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Chick-fil-A’s future in Kaneohe in Windward Oahu is not so certain anymore, as a property that the popular chicken restaurant chain once was looking to buy for its new eatery is now back on the market, Shimogawa Scoops has learned. The Atlanta-based restaurant chain still has pending building permits for the former Kaneohe Bakery property that’s located along Kamehameha Highway. It’s not clear if it will go after another site in Kaneohe or if this means that Chick-fil-A is not opening a new restaurant in Kaneohe anymore. Either way, it is scheduled to open its first restaurant on Maui with other restaurants slated for Honolulu at a former Burger King site on Beretania Street, as well as in Kapolei and at least three others in Hawaii. 

  Terry Bradshaw, a Hall of Fame quarterback turned television superstar, continues to score Hawaii real estate properties with another recent purchase of a luxury home on three acres of land on the Big Island, according to public records. The four-time Super Bowl champion with the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Steelers purchased the 2,576-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-bedroom home on the northwestern side of the Big Island in Waimea last month for $1.85 million. The property has a total assessed value of $873,700. The Fox NFL Sunday television analyst has been throwing around Big Island properties during the last several years including a 12-acre estate and another property in the Waimea area. Bradshaw, who has a “bigger than life” persona, has carved out quite a career after his football playing days, including starring in films and TV shows including one last year on the TV network E! called “The Bradshaw Bunch” about he and his family.

  Could Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg be the buyer of a beachfront Hawaii estate? The purchase would add to his already sizeable collection of properties he owns on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The billionaire tech titan, whose net worth is more than $100 billion, could be the “secret buyer” of the one-acre estate called “Wailana Malie” for $10.5 million. The property, which includes a 3,133-square-foot, four-bedroom, 4.5 bathroom residence, won HGTV’s 2020 Ultimate House Hunt competition in the Curb Appeal category. Winston Welborn of Hawaii Life was the listing agent. He did not respond to a request for comments.  The property is located in the Kilauea area on Kauai’s North Shore, which has been a red-hot area for high-priced residential real estate transactions. The property has a total tax-assessed value of about $6.6 million. Zuckerberg has utilized San Francisco tax consultancy firm executive Tom van Loben Sels for other real estate purchases, and the tax firm ex...

  Hawaii Kai Shopping Center, which is anchored by a newly-renovated and expanded Safeway store, is adding an Italian restaurant in the vacant former Pizza Hut space as well as a well-known barbecue restaurant and bar, Shimogawa Scoops has learned. Tex 808 BBQ & Brews has confirmed that it is moving from the neighboring Hawaii Kai Towne Center to the marina-facing side of the Hawaii Kai Shopping Center adjacent to Liko’s Tap & Table. Meantime, a few doors down, a new Italian restaurant called “Repetti’s Provisions” is opening in the former 1,230-square-foot Pizza Hut space that’s next to Island Brew. The new eatery filed a permit for this space this week. Repetti’s is spearheaded by the same owners as Maui’s Serpico’s Pizzeria Restaurant, where they serve authentic New Jersey-style pizza, amongst other Italian cuisine. Hawaii Kai Shopping Center, which recently re-paved its parking lot, adds solid tenants to its tenant mix, which already includes the likes of Long...