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University of Hawaii Cancer Center - recently topped off
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The University of Hawaii Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated center in Hawaii and the Pacific. The Center’s mission is to reduce the burden of cancer through research, education and patient care with an emphasis on the unique ethnic, cultural and environmental characteristics of Hawaii and the Pacific. The Center is a research organization affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa with facilities located in downtown Honolulu and Kaka‘ako. A new world-class cancer center is being constructed in Kaka’ako, with a scheduled opening in early 2013. The Center directly employs 300 faculty and staff, with another 200 affiliate members through the UH Cancer Consortium.
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UH Cancer Center
Hale Ka Lae in Hawaii Kai (East Honolulu area) *U/C Anticipated completion is the end of 2013
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HawaiiRealEstate.com &
Hale Ka Lae
Hilton Project Reaches Major Milestone -- After issuing the project a finding of no significant impact, the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting on July 8 accepted the final environmental impact statement for Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa's $760 million master redevelopment plan.
The two largest components of the plan are
two new timeshare towers with more than 560 units collectively. One 37-story, 307-unit tower that will be located over the existing bus loading area is expected to cost $332 million. The second tower, estimated at $305 million, is a 25-story, 255-unit high rise.
After receiving mainly positive feedback at an Aug. 12 public hearing, Hilton is now waiting for the Department of Planning and Permitting to issue a recommendation – it has until Oct. 6 to do so – after which the City Council ultimately will vote on whether to approve the plan. Construction may start as early as 2013, beginning with the 37-story tower and including renovations to the main entry and addition of retail and pedestrian improvements along Kalia Road. This phase is expected to be completed in 2015.
The second phase includes upgrades to the main lobby building, including expansion of the "super pool" and a new Hau Tree Bar.
Phase three, expected to start in 2019, includes the $53 million redevelopment of the Rainbow Bazaar and construction of the second tower on top of it.
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Hilton Hawaiian Village Master Plan &
Building Industry Hawaii
New FBI Building in Kapolei *A western suburb of Honolulu; U/C Scheduled for completion in August 2012
BY JIM DOOLEY - The FBI will become the first federal agency to be headquartered in the Kapolei area of Oahu and groundbreaking for the agency’s new $65 million home was held today.
Frank Montoya Jr., Special Agent In Charge of the FBI Honolulu field office, said the bureau has grown from 15 Honolulu agents in 1971 to 115 now. The office also includes another 120 support personnel, he said.
Agents will move from their present quarters in the downtown federal building to the new offices when construction is completed in August 2012.
The four-story, 152,000 square-foot structure will be leased by the FBI from the private developer, Penrose/Walsh FBI LLC, for $8.2 million per year over the life of a 20-year lease, said FBI Special Agent Tom Simon.
Chris Penrose, managing partner of the development firm, has built similar FBI buildings in several other cities around the country under contracts awarded by the U.S. General Services Administration.
GSA official Jeffrey Neely said the FBI’s departure from the federal building will free up space for new tenants and clear the way “much-needed renovations” in the downtown facility.
FBI agents have been present in Hawaii since 1931 but the bureau became a very active law enforcement presence in the Islands in the early 1970’s, said Montoya, a foreign counterterrorism expert who was assigned here in January.
The jurisdiction of the Honolulu office includes Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa.
The new structure will include a 20,000 square foot annex for automotive and electronic repairs and a secure car parking structure and lot to accommodate 350 cars.
The site is at 91-1300 Enterprise Street on former Barber’s Point Naval Air Station property.
The building was designed by Architects Hawaii and Charles Pankow is the general contractor.
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HawaiiReporter.com
Holomua Condominium *Affordable U/C in the Makiki area of Honolulu
Construction starts on affordable Honolulu condo tower
Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:00am HST - Last Modified: Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:10am HST
Developers have started construction on a 23-story condominium tower near the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Beretania Street in Honolulu that is already sold out.
KITV reports that the Holomua project is a joint venture between the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. and private developers THM Partners LLC/KRC Partners LLC. KITV said 90 of the building's 176 units will be designated affordable under the state's guidelines and reports that developer Peter Savio says the units sold out in one weekend after attracting more than 4,000 prospective buyers.
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Holomua Condominium &
Pacific Business News
Rail has role in housing
The city's transit line has potential for triggering a rise in affordable units
By Andrew Gomes
Oahu's planned mass-transit line promises relief for many commuters facing present and future traffic troubles, but the rail system also might help relieve another social ill: the lack of affordable housing.
