Hawaii agency board chief explains Symphony Honolulu condo glass issue decision
A Hawaii agency’s decision to let San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan proceed with its Symphony Honolulu condominium tower without making changes to the building’s glass curtain came down to a standard it could not defend, the agency board’s chief told PBN. “It would’ve been just suits and countersuits,” John Whalen, chair of the Hawaii Community Development […]
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, […]
OliverMcMillan pays $26M for Symphony Honolulu condo project land
OliverMcMillan has purchased the little more than three-acre parcel across from the Neal S. Blaisdell Center where the San Diego-based developer is currently building the Symphony Honolulu luxury condominium tower, according to public records. OliverMcMillan, which formed Honolulu-based OliverMcMillan Pacific Rim LLC, paid JN Group Inc. and Casti Family LP $26 million for the property […]
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 […]
OliverMcMillan’s Symphony Honolulu high-rise condo 90 percent sold
San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan, which began construction on its Symphony Honolulu luxury condominium project in late 2013, has sold 90 percent of the units in this project, which is expected to be completed in less than a year, the firm’s CEO said this week. The project, being developed on 3.35 acres at 888 Kapiolani Blvd. […]
San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan eyeing other Hawaii development projects
OliverMcMillan, the San Diego-based firm developing the Symphony Honolulu condominium project, is opening a Hawaii regional office next month and is in negotiations for two new development projects in the Islands outside of Honolulu, the head of the company’s Hawaii office told PBN. One of the projects is a condominium and the other a mixed-use […]
OliverMcMillan puts 10 penthouses on the market at Symphony Honolulu
OliverMcMillan puts 10 penthouses on the market at Symphony Honolulu Bill Cresenzo Reporter – Pacific Business News OliverMcMillan Pacific Rim LLC has put 10 penthouses at its 388-unit 45-story Symphony Honoulu condo project on the market with prices that start at $1.56 million. The company said Wednesday that the largest the penthouses at 888 Kapiolani […]
OliverMcMillan breaks ground on Symphony Honolulu condominium project
Nov 20, 2013, 2:58pm HST Duane Shimogawa Reporter | Pacific Business News OliverMcMillan Pacific Rim LLC began construction Wednesday on its 388-unit, 45-story Symphony Honolulu mixed-use condominium tower at the corner of Kapiolani Boulevard and Ward Avenue, across from the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu’s Kakaako neighborhood. More than 150 people attended a groundbreaking […]