{"id":398417,"date":"2023-08-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=398417"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"BOH-breaks-ground-on-West-Pacific-Regional-HQ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/BOH-breaks-ground-on-West-Pacific-Regional-HQ\/","title":{"rendered":"BOH breaks ground on West Pacific Regional HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TAMUNING, Guam\u2014<\/strong>A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday to celebrate the beginning of construction for Bank of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s new West Pacific Regional Headquarters in Tamuning, Guam.<\/p>\n<p>The new headquarters will be built between Personal Finance Center and Shell gas station on Chalan San Antonio. Inside the 18,364-square-foot facility will be ample space for a new branch, The Private Bank, Commercial, Dealer Indirect Lending, Mortgage and Contact Center employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There will be 5,147 square feet of dedicated branch space reflecting Bank of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s Branch of Tomorrow concept, which launched in 2016. It combines a modern design and a 21st-century banking experience with greater customer convenience including a 24\/7 BankLanai\u00ae and drive-thru ATM.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The building will also include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ample parking for customers and employees,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Energy-efficient features, such as multi-zone air-conditioning and light sensors to reduce overall energy consumption,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Eco-friendly interior and exterior finishes consisting of recycled materials or at least 10% Certified Forest Content, and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Its own generator in case of power outages, allowing the building to resume operations as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cThis is an exciting day for all of us. Establishing our future West Pacific Regional Headquarters in the heart of Tamuning underscores Bank of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s long-term commitment to serving our communities in the West Pacific with the very best customer service, convenience and technology,\u201d said Erlinda Alegre, senior vice president and director Branch Market Management.<\/p>\n<p>The architect for the West Pacific Regional Headquarters is RIM Architects and the contractor is Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Bank of Hawai\u2018i, which has 51 branches and 315 ATMs system-wide, has been serving the Guam market since 1961. <em><strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/0ae60e19afc24dff72eb1cb82c5469af.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A rendering of Bank of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s West Pacific Regional Headquarters to be built in Tamuning, Guam\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>-BOH <br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAMUNING, Guam\u2014A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday to celebrate the beginning of construction for Bank&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}