Hawaii agency moves up hearings for Howard Hughes, MacNaughton-Kobayashi condo towers
The Hawaii Community Development Authority has rescheduled the decision-making public hearings for The Howard Hughes Corp.’s plan to replace Ward Warehouse and the Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group’s Vida luxury condominium high-rise on a 3.5-acre site in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako. The state agency, which oversees the redevelopment of the fast-growing Honolulu neighborhood […]
High rise towers planned for Ward Warehouse site
2 high-rises with 236 residential units, commercial space HONOLULU —The Howard Hughes Development Corporation unveiled its plans for the redevelopment of the Ward Warehouse shopping center. The company plans to erect two high-rise towers with 236 residential units and commercial space. Plans also call for open space, a recreational area and 548 parking stalls. The […]
A New Community Center Will Give New Life to 114-Year-Old Kakaako Pumping Station
PACIFIC GATEWAY CENTER HOPES TO OPEN COMMUNITY CENTER BY NEXT SUMMER. After decades spent closed and dusty, the historic stone Kakaako pumping station on Ala Moana Boulevard began preparations this week for a new role as a community center run by the the Pacific Gateway Center. State lawmakers and Gov. Neil Abercrombie allocated $1 million […]
Hawaii architect Vernon Inoshita offers his take on Kakaako
Vernon Inoshita, the head of Honolulu-based Design Partners Inc., one of Hawaii’s largest architecture firms, feels that the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako is fairly well planned. After all, he’s well qualified to know this after living in one of the existing condominium high-rises in the area, and being involved in planned housing projects there, […]
Hawaii agency moves ahead with affordable housing project in Kakaako
The Hawaii Community Development Authority, the state agency overseeing the redevelopment of the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, has given its executive director unanimous approved to send out a request for proposals to developers wanting to build an affordable housing project on land owned by the agency. Lindsey Doi, spokeswoman for the HCDA, confirmed to […]
Alexander & Baldwin buys land at its planned The Collection condominium in Kakaako
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.’s subsidiary has acquired the three acre former CompUSA lot in Kakaako from Kamehameha Schools that it will use to develop its 466-unit mixed-use The Collection condominium project. Construction is scheduled to start soon and estimated to be completed in late 2016. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Located at 600 […]
Honolulu’s Kakaako gains first ‘parklets’ in front of Hank’s Haute Dogs
The trendy Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, which is in the midst of gaining thousands of new residents in a bunch of high-rise ondominiumss being built in the area, is following a growing trend in Mainland cities such as San Francisco when it comes to public outdoor spaces. Landowner Kamehameha Schools has unleashed a couple of […]
Another housing project for Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood may be in the works
The Hawaii Community Development Authority may be looking for a developer to build an affordable housing project on land it owns in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako. The Hawaii Community Development Authority, which is overseeing the redevelopment of the area between Downtown Honolulu and Waikiki that will gain thousands of new residents living in […]
Developer hopes to start construction on 2 Honolulu condo projects by end of 2015
MJF Development Corp., which plans to develop a couple of residential condominium projects in Honolulu, is hoping to start construction on these projects by the middle to the end of 2015, a spokesman for the California-based developer told PBN. “Ohana Hale” is a 21-story, 180-unit affordable and workforce condo project on a 14,400-square-foot parcel located […]
Howard Hughes Corp. to present plans for Honolulu high-rise, Whole Foods Market store
The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to present its plans in November for a new mixed-use condominium high-rise in Kakaako at the former spot of Hawaii’s first Nordstrom Rack store, which will include a planned Whole Foods Market as part of the project. The project, which will be located at 330 Kamakee St. and is part […]