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980-unit Keeaumoku project seeks height waiver

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Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Published: 10/25/2018

A landowner plans to develop nearly 1,000 moderately priced condo units on Keeaumoku Street and is offering public benefits including a bigger park in return for letting two towers rise 50 feet beyond the current limit. The owner of Keeaumoku International Village is…

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Saint Louis works on major athletic facility upgrades

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Source: Hawaii Prep World
Published: 9/18/2018

Gone is Gerber Fieldhouse on the Saint Louis School campus, and it is being replaced by a new sports complex. Groundwork of the final phase of the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Center—construction of a new gymnasium—is being done…

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Zukeran Elementary opens new facility on Camp Foster

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Source: Stripes Okinawa
Published: 9/4/2018

Zukeran Elementary School opened the doors of its new facility to parents, teachers and students for the first day of the new school year Aug. 29 on Camp Foster. The new facility will provide a more modern education environment compared to the previous campus which was in use…

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Plan to convert Downtown Honolulu office building to affordable rentals gets financing OK

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Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 7/12/2018

Developers planning to convert a long-vacant office building on the edge of Downtown Honolulu into 71 affordable rental apartments won approval Thursday from the Hawaii Housing and Finance Development Corp. board for federal and state low-income housing tax credits...

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Kakaako tower with affordable units reaches milestone

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Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser
Published: 5/29/2018

Korean developer SamKoo Pacific LLC reached a milestone Friday on a Kakaako residential tower it is building in collaboration with a state affordable housing program.  The developer of Kapiolani Residence held a...

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Kapiolani Residence developer preparing to top off tower

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Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 3/1/2018

The developer of the $200 million sold-out mostly affordable Kapiolani Residence in Honolulu is preparing to top off the 45-story condominium tower by the end of April, as it works toward a completion of the building in late...

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Council OKs 400-foot tower across from Honolulu Walmart

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Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 3/1/2018

The Honolulu City Council has given final approval for a 41-story mixed-use tower across from Walmart on Keeaumoku Street to be built under the city's transit-oriented development rules, which allow for increased height and density.  ProsPac Holdings Group LLC...

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Castle & Cooke Hawaii to break ground on long-delayed 3,500-home Koa Ridge project

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Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 11/1/2017

Castle & Cooke Hawaii plans to break ground Thursday on Koa Ridge, its long-delayed $2 billion master-planned community that will add 3,500 homes along with commercial space, an elementary school and a new hospital in Central Oahu.  David Murdock, chairman

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Proposed Ala Moana-area condo would include affordable units

Source: Star Advertiser
Published: 9/13/2017

A proposed 41-story mixed-use residential building at Makaloa and Keeaumoku streets is the latest Ala Moana-area project to seek approval from the Honolulu City Council.  ProsPac Holdings Group wants to develop 425 condominium units atop a two-story commercial plaza...

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Honolulu-based Design Partners Inc. awarded $30M military Contract

Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 3/17/2017

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $30 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, architect-engineering contract to Honolulu-based Design Partners Inc. for designing and engineering services for housing and other lodging type projects at various locations for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific’s area...

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Condominium project near Ala Moana Center nearly sold out

Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 12/15/2016

Kapiolani Residence, a 484-unit high rise condominium project near Ala Moana Center, is nearly sold out, with only three units remaining, the developer said.  The property is sold out of affordable units, representing 60 percent...

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Scenes of Kakaako's evolution: Slideshow

Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 11/29/2016

The Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako has been growing at a steady pace with some mixed-use condominium projects completed, such as Castle & Cooke Hawaii’s 400 Keawe and Alexander & Baldwin Inc.’s The Collection.  There are others that are still under construction...

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A wonderland of Learning - Peek into our newest neighborhood

Source: Punahou School
Published: 10/20/2016

The eager faces of children streaming into the winding woodchip trails of their new home each morning make the Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Neighborhood feel more like a wonderland than school. While bracketed by the normal rites and routines of school...

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Koa Ridge Village Center no longer is in planning stages

Source: Pacific Business News
Published: 10/20/2016

Castle & Cooke’s Koa Ridge master-planned community has completed planning for the Village Center, “the heart of the community,” according to a company statement. The center is designed as a gathering place with shopping, dining and entertainment options...

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Elementary School at Schofield is renamed for Inouye

Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser
Posted: 10/18/2016

An elementary school serving mostly military families on Schofield Barracks now bears the name of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, who was remembered Monday during a ceremony at the campus as a staunch supporter of education and the military.  Inouye, a highly...

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Wahiawa school renamed in honor of late U.S. Sen. Inouye

Source: Hawaii News Now
Published: 10/17/2016

WAHIAWA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii elementary school was officially rededicated Monday in honor of one of Hawaii's most influential and powerful Congressional leaders: the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye.  The state Board of Education...

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Kosasa Neighborhood - Design Facilitates 21st Century Learning

Source: YouTube (Punahou School)
Published: 10/3/2016

See the video produced by Punahou School highlighting key design elements of new Kosasa Neighborhood and how it supports and encourages 21st Century Learning.