Proposed Kakaako amusement park receives key state permit

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Aug 12, 2013, 2:20pm HST
Duane Shimogawa  |  Reporter- Pacific Business News

The developer of a $10 million Kakaako amusement park that will feature a go-cart track, miniature golf course, wave pool, indoor skydiving, skate park, rock climbing wall and several carnival amusement rides has received a key special management area permit from the state.

Alii International Services LLC is headed by Hawaii entrepreneur and extreme sports enthusiast Billy Balding, who has done work as a marine film coordinator and business consultant. He is calling the Kakaako Adventure Park “an urban adventure thrill-tainment and edu-tainment attraction in Kakaako.”

Kakaako_masterplan-largeThe park, which aims to create 30 jobs, is planned on three acres owned by Kamehameha Schools along Ala Moana Boulevard at 222 Ahui St.

In addition to Balding, the project involves James Owen, former president of Discover Hawaii Tours.

Neither Balding nor Owen could be reached for comment.

Anthony Ching, executive director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, which is charged with developing Kakaako among other areas, told PBN that Alii International Services has already received its development permit and is in the process of negotiating a lease with Kamehameha Schools.

Two Kakaako redevelopment projects approved

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POSTED: 03:39 p.m. HST, Aug 07, 2013
LAST UPDATED: 06:24 p.m. HST, Aug 07, 2013

Two pieces of a master plan for redeveloping nine blocks in Kakaako owned by Kamehameha Schools got the go-ahead Wednesday.

The Hawaii Community Development Authority, a state agency governing development in Kakaako, approved two detailed project plans with 6-0 votes by its board after public hearings.

Kamehameha Schools plans to develop a six-level parking garage with 267 stalls amid an envisioned retail complex largely made up of old buildings slated for renovation in Kakaako. Shown here is a conceptual view from the corner of Auahi and Keawe streets of the project dubbed SALT.

Kamehameha Schools plans to develop a six-level parking garage with 267 stalls amid an envisioned retail complex largely made up of old buildings slated for renovation in Kakaako. Shown here is a conceptual view from the corner of Auahi and Keawe streets of the project dubbed SALT.

One project approved is called The Collection, a complex featuring 467 condo units, including 397 in a 43-story tower, 54 in a four-story building and 16 three-story townhouses. Retail and restaurant space along with a 914-space parking garage are also part of the plan for the block bordering Ala Moana Boulevard and South, Auahi and Keawe streets where CompUSA once operated a store.

Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin Inc. is developing the project on land it has arranged to buy from Kamehameha Schools.

The other piece of the Kamehameha Schools master plan approved is a retail complex dubbed SALT.

The SALT project will provide space for 35 to 50 mostly retail and restaurant tenants just Diamondhead of The Collection on the block bordered by Ala Moana Boulevard and Coral, Keawe and Auahi streets.

Kamehameha Schools envisions seven towers on nine blocks under a master plan approved by HCDA in 2009.

Other pieces of the master plan include three luxury condo towers on adjacent blocks fronting Ala Moana and a moderate-priced tower with 600 units two blocks mauka from The Collection.

Detailed plans for those four tower projects have yet to be submitted to HCDA for approval.

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Stanford Carr, Kamehameha Schools team on $300M Kakaako project

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Jul 26, 2013, 2:58pm HST Updated: Jul 26, 2013, 3:19pm HST

Duane Shimogawa  |  Reporter- Pacific Business News

Developer Stanford and Kamehameha Schools on Friday formally announced plans for Keauhou Lane in Kakaako, a project that includes a 40-story tower consisting of 600 residential units as well as a low-rise mixed-use residential project with 200 workforce rental apartments.

Keauhou Lane in Kakaako

Keauhou Lane in Kakaako

The $300 million project, which will be located on the site of a surface parking lot along South Street, adjacent to Carr’s Halekauwila rental project and bounded by Halekauwila and Pohukaina streets as well as South and Keawe streets, includes a variety of housing options such as rental apartments, lofts, townhomes, a high-rise tower and live-work space and retail shops and a neighborhood grocery store.

Carr’s Stanford Carr Development would develop the 600 units in the tower, while Kamehameha Schools would develop the workforce rental apartments.

An estimated 40 percent of the housing units at Keauhou Lane will be reserved for middle-income workers. To qualify for a unit, renters may earn up to 100 percent of Honolulu’s median income and fee-simple buyers may earn up to 140 percent to qualify, Carr and Kamehameha Schools said.

Carr’s portion — 400 for-sale units and 200 rental units — will take up about 93,000 square feet of “Block A” of Kamehameha Schools’ “Our Kakaako” master plan, which includes 29 acres on nine city blocks, seven residential towers that include 2,750 units and 300,000 square feet of commercial space.

It also will include a parking structure for residents of Keauhou Lane to use.

Kamehameha Schools’ portion includes 69,387 square feet of property with live-work units, rental apartments and ground floor commercial space.

Combined, the projects will have about 50,000 square feet of recreational spaces, as well as more than 65,000 square feet of open spaces.

Alakea Design Group is the project’s architect and a contractor has yet to be chosen, Carr said.

Keauhou Lane, which is named after a historical private lane that once ran through the property, is the fourth project announced by Kamehameha Schools as part of its Kakaako master plan.

These projects include the Six Eighty Ala Moana rental development, A&B Properties’ “The Collection” and the Salt at Our Kakaako retail complex.

Groundbreaking and construction for the Keauhou Lane project, which may be connected to a Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation rail transit station, are targeted to start in mid to late 2014 with an expected completion date of 2016.

Next up for the development is submitting a development permit application with the state, which should happen in the next 30 days, Carr said.

Stanford Carr’s Kakaako condo project would add 600 residential units, commercial space

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Jul 23, 2013, 7:01am HST
Duane Shimogawa  |  Reporter- Pacific Business News

Stanford Carr Development is planning to build a mixed-use high-rise residential project in Kakaako that would include 600 residential units, including townhomes, live-work units, rental apartments and ground floor commercial space.

It will be located in an empty parking lot along South Street, adjacent to Carr’s Halekauwila rental development and bounded by Halekauwila and Pohukaina streets as well as South and Keawe streets.

This map shows the location of Stanford Carr Development's planned 600-unit mixed-use project in Kakaako.

This map shows the location of Stanford Carr Development’s planned 600-unit mixed-use project in Kakaako.

The project involves landowner Kamehameha Schools and the Hawaii Community Development Authority, the state agency charged with overseeing development in areas such as Kakaako.

A Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation rail transit station is located right near this planned development but Carr declined comment on the prospects of it being a part of the new residential project.

“We’re trying to integrate everything,” Carr told PBN. “We challenged ourselves to go before agencies and say, ‘let’s collaborate.’”

PBN first reported this planned development, which will most likely include a neighborhood grocery store as one of its ground-floor commercial components.

Carr told PBN that the project is expected to include a total of 600 units, with 400 units for sale and 200 rental units.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Paul Kay, director of real estate development for Kamehameha Schools, and Carr are expected to make an official announcement regarding the project on Friday.

The development is part of Kamehameha Schools’ “Our Kakaako” master plan, which includes 29 acres on nine city blocks, seven residential towers that include 2,750 units and 300,000 square feet of commercial space.

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