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I'm seriously starting to lose track of all the buildings proposed, approved or under construction in the city. The list just keeps growing and growing!

McCully condo plan raises concerns
Requested variances are "out of character" with the community, some residents say



By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 10, 2014

The condo called 'Ohana Hale would be 21 stories with 180 mostly studio and one-bedroom units expected to sell for between about $250,000 and $440,000, according to a draft environmental assessment for the planned tower published this week.

Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser

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Apr 10, 2014, 7:26am HST
BlackSand Capital, partners plan multi-level tower for Waikiki retail site


The partnership between Honolulu-based BlackSandCapital, Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group plans to replace the King's Village retail complex behind the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa with a mixed-use, multilevel tower that will include a 256-unit condominium hotel.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the developers told the Waikiki Neighborhood Board Tuesday night that they plan to ask the Honolulu City Council to allow the project, which includes a 350-foot tower that exceeds the current 240-foot height limit as well as setback restrictions and density limits.

The developers also said they have agreed to contribute $500,000 for Waikiki beach replenishment, $200,000 to the city to help the homeless in Waikiki, $200,000 to help keep bathrooms open after 10 p.m. in Waikiki, and $100,000 for construction of improvements that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and a bathroom at the Waikiki Community Center.

Sources: Honolulu Star Advertiser & Pacific Business News
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The Honolulu Metro Construction Boom

Hawaii Construction Boom: New Developments Coming to Honolulu, North Shore, Central, West and Windward Oahu

New developments are changing the face of Honolulu—find out what’s coming.
David Thompson
Source: Honolulu Magazine


Construction cranes rise across urban Honolulu, shifting the skyline and promising change. For those ready to move into these developments, the residential housing boom offers new places to live. For neighbors and others concerned about the pace of growth, some projects face resistance.
Photos: Courtesy of HCDA and the respective development companies.

1. GOING UP IN TOWN
From Waikiki to Aiea, dozens of new glass towers will transform the face of the city—most dramatically in Kakaako.

Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach 2121 Kuhio Ave., $900K–$15M, 37 stories, 2016 - Rising above Luxury Row, and obstructing the ocean view of its neighbors, this controversial new addition to Waikiki is the first of two towers developer Pacrep LLC plans for the block (the other is a proposed 39-story condo/hotel).


ONE Ala Moana 1555 Kapiolani Blvd., $500K–$1.2M, 23 stories, 2014 - This swanky new condominium could literally not be closer to Ala Moana Center. That’s because it’s being built at Ala Moana Center, or, more precisely, on top of the Nordstrom parking garage. Design-wise, the building is actually two towers wrapped in one glass skin, each with its own lobby and elevators. All 205 units sold out within two days of hitting the market.


Aiea rising Moanalua Road at Ka Onohi Street, 5 buildings, 150-350 feet
- Suburb of Honolulu near Pearl Harbor - If developer Robertson Properties Group gets its way—and a zoning variance raising the height limit from 60 feet to 350 feet—a 14-acre “urban village” will sprout from the site of the old Kamehameha Drive-In Theater, across the street from Pearlridge Center. Can you picture the old Kam Swap Meet filled with 1,500 new residences and a multitude of offices and stores? The neighbors can, and they see more congestion.


KAKAAKO $300K–$700K, Two 46-story towers, Tower A 2015, Tower B 2016 - between Downtown Honolulu & Waikiki

801 South St.


Symphony Honolulu - Kapiolani Blvd. at Ward Ave, $500K–$800K, 40 stories, 2015 - Entertainment central
The Kakaako development plan envisions an urban community where people can walk to their places of work and play.


Keauhou Place & Keauhou Lane
Mixing it up
- 555 South St., 40 stories + 6 stories, 2016 - Everybody knew that the Eat the Street food trucks weren’t going to have their own city block forever. Landowner Kamehameha Schools envisions filling the block with a variety of housing types, including townhomes, lofts, live-work spaces, rentals and a tower with 400 or so units. The tower is called Keauhou Place, while a six-story mid-rise, which will have restaurants and retail on the ground floor, is called Keauhou Lane. Developer Stanford Carr hopes to break ground later this year.


Halekauwila Place
Cheap rents on the park
- Halekauwila Street at Keawe Street, Rentals from $956–$1,389, 19 stories, 2014 (just completed) - Built to satisfy the Hawaii Community Development Authority’s requirement for affordable rental housing, this building’s 204 units are for workers whose income is no more than 60 percent of Honolulu’s median annual income.


803 Waimanu
A shrunken giant
- $200K–$450K, 7 stories, 2016 - Community outcry forced California-based developer Franco Mola to scale back his planned building from 400 feet to a measly 65 feet. Residents of Imperial Plaza—a building just 39 feet away—still complain that their neighbor to be is too close for comfort.


400 Keawe
Business and housing
- $400K–$700K, 6 stories, 2016 - A new piece from the “Our Kakaako” development plan came to light recently with the announcement of Castle & Cooke’s plan to create a mix of commercial and residential space at Auahi and Keawe streets. The ground floor will feature 10,000 square feet for businesses. Ninety-five one- to three-bedroom condos will occupy floors two through six. All of it is just a half block from Waterfront Plaza.


Ward Village: Waiea
The ample lap of luxury
- 1118 Ala Moana Blvd., $1.5M–$20M, 36 stories, 2016 - The Howard Hughes Corp., whose long-term plan for low-slung Kakaako involves pulling it into the sky with 21 residential high-rises, is kicking off the campaign with a pair of towers across from the Ward Stadium 16 movie theaters.


