A couple of updates:
Proposed 350-foot condo tower in Waikiki met with major opposition
Sep 9, 2015, 5:39pm HST
Duane Shimogawa
Reporter
Pacific Business News
A Japanese firm’s 350-foot mixed-use condominium-hotel tower being planned for the former property of the Kyo-ya Restaurant in Waikiki was met with strong opposition by some community members and the area’s neighborhood board.
Keith Kurahashi, president of the Honolulu-based planning and zoning consulting firm Kusao & Kurahashi Inc. presented plans for the 176-unit “One Waikiki” project to the Waikiki Neighborhood Board, which opposed the project because of height limit concerns.
Source:
Pacific Business News
First Look: Ferraro Choi shares renderings of Honolulu's 'Kakaako Innovation Block'
Sep 21, 2015, 12:11pm HST Updated Sep 21, 2015, 4:50pm HST
Duane Shimogawa
Reporter
Pacific Business News
Honolulu architecture firm Ferraro Choi and Associates Ltd. has been tapped to design a part of the 5.5-acre “Kakaako Makai Innovation Block,” a partnership between the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the High Technology Development Corp.
Ferraro Choi, which is designing the “Entrepreneur’s Sandbox” and is in the planning phase for the “Innovation Hale,” has revealed renderings for the 360,000-square-foot project.
Source:
Pacific Business News