What happened to Wehyerhauser in Hawaii?

While doing some online graduation lei shopping for our lovely daughter, I did a Google map search of the lei stands near the Honolulu International Airport, and decided to mouse around to good ol' Honolulu Community College where I used to attend, and to nearby Weyerhauser, over on Iwilei st.
Notice something missing from the photo? That big empty lot? Yep. I searched for "Weyerhauser Hawaii" and found this rather unfortunate headline from 2008: Weyerhaeuser will close box plant in Iwilei, dated March 14, 2008. Looks like 85 people ended up getting laid off and let go in order for Weyerhauser to cash in on the land's value, estimated at $14 million. I do hope Weyerhauser offered those people something besides a souvenir coffee cup for their years of dedicated service.



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