Business View Magazine l November 2022

45 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 profit organizations that align with our mission.” Featured connections between Castle & Cooke Hawaii and its community include HomeAid Hawaii, Special Olympics, Heart Walk, and the Waialua Robotics Annual Fundraiser. A full list of charitable donations can be found on the Castle & Cooke Hawaii website. Castle & Cooke Hawaii employs approximately 120 full-time employees directly, but locally focused jobs created in the wider community easily number in the thousands. The company is vertically integrated, taking projects from cradle to grave with planning and entitlement processing, site work, infrastructure, home building, sales, etc. Mr. Saunders says, “We have built over 24,000 homes in Hawaii since the early 1960s,. I’d like to thank my fellow associates- our current work family, and those who preceded me. A big shout out also goes to our network of local contractors, many of whom we have had relationships with for up to 30 years. They are Coastal Construction, Royal Contracting, Design Partners Incorporated, and Park Engineering.” The future of Castle & Cooke Hawaii looks brighter than ever. With multiple projects in the works, Mr. Matsunami explains the company is well versed in playing the long game. “Given that we’ve been around since the mid-1850s, we have always employed a long-term view. I have been with Castle & Cooke Hawaii for nearly 20 years and Mr. Saunders has been part of the team since 1975 - over 45 years. Many of our employees have worked with us for a decade or more. We have a rich history in this market and are consistent in our planning for the future. Companies like ours have the potential to provide careers and passions to local people for generations- people may pass on, but our vision will remain, and the work we put in now is building something that our children, their children, and so on can enjoy.” CASTLE & COOKE HAWA I I Thank You Castle & Cooke Homes for allowing us to be a part of your team!