Ward Village: Anaha - 1108 Auahi St., $470K and up, 38 stories, 2016
- This fraternal twin of the Waiea tower will be the same height as its sibling—400 feet—but have more down-to-earth prices (and two extra floors, thanks to lower ceilings). Seventy-three townhomes and flats will line the street, while the tower will hold 238 one- to three-bedroom units. Its distinctive stacks-of-wavy-glass design could make this building a landmark for miles around, or at least until it’s lost among the score of other high-rises Howard Hughes plans to build around it.


988 Halekauwila - 44 stories, 2016 - Across Ward Avenue from Sports Authority (which will be replaced by a high-rise itself, someday), this 424-unit tower is being built by The Howard Hughes Corp. to satisfy its obligation to create “workforce housing” in Kakaako.


Waihonua - 1189 Waimanu St., $400K–$700K, 43 stories, 2016


The Collection - 600 Ala Moana Blvd., $300K–$700K, 43 stories, 2017 - As part of Kamehameha Schools’ “Our Kakaako” development plan, this 396-foot tower is set to arise on the block once occupied by CompUSA. Eventually, the block will feature a collection of new-urbanist abodes, including townhomes and four-story mid-rise condos.


2. CENTRAL AND WEST SIDE
A mix of sprawling new communities and small expansions of existing neighborhoods will beef up the stock of single-family homes and duplexes.

Hoopili - $300K–$600K, 11,750 homes, construction begins 2015 - Developer D.R. Horton hopes to break ground on its massive and much contested development next year, kicking off a construction project that could be underway for the next 20 years. Eighty percent of Hoopili’s homes will be mid-rises, townhomes and other multi-family dwellings, while 20 percent will be single-family homes, with 3 million square feet devoted to commercial and industrial uses. This makes the development more of a small city than a simple subdivision.


Koa Ridge - 3,500 single- and multi-family homes, first homes 2016 - After more than a decade of protests and legal challenges, Castle & Cooke’s long-in-coming Koa Ridge housing development has yet another obstacle to overcome: the Sierra Club’s appeal of the State Land Use Commission’s rezoning of the land from agricultural to residential and commercial use. If Castle & Cooke prevails, it expects to begin building in late 2015, with the first homes available for occupancy in 2016. Construction is expected to last 10 to 15 years. The development is slated for 576 acres of former pineapple fields between Mililani, Waipio Gentry and the H-2 freeway. Opponents object to the loss of the last bit of farmland between Pearlridge and Wahiawa, the impact on drinking water downslope from the development, and the worsening of the region’s already hellish traffic.


Kapolei
Awakea at Mehana

Townhomes in the Second City - $300K–$500K, 115 townhomes, 2016 - The latest installment of developer D.R. Horton’s fast-growing Mehana subdivision features two solid blocks of two- and three-bedroom townhomes mixed with spaces for small businesses.


3. COUNTRY SPRAWL
Modern mid-rises, low-rises and townhomes face mixed reactions across the island.

Kailua
Ka Malanai
- Kailua Road at Aoloa Street, $400K–$900K, 153 units, 2015


**These are actually just some of what's in the pipeline for Honolulu** This city & metro is going to look so different over the next decade it's not even funny!
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Amazing collection. The city scape is definitely reaching a density that has never been seen before.
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Wow! What a amazing job! Beautiful! I'm sure they will be so successful. Why I haven't visit HNL for a long time. Boy, I miss oceans.
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Apr 30, 2014, 7:21am HST
Outrigger to add new Waikiki hotel tower as part of $100M redevelopment
Janis L. Magin
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Pacific Business News



Outrigger Enterprises Group plans to spend $100 million on a redevelopment of its Outrigger Reef on the Beach that will add a 200-room hotel tower to the Waikiki hotel along with increased meeting space, open recreation and dining areas.

The project, which is in the planning stages, represents a commitment to its Hawaii roots for the Honolulu-based hospitality company, which has been expanding in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and, most recently the Indian Ocean with its Outrigger Mauritius Resort and Spa, Outrigger President and CEO David Carey said in a statement.

The new hotel tower will be set back from the beach along Kalia Road and will add 15,000 square feet of new meeting space and create 100 new hotel jobs. The company expects entitlements and permitting to take three years, with construction starting in 2017 and a completion targeted for 2019.

....more details of this project....

Planned addition to Waikiki hotel proposed
Posted: Apr 30, 2014 12:24 PM PDT
Updated: Apr 30, 2014 12:25 PM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) - The Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikiki would gain a 350-foot hotel tower and meeting space under a proposal by Outrigger Enterprises Group.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the addition would be the fifth new tower of its size planned for Waikiki.

Preliminary plans call for construction of a 31- or 32-story, 200-room tower near the Outrigger Reef.


Sources: Hawaii News Now & Pacific Business News
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Large Central Oahu solar farm gets key approval

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The Hawaii Division of Consumer Advocacy, which aims to protect and advance the interests of the state’s consumers of regulated utilities, has given the green light to First Wind’s planned 20-megawatt solar energy farm on Castle & Cooke-owned land near Mililani in Central Oahu.

The Consumer Advocate said in a public filing that, during its preliminary review of the project, it approves the 20-year power purchase agreement between Hawaiian Electric Co. and the Boston-based renewable-energy developer.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has the ultimate say on the matter and has yet to come out with its ruling on the project’s power purchase agreement, although the Consumer Advocate’s position does have weight in the final decision.

The 135-acre project just south of Mililani is the same site that was designed for four separate 5-megawatt projects by four different developers.
Consolidating to a single 20-megawatt project enabled the project to be developed more efficiently and at a lower price, Castle & Cooke has said.
The project, which will provide a cost savings of up to $67 million for ratepayers, will sell power to Hawaiian Electric at 15.6 cents per kilowatt hour.
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Oahu population growth outpacing housing supply
Posted: May 05, 2014 1:12 PM PDT
Updated: May 05, 2014 1:14 PM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) - Oahu's population is growing much faster than its housing supply.

