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 […]
Hawaii agency approves second tower on former Honolulu Advertiser site
Dec 4, 2013, 2:30pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter – Pacific Business News The state agency overseeing the redevelopment of the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako on Wednesday approved a second workforce housing condominium project on the site of the former Honolulu Advertiser building on a vote of 6-0 after hours of public testimony and discussions. The […]
Hawaii agency to decide on second condo tower at 801 South St.
Dec 3, 2013, 6:54am HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter – Pacific Business News The Hawaii Community Development Authority expects to make a decision on Wednesday regarding a Honolulu developer’s plan to build a second residential tower in Kakaako with an accompanying 10-story parking garage on the site of the former Honolulu Advertiser building, the state said […]
Howard Hughes Corp. Hawaii project gets LEED-ND Platinum rating
Nov 27, 2013, 12:45pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter | Pacific Business News The Howard Hughes Corp.’s plan to turn 60 acres in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako into Ward Village, a 4,000-unit mixed-use community encompassing more than 1 million square feet of retail and other commercial space is now one of the nation’s largest green-building […]
OliverMcMillan breaks ground on Symphony Honolulu condominium project
Nov 20, 2013, 2:58pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter | Pacific Business News OliverMcMillan Pacific Rim LLC began construction Wednesday on its 388-unit, 45-story Symphony Honolulu mixed-use condominium tower at the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard and Ward Avenue, across from the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood. More than 150 people attended a groundbreaking […]
Where You Live: Kaka’ako – KITV News
Kaka’ako has always been about change HONOLULU —Kaka’ako is bounded by Ward Avenue, Punchbowl Street, King Street and the waterfront. Kaka’ako is on the verge of change, but if you look back over the centuries, it has always been about change. In the mid-1800s, salt production was a big business. It’s a past that surprised […]
Pier 1, Nordstrom Rack to open new Honolulu stores in November
Oct 22, 2013, 7:13am HST Staff Pacific Business News The Howard Hughes Corp. said it has finished building a new two-story building at the Ward Village Shops in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood, in time for Nordstrom Rack and Pier 1 Imports to open next month. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Pier 1, which closed its old store […]