About 60% of units taken as sales start at A&B’s The Collection condo in Kakaako
Aug 19, 2013, 12:36pm HST Updated: Aug 19, 2013, 5:18pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter- Pacific Business News About 60 percent of the units in The Collection were snapped up during an opening sales weekend that had people lined up before dawn for first crack at the 397 apartments in A&B Properties’ 43-story condominium project in […]
Kamehameha Schools to unveil third Kakaako development project
Kamehameha Schools is moving forward with plans for a third piece of its Kakaako redevelopment master plan that will include a residential tower involving local developer Stanford Carr. The trust is scheduled to announce the plans Friday. The project will include a residential tower, townhomes, live-work units, rental apartments and commercial space, Kamehameha Schools said […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Forest City picks Nordic PCL to build Honolulu’s tallest building
Forest City picks Nordic PCL to build Honolulu’s tallest building May 9, 2013, 2:26pm HST Duane Shimogawa | Reporter- Pacific Business News Forest City Hawaii has chosen Honolulu’s Nordic PCL Construction Inc. as the general contractor for the $500 million 690 Pohukaina mixed-use project in Kakaako, which may include Hawaii’s tallest building at 650 feet. […]
Weekend lottery to decide who will buy condos at former Honolulu Advertiser site
Weekend lottery to decide who will buy condos at former Honolulu Advertiser site Duane Shimogawa | Reporter- Pacific Business News | Mar 22, 2013, 3:36pm HST The developer of a $200 million high-rise affordable condominium tower planned for the site of the former Honolulu Advertiser building will conduct a lottery on Saturday to decide who […]
California developer Franco Mola plans to build workforce housing in Kaka’ako
Duane Shimogawa | Reporter- Pacific Business News Apr 2, 2013, 1:54pm HST A California-based real estate developer is planning to demolish several existing single-story industrial buildings and develop a 20-story, 217-unit workforce housing condominium project with ground-floor retail space in the Kakaako neighborhood in Honolulu. The property, at 803 Waimanu St., encompasses a little more […]