Eugene Tian, a Hawaii economist, tells the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that to catch up with demand, developers would have to build about 2,000 more homes each year than they do now.

His calculations assume 1 percent population growth on the island.

Oahu issued about 7,000 housing permits a year in the 1960s and about 6,500 a year in the '70s. During the past three years the island has issued only about 1,600 permits a year.

Developments such as the 5,000 planned condominiums in Honolulu's Kakaako neighborhood are a start. But because towers take years to complete, Oahu's housing deficit will endure in the near future.

The housing supply on the neighbor islands is more balanced.

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May 6, 2014, 2:14pm HST Updated: May 6, 2014, 3:32pm HST

New adventure park planned for Kalaeloa in West Oahu *Honolulu suburb


Duane Shimogawa
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Pacific Business News

Coral Crater Adventure Park, featuring a zipline course, off-road rides and a climbing wall, is being built in a 23-acre former Navy coral quarry owned by Hunt Cos. in Kalaeloa in West Oahu, the developer of the park told PBN.

Coral Crater LLC, which is headed by James Owen, former president of Discover Hawaii Tours and one of the founding partners of The Groove Hawaii go-kart and entertainment park in Kakaako, recently signed a lease with Hunt Cos. for the new park.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“There’s going to be lots of trees and open space,” Owen told PBN. “There will also be a playground for small children as well as restaurants and a large picnic area.”

The park also will include repelling opportunities off natural cliffs and from a man-made climbing area, he said, noting that the park has been in the works for more than three years.

“This park will mostly be for kamaaina,” Owen said. “I want to make this really successful and see if this is a model that can be replicated elsewhere.”

The Coral Crater Adventure Park will be located at the intersection of Enterprise Street and Roosevelt Avenue. It is expected to create at least 40 permanent jobs with an estimated opening in early 2015, Owen said.

He said he has not yet established prices for visitors, but they will vary by activity.

Hunt Cos. wants to attract a variety of recreational amenities to the area as part of its goal of creating a thriving, family-oriented community in Kalaeloa. To date, the Texas-based developer has invested about $15 million in its 538 acres of former Navy land in Kalaeloa to help restore life to the area.

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May 6, 2014, 2:26pm HST Updated: May 6, 2014, 4:44pm HST

Avalon Development, Walton Street Capital affiliates purchase 123-acre Kapolei Business Park West *suburb of Honolulu



Affiliates of Honolulu-based Avalon Development Co. and Chicago-based Walton Street Capital LLC have formed a joint venture to buy the 123-acre Kapolei Business Park in West Oahu from a division of the James Campbell Co. LLC for an undisclosed price, with plans to put the 47 fee-simple industrial lots and another 23-acre lot on the market.

The purchase comes on the heels of another recent purchase by Avalon Development and Walton Street Capital last month for the 54-acre Kapolei Business Park Phase 2, which is located across the street from the former West Kalaeloa Business Park that is now called the Kapolei Business Park West.

“We are excited at the opportunity to make much-needed fee-simple industrial property available for sale,” said Christine Camp, president and CEO of Avalon Development, in a statement. “The growing scarcity of fee-simple industrial land has been tough on businesses, so opportunities like this are very valuable.”

Guy Kidder, vice president for Colliers International Hawaii and the broker for both of the ventures’ purchases, as well as the listing broker for the future sale of the lots to individual businesses, said that as industrial land in town is re-purposed to non-industrial uses, this acquisition and subsequent development ensures that sites for Hawaii’s large and small industrial users will be available for the next few years.

Scott Mitchell, executive vice president of Colliers International Hawaii, said that as he looks around Oahu he sees virtually no vacant industrial land left anywhere except in Kapolei.

“This is shaping up to be a very astute and strategic acquisition,” he said in a statement. “Early decision-makers should benefit most by acquiring needed land before prices return to pre-recession levels and likely beyond.”

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Here are a couple of images of developments in the pipeline for Kaka'ako


Source: Dbedt Hawaii


Source: KakaakoProperties.com
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Companies Jockey for $1 Billion Worth of Honolulu Rail Contracts

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About 300 people crowded into the Honolulu Country Club in Salt Lake on Monday to network in advance of a bidding process for $1 billion in Honolulu rail contracts. The first bids are expected as early as this month.

Skanska, a Swedish company with a stock market value of $8 billion, has already joined forces with both Hawaiian Dredging Company and PCL, a Canadian general contracting company.

Officials from Southland Contracting of Texas held court in a booth showcasing their expertise in underground tunneling. The company has already made inroads into the Hawaii market with a city contract to help build a $175 million gravity sewer tunnel that stretches from Kaneohe to Kailua.

Meanwhile, employees of Nordic PCL Construction touted their “long history as a kamaaina contractor in Hawaii.”

The most valuable contract is a $745 million design-and-build deal for the second leg of the rail guideway, stretching from the airport to Ala Moana Center. The project includes construction of about nine miles of elevated viaduct and supporting structures.

The guideway will run down the middle of existing roadways including Kamehameha Highway, Ualena Street, Dillingham Boulevard, Nimitz Highway, Halekauwila Street, Queen Street and Kona Street.

Many of the roads will be widened on the makai side to accommodate the rail system and electrical lines will be buried underground.

HART plans to put the contract out for bids in July. Brennon Morioka, HART's deputy executive director, told attendees that it is one of the largest construction contracts in Hawaii's history, if not the largest.
The company to beat is Kiewit, a huge construction company based in Nebraska that won three of the first five rail contracts worth about $1 billion. Kiweit was awarded contracts for the first two guideway segments that will run from East Kapolei to Aloha Stadium. Those contracts are worth $854 combined.

