State gets OK to evict World Gym Honolulu
A state agency has been freed to evict World Gym Honolulu from a state building in Kakaako after a judge rejected an attempt by an affiliate of the gym’s owner to resolve its delinquent rent in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Bankruptcy Judge Robert Faris dismissed the case of Gap Fitness Partners LLC on Thursday. Faris dismissed the case after Gap Fitness failed to respond to a motion made by a court-appointed trustee to either liquidate company assets or dismiss the case, according to court records.
Gap Fitness, which does business as World Gym Honolulu and is led by John J. Michael of Woodinville, Wash., filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in February seeking to reorganize what it said was its only debt: $230,000 in overdue rent.
The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp., a state agency that helps develop affordable housing and owns the space at 1050 Queen St. occupied by World Gym, sued Gap Fitness and Michael in October to evict the gym. After prevailing in the lawsuit, Gap Fitness filed bankruptcy, which automatically suspended the eviction effort.
Former DataHouse re-brands as ‘ike
A local collection of information technology companies largely focused on the health care industry is re-branding itself under a new name. Honolulu-based DataHouse Holdings has adopted the Hawaiian name ‘ike, which means sight, knowledge and understanding, the firm announced.
The company, which was founded in 1975 as DataHouse Consulting, is comprised of four subsidiaries: DataHouse, TeamPraxis (formed in 1992), ‘Ekahi Health System (formed last year) and Sagely (formed last year).
Electrical customers eligible for energy kit
Hawaii Energy is offering a free energy-savings kit to residential electrical customers. The ratepayer-funded energy conservation and efficiency program for Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui counties is offering a free kit that includes one Energy Star compact fluorescent light, one Energy Star light-emitting diode, a high-efficiency shower head and faucet aerator. The program is also offering a $10 kit that includes two LEDs and one seven-plug power strip.
To request or purchase a kit, visit hawaiienergy.com/kits.
The kits are available to residential electric utility customers in Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui counties only. Each household is limited to one free kit and one advanced kit. Kits will arrive via standard mail between four and six weeks.
ON THE MOVE
Territorial Savings Bank has announced the following:
>> Leilani DeCota has been appointed as assistant vice president of checking operations. She has more than 10 years of banking experience, including starting as a customer information file clerk in Oklahoma.
>> Debora Ancheta has been appointed as vice president of checking operations. She has more than 30 years of banking experience, including starting as a checking operations bookkeeper in California.
Outrigger Resorts has announced the promotion of Christopher-James “CJ” Sword to events and activities manager at the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort. Prior to Outrigger, Sword was serving as an educational assistant at Kailua High School with the Department of Education, a transportation security officer with TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and a loss prevention investigator/agent for Macy’s.
