Aiea, HI

Last week I took a small break and went to the Pearlridge Center. About a 10-15 minute drive from Waipio Gentry-Waikele it has everything and anything you could possible think of in their Uptown and Downtown Malls.

Picture to the left: Pearlridge Center is the only mall with a monorail to transport customers from Uptown to Downtown malls.

Pearlridge (Shopping) Center is the largest INDOOR shopping mall on Oahu (Honolulu County) and located in Aiea

Both sides have plenty of parking (holidays are the exception) and I decided to park on the upper level. I entered the Downtown Mall of Pearlridge Center through Macy's (third floor) Home Section.

Of course I have my camera in hand! This is just for those times when there is gorgeous mural to take a shot of.

Picture to the left: This palm scene is on the roof in the middle of the escalator/elevator in the middle of Macy's. Surely a nice piece to look at on the ride down!

The indoor mall also attracts the early morning walkers. Those that like the indoor quality (when it's drizzling) and the smooth level surface floors for footing can enjoy the early morning hours to get their morning excercise.

A couple of months ago we went to Hickam Federal Credit Union (Downtown mall) at the other end from Macy's and I was surprised to see just how many people were walking way before the stores opened.

Need to take a rest from your shopping spree? There's plenty of areas to sit and take a load of your weary feet.

After walking around Pearlridge Center and shopping for a bit I really got an appetite.

Especially when I smelled wafting out into the mall from the Downtown Pearlridge Food Court.

With 23 fast food, 14 Restaurants and 19 Specialty Food places to choose from, you definitely won't have a problem finding a place to eat!

I chose Panda Express in the Downtown Pearlridge Mall. Fast, easy and no waiting.

Picture to the left: Yum! Fried rice, sesame sweet sour chicken and Roast Pork on my plate. I also asked for Crispy Gau Gee with Sweet Sour sauce. As usual, I know I won't eat it all (but like a variety) and the leftovers I took home for Gary's dinner :)

So, for all your shopping and dining needs, Pearlridge Center is the place to go for the Leeward, Central and North Shore areas on our island of Oahu in Honolulu County.

Address: 98-1005 Moanalua Rd # 231
Aiea, HI 96701

Store Hours:
10am - 9pm Mon-Sat
10am - 6pm Sun

Phone:
(808) 488-0981
Fax:
(808) 488-9456

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© 2008 Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman's Hawaii Real Estate and Relocation Blog. All rights reserved

Pearl City, Waiau, Waimalu, Pearlridge, Wailuna, and the Aiea neighborhoods are all around the general vacinity and a close hop, skip and a jump to Hickam AFB, Pearl Harbor Navy Base, Camp Smith,Tripler Army Medical Center and Fort Shafter Army Bases.

The map to the below shows the majority of military bases around Oahu in Honolulu County.

Ford Island is across the Pearl Harbor waters and can be seen from Blaisdell Park in Waiau (Pearl City). The entrance is along Kamehameha Highway right before the USS Arizona Memorial.

Within five miles of each other are the Aloha Stadium Swap Meet and the Pearlridge Kam Swap Meet and they are great places for outdoor shopping for souvenirs, clothing, polynesian style crafts and much more. Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Residential Sales in the Pearl City/Aiea area of Honolulu County. Median Prices mean the midpoint of sales prices...meaning that over half of the sales were above and half were below. Given this information, the Honolulu Board of Realtors placed the Pearl City Residential resales for the first quarter of 2008 at $704,500 for single family homes (up from the last quarter of 2007) and $323,000 for condos/townhouses (up from the last quarter of 2007)

Neighborhoods in Honolulu County: Different neighborhoods around the Honolulu area and within a few miles to Hickam AFB, Pearl Harbor Navy Base, Camp Smith, Tripler Army Medical Center, Ft. Shafter, Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Air Field and MORE military bases.

