Development

Saturday, January 31, 2015 @ Kewalo Basin Park- check in 6:30 am- start @ 7:00 am....

...I was finally forced to file a lawsuit against OHA in September 2013 to make it more transparent.  Now that a new leadership team is in place, this lawsuit may no longer be necessary....

"Lindsey’s request for censorship is denied."

Benjamin has served on the Hawaiʻi Board since 2007 and has worked closely with Conservancy staff....

...urban trends are driven more by the masses and less by the political, academic and "environmental" elites that love to dictate how the hoi polloi should live....

The OSD was established to immediately address the lack of overall planning and management of the city’s real estate portfolio, which has existed since the Department of Housing was eliminated in 1996....

...Agencies failed to remit funds resulting in a potential loss of $147,213 in public arts revenues, and in one instance, the special fund received $100,000, when it should have received just $100....

Keli'i Akina interviews Ron Iwami and Tom Iwai....

...the State Land Use Commission wrongfully amended the land use boundaries from "urban" back to to "agriculture" after $20M of construction was complete....

...generally are around 300 square feet and occupied by no more than two persons....

...The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued a unanimous opinion in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....

HCDA will be having at least 3 meetings on Tuesday, November 25th….just 6 days before the Ige Administration is installed....

Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall....

The meeting is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nov. 13, in the Waipahu Intermediate School Cafeteria....

When Election Day comes, voters never seem to get a chance to reduce government spending....

PLDC and Kakaako Makai were just a warmup exercise....

To Galuteria, gambling on Native American land offers "a lot of great models" that "the Hawaiians can follow" ....

...to seek resignations from the present department head members on HCDA’s board....

The approval meeting is currently scheduled for December 3, after the expiration of the term of the current board on December 1....

Two team members — Peter Savio of the Savio Group and Jay Iranon of Swinerton Builders — were both on hand as Aiona released the policy initiative to the local media....

...Galuteria landed a lucrative position as "Director, Community and Civic Engagement" with the Pelatron Center for Economic Development headed by OHA Trustee Robert K. Lindsey, Jr....

...The changes will affect more than 77,000 homeowners on the neighbor islands and 11,000 on Oahu....

...Hoopili’s traffic impact will be immense with or without rail....

...Galuteria pushed legislation helping large developers at the community’s expense while doing little to advance affordable housing....

The housing requirement is a promise Hughes made in order to gain approval for its massive, 22-tower Kaka’ako luxury high-rise condominium development....

...6 p.m., August 27, in the Washington Middle School Cafeteria....

....accepting proposals for help with drawing up a master plan that sets out a vision for 30 acres in Kaka‘ako Makai over the next 20 years....

...there was no compelling reason not to extend the session and hold public hearings on this important amended bill....

My plan reduces the affordable housing shortfall by 91% within seven years without raising taxes....

...a Request for Qualifications seeking a master developer for the future mixed-income redevelopment of Mayor Wright Homes....

The workshop is set for Tuesday, July 22, at the Aliamanu Elementary School Cafeteria, 3265 Salt Lake Boulevard, from 5:30-7:30 p.m....

With increased numbers of unmarried couples, single parents, broken marriages, and couples who choose to delay or forgo childbirth....

Grassroot President Keli’i Akina and Jay Fidell, President of ThinkTech Hawaii discuss development in Oahu, beginning with Kakaako....

...the State Land Use Commission wrongfully amended the land use boundaries from urban to agriculture....

Here are the merits briefs in an important case set for argument later this month in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...several members of the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission were sued by the property owner in their individual as well as official capacities....

...the Hawaii Supreme Court announced it would consider the four-year legal challenge waged by a hui of environmental groups against the City and County of Honolulu....

...We need to abide, throughout Hawaii, by the environmental and cultural regulations our state has enacted....

...1,500 residential units in five towers will be the city’s first catalytic Transit Oriented Development project along the rail route....

...while older residents age 65+ comprise 13.7 percent of our population, they accounted for nearly 42 percent of pedestrian fatalities across Hawaii....

...something remarkable happened in the last days of our legislative session....

...In its second quarter 2014 statistics and economic report, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) projects stable economic growth in 2014 and beyond....

Ige said he would vote against confirming Brian Tamamototo permanently to fill a small-business seat of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA)....

Kobayashi Group is in partnership with the Howard Hughes Corporation to build ONE Ala Moana, the ultra-luxury condominium being built above Nordstrom’s parking in Ala Moana....

"It would be an opportunity for us to within the existing resources acquire the easement." --Ige

...SB3122 conference hearing continues Friday, April 25, 2014 at 11:30am in conference room 312 (State Capitol)....

...SB2633 SD1 HD1 and HB1678 HD1 SD1 attempt to amend the definition of “historic property” by exempting residential properties....

Phase III is the middle portion of the property near the existing hotel where two additional hotels and amenities are planned....

...developing an Affordable Housing Strategy for Oahu.....