Woo vs. Harmon - Witness Sanford Murata

David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon

(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)

U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

SANFORD MURATA

Kamehameha Schools Commercial Assets Division Director; President, Sanford Murata, Inc.; Court-appointed Receiver in Aloha Tower Associates bankruptcy; Director, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; principal in management company, Graham Murata Russell, which manages International Marketplace for owner Queen Emma Foundation.

Sanford Murata, Inc.
1849 Laukahi Street
Honolulu, HI 96821

Email: smurata@hawaii.rr.com

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May 7, 1999

Foundation to run Waikiki market

The Queen Emma Foundation will take over management of the International Market Place, its Waikiki shopping and entertainment center, starting July 1.

The foundation is the historic owner of the land under the center, but gained full control of the marketplace only last year when lessee WDC Ventures gave up its lease as part of a bankruptcy.

A Honolulu shopping center management firm, Graham Murata Russell, has been running the center for the foundation.

"Since we assumed responsibility for the operation of the International Market Place in January 1998, it has been our intent to bring management of the property in-house," said Wayne Nakashima, who will head the foundation's property management staff. He said tenants have been notified of the management switch and have been told that there should be no changes in the way the center is run, except for some personnel changes.

One of the three Graham Murata Russell employees on the property will stay, he said.

http://starbulletin.com/1999/05/07/business/bizbriefs.html

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Sanford Murata is expected to testify regarding his business, professional and personal relationships with Defendant Bobby Harmon, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate; P&C Insurance Company, Inc.; Pauahi Management Corp.; Apollo Advisors; Investcorp; Wendell F. Brooks, Jr.; Michael Loo*; Bank of New York *; Colleen Wong; Glenn Hara; Guido Giacometti; Susan Tius; Sukamto Sia; Jon Miho; Aloha Tower Associates; Mitsui Trust & Banking; Michelle Tucker; Judge Robert Faris; Peter Savio; Bill Mills; Jeffrey Stone; Richard Wong; Henry Peters; Mary Lou Woo; Steven Guttman; Judith Neustadter Fuqua; Maui Marriott Resort; Dee Jay Mailer; Alexander & Baldwin; Francis Oda; Group 70 International; SSFM; Peter Kim; Jeremy Harris; Mufi Hanneman; George Ariyoshi; John Waihee; Ben Cayetano; Linda Lingle; James “Duke” Aiona; Mark Bennett; University of Hawaii Foundation; Evan Dobelle; Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; Colbert Matsumoto; Jeffrey Watanabe; Island Insurance Co.; Atlas Insurance Agency; Queen Emma Foundation; Allan Smith; Judge Kevin Chang; James Nicholson; David C. Farmer; Outrigger Hotels; Clyde Mark; Dillingham Corp.; Francis Wong; and others to be determined upon discovery.