LUXURY condominium Waiea to be built at Ward Village.

The owner of Ward Centers is preparing to open a public sales gallery soon for the first two of 22 planned condominium towers envisioned to transform 60 acres of Kaka­ako into a largely residential community called Ward Village. But one big, eye-popping detail will be missing among all the marketing materials. That would be the […]

Master Planned Community is the First LEED Neighborhood Development Platinum Certified Project in Hawai‘i

The Howard Hughes Corporation® Master Planned Community is the First LEED Neighborhood Development Platinum Certified Project in Hawai‘i HONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 27, 2013– The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) announced today that Ward Village has received LEED® Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Platinum certification, making the Honolulu project the nation’s largest LEED-ND Platinum certified project and the only LEED-ND Platinum certified project in the state of Hawai‘i. The LEED rating system, […]

Moana Pacific condominium changes management to Hawaii First

Bill Cresenzo Reporter – Pacific Business News Real estate management company Hawaii First Inc. has taken over the operations of the Moana Pacific condominium, which has 1,397 units in twin oval glass towers on Kapiolani Boulevard in Kakaako, from the much larger Hawaiiana Management Co. Hawaii First began managing the building on Jan. 1, said Richard Emery, […]

Hawaii agency approves 803 Waimanu condo project in Kaka’ako

Jan 8, 2014, 3:57pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter – Pacific Business News The Hawaii agency in charge of overseeing the redevelopment of Kakaako on Wednesday approved another condominium project — 803 Waimanu St. — for Oahu’s so called Third City. The Hawaii Community Development Authority unanimously approved the scaled-down project that’s being developed by California developer […]

Luxury homes on Oahu priced between $1M and $3M see strong Q3 sales

Luxury homes on Oahu priced between $1M and $3M see strong Q3 sales Oahu’s luxury home market experienced strong sales of single-family homes priced between $1 million and $3 million. Sales of homes priced $1 million to $2 million increased nearly 50 percent from July through September, compared to the third quarter of 2012. Year-to-date, […]

Keauhou Place – 555 South St.

Planned Year Built: 2017 Stories: 40 Units: 600 The project, part of Kamehameha Schools’ extensive Our Kaka‘ako master plan, will be constructed at 555 South St., the parking lot where Eat the Street now takes place. Keauhou Lane — located on the block bound by South, Halekauwila, Keawe and Pohukaina Streets — will break ground […]

Ala Moana Center luxury condo project to create 300-plus jobs

Dec 16, 2013, 2:52pm HST UPDATED: Dec 16, 2013, 3:17pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter – Pacific Business News   The Hawaii developers who are planning to build seven ultra-luxury condominium towers with some 200 units on what is now a parking area of Ala Moana Center, said the project is expected to create more than 300 construction […]

Penthouse in Howard Hughes’ Ward project in Honolulu priced at record $50M

Dec 12, 2013, 2:59pm HST UPDATED: Dec 13, 2013, 10:24am HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter – Pacific Business News A penthouse with its own swimming pool in one of The Howard Hughes Corp.’s planned luxury condominiums in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood is priced at $50 million — a record for the highest asking price ever for a […]

An Intense Influx of Housing for a Honolulu District

The flat, low-slung neighborhood of Kakaako near downtown Honolulu was once an alluvial plain dotted with fish ponds that deteriorated into a gritty area with auto repair shops and warehouses. During an era of urban revitalization in the 1970s, the state formed the Hawaii Community Development Authority to oversee neighborhood redevelopment in Kakaako, which lies […]

Castle & Cooke to develop condo project in Kakaako on Kamehameha Schools land

Dec 6, 2013, 2:25pm HST UPDATED: Dec 6, 2013, 2:40pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter – Pacific Business News Castle & Cooke Inc. will join Hawaii developers such as Alexander & Baldwin Inc. and Stanford Carr Development in developing a residential condominium project in Kakaako as part of landowner Kamehameha Schools’ “Our Kakaako” master plan. Anthony Ching, executive […]