Development

...the increased capacity provided by the second digester is already making it possible for city officials to approve new housing units in Honolulu’s dense urban core....

...a study done by Dr. Ralph McLaughlin, an economist at Trulia, concluded that delays in the permitting process are the greatest factor for lack of affordable housing....

...Public Hearings November 2 and 3, 2016....

"Last week we learned that the City failed to spend tens of millions of dollars in the affordable housing fund and we may now lose this money."

Honolulu Metro Area Hits All-Time April Construction Employment High as Employers add 5,000 New Jobs....

“The main reason is a very cumbersome permitting process, in a way that prevents people from building housing quickly and at a low cost…."

Bill 62, Bill 63 and Resolution 15-206 are part of a master planned lagoon concept in Ewa....

The Hawaii State Supreme Court, in a 4-1 ruling this morning, has decided to allow Castle and Cooke to go ahead with its planned Koa Ridge development in Mililani....

House Resolution 21 proposes to use the Great Lawn in Hawaii Kai as a potential land swap for the intent of development.....

NAREIT has launched a new website to inform Hawaii residents of the many benefits that REITs bring to their state....

Four years after the ‘Bank of Abercrombie’ bill was laughed out of the legislature, the push for a state-owned bank is being revived....

...another vote on Bill 23 (2015), CD1 - Relating to the Transportation Surcharge, will be required of Committee members at the Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday....

...last week, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a 4-1 ruling in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....

"This appeal involves a long-standing issue in this state: balancing agricultural and urban land uses."

Justices ruled 4-1 that the Hoopili development can proceed....

...rail proximity was not an independently significant predictor of auto ownership....

...Justice Pollack benchslapped the Department on each of the three variance standards....

...Keli'i Akina speaks with developer Stanford Carr about the business of affordable housing, homelessness, and the housing shortage in Hawaii....

A study reveals that urban containment, or smart growth policies, have been shown to drive the price of housing up....

Keli'i Akina speaks with Tom and Cindy Bauer of Surfing the Nations about the incredible transformation in Wahiawa....

...Hawaii, California, Oregon, Vermont, Florida and Washington, which adopted some type of restrictive land-use policy over the last 30 years, all experienced some of the largest losses, in terms of home affordability....

The workshop is designed for landowners, developers, real estate brokers....

...once again, a property owner's federal constitutional claims -- raised in a federal forum -- get decided by a state court....

Legalization is supposed to take marijuana out of the hands of organized crime....

“The proposed bill will give the state the beach front property around Kawela Bay in fee simple for $35 million...."

"Affordable Housing Maui Style" - from NewGeography.com....

...They were under the impression that the bond sale process needed to begin by June 30 of this year. “No,” said the Department of Attorney General, “the law says that the bond sale needs to be DONE by June 30.”...

...this study projects housing demand for the period of 2015 to 2025 using the variables of projected population growth, visitor growth, and vacancy rates....

...Assuming affirmative resolution of ongoing entitlement battles for Hoopili and Koa Ridge, single-family building will begin to pick up over the next two years....

More than 350 people participated in a planning workshop at McCoy Pavilion....

$100 million in bonds to unabashedly promote a motorsport center on parkland determined eligible to be declared a National American Battlefield by the National Park Service....

...Ige today announced his nominees to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA)....

...It often takes four years to obtain approvals from the Land Use Commission and another two more years to get county permits, Ching said....

...Monday, Feb. 2, at the Aliamanu Middle School Cafeteria, 3271 Salt Lake Blvd., from 5:30-7:30 p.m....

The collaborative is a partnership among four Hawaiian firms: Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation; DTL; PBR Hawai‘i; and WCIT Architecture....

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....