Buyers at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Waikiki have less than a month to line up financing and get their documentation into escrow for a September closing.

Construction of the 38-story luxury hotel-condominium tower across from Fort DeRussy is nearing completion, as workers finish the interior suites and public areas.

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Buyers at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Waikiki have less than a month to line up financing and get their documentation into escrow for a September closing.

Construction of the 38-story luxury hotel-condominium tower across from Fort DeRussy is nearing completion, as workers finish the interior suites and public areas.

The building sold all 464 condominium units, which were priced from $500,000 to more than $5 million, in one day in November 2006. None of the buyers have canceled, according to Jeff Skinner of S&P Destination Properties, principal broker for the project.

Any buyer who pulls out now will lose their 20 percent deposit.

About half of the buyers are from Japan; the balance are from Hawaii, North America, Asia and Europe.

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Source: Pacific Business News

Whether you’re stuck in traffic on the H-1 Freeway, or waiting in line at the grocery store, it’s easy to get bogged down with life. But there’s a place on the leeward coast that gets down to the basics and teaches people how to live off the ‘aina.

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Whether you’re stuck in traffic on the H-1 Freeway, or waiting in line at the grocery store, it’s easy to get bogged down with life. But there’s a place on the leeward coast that gets down to the basics and teaches people how to live off the ‘aina.

Deep in the heart of Wai’anae valley lives a place untouched by modern technology. No iPods here. Just a guitar in your arms, and a song on your lips.

Folks at Ka’ala Farm live the way native Hawaiians did hundreds of years ago.

“Their ancestors are the ones that survived in these areas,” said Butch Detroye, who helps run Ka’ala Farm. “They sustained life for generations inside here and all of that aloha they put to sustaining life, that’s the aloha that’s still here.”

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TheBoat made its last run yesterday.

“I’m a little sad that it’s going away, because the people on the west side need alternatives,” said TheBoat project manager Darin Mar.

About 200 people crowded the dock at Aloha Tower Marketplace yesterday afternoon hoping to catch one last ride to Kalaeloa. Makakilo resident Hannah Lima is [...]]]>

TheBoat made its last run yesterday.

“I’m a little sad that it’s going away, because the people on the west side need alternatives,” said TheBoat project manager Darin Mar.

About 200 people crowded the dock at Aloha Tower Marketplace yesterday afternoon hoping to catch one last ride to Kalaeloa. Makakilo resident Hannah Lima is one of many regular commuters upset to see the end of the ferry service. She rode TheBoat five days a week to work since It’s start on Sept. 17, 2007. Before that, Lima drove to work.

“It’s upsetting,” said Lima. “I have to go back on the road, and there’s a lot of traffic to deal with. For many of us, it was a means to get to work and come home from work without the traffic.”

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Source: Darin Moriki, Honolulu Star-Bulletin