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1 week ago |
hawaiipublicradio.org | Janis Magin
A program that helps take companies that make products in Hawaiʻi to the next level in business is about to hit a big milestone. Mana Up will launch its 10th cohort next week with 10 Hawaiʻi companies looking to grow their businesses. Mana Up co-founder Meli James says her goal was to help grow 100 Hawaiʻi product companies that each make $10 million or more in annual revenue. That’s a billion dollars.
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2 weeks ago |
hawaiipublicradio.org | Janis Magin
The self-storage market in Hawaiʻi is growing. Companies are making deals to put more facilities across the state. A lot of the real estate deals for self-storage facilities in Hawaiʻi involve mainland investors and large national self-storage companies. For example, U-Haul has plans for new self-storage buildings on Kauaʻi and Oʻahu. On Maui, New Mexico-based DXD Capital is opening a new facility this year in Kīhei.
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3 weeks ago |
hawaiipublicradio.org | Janis Magin
A company that provides services to the airlines at Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport is ending its operations there. That means dozens of workers will lose their jobs. Seventy employees who work for Oshkosh Airport Services at the Honolulu airport will face job cuts next month. That's because the Wisconsin-based company says it's ending operations in Honolulu.
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1 month ago |
hawaiipublicradio.org | Janis Magin
A company that manages more than a dozen hotels in Hawaiʻi has merged with a larger company to create a portfolio of nearly 300 properties. The combined company CEO may be a familiar face to Hawaiʻi's tourism community. The merger combines the resources of Hawaiʻi-founded Springboard Hospitality and Hotel Equities based in Atlanta. It creates a hotel management company that will operate a combined portfolio of nearly 300 hotels in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America.
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1 month ago |
hawaiipublicradio.org | Janis Magin
Oʻahu's retail real estate market started this year with positive news. But a new report says the story of continued growth may not last. The report by Colliers Hawaiʻi says the retail real estate market on Oʻahu was finally moving past the COVID-19 pandemic in the first quarter. The vacancy rate dropped below 5.5%. That’s compared to nearly 6% a year ago and close to pre-pandemic levels.
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Sheila Beal
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Sheila Beal primarily covers news in the Hawaiian Islands, United States, including areas such as Maui and the Big Island.

Megan Tagami
Education Reporter at Honolulu Civil Beat
Megan Tagami primarily covers news in the Hawaiian Islands, particularly around Maui and surrounding areas in the United States.
Susan Essoyan
Staff Writer at Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Susan Essoyan primarily covers news in the Hawaiian Islands, particularly around the areas of Maui and Oahu, United States.

Richard Wiens
News Editor at Honolulu Civil Beat
Richard Wiens primarily covers news in the Hawaiian Islands, specifically around Maui and Oahu, United States.
Sophia McCullough
Digital News Producer at KHPR-FM (Honolulu, HI)
Sophia McCullough primarily covers news in Hawaii, United States, focusing on areas including Maui and Oahu.
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