Aloha Insurance Services awards resident gas card
Aloha Insurance Services recently awarded Marci Triplett of Waikoloa with a $100 Costco gas card, the winner of a drawing held during the Kona-Kohala Chamber Building and Design Expo held Oct. 25 to 27.
Expo visitors who stopped by the company’s booth had the opportunity to enter the drawing. Hundreds of entries were received.
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Queens’ MarketPlace introduces seven
new tenants
Waikoloa Beach Resort introduces seven new tenants to its expanding collection of boutiques, galleries, shops and services at Queens’ MarketPlace.
Volcom opened its first Big Island store at Queens’ MarketPlace in early October and will soon be followed by Crocs, Hearts & Stars Salon & Day Spa, Mahina, Lava Light Galleries, Hawaiian Fish ‘n Chips and Waikoloa Dental Clinic.
“Queens’ MarketPlace at Waikoloa Beach Resort has grown exponentially in the past few years, seeing a rise in both tenants and visitors, which renews excitement in the area,” said Scott Head, vice president of Resort Operations. “Overall, we’ve experienced a significant and consistent increase in sales, which encourages new stores to see Hawaii Island as a potential market. Year-to-date retail sales have increased 32 percent on a square foot basis when compared to the same period in 2009.”
“The momentum of our current leasing activity is unprecedented in recent years. The economic impact of this growth trend affects not only Queens’ MarketPlace and Waikoloa Beach Resort but strengthens the base from which the entire island benefits,” added Head.
Queens’ MarketPlace opened in 2007 with Starbucks as its first tenant. The 116,000 square-foot center offers a variety of family friendly events, live entertainment and shops and restaurants.
For more information, visit Queensmarketplace.net or call 886-8822.
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New doctor joins NHCH’s Orthopedic Clinic
General Orthopedic Surgeon John Bellatti, M.D., recently joined North Hawaii Community Hospital’s Orthopedic Clinic. Bellatti’s addition enables the clinic to provide more comprehensive services to patients of all ages across the whole spectrum of orthopedic injuries and diseases.
Bellatti is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in arthritis of the hip and knee and minimally invasive surgery. For 20 years, Bellatti practiced general orthopedics in Kealakekua on the Big Island. More recently he has treated orthopedic trauma patients at several sites on the mainland, including the last two years at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., where he served as an orthopedic hospitalist.
Bellatti graduated from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis and completed orthopedic surgery training at the University of Hawaii Integrated Orthopaedic Residency. He also has special training in trauma at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, as well as pediatric orthopedics, spinal cord injury and arthritis surgery training at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, Calif.
Bellati is the latest physician recruited into the hospital’s North Hawaii Medical Group, which was established in 2011 to directly hire health care providers in an effort to increase physician retention while working closely with community physicians to form a highly coordinated and integrated system of care.
The hospital’s Orthopedic Clinic is located within the Lucy Henriques Medical Center at North Hawaii Community Hospital, 67-1123 Mamalahoa Highway, Suite 124, in Waimea, HI 96743. North Hawaii Community Hospital is a 33-bed acute care hospital located in Waimea. The nonprofit and locally governed hospital opened in May 1996.
For more information on the hospital, visit nhch.com or call 881-4638.
Kohala Coast Properties adds board of directors members
Alesia Krueger, Marisa Piazza, and Mark Stevens have been installed as members of the board of directors for Kohala Coast Properties Inc. Kohala Coast Properties is a full-service resort real estate brokerage and property management business.