Kiewit also previously partnered with Albert C. Kobayashi Inc. to win a $195 million contract for the Waipahu maintenance and storage facility where trains will be housed.

Among the remaining contracts, one is for $150 million to build the West Oahu, Farrington Highway and Kamehameha Highway Stations. It is supposed to go out for bids this month.
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Macy's may anchor DeBartolo Development's planned Hawaii shopping mall

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Macy’s Inc. is in active negotiations with DeBartolo Development to be the anchor tenant of the developer's planned 1.4-million-square-feet, $500 million shopping mall in Hawaii, Ka Makana Alii in West Oahu, a spokesman with the Florida-based mall developer told PBN.

Renderings of the 67-acre mall, which will be located at the intersection of Kapolei and Kualakai parkways, also show Macy’s as part of the project.
Several sources also have told PBN that Macy’s (NYSE: M) may open a new store in the East Kapolei mall, which will be built on land leased from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

The DeBartolo Development spokesman also said that the firm is negotiating with several other national and local tenants for its first Hawaii mall, which will be the third largest of its kind in the state, following only Ala Moana Center and Pearlridge Center.
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May 30, 2014, 1:08pm HST
Waikiki condo project, stalled by discovery of ancient human remains, to be completed this fall

Duane Shimogawa
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Pacific Business News



The Cove Waikiki, a long-planned 117-unit, five-story condominium project that was slowed due to the finding of ancient human remains, or iwi, should be completed by September or October, the developer of the project told PBN.

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May 29, 2014, 7:05am HST
Korean developer plans 234-unit condo behind Hawaii's Ala Moana Center
Staff
Pacific Business News

The South Korean developer that purchased a 1.4-acre lot behind Ala Moana Center in Honolulu in 2007 told the Hawaii Community Development Authority that it plans to build a 234-unit condominium tower on the site that would integrate with the city's planned rail station.

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Jun 3, 2014, 7:18am HST Updated: Jun 3, 2014, 9:26am HST
Hilton to break ground on new Waikiki time-share tower

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Blackstone, Hilton Worldwide and Hilton Grand Vacations plan to break ground Tuesday morning on a 37-story, 418-unit luxury time-share tower at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort.

The Grand Islander tower is being designed by Los Angeles-based Indidesign, and is expected to be completed in late 2016 or early 2017.

The design includes different floor plans, including 237 one-bedroom units; 166 two-bedroom units, 19 of which are penthouses; and 15 three-bedroom penthouse units.



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Jun 9, 2014, 2:43pm HST
Honolulu's first urban indoor public park opens
Duane Shimogawa
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Pacific Business News

Kakaako Agora, Honolulu’s first urban indoor public park, opened this past weekend inside a 3,225-square-foot former vacant warehouse space at 441 Cooke St., the developers said Monday.

The project, done in partnership by landowner Kamehameha Schools and Interisland Terminal, the developer, was designed by well-known Tokyo-based architectural firm Atelier Bow-Wow.

“Kakaako Agora is a perfect fit for Our Kakaako,” said Christian O’Connor, senior asset manager for Kamehameha Schools, in a statement. “It will inspire artistic collaborations and continue to foster the kind of innovation and creativity that the community is known for.”

Kakaako Agora, a free, publicly accessible, shaded community gathering spot that includes a 687-square-feet mezzanine, was built in two months by several local organizations including Collab Studios, Sunworks Construction, Heavy Metal Hawaii and Hui Ku Maoli Ola.

From now until June 28, Kakaako Agora will house June Kaboom, nightly performances, speakers and film screenings hosted by Kumu Kahua Theatre, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Pow! Wow! Hawaii, ii Gallery, Oiwi TV, Taiko Center of the Pacific and others.

The space is available for the public to use from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

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More towers on the rise – Three developers present the neighborhood board with proposals for a half-dozen new projects



Kakaako is in the middle of a residential tower development wave that builders see as meeting overwhelming homebuyer demand, but some area residents see as crowding their quality of life.

Well, don’t look now, but another wave is on the way.

Three developers have unveiled plans to seek permits later this year for six more residential towers in or on the edge of Kakaako with more than 1,000 new units.

Four of the new towers are part of the Ward Village master plan by Ward Centers owner Howard Hughes Corp. One is part of the Our Kakaako master plan by Kamehameha Schools. And one is adjacent to Ala Moana Center and the city’s planned rail station there.

The six new projects are on top of 15 towers in or on the outskirts of Kakaako with a combined total of roughly 5,400 units under construction, permitted, in permitting or recently completed.

Local housing market analyst Ricky Cassiday said the newest tower plans reflect an eagerness by developers to meet market demand and perhaps get projects approved before state lawmakers have an opportunity next year to change Kakaako development rules in response to public outcries as they did earlier this year.

“Developers like certainty, and change is in the air,” Cassiday said. “There is the political cycle next to the economic cycle.”

Local economists have said that Hawaii population growth is outstripping housing production, and that even 5,000 condominiums delivered over the next two years will make only a dent in the shortage.

Far fewer homes are being built elsewhere in Honolulu — mainly single-family houses and townhomes in the suburbs — making Kakaako ground zero for housing production on Oahu.

Eugene Tian, the state’s chief economist, recently said that 3,525 new homes need to be added on Oahu annually to match an anticipated population growth of 1 percent, assuming 2.8 people per household. Over the past three years, 1,612 residential units were approved for construction per year on average, which leaves a deficit of 1,913 homes.

“We are behind,” Tian said.

