Condo cancellation doesn’t mean Hawaii real estate cycle is ending, expert says

The two three-acre sites in Honolulu’s growing Kakaako neighborhood owned by Kamehameha Schools where a developer had planned to build at least one luxury condominium tower likely won’t be developed in this cycle’s real estate boom, but at least one expert tells Pacific Business News that the cancellation of plans to develop the parcels doesn’t […]

Hawaii developers cancel plans to build luxury condo tower, develop neighboring parcel

The Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group have canceled plans to build the Vida at 888 Ala Moana luxury high-rise condominium project and develop a neighboring parcel that would have added a total of 500 residential units to Honolulu’s growing Kakaako neighborhood, citing slow sales in recent months, executives from the two Hawaii developers confirmed […]

Expanded details emerge for Kakaako condo project

Honolulu Star-Advertiser The latest piece of a master-planned community of residential towers by Kamehameha Schools in Kakaako has been fleshed out with details that include a putting green, guest suites and unit prices projected to start at $900,000. Detailed plans for the condominium tower named Vida were shared with the Ala Moana/Kakaako Neighborhood Board Tuesday […]

Planned Kakaako tower draws wide support

Honolulu Star-Advertiser A proposed luxury condominium tower in Kakaako called Vida at 888 Ala Moana had to bedesigned to avoid a Native Hawaiian burial site, but the project doesn’t appear to be facing any significant challenges following a public hearing Wednesday. MKVida LLC, a partnership between local development firms Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group, […]

Hawaii agency moves up hearings for Howard Hughes, MacNaughton-Kobayashi condo towers

The Hawaii Community Development Authority has rescheduled the decision-making public hearings for The Howard Hughes Corp.’s plan to replace Ward Warehouse and the Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group’s Vida luxury condominium high-rise on a 3.5-acre site in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako. The state agency, which oversees the redevelopment of the fast-growing Honolulu neighborhood […]