Howard Hughes to present plans for $20M upgrade to Kewalo Basin Harbor this spring
The Howard Hughes Corp. is scheduled to present plans in May for its $20 million upgrade to the Kewalo Basin Harbor that’s directly across from its 60-acre Ward Village master-planned community in Honolulu. The Hawaii Community Development Authority has scheduled a presentation hearing for May 4 at 1 p.m. at its office on Queen Street […]
Hawaii buyers lead local home, condo purchases, Title Guaranty report finds
It is no secret that some of Hawaii’s priciest real estate is being bought by those who don’t live in Hawaii, but a quarterly Title Guaranty report found that local residents, or at least buyers with recorded local addresses, were purchasing most of the state’s residential real estate, handily eclipsing rates set by buyers from […]
Honolulu development firm buys Kakaako property for its headquarters
Redmont Group has purchased property in Kakaako, the fast-growing Honolulu neighborhood where the commercial real estate developer is headquartered and where the firm plans to focus most of its resources, including designing, building, managing and investing in projects, the company’s executives told PBN. The firm, which has ties to Birmingham, Alabama, and Auburn University, where […]
MetroGrow Hawaii: Kakaako’s first urban vertical farm
Tucked away in the heart of Kaka’ako lives a little urban vertical farm. You would never know it unless you enter a second floor door and turn a corner. Smiling and eager to share his passion for plants is Kerry Kakazu. Not only does he have a degree in biology from UH Manoa and graduate […]
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Hawaii agency chief says 35% of Kakaako’s housing units ‘affordable’
A little more than one-third of the more than 4,200 units being developed in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako are not being built for the ultra-rich, the head of the Hawaii agency overseeing the redevelopment of the area said Wednesday. With scores of high-end condominiums being built in Kakaako, much of the talk has […]
OurAlaMoanaPark.com
The City & County of Honolulu is embarking on a community-based master planning effort for Ala Moana Beach Park so it is a world class park for generations to come. I want to invite you to participate in determining the future of the park. Learn about the park’s rich history, provide input and share this […]
General Growth sells stake in Hawaii’s Ala Moana Center to Australian firm for $907M
Ala Moana Center, the largest shopping mall in Hawaii, has a new owner, as Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc., said Monday that it has sold a 25 percent stake in the Honolulu mall to AustralianSuper for about $907 million. Chicago-based General Growth (NYSE: GGP) also said that it may sell an additional 12.5 equity interest […]
KewaloIs.com
On January 30, 2015, Ward Village held the second community meeting to discuss the planning for Kewalo Harbor at the Net Shed (Kupu Training Facility) at Kewalo Harbor. Like the first meeting held in November, nearly 100 community stakeholders and officials attended the presentation. However, the main focus of this meeting was on what Kewalo […]
Honolulu’s Kakaako needs major work at the street level, experts say
Better coordination between landowners, developing a business improvement district and subsidizing retailers were some of the ideas tossed around at a town hall meeting in Downtown Honolulu that focused on the pedestrian experience in the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako. While much of the talk of Kakaako has been about those tall skyscrapers being built […]