center throughout the state on practically Army access to the majority of the Preschool to toddler, teen and adult every island, the largest collection of Island Ready-Mix people it serves – residents of the fast classes. homestead communities are in the Ka- growing West Oahu region. Kroc Center Hawaii is also providing polei and Waianae Coast communities. Concrete, Inc. “Our vision was to have a place where over 300 jobs for area residents, with 56 Having DHHL headquartered on families and individuals could come percent of them coming from Ewa or Hawaiian Home Lands in East Kapolei for recreation, fitness, education, cel- Kapolei, and 9 percent from Waianae. brings the department into the heart of Phone: 682-1305 Fax: 682-4478 ebration, employment and faith,” said “It’s our hope that The Salvation the communities they serve. 91-047 Hanua Street • Kapolei, Hawaii 96707 Bram Begonia, the Center’s director Army Kroc Center Hawaii continues “Looking across the Ewa plains, we of operation. “It has become that for to be a gathering place for West Oahu can see the positive results of our many in the community.” residents, especially as the East Kapolei continuing effort taking shape in the As if to prove the point, just 18 community develops and grows,” said form of new homes for native Hawai- months after opening, the center Begonia. ian families,” said DHHL’s chair, Jobie has more than 11,600 members – 80 Home Lands for Hawaiians Masagatani. percent from Ewa and Kapolei, and 9 The department is developing percent from Waianae. And an average Through an act of Congress in 1921, Kanehili, a 92-acre parcel makai of 45,000 people come through the Cen- the “Hawaiian Homes Commission UH West O‘ahu that includes 403 ter each month. Act” set in place a mechanism “ …to residential lots, and East Kapolei II, a It’s not hard to see why people flock enable native Hawaiians to return to 404-acre parcel that will have 1,000 to the Center, with its state of the art their lands in order to fully support single-family lots and 1,000 multi- self-sufficiency for native Hawaiians Aquatic Center and its fully equipped family units. Moisture resistant and easy to pump, place and finish, Isle CellCrete was utilized to repair Fitness Center. The education programs and … the preservation of the values, CONTINUED ON PAGE 54 Harbor Court’s 12th floor recreation deck planters.

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“We are also fortunate that the fami- three of nine neighborhoods completed. mercial farming. The community is lies living in these new homestead com- It was here that D.R. Horton – Schuler also designed to encourage a car-free munities will have access to higher edu- Homes introduced another innovation, lifestyle with its pedestrian and bike cation at neighboring UH West O‘ahu as the live/work units where the home- paths and its transit-oriented develop- West of Eden well as the family-centered community owner can live upstairs and walk to ment that will take advantage of the services at nearby Kroc Center Hawaii. work downstairs. proposed rail stops in the community. Together, these resources help to build The company is now refining its “I’m enthusiastic about Ho‘opili be- †Mary Flood / Vice President, D.R. Horton – Schuler Homes vibrant, healthy communities on the master plan for Ho‘opili in East Kapo- cause this community will really appeal homelands,” said Masagatani. lei, which recently received approval to a range of local homebuyers,” said Security by jumped right in and made it my home,” from the State Land Use Commission. Flood. “I’ve seen an increased interest she said. Alert It will be a mixed-use self-contained in everything from affordable housing Innovation at Ho‘opili She joined D.R. Horton – Schuler community with up to 11,700 homes in for families making 80 – 120 percent of Homes, then named Schuler Homes. SECURITY BY D.R. Horton – Schuler Homes has all types and price ranges, many with the median income on Oahu, to start-up Not long after, the company began SECURITY BY SECURITYbeen BY an innovator in Kapolei, dating backyards for kid and pets. Schools homes for young families, and multi- developing its first Kapolei project, back to 1997 when it started to develop and parks will help to create safe, generational homes as families begin to Kapolei Knolls. Kapolei Knolls, with 245 single-family accessible neighborhoods. Planned care of elderly family members. There’s “In those early days, Kapolei seemed Alert homes that were the first ever wired for shopping centers, restaurants and also a strong interest in live/work units a lot farther away than it does today,” connectivity. At that time, the com- entertainment centers will add vitality for business owners, which represents recalled Flood. “It’s amazing to see pany was known as Schuler Homes. to the community. In another innova- a big cost savings in terms of overhead how much it has grown into the city The company is developing Mehana, a tive move, agriculture will be a key and not having to travel to an office at it was meant to be. 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“Taking care of our employees by providing a table of benefits for them was my number one priority,” said Horita. “I realized early on that Paradise Cove Luau’s strength was Joining the Chamber is its employees and their Good Business Strategy Aloha spirit.”