Cassiday agrees that there is strong demand from residents forming families, though he also said added demand is coming from part-time residents and investors outside Hawaii.

“There is an inexhaustible demand from abroad,” he said. “Things have been under­supplied for a very long time.”

The most aggressive developer in Kakaako responding to such demand appears to be Hughes Corp. with its Ward Village plan that envisions up to 4,300 residential units in 22 towers covering 60 acres at Ward Centers.

Hughes Corp. has three towers with 915 combined units already approved and slated to begin construction later this year. On Tuesday, the company told the Ala Moana-Kakaako Neighborhood Board that it plans to seek permits later this year for another four towers.

Two of the new Ward Village towers have a combined 230 units, including some low-rise townhomes, and replace most of Ward Warehouse along Ala Moana Boulevard.

Another tower with 220 units would be just Ewa of the Ward Entertainment Center theaters.

A fourth tower with an undetermined number of units is planned next to a recently announced Whole Foods store mauka of the theaters.

This four-tower second phase of Ward Village also includes retail and a large landscaped pedestrian plaza around which the four towers are planned, according to Nick Vanderboom, vice president of development for Hughes Corp.

“This will be the start of what will be about a 4-acre village green connecting Kewalo Basin up to where the future rail stop will be near where Ross is today,” he told the board.

a couple of blocks away, Kamehameha Schools is working with local development firm The Kobayashi Group to build a 265-unit tower on a 3.5-acre site occupied by Cutter Nissan between Ala Moana Boulevard, Koula Street and a closed-off portion of Auahi Street.

Matthew Pennaz, a Kobayashi Group senior project manager, speaking at the same neighborhood board meeting on Tuesday, said the company considers the block the “crown jewel” of nine blocks in the Our Kakaako master plan.

“We’re excited to be part of the community,” he said.

Pennaz said a price range for tower units hasn’t been determined yet. Cassiday, however, said a tower on that site most certainly would be a luxury product.

Both the Our Kakaako tower and Ward Village towers will need approval from the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the state agency regulating development in Kakaako.

Existing residents in the area, many of whom live in condos next to proposed towers, have complained about the agency “rushing” public hearings on tower permits over the past couple of years, and contend that more towers can’t be supported by infrastructure such as roads and sewers.

HCDA officials insist that sufficient sewer capacity was created to handle all the proposed development under a 4-decade-old vision to concentrate dense urban development in Kakaako that relieves pressure on rural and agricultural lands on Oahu.

The city considers sewer and water connection requests per project, and has approved all of them to date.

The developers will need to produce traffic studies and mitigation plans. The projects are likely to slow traffic in the area, but not to an extent that would keep them from proceeding, based on past decisions regarding other developments.

The issue of rapid development in Kakaako led to several bills introduced in January at the Legislature, including one calling for a moratorium on development in the area and one abolishing HCDA. Only one bill passed, and will reconstitute the agency’s board of directors next year among other more minor changes.

Larry Hurst, area neighborhood board chairman, is supportive of HCDA’s mission established by the Legislature in 1976.

“All those years ago, Kakaako was (thought of as) the place to get people to live in the (primary urban core),” he said. “When it finally comes (close to happening), only the newbies start talking. I ask people, ‘Where have you been for 37 years?’ It’s like, you can’t move in next to a hospital and then start complaining about the ambulance.”

The third new project presented to the neighborhood board Tuesday is a 234-unit tower slated at 1391 Kapiolani Blvd. next to Ala Moana Center a block Ewa of the Nordstrom store fronting Kapiolani, Kona Street and Kona Iki Street just outside Kakaako’s Piikoi Street border.

In 2007, an affiliate of South Korea-based SamKoo Development Co. Ltd. bought the 1.4-acre site that formerly hosted a car dealership and announced plans for a luxury condo tower. However, Hawaii’s real estate market was approaching a turndown in the face of a recession and the project was put on hold.

Lowell Chun, a consultant for SamKoo, told the board that the developer has revised its plan to fit with the city’s new rail station that will be the Honolulu terminus of the line from Kapolei.

“It’s a rail line anchor,” he said. “It’s a destination.”

Chun said SamKoo is offering to provide a slice of its property along Kona Street for rail use, and would like to create a public area with commercial shops on the tower site integrated with the city’s rail station.

“We are right there,” he said. “What we would like to create is a landmark building for this landmark location — something that signifies that this is someplace special.”

Chun said SamKoo hopes to submit a permit application with the city within the next few months under interim transit-oriented development rules pending before the City Council, provided the rules are adopted.

A maximum height under interim rules being considered would be 450 feet, up from the site’s existing 250-foot limit, though Chun said the 1391 Kapiolani tower is planned to rise 420 feet.

The Neighborhood Board did not vote on the projects.

Developers of the three projects all expect to seek permits this year but did not project construction timetables if their towers are approved.

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. I didn't realize what a boom this city is experiencing. Half a dozen new tower proposals recently is always great. Its interesting to note that the demand is greater than the supply, foreshadowing even more possible towers in the future.
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^I'm thinking that there are more to come too, especially with such high demand!

Jun 25, 2014, 11:05am HST
Kobayashi-MacNaughton’s new Honolulu luxury condo project gets nod from neighborhood board

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The planned Vida at 888 Ala Moana luxury condominium tower being developed by the Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group received neighborhood board approval Tuesday night.


Hawaii developers the Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group have received approval from the Ala Moana/Kakaako Neighborhood Board to move ahead with its Vida at 888 Ala Moana luxury condominium high-rise on a 3.5-acre site in Honolulu.

The cost of to the develop the project hasn't been disclosed. PBN first reported on the project, which is part of Kamehameha Schools’ “Our Kakaako” master plan and still needs the approval from the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Kamehameha Schools' master plan proposes seven residential towers with 2,750 units and 300,000 square feet of commercial space on 29 acres on nine city blocks.

