Howard Hughes, Japanese developers to present plans for Honolulu’s Kewalo Basin Harbor next week
The Howard Hughes Corp. and Kewalo Waterfront Partners Inc., a partnership between two Japanese firms, are expected to unveil two separate commercial development plans next week for the land surrounding Honolulu’s Kewalo Basin Harbor, an executive with the Hawaii Community Development Authority confirmed to PBN. The state agency overseeing development in the Kakaako area, as […]
Hawaii Community Development Authority board poised for developing Kakaako the right way
It’s been only a few months since a new board has been in place at the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the stage agency regulating developing in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako. But talk to people in the community, small-business owners in the area, state lawmakers and individuals on the new board, as I’ve done, […]
Developer plans to start construction on $40M Kakaako condo in January
California developer MJF Development Corp. plans to start construction on its $40 million Kakaako condominium mid-rise project in January 2016, to be completed in March 2017, according to public documents recently filed. The developer said, in the 803 Waimanu St. draft environmental assessment, that it will finance the project by applying for a dwelling unit […]
Hawaii agencies could join to develop ‘Kakaako Makai Innovation Block’
Two state agencies — one promoting Hawaii’s economic diversification through venture capital investment partnerships and the other that oversees development in Kakaako — are looking to join forces to develop an economic accelerator in the growing Honolulu neighborhood, a spokeswoman for one of the agencies confirmed to PBN. The “Kakaako Makai Innovation Block,” a partnership […]
Hawaii agency board to make final decision on Howard Hughes residential project in June
The Howard Hughes Corp. is not quite sure what its next step would be after a Hawaii agency unanimously struck down its request to move ahead with its previously approved Kakaako residential project at 988 Halekauwila as a rental project, the Texas-based developer told PBN. However, a spokeswoman for the Hawaii Community Development Authority told […]
Hawaii agency chief says 35% of Kakaako’s housing units ‘affordable’
A little more than one-third of the more than 4,200 units being developed in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako are not being built for the ultra-rich, the head of the Hawaii agency overseeing the redevelopment of the area said Wednesday. With scores of high-end condominiums being built in Kakaako, much of the talk has […]
Forest City’s plans for Kakaako’s 690 Pohukaina may include a school
Forest City’s $500 million 690 Pohukaina mixed-use project in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood, one of the first projects out of the gate at the start of the current condominium boom, could include a public elementary school, the head of the state agency overseeing the redevelopment of the area told PBN. Anthony Ching, executive director of the […]
Honolulu’s Auahi Street to unite Kamehameha Schools, Howard Hughes projects
Auahi Street, an important route through the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako that currently separates The Howard Hughes Corp.’s 60-acre Ward Village master-planned community from Kamehameha Schools’ properties, is getting connected. Anthony Ching, executive director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the state agency regulating the redevelopment of Kakaako, said this week at its regularly […]
Stanford Carr’s $50M Honolulu affordable rental project approved
Hawaii developer Stanford Carr’s plan to develop a $50 million, 128-unit affordable rental project near Ala Moana Center in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako received the approval of Hawaii regulators on Wednesday. The Hawaii Community Development Authority, which oversees the redevelopment of Kakaako, voted 8-0 to approve the assignment of reserved housing for Alexander & […]
$40M waterfront restaurant, retail venue at Kewalo Basin to start construction in September
A Japanese partnership is planning to start construction in September on a $40 million multi-use facility at Kewalo Basin in Honolulu that would include waterfront retail, restaurants and a live entertainment venue. Kewalo Waterfront Partners Inc., which was formed by Japan-based Good Luck International Corp., and fellow Japan firm Hinamari Hawaii Inc., said in a […]