When consumers know that a small business is PROFILE a member of the chamber, they are more likely to think favorably of it and more likely to purchase goods or services downsizing and freezing benefits,” from the company in the future.* said Day. “Keith never terminated It's Not Just a Luau anyone. Instead he told us, ‘Find ways to keep people working and make When consumers know that a large business is enough hours to maintain their ben- †Keith Horita / Paradise Cove Luau efits.’” a member of the chamber, it tells them Over 75 percent of Paradise Cove’s that the business is an industry leader employees are from Leeward Oahu HEN TRAVEL WRITER to admit he knew nothing about the where the majority of residents are and has good business practices.* JOHN FISCHER WAS IN- entertainment business. Also, the Native Hawaiian. Horita is keenly VITED to Paradise Cove timing couldn’t have been worse as aware of the community’s plight, and Luau at Ko Olina, he this was the year of 9/11. feels an obligation to help by provid- *Source: The Schapiro Group study was not optimistic. His “Taking care of our employees ing a living wage. Thirty percent of experience with other the current employees attend college. by providing a table of benefits for To become a Kapolei Chamber member, go to www.kapoleichamber.com Oahu luau had left him them was my number one priority,” “I’ve known both Keith and his cold. But as he wrote said Horita. “I realized early on that dad, Herbert Horita,” said Kamaki Wfor About.com’s travel site, “I can Paradise Cove Luau’s strength was its Kanahele, well-known Waianae Coast say that not only is it the best luau on employees and their Aloha spirit.” community leader. “Keith inherited Oahu, but one of the best I’ve attended Today, Horita is immensely proud his dad’s sophistication and astuteness anywhere in Hawaii.” of the company’s rich benefits pack- in business.” Other people agree, as Paradise age that is now enjoyed by over 200 But it is Keith Horita’s concern Cove was named the 2013 Hawaii’s mostly full time employees. It includes for his employees and the commu- Best Luau in the Star Advertiser’s medical, dental, drug, vision, group nity that most impresses Kanahele. People’s Choice Awards. life insurance, and a 401K retirement “His care of his Waianae side em- ployees is a blessing,” said Kanahele. However, it wasn’t always so. plan with a generous company match. “Times were tough in those early “He’s aware of the difficulties native While Paradise Cove Luau is more years, especially in the midst of the Hawaiians face and does his part by than 30 years old, it’s fair to say it recession,” said Horita. “We were providing jobs and finding ways to didn’t come into its own until owner fortunate to survive.” benefit the community. And to his and operator Keith Horita acquired Sylvia Day, a 34-year employee, great credit, he always checks with the company in 2001 from his father, remembers those days well. kupuna like my mother, Agnes Cope, the late Herbert Horita. It was a rocky “I worked here through challeng- to make sure what he does is ‘pono’ or Working together for Kapolei beginning at best, as Horita is the first ing times when other companies were righteous for the community.” n

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“Our location within the Ko Olina Resort offers an exclusive and more private environment for our owners and guests who enjoy the swimming lagoons and the many amenities outside of our resort such as the golf course and marina.”

