This is a beautiful well cared for little beach cottage overlooking Pipeline.  Enjoy that pounding of the world famous winter swells and during the summer enjoy nice calm waters to swim in right in front of your own little getaway.  This two bedroom, 2 bath cottage is small but has a wonderful open floor plan […]

The Kawailoa Wind farm will break ground on the first windmill on land located near Haleiwa on the North Shore.  The farm is expected to generate 69-megawatts when at full capacity.  The land is owned by Kamehameha Schools and the power generated will be sold by Kawailoa Wind Power, which is a subsidiary of Boston […]

After opening up extremely successful stores at Kahala Mall and over on Maui, Whole Foods (WFM) is in the process of opening up another store.  The new location in Kailua will be open on April 18, 2012 and will have a huge 32,000 square foot space.  Kailua Ranch, the landowner, has spent approximately $12million to […]

Occupancy rates for Hawaii hotel rose last week over a year ago while the average room rate increased by 6% year over year.  The entire state saw an occupancy level of 83.2% with n average daily room rate of $198.76 per night

Hawaii foreclosure filings on the rise from December to January The number of foreclosure filings rose 32% from December to January.  There were a total of 652 properties with new foreclosure filings in January.  This means that one out of very 797 housing units had a foreclosure filing in Hawaii. A new law enacted making […]

Local real estate developer Peter Savio has purchased the Ewa Hotel on Cartwright street on the Diamond Head side of Waikiki for an undisclosed price.  It is understood that his plan is to turn the 97 unit hotel into an economy hotel and part student dormitory.