• Relocating to Hawaii? Ewa Gentry & Ocean Pointe Communities Closer to Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Air Field you can travel along Kunia Road to get to the back side of the bases within 20 minutes.
• Royal Palm @ Waipio Gentry: Hawaii Relocations 10-15 Minutes from Schofield and Wheeler Bases.
• Oahu, Hawaii Relocations: The Waipio Gentry Community, Oahu, Hawaii Same as above
• Hawaii Relocations: The Mililani Community on Oahu, Hawaii 5-10 Minutes from Schofield and Wheeler Bases
• Waikele Community - Homes, Condos & Market - Honolulu County Hawaii Across the highway from Waipio.
• Ko Olina Resort & Marina: Can't Get Any Better Than This! 10-15 Minutes from Schofield and Wheeler Bases and across the highway from Waipio Gentry.
• Hawaii Relocation & Move? The Royal Summit & Newtown Communities in Aiea Hawaii 10-15 minutes from Hickam AFB, Pearl Harbor, Tripler, Ft. Shafter, Camp Smith.
• A Bit Above in Wailuna Community - Honolulu Hawaii Relocation 10-15 minutes from Tripler, Ft. Shafter, Hickam AFB and Pearl Harbor, Camp Smith.

Other articles of market conditions:

The Market DEPENDS on the Circumstances Doesn't It? Every individual has different needs, circumstances and criteria for purchasing or selling their home. An overview of reasons as well as OAHU (Honolulu County) market report for the island.

Be Part of the Solution For Your Market; Because "Shift" Always Happens All neighborhoods tell a different story when it comes to current market statistics so in my opinion there is NO nationwide statistics to compare to our Hawaii Market. This article was written last summer although with the other articles you will read you will find out that our market has stabilized. Some may have gone up, down or just remained at level sales prices.

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Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocating to Hawaii, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents. Website: www.hawaiihomesmarket.com

Newtown and the Royal Summit communities are side by side 'Ridge Neighbors".

In my last post on A Bit Above in Wailuna Community - Honolulu Hawaii Relocation I wrote about the Wailuna community on Kaahumanu Street - on the Waiau Ridge. Newtown is right below Wailuna and stretches across to Kaalele Street to the Royal Summit Community.

The Royal Summit community have all custom built homes that were built to the owners delight. They are all zoned for ONE residential home on each lot and have been building from the 1980's.

The Newtown Community is an older community and they started building in the early 1970's.

I stopped midway up Kaahele Street after entering the Royal Summit Community and had to stop and take a picture of the beautiful spring Bouganvilia flower blooms. What wonderful colors along the little hillside next to a home.

You can bet you will get your heart pumping with a little excercise walking up and down just a couple of blocks in this area as Kaahele Street is a steep incline to the top!

But with beautiful views and cool mountain air I presume it is more of a sightseeing trip as it was driving up and down this ridge.

The view at the top of the Royal Summit community was breathtaking!

The vacant lot I stood on had a 'platform' retaining wall that extended out over the valley. Gusts of wind coming in through the valley from the ocean were cool and soothing with the sounds of rustling trees from below. The sun was shining and it was just me on this platform looking out over the south side of Oahu stretching from the Pearlridge/Aiea area and overlooking Pearl Harbor and past to the ocean.

I had a peaceful and gorgeous moment right then.

To the left of this picture was a view from Honolulu Harbor stretching over downtown all the way to Waikiki and Diamond Head.

Whoever owned this vacant lot was saving it for something very special!

The Military Bases around the the Newtown and Royal Summit Communities, Wailuna, Pearl City, Waiau, Pearlridge and Aiea areas are Pearl Harbor Navy Base, Camp Smith, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hickam AFB and Ft. Shafter.

And for more information on surrounding area schools:

• Hawaii Public Schools
• Hawaii Association Independent Schools

• Leeward Community College | Start Here Today. Get Ahead Tomorrow.

The following market statistics for single family homes in the Royal Summit and Newtown neighborhoods are for the last six months.

Royal Summit- Single Family	# Active	# In Escrow	# Sold	DOM	Average Sales $
4 bdrm/3 ba (2300-3500)	2	0	3	103	$925,000 to $1,050,000
5 bdrm/ 4.5 ba (4547 sq. ft)	1	0	0	na	na
8 bdrm /4 bath (4910 sq. ft)	0	0	1	219	$1,100,000
Newtown - Single Family	# Active	# In Escrow	# Sold	DOM	Average Sales $
3 bdrm/2 ba (1200 -1700)	2	1	7	99	$502,000 to $770,000
4 bdrm/3 ba (1600-2600)	1	1	3	100	$750,000 to $824,000
6 bdrm /3-4.5 (2800-3100)	1	0	1	12	$1,400,000

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Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocating to Hawaii, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents. Website: www.hawaiihomesmarket.com

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