The 38-story Vida tower will include 265 two- and three-bedroom units and will be designed by Los Angeles-based Arquitectonica and Honolulu-based Ben Woo Architects, which will be helping the project seek LEED certification with an energy-efficient design and features.

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Honolulu seems to be booming as much as Miami ! So many projects! I wish somebody could update the rail thread in the Transportation forum with new pics though! Thanks for the updates Urbanguy!
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^There's so much going on & so much more in the pipeline! Can't wait to see what the city will look like over the next decade!

Here's more updates...although this first one is of a chain store (Walgreens) the rendering & some of the plans for it look cool.

Jul 15, 2014, 11:07am HST Updated: Jul 16, 2014, 5:31pm HST
Walgreens to open flagship Hawaii store in early 2015





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Walgreens’ new two-story flagship Hawaii store on Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu, across from Ala Moana Center, is expected to open in early 2015, a spokeswoman for the nation’s largest drugstore chain told PBN.

The 20,000 square-foot store, which is being built by Honolulu’s dck pacific construction and was designed by Honolulu-based Architects Hawaii Ltd., will include a three-level parking garage, will include such food offerings as self-serve frozen yogurt and hand-rolled sushi, as well as a “Bridge Pharmacy” and a “Look Boutique” that will feature dozens of cosmetic, skin care and hair care brands not typically found in drugstores.

“As part of it, Britain’s leading skin care brand, No7, created by Boots, will be available,” said Mailee Ua, spokeswoman for Walgreens. “Specially- trained beauty advisors are on hand to offer guidance finding the best solutions for individual needs.”

The pharmacy will be designed to encourage greater interaction between pharmacists and patients.

“At the core of this approach is an effort to bring the pharmacist out from behind the counter so they can provide more counseling to patients, offer clinical services and answer questions,” Ua said. “The pharmacy also features an ‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ desk, private health room (consultation) and an Express Rx kiosk for swift checkout.”

Walgreens also shared renderings of the new store, its first two-level location in Hawaii, with PBN. Click on the photo to see the slideshow.

Walgreens struck a deal to take over the site, a former Tower Records store, across from Ala Moana Center back in 2006 and operated a store in the old building until last year.

Walgreens to get new look, concept
The larger, upscale store on Keeaumoku could set the stage for a 20-story tower




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POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 17, 2014

It's rising behind a construction screen now and doesn't look like much, but when a new Walgreens on Keeaumoku Street opens in February it will be unlike any drugstore ever seen in Hawaii.

Fresh handmade sushi, poke bowls, bentos, a coffee and pastry counter, a juice bar and self-serve frozen yogurt will be among the offerings.

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UH shares its vision for new, versatile stadium
The proposal for a 30,585-seat facility estimates a cost of $165 million to $190 million




By Ferd Lewis

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2014

On the heels of an Aloha Stadium Authority consultant's recommendation for a stadium with 30,000 to 35,000 seats, the University of Hawaii athletic department has unveiled its own concept of a 30,585-seat multipurpose facility.

The UH version, as envisioned by the Gens­ler design and architectural firm of Los Angeles, is estimated to cost $165 million to $190 million, depending upon whether a partial roof is included, but is not specific to any location.

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Jul 9, 2014, 2:31pm HST
Ultra-luxury condos at Hawaii's Ala Moana Center to start construction soon


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The Honolulu developers of the $300 million Park Lane Ala Moana project, a row of seven ultra-luxury, condominium towers planned for what is now a parking area at Ala Moana Center held a ground blessing on Wednesday morning and plan to start construction within a couple of months, an executive from the development team told PBN.

Kathy Inouye, partner and chief operating officer of the Kobayashi Group LLC, which is developing the low-rise project along with The MacNaughton Group, BlackSand Capital and landowner General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP), said prices for the 215 units in the project haven't been established.

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Jul 7, 2014, 2:57pm HST
California firm plans new retail shopping center in Kapolei in West Oahu

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A California commercial real estate investment firm plans to develop a new 55,000-square-foot retail center in the growing West Oahu community of Kapolei called “The Gathering Place,” Pacific Business News has learned.

Atalanta Realty Investments, which recently re-entered the Hawaii market with the purchase of two well-known Downtown Honolulu office buildings, told PBN that the open-air retail center, which is scheduled to open in spring 2016, will consist of five one-story buildings and two two-story buildings on about 4.5 acres.

The Gathering Place also will have seasonal events, social media sites, greenbelts and rest areas, as well as a “pop-up fountain” play area for families.

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Ewa Beach resort developer details plans for $87M lagoon
By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2014

The developer of Hoaka­lei Resort in Ewa Beach has published new details of a proposed recreational lagoon that it wants to substitute for a previously planned marina — including a cost comparison and a way to regulate lagoon use.

Haseko (Hawaii) Inc. said its planned lagoon will cost an estimated $87 million, or $7 million more than its abandoned plan for a boat marina, according to a draft environmental impact statement published Tuesday.

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Jul 9, 2014, 2:58pm HST
Howard Hughes Corp.'s second Honolulu luxury tower to start construction in coming months

Duane Shimogawa
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The Howard Hughes Corp. is preparing to start construction in the coming months on its second luxury Honolulu condominium tower called Anaha that is planned for the former Pier 1 Imports location in Kakaako, the senior vice president for the Texas-based firm’s Hawaii operations told PBN.

The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) said in its first quarter earnings report in March that it had pre-sold 54 percent of the project, which includes 311 units.

“Over the last few months, sales have continued to progress,” Howard Hughes Corp.’s Senior Vice President for Hawaii David Striph told PBN via email.

