Hawaii Senate confirms Suzanne Case to lead state land agency

Suzanne Case, who has been with The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii for 28 years, won confirmation from the Hawaii state Senate to serve as the chair of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Case won confirmation by a 23-0 vote on Friday. Two members of the chamber, Sens. Donovan Dela Cruz and Brickwood Galeteria, were excused.

Case was nominated by Gov. David Ige earlier this month after withdrawing his nomination of Castle & Cooke executive Carleton Ching.

She told PBN after her nomination…

Week in Review: Record airline profits in Q1, and is Exxon too big for BP to fend off?

Dallas-Fort Worth has a very diverse economy that includes energy, airlines, real estate development, finance, logistics, health care and technology.

Many companies from those sectors made the news last week, from airline profits to big real estate deals. Both Fort Worth-based American Airlines Group (Nasdaq: AAL) and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) reported record first-quarter profits. We also took a look at how BP likely couldn’t fend off Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:…

40 Under 40 honorees: The final 10

Welcome to the final installment of the Washington Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Awards.

Throughout the month of April we’ve announced 10 of the region’s top young professionals who have displayed business excellence while maintaining a commitment to the community.

Take a look at the final set of 10 honorees, presented in random order in the slideshow to the right. These leaders are already making headlines — or soon will be.

To qualify, recipients must live and work in the Washington region…

Denver real estate icon Sherm Miller dies

Sherman Ralsey Miller IV, a longtime fixture in Denver’s commercial real estate community, has died at age 64.

Sherm Miller was a key force in the metro area’s commercial real estate market for more than three decades, spending 16 years with Cushman & Wakefield. He was C&W’s Denver executive managing director until stepping down in 2011.

Previously he was a broker and manager with what is now CBRE Group Inc. for 17 years.

Most recently, Miller was executive director of the University of Colorado…

7-Eleven opening another Waikiki store in former Kuhio Pharmacy site

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven Hawaii is finalizing a lease at the former Prince Kuhio Pharmacy location on Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu, with plans to open a new store in the fourth quarter of this year, the head of the company told PBN Friday.

Kuhio Pharmacy, which had been open at 1922 Kalakaua Ave. and 2330 Kuhio Ave., both in Waikiki, closed in January.

Greg Hanna, president and CEO of 7-Eleven Hawaii, told PBN that it will operate both the existing Kalakaua Avenue store, at the corner of…