BUSINESS BRIEFS
Unique Pizza franchising here
Advertiser Staff
Unique Pizza and Subs Corp., a Pennsylvania-based chain, said it is negotiating to open franchises in Hawai'i as part of its plans to expand.
The company didn't disclose a potential franchisee for Hawai'i, but in November had said it was talking with one of its directors, Robert Fidler, about developing locations here, on the West Coast and in Las Vegas. The company said Fidler's background includes being one of the original investors in California Pizza Kitchen and involvement in a contracting firm that built more than 500 fast-food restaurants.
HOYT ZIA JOINS HAWAIIAN AIR
Hawaiian Airlines on Thursday announced the appointment of Hoyt Zia as its new general counsel and corporate secretary.
Zia, who also will serve as senior vice president, will replace former city corporation counsel David Arakawa, who will join the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii. Zia's appointment is effective Feb. 19.
Zia was publisher of Hawaii Business magazine for the past three years and is a former attorney for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
SEATTLE BANK AIDS HOUSING PROJECTS
Hawai'i affordable housing projects will be among those receiving $3.07 million in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle.
The bank said the grants will go to projects here and in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington, with a total of 646 affordable housing units.
