Development

...the jury (after deliberating for a grand total of 15 minutes) held the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission liable for a regulatory taking....

... $200 million, or most of it, is headed out the door with no visible means of getting it back.....

...Mayor Carvalho to sign emergency permitting bill into law Tuesday--Planning Department to open field offices for expedited permitting the same day....

...HB2748 appropriates $200 million to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation’s (HHFDC) Rental Housing Revolving Fund....

...Little Pink House opens on June 8 at the Palace Theater in Hilo....

...affordable housing in Hawaii, how it works, whether it is legal, and how it could be done better....

...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....

... A Hawaii State Senator goes for somewhere between $50K and $100K per year--and its all legal ....

...the same text in SB2525 ran into opposition from several Kapolei-area Representatives.... 

...We're guessing both the State and the property owner will likely be taking this case up the chain to the Ninth Circuit.... 

...Sharon Moriwaki is the founding president of Kakaako United, a nonprofit volunteer organization that fights for a better life for area residents and businesses through smart development and accountability....

...Andrew Robbins has been a staunch advocate of using P-3 partnerships - the joining of forces from the public and private sectors - to mitigate costs and risk and to expedite construction timelines....

...Gov. Ige has informed the Authority that he would be open to considering a 10-year restriction on re-sales....

...regulations have also tended to reduce the supply of housing, including multifamily and low-income housing....

...“We got a few hundred subscribers, but nothing really earth shattering,” Epler says...Civil Beat has an annual budget of roughly $3 million and a staff of about 22 to 24 people....

...Ige today announced that his administration has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation of the O‘ahu Community Correctional Center....

...Castle & Cooke Hawaii ready to break ground at Koa Ridge....

...Impact Also Includes 31,727 Jobs and $263 Million in State & Local Taxes....

...Timson worked at First Hawaiian Bank as vice president while FHB Chairman Don Horner was HART board chair. She organized large groups of screaming union supporters to crash, harass and threaten at public meetings....

...Apo violated the State Ethics Code by using OHA resources, and his position with OHA, to advance his private business interests....

...to transform the community....

Thursday at 6 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kāneʻohe....

...the Star-Adv omits any reference to “Hanapohaku Project Manager Linda Schatz”, also known as Mrs Brian Schatz....

...the Honolulu rail boondoggle, Hoopili traffic impacts, smart city street intersections and rapid transit with Panos Prevedouros....

A nearly one-mile stretch of pristine coastline is adjacent to the Kahuku Golf Course....

...older adults are over-represented among pedestrian deaths....

Heads Are Starting To Roll At The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs....

...the last project to be approved was in 2013....

...HCDA will consider the appointment of Jesse K. Souki as its executive director in an upcoming special meeting on November 23....

The plan was developed in coordination with state agencies that are studying options for stadium reconstruction or building a new stadium on the site....

...Trustees and Executive staffers manipulated the Kakaako RFP process to ensure that the Kuhikuhi Puuone (WCIT, DTL, and EKF) would receive the award....

...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....