The dorms would help HPU expand while adding new activity and life to the marketplace, which is about 70 percent empty.
Bank announces new Kona vice president
Bank of Hawaii has announced that Steven K. Kaneko has been promoted to vice president and branch manager of the Kona branch in the Hawaii Branch Division. He oversees the Kona branch’s sales and operations staff and assists customers with banking needs, including loans and deposits.
Kaneko joined Bank of Hawaii in 2001 as a business banking officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration degree from the University of Michigan.
He is the treasurer of the Lions Club of Kona, board member of the Konawaena Foundation, member of the Konawaena High School Community Council and past president of the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Y. Hata & Co. names new vice president
Jim Cremins has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Y. Hata & Co. He has more than 40 years of foodservice experience and worked most recently as a consultant for Y. Hata & Co. and vice president at Pate-Dawson Co., in North Carolina. His expertise is in business and staff development, strategic planning and development, cost management, organizational structure and executive coaching.
Leighton Hatanaka has joined Y. Hata & Co., as a seafood specialist. He previously was a sales manager at Seafood Connection and has extensive experience in gourmet seafood and fine wine sales in the hotel and restaurant industry. He will be responsible for growing and expanding the company’s seafood category.
Property managers select new VP
Britt Craven has been appointed as properties vice president of Lanihau Properties LLC. Craven’s responsibilities will include directing day-to-day property management and leasing responsibilities of the company as well as a variety of other land management responsibilities involving the company’s agricultural lands and development projects.
Craven also was appointed vice president of Palani Ranch Co., an affiliate of Lanihau Properties which operates a cattle ranch in mauka Kona.
As a licensed real estate broker, Britt has more than two decades of commercial real estate experience and most recently served as senior associate and broker in charge of CB Richard Ellis Inc.’s Big Island offices.
HPU negotiating to lease Aloha Tower mall
HONOLULU — Hawaii Pacific University is negotiating with a developer to convert a largely vacant part of Aloha Tower Marketplace into lofts for 250 students.
The dorm proposal is among a variety of ideas being considered by Hawaii Lifestyle Retail Properties LLC, the owner of the open-air mall next to Honolulu Harbor’s historic tower.
The state owns the land under the complex, and the plan would need a rule change from a state Department of Transportation board to go forward.
The dorms would help HPU expand while adding new activity and life to the marketplace, which is about 70 percent empty.