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 […]

Howard Hughes Corp. to start work this fall on Kewalo Basin Harbor redevelopment in Honolulu

The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to start construction this fall on its multimillion-dollar redevelopment of Kewalo Basin Harbor between Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki, according to the state agency regulating development in the city’s Kakaako area. The Texas-based developer’s Kewalo Basin Harbor LLC selected Honolulu-based Sea Engineering Inc. to do the work after issuing a design-build […]

Alexander & Baldwin’s $200M The Collection Kakaako condo project 94% sold

Alexander & Baldwin Inc.’s The Collection condominium project in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako is 94 percent sold, the Honolulu-based company said Thursday in its first quarter earnings report. The $200 million project, which started construction in October at the former CompUSA lot, includes a 397-unit high-rise tower, a 54-unit mid-rise building, 14 town homes […]

Hughes AE’O at 1001 Queen St.

AEʻO AT 1001 QUEEN Coming to Ward Village Summer 2015 Your Opportunity to Live in Honolulu’s Vibrant New Community Starting from the Low $400k’s – According the permit application submitted to the HCDA, the project will feature 65 studios, 220 one-bedroom units, 125 two-bedroom units, and 56 three-bedroom units. Offering unique residences designed by internationally […]

High-rise in Kakaako completed, owners set to move-in June

Some landscaping is still being installed, but construction is finished on a Kaka­ako high-rise that represents the latest in a wave of condominium towers coming to the area. New homeowners in the 635-unit tower called 801 South St. Building A are slated to move in starting June 1, joining a growing population of residents in […]

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 […]

Office of Hawaiian Affairs looks for short-term users in Kakaako Makai

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is seeking short-term uses for several parcels in Kakaako Makai, where the agency acquired some 30 acres three years ago from the state of Hawaii in a deal meant to resolve a decades-long dispute. Peter Apo, a trustee for OHA, told attendees at a recent Hawaii Society of Business Professionals […]

California developer acquires three Honolulu properties for Kakaako condo project

MJF Development Corp. has acquired three properties where it plans to build a seven-story condominium in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako for a total of about $5 million, a spokesman for the California-based developer confirmed to PBN this week. The 803 Waimanu St. project, which includes 153 market-priced residential units from studios to two-bedroom […]