Luxury Honolulu condo Waiea foregoes … trash chutes?

The Howard Hughes Corp.’s Waiea luxury condominium, currently under construction in the Texas-based developer’s 60-acre Ward Village in Kakaako, was designed and is being built without trash chutes, the developer confirmed to PBN. The 36-story, 171-unit condo going up on a former parking lot across from the Ward Consolidated Theatres is one of the first […]

Kakaako mixed-use development Keauhou Lane to begin construction in August

Hawaii developer Stanford Carr’s Keauhou Lane Kakaako mixed-use residential project should begin construction in August, the developer said Thursday at an industry event in Waikiki. Last month, Carr told PBN that the project, which is located on the bloack at 500 South St. and 500 Keawe St. and includes 388 residential units in a 400-foot […]

OliverMcMillan’s Symphony Honolulu high-rise condo 90 percent sold

San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan, which began construction on its Symphony Honolulu luxury condominium project in late 2013, has sold 90 percent of the units in this project, which is expected to be completed in less than a year, the firm’s CEO said this week. The project, being developed on 3.35 acres at 888 Kapiolani Blvd. […]

YES, LOCALS LIVE IN KAKAAKO

WITH ALL THE TALK OF $20 MILLION PENTHO– USES AND OFFSHORE INVESTORS PARKING THEIR MONEY IN KAKAAKO CONDOS, IT’S EASY TO BUY INTO THE WATER COOLER CHATTER THAT HONOLULU’S URBAN CORE ISN’T ATTAINABLE FOR LOCAL FAMILIES. Count the cranes popping up along or near Ala Moana Boulevard and check out Howard Hughes’ interactive model of […]

Kakaako development plan includes hotels, high-rises

The Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako — one of the communities that’s a part of the city’s transit-oriented development plan — could be getting a limited number of hotels and a maximum of three high-rise residential condominiums with heights up to 700-feet, according to public documents. The Hawaii Community Development Authority, the state agency regulating development […]

Hawaii Community Development Authority shelves Kakaako economic accelerator project

The Hawaii agency charged with overseeing the redevelopment of the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako has shelved a proposal that would have created an economic accelerator in the former World Gym building on Queen Street. At a Thursday special meeting, the Hawaii Community Development Authority denied the authorization of a memorandum of understanding for the project, […]

Sales to begin at Ward Village’s Aeo at 1001 Queen Street tower

Sales, including an owner-occupant lottery, are slated to begin Saturday, July 18, for Aeʻo at 1001 Queen Street. The 466-unit mixed-use condominium tower will be built at the corner of Queen and Kamakee streets, and include Hawaii’s future flagship Whole Foods Market. Construction is expected to be completed in 2018. Ae‘o will include studios and […]

Hundreds enter lottery for Ae’o condominiums at Ward Village

About 450 people on Saturday entered the owner-occupant “lottery” to buy a condominium at Ae’o in Ward Village. The 466-unit mixed-use condominium tower will be built at the corner of Queen Street and Kamakee Street, and includes Hawaii’s future flagship Whole Foods Market. KHON2 got a tour of one of the models. The development offers studios, […]

Interest high in condos at Ae’o with Whole Foods in equation

A lottery will be held Saturday for condo sales in the planned Ae‘o tower at Ward Village. Pictured is a model of the Ae‘o condominium complex, which will be built at Kamakee and Queen streets.proper prior planning precents piss poor performance The prospect of living above a Whole Foods store in Kakaako has attracted considerable […]