Last month, the developer broke ground on its Waiea luxury condo tower on a former surface parking lot fronting Ala Moana Boulevard, diagonally across from the Anaha site.

Both towers are part of the developer's first phase of its Ward Village master plan.

The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to add more than 900 residential units in the first phase of its Ward master plan, which includes these two mixed-use high-rises.
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I don't really care for this one...basically just some corny themed hotel.

Aug 11, 2014, 5:32pm HST Updated: Aug 12, 2014, 2:53pm HST
West Oahu's 'Endless Summer' of growth



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Another developer is betting on West Oahu's planned growth with a new-concept hotel, as PBN first reported on Sunday. The resort, headed up by the same investors restoring the Coco Palms Resort on Kauai, will be themed after the legendary surfing movie, “The Endless Summer,” signaling another effort to add more economic growth to the area.

It’s also not the only hotel or development planned for West Oahu recently. To recap what PBN has reported on for West Oahu:

Florida-based DeBartolo Development plans to include a couple of hotels as part of its 67-acre Ka Makana Alii shopping center in East Kapolei.
Texas-based developer Hunt Cos.’s 20-year Kalaeloa master plan, which includes building 4,000 homes in the area, as well as retail and recreational opportunities, such as the 23-acre Coral Crater Adventure Park, featuring a zipline course, off-road rides and a climbing wall. Hunt Hawaii is expected to bring about 12,000 new residents to Kalaeloa after its master-plan for the area is all said and done in the next two decades.

The California-based commercial real estate investment firm, Atalanta Realty Investments, also is firmly interested in West Oahu with a planned 55,000-square-foot retail center called “The Gathering Place” in the works for the area for spring 2016.

Additionally, the planned 11,750-home Hoopili housing project by D.R. Horton Schuler Division, also will provide a huge economic boost for the area, scheduled to begin construction in early 2015.
In May, PBN held a breakfast panel discussion that discussed the present and future of Kapolei and the rest of West Oahu, with six executives sharing their views on the topic.

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Ward Warehouse might give way to high-rises in 2015 [The Honolulu Star-Advertiser :: ]

Aug. 13--Most of the Ward Warehouse retail center in Kakaako could be demolished in the second half of 2015 to make way for two condominium towers as part of a second phase of residential development at Ward Centers.

Landowner and developer Howard Hughes Corp. has submitted a permit application to the Hawaii Community Development Authority seeking approval to replace much of Ward Warehouse with two high-rises.

The project also would include low-rise townhomes fronting Ala Moana Boulevard, retail space along Auahi Street and public open space that includes a waterway between the two towers, the application said.

HCDA, a state agency governing development in Kakaako, has scheduled three public hearings on the project for October and December.

Hughes Corp. indicated in May during an Ala Moana-Kakaako Neighborhood Board meeting that it intended to seek permits this year for the two towers on the site as well as a third tower just Ewa of the Ward Entertainment Center theaters and a fourth tower next to a recently announced Whole Foods store mauka of the theaters.

The Texas-based developer already has three towers with 915 combined units approved. So far, construction has started on one luxury tower called Waiea in which the grand penthouse is going for just under $100 million, according to one future resident who bought a unit in the building.

Given the proximity of Waiea, which is immediately Diamond Head of Ward Warehouse, it is likely the two new towers will have luxury prices and features.

The planned tower adjacent to the 400-foot Waiea is designed to be 28 stories rising 311 feet with 123 units. The other tower is designed to be 400 feet tall with 35 stories and 113 units.

Hughes Corp. said in its application that unit sales in the two towers could begin in the first half of next year, followed by construction in the second half of the year if permits aren't hung up.

The developer is asking for a few mostly minor deviations from HCDA rules, including using an average 15-foot building setback on Ala Moana instead of a uniform 15-foot setback, and increasing how far a pedestrian shade canopy may extend into a front yard area to 10 feet from 4 feet.

Hughes Corp. is also seeking to build a parking garage topped by an amenity deck 65 feet high. That is the current height limit for such structures, but Hughes Corp. is locked into a prior 40-foot limit under a master plan approved by HCDA in 2009 and covering 60 acres envisioned for up to 22 residential towers.

The first public hearing on the two proposed towers will be held Oct. 1 at noon and will include a detailed presentation about the plan.

A hearing to consider the requested rule deviations is scheduled for Oct. 2 at 9 a.m.

A third hearing at which the agency's board is expected to make a decision is slated for Dec. 3 at noon.

All hearings will be in HCDA's office conference room at 461 Cooke St. and include an opportunity for the public to comment.

Anyone wishing to participate in the hearings as an intervenor with the ability to introduce expert witnesses and cross-examine experts retained by the developer must file a formal motion to do so with HCDA by Sept. 2.
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HOTEL PROJECT CAN ADD A TOWER

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The city has granted Pacrep 2 LLC, the Los Angeles-based developer of the planned Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach luxury tower, a Waikiki special district permit that allows the company to expand the project with an adjacent second tower.

City Department of Planning and Permitting Director George Atta conditionally approved the developer’s plan to build a new 39-story, 350-foot resort mixed-use tower on a nearly 2.6-acre lot at 2139 Kuhio Ave.

“In general the project will be of benefit to Waikiki, its businesses and nearby commercial establishments,” Atta said in his report, which was issued Monday. “Visitors will be welcomed at the project’s ground level by an active landscaped open space featuring lush plant life, interactive uses, outdoor dining and gather space. The project will improve the streetscape along Kuhio Avenue, provide a pleasant pedestrian experience and promote social interaction.”
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Honolulu’s construction crane count continues to rise, Rider Levett Bucknall report says

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The number of construction cranes increasing in Honolulu can be attributed to the much publicized uptick in residential activity in the Kakaako neighborhood.

