Kapalama Center to celebrate new look
Completion of a $7 million Kapalama Shopping Center renovation that includes a name change and new tenants will be celebrated today by property owner Kamehameha Schools.
The trust and major Hawaii landowner said the work took more than a year and included an upgraded facade, signage, walkways and plumbing. New tenants joining the retail complex now known as Kapalama Center include Ahi & Vegetable, Wingstop and Ono Korean BBQ.
A blessing is planned from 10:30 a.m. to noon today on the property at 1210 Dillingham Blvd.
7 isle restaurants dubbed ‘most romantic’
The annual OpenTable.com list of the top 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America includes seven Hawaii fine-dining venues.
Hawaii restaurants on the list are La Mer at Halekulani, Michel’s at the Colony Surf and Sarento’s Top of the ‘I’ in Honolulu; Brown’s Beach House at The Fairmont Orchid on the Kohala Coast and ‘Ulu Ocean Grill and Sushi Lounge in Kaupulehu on Hawaii island; Ferraro’s Bar e Ristorante Maui in Wailea; and Tidepools at the Grand Hyatt Kauai in Poipu.
The list is not offered in ranked order by OpenTable.com, and while Hawaii, Texas and Virginia each have seven winning restaurants, Florida has eight, and California boasts the most restaurants on the list at 14.
OpenTable.com compiled the list based on more than 5 million reviews of nearly 19,000 restaurants across the U.S. between Jan. 14, 2013, and Jan. 15, 2014.
The list is always released before Valentine’s Day, one of the restaurant industry’s busiest nights.
Kapolei-based security firm sold
California-based Universal Protection Service has acquired Kiamalu Consulting & Investigations Agency of Kapolei.
The local company has been providing confidential investigations and consulting services throughout Hawaii and the world, according to a statement by Universal.
The CEO of Universal parent company Universal Services of America, Steve Jones, called the acquisition "strategic," adding that "it allowed us to add an extremely talented senior level manager, Kenny Chang, to our already strong management team in Hawaii."
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Festival seeks time capsule contributors
Honolulu Festival organizers want to reconnect with students who submitted artwork and messages for the 2004 Time Capsule project.
The students also are being invited to this year’s Honolulu Festival to review their decade-old submissions.
Additionally, festival organizers invite classes to participate in Educational School Tours at the Hawai‘i Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 7.
Students who submitted artwork or messages 10 years ago, as well as anyone wishing to learn more about the school tours, are asked to contact the Honolulu Festival at 833-3378.
Boeing stock slips despite year-end profits
Boeing is building airplanes faster, but Wall Street wants it to build profits faster, too.
Boeing Co. shares slid Wednesday after it said this year’s profit and revenue would grow less than analysts had been expecting.
There are a number of reasons. Boeing’s defense business is slowing down as governments dial back spending. Some planes slated for delivery in early 2014 were instead delivered late last year — that helped boost Boeing’s fourth-quarter profit, but will take away from this year’s results. And deliveries of its new 787 are a mixed bag, financially. They bring in cash, but hurt profit margins as Boeing accounts for the money it spent developing the plane.
ON THE MOVE
Bennet Group Strategic Communications Hawaii has promoted Emma Wo to senior account executive. She previously worked as an intern at a local news station and assisted at a national fashion and lifestyle magazine in the editorial department.
Architects Hawaii has named Gary W. Marshall as director of the health care architecture team. Marshall previously worked for Architects Hawaii and his projects included the Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center, Kaiser Honolulu Clinic and the Queen Emma Tower at the Queen’s Medical Center.
The Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust has promoted Ashley Flynn to an accounting assistant from a receptionist and administrative assistant. She worked at Douglas Emmett Property Management in Honolulu and Thompson Coburn in St. Louis.