the JW Marriott brand in Hawaii, and tained convenience of a fully equipped unique in that this stand-alone resort one of only 60 JW Marriott hotels in villa rather than a hotel environment. is not associated with a Disney theme 24 countries. “Occupancy is a stable mid-90 percent park. Here, Aulani sought to depict Over the past two years, the compa- year round at our Ko Olina prop- the Hawaiian culture, both architec- Ko Olina Resort: ny continued to invest in the property erty,” said Edgar Gum, regional vice turally and in Hawaiian storytelling by spending $30 million in renovating president, Hawaii resort operations, delivered by specially trained, mostly the resort, mainly in its guestrooms, Marriott Vacation Club. He believes the local “cast members.” meeting and events spaces, the spa, exceptional beachfront location makes “At our groundbreaking in 2008, A Place of Joy for Investors public spaces and the building’s fa- it especially desirable to its timeshare Disney kicked off our investment into çade. Toner also considers employing owners, exchange and rental guests. Hawaii, the Hawaiian culture, and †SPREAD OUT OVER SOME 600 ACRES along the coast- communities in Hawaii. a significant number of workers from About ninety percent of the guests are West Oahu. Aulani was a business Kapolei and the Leeward coast as an from the U.S., and most of the remain- expansion to supplement the package line of Leeward Oahu, the Ko Olina Resort is the alter- JW Marriott Ihilani important investment, who are the ing 10 percent are from Japan. of experiences at our existing Disney native visitor destination to Waikiki, offering a different Resort & Spa resort’s face to its guests. “Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club Parks and Resorts around the world,” kind of experience to those who come here. There are represents the largest and most ex- said vice president and general man- seven gorgeous lagoons with white sand beaches, an First known as the Ihilani Resort Marriott’s Ko Olina pansive footprint of our five resorts ager, Elliott Mills. “The architecture & Spa, this JW Marriott property, Beach Club in Hawaii,” said Gum. “Our location of Aulani tells the stories of Hawaii 18-hole championship golf course, a private full service which opened in 1993, was the first within the Ko Olina Resort offers an visually, while our Cast Members exclusive and more private environ- lead with a set of Hawaiian values marina that can accommodate mega yachts, and a pleth- resort built at Ko Olina. Owned by Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club is one Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, the ment for our owners and guests who and bring these stories to life for our ora of outdoors activities. It also features well-known of 54 Marriott Vacation Club proper- enjoy the swimming lagoons and the guests, both kama‘aina and malihini. resort became a JW Marriott brand ties worldwide, a timeshare brand of attractions like Paradise Cove, the island’s best luau, and hotel in 1999, which is a distinct brand many amenities outside of our resort This has been our differentiator and renowned chef Peter Merriman’s first Oahu restaurant, Marriott Vacations Worldwide. This such as the golf course and marina. hallmark, and it has proven to be a hit within the Marriott International is the only one on the island of Oahu – Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman at Ko Olina. portfolio of properties. These elements create a more upscale with our guests.” there are four on the neighbor islands and relaxing experience and we are In addition to its 351 hotel rooms “The JW Marriott is part of Mar- – and since its opening at Ko Olina riott International’s luxury portfolio,” very pleased to be a significant part of and suites, Aulani also has 481 two- in 2003, it has proven to be a popular this community.” bedroom equivalent Disney Vacation said the property’s general manager, choice for the company’s timeshare HE FACT THAT KO OLINA is Club Villas, with the final phase near- Ihilani Resort & Spa, the more relaxed Paul Toner. “It caters to seasoned owners and visitors. Occupancy has now a full-fledged resort com- ing completion. This makes it the 11th vacation club villas at Marriott’s Ko travelers who are looking for under- been robust, increasing as the Ko Oli- Aulani, a Disney Resort munity is due largely to the Disney Vacation Club resort. Olina Beach Club, and a combination stated luxury that is warm, relaxed, na Beach Club expanded the number & Spa presence of three big names in “We watch with excitement as Ko of hotel rooms and suites and vacation and totally lacking in pretense.” of two-bedroom and three-bedroom the visitor industry. JW Mar- Olina Resort and the City of Kapolei club villas at Aulani, a Disney Resort Toner said that Ko Olina is the ideal villas over the years from 103 to its When Disney opened its much- riott, Marriott Vacation Club continue to grow around us,” said Mills. & Spa. These properties represent location, as the company only selects current 546 villas. At full build-out, anticipated Aulani, a Disney Resort International, and the Disney “We are excited to be a part of that significant investments worth billions properties in gateway cities and the Beach Club will have 748 villas. & Spa, Ko Olina in 2011, it introduced Company. Together, they offer growth. We look forward to the years of dollars in a relatively new resort distinctive resort locations around the The vacation club concept is espe- an entirely new approach to creating Tdifferent visitor experiences from a area. It’s to their credit that Ko Olina world for the JW Marriott brand. The to come and to being a part of Kapolei cially attractive to families and groups a sense of place, meaning “Hawaii,” full luxury hotel at the JW Marriott and this great West Oahu community."n is one of the most successful resort hotel is also the first property under that prefer the more casual, self-con- in a resort. In the first place, it was

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