Exclusive: First look at Howard Hughes Corp.’s Whole Foods project
The Howard Hughes Corp. is going before the Hawaii Community Development Authority Wednesday and Thursday in public hearings as it seeks variances for its plans to develop a Whole Foods Market-anchored mixed-use project for the former Nordstrom Rack location, known as Block M, as part of its Ward Village master plan. PBN met Tuesday night […]
Expanded details emerge for Kakaako condo project
Honolulu Star-Advertiser The latest piece of a master-planned community of residential towers by Kamehameha Schools in Kakaako has been fleshed out with details that include a putting green, guest suites and unit prices projected to start at $900,000. Detailed plans for the condominium tower named Vida were shared with the Ala Moana/Kakaako Neighborhood Board Tuesday […]
Planned Kakaako tower draws wide support
Honolulu Star-Advertiser A proposed luxury condominium tower in Kakaako called Vida at 888 Ala Moana had to bedesigned to avoid a Native Hawaiian burial site, but the project doesn’t appear to be facing any significant challenges following a public hearing Wednesday. MKVida LLC, a partnership between local development firms Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group, […]
Building a village – How a big Texas corporation is remaking the face of Kakaako
For David Striph and Nick Vanderboom, transforming a major part of Honolulu into a mixed-use community has become personal. The top Howard Hughes Corp. executives in Hawaii plan to call Ward Village home. And they want the 60-acre development in Kakaako to be a place where people want to live, work and play. To that […]
Alexander & Baldwin buys Kakaako Commerce Center for $39M
Alexander & Baldwin Inc. has purchased a seven-story warehouse and office building in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako from a California real estate investment firm for $39 million, the company said Monday. Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE: ALEX) said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday that it had completed […]
Hawaii developer Stanford Carr says ‘stars are aligned’ this real estate cycle
Hawaii developer Stanford Carr, who has been around for several real estate cycles in the state, describes the current upswing as if the stars are aligned. In an exclusive interview with PBN this week, the Maui native who has turned into one of the top developers in Hawaii, especially in the residential real estate sector, […]
Luxury condos at Ala Moana Center to be priced between $1M and $20M
Park Lane Ala Moana, the $1 billion luxury condominium project being built on what was once a parking area at Ala Moana Center by a trio of Honolulu firms — Kobayashi Group, The MacNaughton Group, BlackSand Capital — and landowner General Growth Properties Inc., plans to price the units between at least $1 million and […]
Alexander & Baldwin paid $23M to buy Kakaako lot from Kamehameha Schools
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.’s real estate subsidiary paid $23 million to Kamehameha Schools to purchase the three-acre former CompUSA lot in Kakaako, the site of the Honolulu-based developer’s 465-unit mixed-use The Collection condominium project, according to public records. In October, A&B Properties Inc. said it purchased the lot, which is bounded by Ala Moana Boulevard, […]
Howard Hughes Corp. to replace Marukai Market at Ward Village with mixed-use project
The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to submit plans to the Hawaii Community Development Authority early next year outlining plans for a mixed-use project with significant commercial space that would replace the existing Marukai Wholesale Market near the Ward Entertainment Center, the head of the state agency overseeing the redevelopment of the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako […]
Alexander & Baldwin buys Kakaako Commerce Center for $39M
Alexander & Baldwin Inc. has purchased a seven-story warehouse and office building in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako from a California real estate investment firm for $39 million, the company said Monday. Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE: ALEX) said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday that it had completed […]