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New Industry Training Course at HCC!
Honolulu Community College, the primary resource for industry training, has just received approval to add an Associate of Science Degree in Construction Management as a provisional program. The new course will officially begin in the fall 2012 semester.
Look for our in-depth cover story on Educating for the Industry in the July issue of Building Industry magazine.
T.J. Maxx executives celebrate the opening of the company's first of three new Hawaii stores
on May 3 at Ward Centers. The grand opening ceremony featured music, hula dancers and
a traditional Hawaiian blessing.
T.J. Maxx Opens Three Stores in May
Discount retailer T.J. Maxx marked its official return to Hawaii with the opening of the first of three Oahu stores on May 3, located at Ward Centers. It will be followed by the second store on May 10 at Pearl City Gateway. The third at Pearlridge Center Uptown is slated to open May 17.
The Ward location is the largest of the three, offering 35,000 square feet of retail space. The Pearl City Gateway and Pearlridge locations stand at 25,000 square feet and 24,850 square feet, respectively.
The new Oahu stores add to the 1,000 stores T.J. Maxx operates in 49 states and Puerto Rico.
"We are pleased to expand our store base to Hawaii," states Richard Sherr, president of T.J. Maxx. "With thousands of new items … arriving in each store every week from around the world, shoppers will discover a completely new store full of amazing values every time they visit."
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