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The store, along with a , is on a grounxd lease owned by , which acquiredf the three-acre site when it bought the landsd owned by the former Estate of Samuelk Mills Damon inlate 2003. That lease expiresx in 2013 andthe Newton, Mass.-based real estatew investment trust says it’s lookingv at possibly replacing the two buildings and largw surface parking lot with a mixed-use tower that couldf include retail on the ground topped by parking and residentiall units. “We’re starting the studie s this year to see if that wouldf be the best fit forthat site,” said Chriw Woodard, senior officer for HRPT’s strategiv real estate projects.
“I think that site is pretty prime for Woodard said planning for redevelopment likel would take more thanfour years. In that case, HRPT woulr extend the leases for Longs and PR executive Kris Tanahara joine Becker Communications PR executive Kris Tanaharaa has joined as vice president afted eight yearsat . “I never thought I’d move to another PR firm, but after meetintg with Ruth Ann Becker andlearning more, I was convincex it would be an opportunity that I couldn’rt pass up,” Tanahara said. “My new officed is a block away from myold one. I’j making my way up Bishop Street!
” Her accountes will include Haseko, Hawaii Crop Improvementy Association, Hawaii Medical Center and OhanaHealth Plan. Before public relations, she was a prinft and broadcast journalist for the Voice of America in The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyko and TheHonolulu Advertiser. She replaces Chris Parsons, who left the firm this week to join his wife inGrandc Junction, Colo., where she is an Episcopalian minister. Parsonsa said he plans to writes a book and teach PRand journalism.
Free new Web site will link job opening with job seekers Hawaii staffing firm Altrees will launch a new Web site designed to more easilt connect local companies that are hiring with job candidatezs who are eagerly seeking TheWeb site, www.jobsfreeforall.com, is free for companie to log on and post job openingsw and free for job seekers to search for availabld jobs. It will launcgh April 20. Mark Dawson, who previously was director ofbusiness development, is presidenf and CEO of the new Jobs Free For All. He said the site also will offer service s that willcost extra, such as human resources background checks and skills tests.
Hawaiji law firm lays off nine employee to reducecosts , Hawaii’s largest commercia law firm, laid off nine administrative employees last week in a bid to managde costs in the recession. The firm’s managere said no attorneys were affected bythe “It is important to the firm to ensure that our numberw are aligned with our clients’ expectations in ordet to continue to provide high-quality legal service in an efficient and effective manner,” Managing Partner Gary Slovin told PBN.
“Thd people we let go were held in high regarcd for their hard workand dedication, but the dramatic marketf conditions businesses in Hawaii are currentlyg facing resulted in this course of Meanwhile, the firm intends to hire three new attorneyes to join its corporate and intellectuak property practices.