American Savings Bank on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of its newest branch on the ground floor of the company’s new headquarters at 300 N. Beretania St. near Chinatown.
The 11-story, 373,000-square-foot branch is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays. The staff is led by branch manager Laura Gatchalian and assistant branch manager Jeremy Cummings. Among the branch’s features is the first of ASB’s redesigned and upgraded ATMs, featuring a custom bold pattern created exclusively for the bank by Native Hawaiian designer Manaola Yap. In addition, the branch includes a glass wall incorporating the same Manaola pattern, as well as a floor-to-ceiling wall wrap, featuring a kalo pattern created by Sig Zane Designs. The branch will bring together 650 of the bank’s more than 1,100 employees.
The branch also includes a teller line, seating area and meeting spaces for ASB loan officers, business bankers and American Insurance & Investment Services employees.
To commemorate its grand opening, ASB announced an annual commitment of $15,000 to the Lawakua Charitable Fund, which will provide a full-year tuition scholarship to a student from Mayor Wright Housing to attend private school on Oahu.
For those interested in seeing the headquarters, ASB will host a community open house at the building from 1 to 4 p.m. May 5.
ON THE MOVE
Hawaii Opera Theatre has announced that Andrew Morgan has been appointed as its executive director, as of May 1. He has more than 25 years of comprehensive, hands-on experience as a performer, manager as well as stage director of a company. Morgan spent the last 11 years at San Francisco Opera, where he recently served as a director of development.
Island Insurance has appointed Michael Tanoue as vice president, general counsel. Tanoue has nearly 35 years of legal experience, including recently working at The Pacific Law Group and serving as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Edward H. Nakamura of the Hawaii State Supreme Court.
Keauhou Shopping Center has named Brittney Taketa as its new marketing assistant. Taketa previously served as a property services coordinator at Four Seasons Resorts Hualalai as well as a technical support representative for BigCommerce.
