Panda Express billionaire founders put their Honolulu penthouse up for sale
The billionaire owners of Panda Restaurant Group, parent company of the Panda Express restaurant chain, have put their Honolulu penthouse up for sale for about $3.6 million, according to public records. Andrew Cherng and Peggy Cherng, the husband-and-wife founders of Panda Express, have been busy buying Hawaii real estate. The Cherngs recently purchased a beachfront […]
Hawaii buyers lead local home, condo purchases, Title Guaranty report finds
It is no secret that some of Hawaii’s priciest real estate is being bought by those who don’t live in Hawaii, but a quarterly Title Guaranty report found that local residents, or at least buyers with recorded local addresses, were purchasing most of the state’s residential real estate, handily eclipsing rates set by buyers from […]
Alexander & Baldwin taps Honolulu firm to handle leasing for ‘The Collection’
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.’s subsidiary has tapped Honolulu-based Beall Corp. to lease out the ground floor commercial spaces of its 465-unit The Collection mixed-use project in Kakaako, Beall Corp. confirmed to PBN this week. The Collection, which is next to Kamehameha Schools’ Salt at “Our Kakaako” 85,000-square-foot restaurant and retail complex, has ground floor commercial […]
First Look: Ferraro Choi shares renderings of Honolulu’s ‘Kakaako Innovation Block’
Honolulu architecture firm Ferraro Choi and Associates Ltd. has been tapped to design a part of the 5.5-acre “Kakaako Makai Innovation Block,” a partnership between the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the High Technology Development Corp. Ferraro Choi, which is designing the “Entrepreneur’s Sandbox” and is in the planning phase for the “Innovation Hale,” has […]
Workshops scheduled on Ward Village affordable condo units in Kakaako
The Howard Hughes Corp. on Tuesday said it will hold educational workshops next week for buyers interested in the 375 affordable units that will be built at its 43-story, mixed-use Ward Village tower called Ke Kilohana at 988 Halekauwila. The project, which will be located at the corner of Ward Avenue and Halekauwila Street and […]
Honolulu Board of Realtors Market Update December 2015
Ward Village® Welcomes World Renowned Japanese Restaurant Nobu Honolulu
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa to Open Flagship Honolulu Restaurant in 2016 Today, Ward Village announced plans to welcome world renowned restauranteur Nobu Matsuhisa to the neighborhood. In late 2016, Nobu will move from Waikiki to a dramatic new space at the base of Waiea, Ward Village’s first flagship residential building. “At Ward Village, we are curating […]
Developer gets waiver for Honolulu condo on Kakaako glass rule, HCDA rules
The Hawaii Community Development Authority has given the developer of a Kakaako condominium a waiver regarding a glass rule issue. The state agency regulating development in the Honolulu neighborhood on Wednesday unanimously approved Downtown Capital LLC’s petition for a waiver to the rule, and deleted a section of the developer’s development permit for its 801 […]
Hawaii agency rejects plans to develop key Kewalo Basin Harbor lot
The Hawaii Community Development Authority rejected Wednesday two developers’ plans to develop a key portion of the lands surrounding Kewalo Basin Harbor in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, but approved The Howard Hughes Corp.’s plans for the two other lots. John Whalen, chairman of the HCDA board, said that the lot that both developers had […]
Early-morning fire reported at Howard Hughes condo project under construction in Honolulu
An early-morning fire on Wednesday was reported on a high floor of The Howard Hughes Corp.’s $403 million Waiea luxury condominium project under construction in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood. Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. David Jenkins said fire crews first received a call at 4:57 a.m. about a two-alarm structure fire at 1044 Auahi St. He […]