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 […]
New name ties retail to Ward redevelopment
The Howard Hughes Corp is changing the name of Ward Centers to Ward Village Shops to better capitalize on and unify its 60-acre master redevelopment, which will initially include three new residential towers. The Howard Hughes Corp. will make the name transition, including signage changes, this fall, said Katie Kaanapu, director of community and retail […]
$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 […]
Sales of luxury condominiums at Park Lane Ala Moana Begin
Sales begin Saturday for 107 owner-occupied units at the Park Ala Moana, a luxury condominium complex being built in front of Honolulu’s Ala Moana Center, with prices starting at $1.2 million for a one-bedroom unit up to $28 million for a five-bedroom penthouse. The developer of the project, AMX Partners — which is comprised of […]
Stanford Carr prepares to launch newest project
Stanford Carr Development is slated to start construction on its Keauhou Lane project in Kakaako in late March or early April of 2015. The project includes 388 residential units in a 400-foot high-rise tower and 35 townhouse units in a 42-foot mid-rise tower. Alakea Design Group and Richard Matsunaga & Associates are the architects and […]
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 […]