Honolulu

By Adriana Pop, Associate Editor Maui County’s General Plan Committee voted 7-1 in favor of including the proposed 600-acre master-planned Olowalu Town project within the island’s urban and rural growth boundaries. Plans for the $466 million development call for 1,500 housing units – half of which would be affordable – a school, a post office, […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii expects to sell Hawaii Medical Center West to Queen’s Health Systems. “Preparing the West Oahu hospital for sale is one of our top priorities in the next few months,” St. Francis President and CEO Jerry Correa told the Pacific Business News. In May, Queen’s Health Systems, […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle Corp., has completed his acquisition of 98 percent of Lanai, Hawaii’s sixth-largest island, from David Murdock’s Castle & Cooke. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, although the price is estimated at more than $500 million. The Pacific Business News reports that […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor The City and County of Honolulu has selected Honolulu Affordable Housing Partners LLC to complete a leasehold purchase agreement for the City’s 12 rental housing complexes. In February, the City and County of Honolulu issued a Request for Proposal seeking bids from private companies interested in purchasing, managing and maintaining 12 affordable apartment […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor DeBartolo Development LLC announced that construction on the first phase of its $350 million Ka Makana Ali’i regional shopping center in East Kapolei has been delayed until early next year. The initial part of the project calls for the development of a neighborhood center that will feature a grocery and […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor The Hawaii Land Use Commission (LUC) has approved the reclassification of approximately 800 acres of prime agriculture lands, paving the way for the development of the $2.2 billion Koa Ridge master-planned community in Central Oahu by Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii Inc. By a 7-0 decision, the commision approved changes in […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor If elected, Honolulu mayoral candidate and former Gov. Ben Cayetano intends to cancel the $5.2 billion elevated rapid-transit rail project. Cayetano told the Pacific Business News that the development could be stopped through a veto of the appropriation for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation. The rail line, covering a 20 […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor The Hawaii Land Use Commission has approved Alexander & Baldwin Properties’ petition to reclassify 545 acres of agricultural land in Wailuku and Waikapu in Central Maui. The reclassification would allow the Honolulu-based company to build a master-planned residential community named the Waiale Community Project. The housing development will comprise 2,550 […]

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor The Hawaii Land Use Commission (LUC) has granted D.R. Horton’s request that the agency delay its decision on a proposed 1,554-acre master-planned community in Ewa. D.R. Horton— Schuler Homes LLC is seeking approval to change the land classification of prime agricultural to urban, and needs more time to draft legal […]