HCDA staff recommends new condo be denied permit
The Hawaii Community Development Authority decided today to take a final vote August 7 on whether to allow a new condominium project to rise significantly above the height limit for the site and stand closer to the adjacent Imperial Plaza building than rules permit. Today the HCDA voted 6-0 to adopt a staff finding that […]
Land owner mitigates traffic fears in Kakaako by upgrading the vehicular infrastructure.
By Andrew Gomes | POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 30, 201 http://www.staradvertiser.com The heart of Kakaako is expected to swell with new life under plans by two landowners to develop 29 condominium towers over the next decade or so. But there is much concern over whether the area can handle the traffic. Kakaako’s two biggest […]
Howard Hughes Corp. to present Ward condo plans to HCDA in July
Jun 18, 2013, 11:28am HST Duane Shimogawa | Reporter- Pacific Business News The Howard Hughes Corp. is scheduled to officially present plans for a couple of residential projects to the Hawaii Community Development Authority on July 17, as part of the first phase of its Ward Village master plan in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood. The two […]
NEWS RELEASE – SYMPHONY HONOLULU ANNOUNCES STRONG OPENING WEEKEND SALES
SALES REACH 194 AND CLIMBING DURING FIRST TWO DAYS (Honolulu, Hawaii) — The developer of the newest residential project in Kaka‘ako to launch sales says the public response and sales have been strong. Symphony Honolulu is to be built at the corner of Ward Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard, with the address 888 Kapiolani Boulevard. “The […]
Kaka’ako plan offers vision of a ‘livable’ community
While there are definite advantages to living away from the urban core, an agonizing morning commute generally isn’t one of them. Honolulu’s traffic consistently ranks among the worst in the nation, prompting a demand for solutions, like high-speed rail, and options, such as livable communities. But what makes one community more livable than another? You […]
43-story tower will be adjacent to state rental project
HONOLULU — It’s on a parcel bounded by Ward, Halekauwila and Ilaniwai Streets that the Howard Hughes Corporation wants to build what’s being pitched as “workforce housing.” The high-rise would be directly across from Sports Authority. It will mean displacing a handful of small businesses which the landowner says will be accommodated elsewhere in the […]
Public invited to see Kakaako’s transit-oriented development plans
May 22, 2013, 2:36pm HST Duane Shimogawa | Reporter- Pacific Business News The Hawaii Community Development Authority plans to hold four open houses to introduce the proposed Transit-Oriented Development Overlay Plan for Kakaako. The TOD Plan incorporates urban design, mobility and access, complete streets, rail transit and parking and transportation demand management principles to create […]
Moderate-priced units proposed for Kakaako
Honolulu is accustomed to housing booms — especially for luxury condominiums in the urban core. But a workforce housing boom may now be forming. A developer has proposed a 217-unit workforce, or moderate-priced, condo tower in Kakaako on a roughly half-acre site now occupied by single-story industrial buildings. MJF Development Corp., led by Franco Mola, […]
Kaka’ako Transit Oriented Development: Sky is the limit
Overlay of what’s possible includes three skyscrapers up to 700 feet tall The just-released parameters of Transit Oriented Development encourages very tall, slender towers — and lots of them in certain areas. “It seems the Hawaii Community Development Authority is bending toward the whims of the developers in the area,” said Wayne Takamine, of the […]