Business Briefs

Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire


Schuler Homes receives new credit line

Schuler Homes Inc. has arranged a $110 million line of revolving credit to finance its operations, replacing a $50 million credit line that expired March 31.

First Hawaiian Bank acted as agent and arranger and the other banks involved are Bank of America NT&SA, NBD Bank, Bank of Boston and Bank of Hawaii.

The new credit line is good through June 1998, with an option for the lenders to extend it for another year. Schuler Homes is one of Hawaii's largest developers of affordably priced housing.



Survey: U.S. honeymooners spend millions in isles

American honeymooners spent $774 million in Hawaii last year, according to a survey by Modern Bride magazine. That was a 5.4 percent jump from $734 million in 1991, the last time Modern Bride ran a honeymoon survey.

The survey found that two-thirds of the U.S. honeymooners traveled outside the continental United States and 13.9 percent of the newlyweds visited Hawaii. The average Hawaii honeymoon cost $4,705 last year.

The magazine did not survey Japanese honeymooners, who have made Hawaii a popular choice in recent years.



California company buys Hawaii's J.S. North Co.

Koll, a Newport Beach, Calif., real estate services company, has acquired the Honolulu commercial real estate firm J.S. North Co., headed by island broker Joseph S. North Jr.

North will serve as director of retail services for Koll's Hawaii region.

North has played a key role in the recent influx of national retailers and restaurants into Hawaii. He represented Planet Hollywood in setting up its 17,000-square-foot Waikiki operation, and he also has represented Warner Brothers Studio Stores, Coach Leatherwear and Bally of Switzerland. North negotiated the Wallace Theaters nine-theater lease at Restaurant Row.



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