Writing in Hawai’i Investor in May 1989, Susan Essoyan said that Charles Chidiac, “despite his Hawai’i ties, remains something of a mystery here.” More than two years later, and notwithstanding the lengthy Land Use Commission hearings into Chidiac’s proposed Riviera … Continued
“If we do not develop this land, someone else will.” So said Karl Hippmann, vice president of Palace Development Corporation, in defending Charles Chidiac’s plans to build the Hawaiian Riviera Resort. Now that Chidiac had given people the idea that … Continued
From an environmental and cultural viewpoint, the Hawaiian Riviera Resort is a catastrophe waiting to happen. The many ways that this project would sin against nature were discussed in the June edition of Environment Hawai`i. Financially, it would seem to … Continued
In August 1990, Mount Lebanon Hawai’i Corporation, controlled by Charles Chidiac, bought out most of the interest of a partner in the Hawaiian Riviera Resort proposed for the Ka’u District on the Big Island. The purchase price (according to real … Continued