Andrew Gomes

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A large fleet of trucks began hauling Lahaina wildfire debris Monday from a temporary holding area in Olowalu to a permanent landfill 19 miles away in Central Maui. The work, using up to 50 trucks making four or so round trips seven days a week, is expected to take about five months to complete, and involves moving 400, 000 tons of nonhazardous debris that would rise roughly five stories high if spread over five football fields.

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Andrew Gomes

A large fleet of trucks began hauling Lahaina wildfire debris Monday from a temporary holding area in Olowalu to a permanent landfill 19 miles away in Central Maui. The work, using up to 50 trucks making four or so round trips seven days a week, is expected to take about five months to complete, and involves moving 400,000 tons of nonhazardous debris that would rise roughly five stories high if spread over five football fields.

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Andrew Gomes

One of Hawaii’s oldest and biggest former pineapple producers is getting back into the farming business with a crop used to make tequila in Mexico. Maui Land & Pineapple Co. is ramping up plans to establish an agave tequilana farm on the Valley Isle. The endeavor represents a return to farming for the company 16 years after it ceased pineapple production that a predecessor began in 1903.

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Andrew Gomes

A convenience store chain with about 18,500 locations in South Korea is coming to Hawaii. Local real estate investor and developer Robert Kurisu plans to open CU stores initially in urban Honolulu under a master franchise agreement, starting with a flagship location in Executive Centre, the downtown Honolulu hotel and condominium tower.

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Andrew Gomes

A master-planned community long envisioned for Kapolei could begin to take shape early next year with initial homes that help ease Oahu’s short supply of affordable rental housing. Developers of the roughly 500-acre project known as Kapolei West between the City of Kapolei and Ko Olina Resort &Marina have advanced plans to produce an initial 17-acre subdivision of 750 rental apartments that would be affordable in perpetuity to households with low and moderate incomes.