Kakaako plan would include housing near transit stations, grocery stores
Hawaii regulators unveiled an update Wednesday for the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako’s transit-oriented development plan calling for diverse residential building types, ground-oriented family housing near transit stations, additional reserved housing, grocery stores, cultural and community amenities, food trucks and spaces for artists. Deepak Neupane, director of planning and development for the Hawaii Community Development Authority, […]
Developer gets waiver for Honolulu condo on Kakaako glass rule, HCDA rules
The Hawaii Community Development Authority has given the developer of a Kakaako condominium a waiver regarding a glass rule issue. The state agency regulating development in the Honolulu neighborhood on Wednesday unanimously approved Downtown Capital LLC’s petition for a waiver to the rule, and deleted a section of the developer’s development permit for its 801 […]
Hawaii agency delays decision on redevelopment of Kewalo Basin Harbor lands
The Hawaii Community Development Authority has delayed making a decision on two separate proposals from two developers on renovations to the lands surrounding Kewalo Basin Harbor in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, which lasted until nearly 6 p.m., the state agency that regulates development in the area heard once […]
HCDA starts taking at look at glass issue for another Kakaako condominium
The Hawaii Community Development Authority held its first public hearing Wednesday that addressed a glass rule issue at a second Kakaako condominium, which lasted nearly an hour with no questions from the board and no public testimony. The issue deals with the window glazing at Downtown Capital LLC’s completed 801 South St. “Tower A” workforce […]
Hawaii agency delays decision on high-rise ‘glass rule’ for OliverMcMillan’s Symphony Honolulu condo tower
The Hawaii Community Development Authority on Wednesday delayed until next week making a decision on a “glass rule” for Kakaako high-rise projects regarding an issue with OliverMcMillan’s Symphony Honolulu mixed-use condominium tower. The board of the state agency regulating development in the Honolulu neighborhood was to vote on a decision at a meeting on Wednesday, […]
Symphony Honolulu’s glass facade not transparent enough
HONOLULU —The Symphony Honolulu highrise at the corner of Kapiolani and Ward is on track to open next spring. 90 percent of the units already sold. Crews have installed glass up on the 35th floor with just a few stories remaining. But as it turns out, the glass doesn’t meet the proper transparency standard set […]
Hawaii agency approves Howard Hughes’ Kakaako residential project
The Hawaii Community Development Authority gave its final approval Wednesday on The Howard Hughes Corp.’s Kakaako residential project at 988 Halekauwila St. The Texas-based developer plans to start construction on the mostly affordable for-sale condominium tower across from Sports Authority by late 2016, according to its senior vice president of development, Nick Vanderboom. “We have […]
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, […]
Howard Hughes switches Kakaako tower back to for-sale condo units, not rentals
The Howard Hughes Corp. has changed its plans for a Kakaako residential project back to a mostly affordable for-sale condominium tower after requesting a Hawaii agency approve the project as a rental development, an executive from the Texas-based developer confirmed to PBN Thursday. David Striph, senior vice president of Hawaii for The Howard Hughes Corp. […]