Business View Magazine l November 2022

38 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 Koa Ridge highlights the local Hawaii lifestyle through a unique blend of hospitality, retail, arts and events, nature, and a powerful sense of community. Complete with plans for a state-of- the-art community center, a Village Green named Hale Lau Koa (House of koa leaves in Hawaiian) together with the future commercial and retail center called The Gateway, an elementary school, daycare, public transport, healthcare campus, outdoor trails, business park, and more, Koa Ridge promises to be the “best of all worlds’’. Castle & Cooke Hawaii states, “Discover a one-of-a-kind lifestyle on O’ahu that you’ll only find at Koa Ridge. The sense of community here is palpable. You can feel it all around you. It’s in the greeting from a neighbour, a talent shared, or a simple smile and a shaka.” Koa Ridge currently offers three stunning neighbourhoods that provide a variety of unique home styles in a wide range of price points, Waioha (Joy), Walea (Serenity), and Malina (Calm). Waioha features detached, single-family condominium homes across eight contemporary floor plans. Waioha homes are now available for sale. Walea is in the fourth and final phase of development and features five floor plan designs lending variety to this condominium townhome series. Finally, Malina is an affordable condominium townhome series in its fifth development phase that features one, two, and three-bedroom homes. Malina’s designs begin in the mid $380,000s- a move by Castle & Cooke Hawaii that Mr. Matsunami says is vital to addressing the challenges prospective homebuyers face when attempting to buy into the costly Hawaii real estate market. “Hawaii wants to protect and preserve its beautiful open spaces, and at the same time, we need homes for local families. It’s a fine balance and maintaining it has driven up the cost of housing. We are among the top three most expensive places in America to buy; single-family homes have a median price of over a million dollars. For townhomes and condos, it’s over half a million. So, our biggest challenge has been to provide affordable homes for local people while In business since 1964, Hawaiiana is the largest association management company in Hawaii, with more than 750 properties under contract, representing over 120,000 units state-wide. While ranked among the top association management companies in the nation, Hawaiiana has “local” roots, with all of its 250-plus employees based here in Hawaii. Hawaiiana serves clients on six Hawaiian Islands, providing responsive, proactive association management services to condominiums, community associations, resort associations, and commercial properties. With business spanning over five decades, Hawaiiana has been involved with Hawaii’s most impressive condominiums and master planned communities “from the ground up.” Hawaiiana is especially proud of its successful partnership with Castle & Cooke Hawaii, supporting the creation of the 3,500 home master-planned community Koa Ridge. In addition to its ranking as Hawaii’s #1 association manager (ranked by properties and units under management), Hawaiiana is proud of being named the number one “Best Workplace” by Pacific Business News in both 2019 and 2020, and “Top Workplace” by the Honolulu Star Advertiser in 2022. ...... For more information, please visit our website www.hmcmgt.com CASTLE & COOKE HAWA I I