jul 22, 2014, 2:09pm hstlongs drugs to open new store in east honolulu near aina haina shopping center enlarge photopbn filelongs drugs, which opened this store in the davies pacific center in downtown honolulu last summer, plans to open another location in east honolulu near the aina haina shopping center.. duane shimogawareporter-pacific business newsemail | google+ | twitter | linkedinlongs drugs has purchased property for $7.6 million from the jehovahs witnesses for a new store and pharmacy in east honolulu near the aina haina shopping center, the broker who represented the seller told pbn.. rhode island-based cvs caremark corp.(nyse: cvs), which owns the longs drugs chain in hawaii, and kz devco, the california-based company that serves as the drugstore chain's exclusive developer in the state of hawaii, recently pulled building permits for the 1.4-acre property at 5156 kalanianaole highway, which was at one time was home to the popular ranch house restaurant.. a cvs/longs spokesman did not immediately return a message left by pbn.. the fee-simple property, which includes a two-story, 24,200-square-foot building, the former current home to the jehovahs witnesses, and a 2,279-square-foot building, the former home to a veterinarian clinic, had been on the market since the summer of 2012.. mark bratton, vice president of investment properties for colliers international hawaii, who represented the seller, told pbn that the jehovahs witnesses sold the property because they need a smaller location closer to where their members live.. the property was one of the few fee-simple commercially-zoned properties located within the aina haina and hawaii kai neighborhoods, which has about 150,000 square feet of office space and approximately 783,000 square feet of retail space in the trade area, colliers said.. with this limited inventory of commercial-zoned properties in the area, property sales are few and far between, according to colliers, which noted that the nearby aina haina shopping center was sold in 2007, making it the last commercial property sale within that area.. cvs opened its newest hawaii longs drugs store in may in makiki, which was its first new full-service store in urban honolulu in years.. longs drugs, which has operated in hawaii since 1954, currently has 54 locations in the state.
the aina haina neighborhood has longed for a drugstore chain to open in the area.
both walgreens and longs have stores in hawaii kai about four miles away.. duane shimogawa covers energy, real estate and economic development for pacific business news.
This article in complete bulls**t. It is not because we "needed a smaller facility". The congregations were informed that would sell because that was what headquarters decided.
This sale displaces 8 congregations (it was a 4 plex KH with 2 congregations per hall). Its a s**t storm right now.
please check out this you tube video on the "new donation" arrangement update.
its pretty interesting.. see link below.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsodgtx6d58.
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Mike & Kim, dont change a thing! Love you guys!!
Critics-you dont have to love every single persons style of making videos. You are welcome to your own opinion. Hell, youre welcome to make your own videos. Mike and Kim are free to create yheir videos as they see fit. Moreover they actually ARE helping people not just with their videos but individually. They are dedicating a hell of a lot of their own time to the cause. They deserve serious props for that.
I agree that thecomment on drinking was waaaaay out of line. Theyve never been even buzzed in a video (most of the time theyre drinking tea). A drink? One? Really?!?! Remember waaay back in the day, in the congregation, when we had to watch our backs and walk on eggshells constantly so as not to "stumble someone".................(heavy sigh).
now that enough time has passed and i've moved away, i think i'm overdue to share some of the stories from my fade.
i've mentioned some of this before, but i think it deserves its own thread.. we all would like to be able to freely ask questions about jw beliefs and get our family and friends to really think about certain questions.
however, when you're a baptized jw, you really can't ask any good questions or you'll get the "apostate" label slapped on you!
Well done
what if right in the middle of rolling out their latest money-grabbing scheme, there was an uprising demanding financial transparency?.
i thought jehovah was a god of organization and numbers.
isn't that why we report time and have all these annual reports?.
A Watcher, i have a bridge id like to sell ya...
now that pastor russell is persona non grata, i was wondering how this movement ever started.
i always find it surprising that educated people refuse to read the bible.
they will just follow someone.
Ive wondered this same question just about every day. How did this small, unremarkable, fringe, up-start dooms day group survive the rise to mediocrety to blossom into the half wit, cult/real estate pyramid scheme monstrosity we see before us today, rising like an inbred irrational pheonix from the ashes.
It would make a fantastic documentary. Ray Publisher, are you listening?
what if right in the middle of rolling out their latest money-grabbing scheme, there was an uprising demanding financial transparency?.
i thought jehovah was a god of organization and numbers.
isn't that why we report time and have all these annual reports?.
Its fun to fantasize about. I imagine them simply refusing to disclose because they actually dont have to...and then everyone simply leaves the borg having been awakened....ahhh, fantasies.
In reality, none of the RnF care, "everything belongs to Jehovah anyway"
Wow, sounds like a hoot!
Thanks SIAR!
Whoops! Meant to say hi and be all friendly but apparently hitting enter after finishing your title will just post the thing with nothing in the body. My bad.
Hey there everybody! i gotta go to meeting this week whats the title of the rubbish being considered tor the CBS?
first post here: longtime lurker but hesitant to take the leap.
my story is pretty much like everyone elses with little variance, but i thought id add a few details that especially tormented me when i was in.
im sure these are familiar, im afraid this is a bit of a rant.. --paradise: the constant chatter about a perfect world when most in the hall were not even slightly interested in taking care of the earth now.
WHOOOOO!!! Amen BHBarbara!!!
(Grublecakes claps wildly and cheers)
All sooooo true. Are you out of that JW hot mess or are you fading or what?
Welcome aboard, big hugs from Grumblecakes!! [[ ]] !!