Experts on Hawaii land use and development policies see rail as a huge opportunity to address an affordable-housing crisis that more or less has festered over the last decade despite efforts by state leaders and community organizations.
The rail line's 21 planned stations between Kapolei and Ala Moana Center?are expected to be catalysts for new urban development to which the city attaches requirements and/or incentives to build affordable housing.
With the right infrastructure, zoning and incentives, I think it?is extremely doable,?said Chuck Wathen, chief executive of Hawaii Housing Alliance, a group that advocates for affordable housing.
The estimated $5.3 billion public works project is of such a scale that with the right ideas, producing affordable work-force housing connected with rail could rival the biggest past initiatives on Hawaii's most populous island.
Earlier this year a partnership involving the city, Wathen and Kamehameha Schools was awarded a $2.4 million federal grant to explore opportunities for delivering work-force housing surrounding the 21 stations.
High-density housing for low-income residents is among development concepts for areas near rail stations. This rendering, which is from a draft plan for the area near the planned Pearl Highlands station, presents an idea of what such housing might look like.
A rendering of Sumida Farms near the proposed rail station in the Pearlridge area. It shows what the area around work-force housing might look like.
An example of the high-density housing concepts being proposed.
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Honolulu Star Advertiser
Tallest buildings over 350 ft. in Honolulu (Built, Approved or U/C)
Honolulu city
1
690 Pohukaina 650 ft *Approved (2015-2019?)
2 First Hawaiian Center 438 ft
3
Pacifica Honolulu 425 ft *To be completed November 2011
4 Moana Pacific East Tower 423 ft or 422 ft?
5 Moana Pacific West Tower 423 ft or 422 ft?
6 Hokua 416 ft or 418 ft?
7 Nauru Tower 416 ft or 418 ft?
8 Hawaiki Tower 400 ft
9 Imperial Plaza 400 ft
10 One Archer Lane 400 ft
11 One Waterfront Makai Tower 400 ft
12 One Waterfront Mauka Tower 400 ft
13 Ko'olani 400 ft
14
World Trade Center Hawaii 400 ft *Proposal
15 Ala Moana Hotel 397 ft
16 1132 Bishop Street 387 ft
17 Keola Lai 387 ft
18 The Watermark Waikiki 374 ft
19 Discovery Bay Center 351 ft
20 Hawaii Monarch Hotel 351 ft
21 Hilton Grand Waikikian 351 ft
22 The Windsor 351 ft
23 Trump International Hotel and Tower 351 ft
24 Yacht Harbor Towers 351 ft
25 Canterbury Place 350 ft
26 Century Center 350 ft
27 Endeavor Condominium [Discovery Bay] 350 ft
28 Executive Center 350 ft
29 Franklin Towers 350 ft
30 Honolulu Park Place 350 ft
31 Honolulu Tower 350 ft
32 Hyatt Regency Waikiki Diamond Head Tower [Hyatt Regency Waikiki] 350 ft
33 Hyatt Regency Waikiki Ewa Tower [Hyatt Regency Waikiki] 350 ft
34 Island Colony 350 ft
35 Ohana Maile Sky Court 350 ft
36 Pacific Monarch 350 ft
37 Pauahi Tower [Bishop Square] 350 ft
38 Regency Tower [Regency Tower] 350 ft
39 Regency Tower 2 [Regency Tower] 350 ft
40 Resolution Condominium [Discovery Bay] 350 ft
41 Royal Iolani Diamond Head Tower [Royal Iolani Condominiums] 350 ft
42 Royal Iolani Ewa Tower [Royal Iolani Condominiums] 350 ft
43 Tapa Tower [Hilton Hawaiian Village] 350 ft
44 The Aqua Waikiki Marina Towers 350 ft
45 Waikiki Banyan Makai Tower [Waikiki Banyan] 350 ft
46 Waikiki Banyan Mauka Tower [Waikiki Banyan] 350 ft
47
Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 1 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
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Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 2 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
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Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 3 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
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Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 4 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
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Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 5 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
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Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 6 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
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Kakaako 'urban villages' Tower 7 350-400 ft or higher if 650 ft height limit is approved for the area *Proposal
*A Few Proposals just west of the Honolulu area.
Aiea/Pearl Ridge/Pearl City
Robertson Properties Group 350 ft
Robertson Properties Group 300 ft
Robertson Properties Group 250 ft
Sources: Emporis, Honolulu Star Advertiser, DBEDT, Hawaii News Now