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Old 08-17-2014, 03:05 PM
 
Location: not sure, but there's a hell of a lot of water around here!
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Larry Ellison now owns all the hotels on Lanai


All the hotels??
Hell, it's not like Lanai is friggin Waikiki.
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Old 08-18-2014, 06:23 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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I can't say that I know what's "really going on" but I do spend time on the island. The locals I've talked to have a preference for Ellison over the previous owner. He's made some small improvements for the local community that they appreciate.

There's a lot of construction happening now and rents have soared due to demand to house the workers, leaving the locals unable to afford their rent.

That's all I have heard.
Locals can't get construction work? Seems like he could set up temporary housing too
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Old 08-18-2014, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Volcano
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All the hotels??
Hell, it's not like Lanai is friggin Waikiki.
Yeah, but when you own ALL the hotels, you wind up collecting rent from everybody almost every time they go around the board!
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