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Posted at 12:03 p.m., Wednesday, February 16, 2005

BUSINESS BRIEFS
New mall slated for Schofield Barracks

Advertiser Staff

A new mall slated to open next year at Schofield Barracks is looking for small businesses to fill retail space.

The Army Air Force Exchange Service is planning to build an exchange at the base similar to the Navy Exchange at Pearl Harbor. It is scheduled to open in 2006.

AAFES is looking for local for a variety of businesses, including a beauty salon, optical shop, alteration, custom framing, computer repair, cell phone accessories, laundry and dry cleaning services, one-hour photo, pet accessories, Hawaiian and Oriental gifts and embroidery service. It also wants a major retail shipping store such as UPS, FedEx or Kinko's.

Those interested can attend a workshop about how to apply for these contracting opportunities at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25 at the Small Business Resource Center 1041 Nu'uanu Ave. Suite A. Cost is $10, and advanced registration required.

The workshop is sponsored by the Hawai'i Women's Business Center. For more information, call 522-8136.



Hawaiian flight attendants reject contract

Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants have rejected a tentative agreement, with 220 members voting for a new contract and 240 against.

More than 60 percent of the 722 eligible flight attendants voted.

Representatives from Hawaiian and the Association of Flight Attendants are scheduled to meet today for further negotiations, said Edward Gilmartin, the union's associate general counsel.

"We're meeting today in Honolulu," Gilmartin said. "The company would like to try and negotiate something (a new tentative agreement) to send out by Friday."

Hawaiian officials had no immediate comment.



Island Air gets new chief executive

Robert Mauracher, a former executive with Air Jamaica Limited and Bombardier Aerospace, took over on Monday as chief executive officer of Island Air, Inc., the company announced today.

Former CEO Neil Takekawa continues as Island Air's president.

Island Air, which offers 84 daily commuter flights, began operating as an independent airline in May and is now Hawai'i's third largest airline. Aloha Airgroup Inc., the parent company of Aloha Airlines, sold Island Air to San Francisco-based Gavarnie Holdings LLC.

Mauracher graduated from Confederation College's Aircraft Engineering Program. Most recently, he was vice president for technical resources with Air Jamaica and vice president/general manager for commercial aviation services and business and regional aircraft services for Bombardier.

"Rob is uniquely suited to address the challenges facing Island Air," Charles Willis, Island Air, Inc.'s chairman, said in an announcement today. "He is a proven leader with demonstrated skills in strategic planning, operations and organizational motivation."



Local firm buys Texas retail center

Honolulu-based real estate investment firm The Gretzinger Corp. has bought a Texas retail center for just under $2 million with a Texas partner, West Commercial Real Estate Services.

The acquisition of Court Plaza Shopping Center, a 25,000-square-foot complex in Seguin, Texas, follows the local company's 2003 purchase of a Campbell Industrial Park warehouse for $1.9 million.

Gretzinger Corp. was formed in 1991 and has investments in retail and industrial properties primarily in California, Colorado, Texas, Maryland and Hawai'i.