Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 11, 1 November 2014 — OHA adds land director to executive team [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA adds land director to executive team

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has named Miles Nishijima as its new director of land and property, effective Monday, Oct. 20. As the newest addition to the agency's seven-member executive team, he will oversee a staff of about 12 people and direct OHA's efforts to be a responsible steward of more than 27,000 acres of land that it owns as the state's 13th-largest . landowner. He most recently was vice ' president of property management at Alexander & Baldwin I Ine. He also previously served as assistant vice president of asset management for Kāne'ohe Ranch Management Limited, where he was responsible for handling leases for 151 eommercial tenants occupying more

than 300,000 square feet of space. His appointment is part of a larger effort to improve OHA's effectiveness as a major property owner, whose landholdings include 30 acres in Kaka'ako Makai; Nā Lama Kukui, whieh is formerly known as the Gentry Pacific Design Center; an estimated 500 acres surrounding historic Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument in Central O'ahu; and Wao Kele o Puna, a 25,856-acre property on Hawai'i Island. "We look forward to Miles leading our efforts to apply high standards to addressing our growing challenges as a land and property owner," said Kamana'opono Crabbe, OHA Ka Pouhana and CEO. "We are also excited about his ability to inspire confidence in our efforts to enahle sustainable eeonomie activities that preserve cultural and natural resources." — Harold Nedd ■

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Miles Nishijima. - Photo: John Matsuzaki