Tower crane counts dotting Honolulu's skyline increased to 16 at the most recent count in November from 13 in August, according to the inaugural edition of Rider Levett Bucknall's North American Crane Index.

Residential projects account for 53 percent of the tower cranes in Honolulu, with large commercial projects representing 33 percent of the total cranes, the report said.

Health care and hospitality projects make up a smaller percentage of the total crane amount.

While a couple of tower cranes have come down in the last six months as residential high-rise projects are completed, several more developments have begun and the pipeline of projects is likely to result in additional cranes during the next 18 months, Rider Levett Bucknall said.
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The Howard Hughes Corporation® Receives Approval for Mixed-Use Development Featuring Whole Foods Market, New Retail and High Rise Residences




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The latest development will feature a 50,000 square-foot flagship Whole Foods Market that will serve both residents of Ward Village and the entire community as the specialty grocer’s largest store in Hawai‘i. The project will also include approximately 12,000 square-feet of additional retail space, district-wide parking and a tower with approximately 466 total residences.

The approved project is designed by architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson who are internationally recognized for their portfolio of residential, civic and commercial work, including the most iconic retail store in the world, the Apple cube on 5th Avenue in New York. The project will be designed in collaboration with executive architect, Architects Hawai‘i, and a team of local consultants. The design will include indoor/outdoor seating at Whole Foods Market and be influenced by healthy, dynamic and nourishing natural elements. In addition, Halekauwila Street will become a walkable thoroughfare.

“This approval marks another important milestone as we create a thriving Ward Village neighborhood for all to enjoy,” said Nick Vanderboom, Senior Vice President of Development for The Howard Hughes Corporation. “We are pleased to introduce several new community amenities as part of Phase Two of Ward Village, including a flagship grocery store, homes targeted for local residents, and a public park centered between our recently approved Gateway Towers designed by world renowned Richard Meier & Partners Architects.”

Phase Two will further enhance the transformation of Ward Village into an environmentally sustainable, pedestrian-friendly community in the heart of Honolulu. As the nation’s largest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Platinum-Certified project and the only neighborhood development in Hawai‘i to receive the prestigious certification, the core values of Ward Village and Whole Foods Market are well-aligned.
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Cool model with future towers for Kaka'ako district of Honolulu:


IBM building Kaka`ako model by GovdocsGwen, on Flickr


IBM Building Kaka`ako model looking mauka by GovdocsGwen, on Flickr
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Still don't know how I feel about this, but Ho'opili has been approved.
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May 6, 2015, 5:09pm HST
UPDATED: May 7, 2015, 4:15am HST
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D.R. Horton — Schuler Division’s rezoning request for its $4.6 billion, 11,750-home Hoopili master-planned community in West Oahu won unanimously approval Wednesday from the Honolulu City Council, a vice president for the developer confirmed to PBN.

The council voted 9-0 in favor of the Ewa development, said Cameron Nekota, vice president of D.R. Horton — Schuler Homes.

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Bill would rezone 1,289 acres of agricultural land in West Oahu

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HONOLULU —The City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to approve Bill 3, which would rezone 1,289 acres of agricultural land in West Oahu for the controversial Hoopili project by developer D.R. Horton. Council members Ann Kobayashi and Ron Menor both voted with reservations.

ritics say the project will lead to more traffic along the H1 Freeway and the city shouldn't replace agricultural land with 11,750 single-family homes.

"It is the best agricultural land, not only in Hawaii, (but) in the whole country," said Harmony Bentosino, one of the many project opponents who testified. "You can grow crops there that you cannot grow anywhere else."

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Published: May 6, 2015, 6:11 pm
Updated: May 6, 2015, 6:22 pm

A major development project in West Oahu cleared a big hurdle Wednesday afternoon at Honolulu Hale.

The Honolulu City Council unanimously approved D.R. Horton’s Hoopili project, which would allow 11,750 homes to be built between Kapolei and Ewa.

Supporters say the project will create more affordable housing and jobs while opponents say it takes away precious farm land and adds to Oahu’s growing traffic problem.

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Updated: May 06, 2015 6:37 PM HST

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Before the Honolulu City Council took its third and final vote, and after five months of haggling over a bill to rezone agricultural land for the Hoopili project, more than 30 testifiers made a last stand for and against the master-planned community.

"You've ignored us. You've ignored the evidence. And from my perspective, that's a betrayal of the public trust" Hoopili critic Jack De Feo said.

"We support this bill so that we can support our people and our major market and do the right thing," said supporter Anthony Guerrero on behalf of the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.

Developer D.R. Horton intends to build 11,750 homes between Ewa and Kapolei. Hoopili advocates believe the development will help meet a housing need and put people to work.

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The hotly debated project would provide 11,750 homes in Honolulu at the cost of 1,289 acres of farmland.
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By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER

The Honolulu City Council has approved a bill to rezone nearly 1,300 acres in West Oahu to make way for a 11,750-home community by developer D.R. Horton.

The vote was unanimous.

Dozens of people testified at Honolulu Hale on Wednesday both for and against the project, which has been hotly debated since it was first considered by the state Land Use Commission in 2009.

Supporters emphasized the need for housing and jobs, while opponents stressed protecting farmland and how the project would worsen traffic congestion.

People on both sides gave passionate testimony. One opponent, former state Sen. John Carroll, even threatened to file a lawsuit if the project were approved.

The project has already drawn two lawsuits, including one that is pending at the state Supreme Court. Oral arguments for the challenge by the Sierra Club and former Sen. Clayton Hee are scheduled to be heard June 25 at 8:45 a.m.

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