Growing Hawaii - Progress 2011

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Q: How is AlohaCare improving access to health care in our community?

John McComas (JM): AlohaCare was created out of community health centers (CHCs), such as Kalihi-Palama Health Center, to ensure low-income families access to comprehensive health care. Nearly 20 years later, we hold true to our mission. For example, we’re one of the key players in bringing a new CHC to the underserved Wahiawa community. The grant for the proposed CHC was recently submitted to the federal government for review and approval. We have also helped fund the startup of two other CHCs—West Hawaii Community Health Center (Big Island) and Koolauloa Community Health and Wellness Center (Oahu). And, through our Access & Availability Funding, we’ve proudly dedicated more than $1 million to recruit and retain medical staff on the Neighbor Islands.

With the down economy and cutbacks in state and federal funding, many of our providers are facing tough times. AlohaCare offers help through its Quality Improvement Incentive Program. Last year, the program distributed more than $1.6 million in incentive awards to 14 CHCs and clinics statewide. The program gives the tools needed to measurably improve clinical care, services and access to care.

AlohaCare’s CEO, John McComas, in front of the Kalihi-Palama Health Center on North King St., one of the 14 Community Health Centers in Hawaii.

Q: How does AlohaCare strengthen Hawaii’s health care safety net?

JM: As Hawaii’s only health plan that offers statewide a QUEST plan and a Medicare plan, we are the voice for our 75,000-plus plan members. We participate in the legislative process to protect our members’ bene! ts and offer the state our expertise in serving Hawaii’s most medically fragile populations.

Q: How is AlohaCare preparing for Health Care Reform?

JM: Health Care Reform will be a fundamental shift in how care is to be delivered in the future. Hawaii needs to be ready. AlohaCare is engaging in a number of innovative health care transformation projects geared to improve quality outcomes while reducing costs.

The Patient-Centered Medical Home is a key concept of Health Care Reform. AlohaCare is supporting a local Medical Home pilot project to test how its team-approach to care bene! ts patients and providers.

Another critical part to Health Care Reform is the Hawaii Health Information Exchange (HHIE). The Exchange will allow doctors to share data and patient information—quickly and accurately. Ultimately, the HHIE will feed into the national health information network. AlohaCare is determined to transform the state’s current health care system into one that coordinates care and reduces costs for patients and providers. Health care technology is vital for cost-effective quality care. To keep Hawaii’s providers in step with national technology standards, AlohaCare is developing the state’s ! rst and only Managed Service Organization (MSO). The MSO will meet the technological and business management needs of our CHCs, which includes connectivity with the HHIE. Over time, we expect to expand the MSO support services to private practice physicians, hospitals, labs and small group practices.

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By Andrew [email protected]

Building homes on farm-land between Waipio andMililani got the green lightfrom a state commission lastyear, but a potential redlight recently arose andcould stop the estimated$2.2 billion project known asKoa Ridge.Project developer Castle

& Cooke Homes Hawaii re-ceived state Land Use Com-mission approval in October

to develop an initial phase ofKoa Ridge on 576 acres for3,500 homes, a hotel, med-ical campus, a school, parksand commercial space.Castle & Cooke submitted

an application for a zoningchange with the city andcounty in June. If that getsapproved, the developer hadanticipated beginning infra-structure construction nextyear, and delivering initialhomes by the end of 2013.That timetable was

revised from an earlier

projection for starting con-struction this year and deliv-ering initial homes in late2012 or early 2013.However, a legal chal-

lenge to the commission’sapproval filed by the SierraClub was largely upheld onJuly 19 in Circuit Court.The environmental group

appealed the LUC decision toCircuit Court in November,arguing that one of the sixvotes by LUC commissionersapproving the land-usechange was invalid becauseone commissioner was animproper holdover member.The now-former commis-

sioner in question, Duane

Kanuha, had been rejectedfor reappointment by thestate Senate in April 2010 af-ter his four-year term expiredin June 2009. But Kanuhastayed on the commission asa holdover member of then-Gov. Linda Lingle even afterthe Senate rejection.Circuit Judge Karl

Sakamoto ruled in favor ofthe Sierra Club, but a newargument raised by a deputyattorney general during oralarguments challenged theSierra Club’s ability to haveKanuha disqualified.Sakamoto scheduled a

hearing on the issue for Aug. 24 to give the Sierra

Club time to respond.If the Sierra Club prevails,

it would prevent Castle &Cooke from seeking a newLUC approval for Koa Ridgefor at least a year.If Koa Ridge is allowed to

proceed, the developer ex-pects it can meet its statedtimetable for an initialphase.

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A second phase of KoaRidge known as Castle &Cooke Waiawa was more un-certain under the LUC’s Oc-tober decision.Phase 2 involves 1,500

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proval of phase 2 condi-tioned on the developerstarting construction on ex-pensive road infrastructure,which would need to span agulch, within 20 years. Cas-tle & Cooke also must haveconstruction bonds in placefor the work and any cost-sharing agreements withneighboring landownerKamehameha Schools.

OTHER concerns over theproject included the displace-ment of farming, lost farm-land and increased traffic.Castle & Cooke plans to

relocate Aloun Farms, which

leases about 325 acres of theproject site to grow vegeta-bles and seed corn, to 667acres in Wahiawa.Taking the land out of

farming cannot be undone,but Castle & Cooke said thesite once planted in pineap-ple is within the city’s urbangrowth boundary that desig-nates where urban growthshould be directed so thatfarmland elsewhere can beprotected.Other mitigation meas-

ures to which the developercommitted include buildingan H-2 freeway interchangeat Pineapple Road and H-2interchange connections atKa Uka Boulevard.The state Department of

Transportation is also ex-pected to implement a num-ber of transportation

improvements that shouldreduce traffic impacts ofKoa Ridge, including an af-ternoon zipper lane, shoul-der lane use and a directconnection linking H-2 to aplanned park-and-ride railstation at Pearl Highlands.Castle & Cooke said bene-

fits of the project includesatisfying a growing need forhousing, job creation and anew medical facility oper-ated by the Wahiawa Hospi-tal Association.The developer said Koa

Ridge should generate twojobs for every three homes,or 2,500 jobs within the com-munity. At least 30 percentof homes, or 1,500 homes,would be affordable to low-and moderate-incomehouseholds under presentcity guidelines.


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Two parcels long left vacant are being developed,one by Longs and one as housing for senior citizens

By Kristen [email protected]

After more than two decades of unuse amid the suburbsof Mililani Mauka, two major parcels of land are closer tobeing developed.

Near the entrance of Mililani Mauka on a 1.9-acre sitenext to a McDonald's restaurant, a gas station and conven-ience mart, Longs Drug Stores is well under way in buildingits fifth Hawaii location with a drive-through pharmacy.

The Longs store, designed to be 23,000 square feet andinclude a two-lane drive-through for pharmacy orders, isexpected to open next summer.

Longs owner CVS Caremark Corp. bought the parcelfrom Mililani's master developer Castle & Cooke Hawaii,which has an option to build up to 30,000 square feet of re-tail space that would expand the tenant mix on the site atthe corner of Meheula Parkway and Ainamakua Drive.

Rock Tang, regional director of real estate for CVS Care-mark, said Longs will have approximately 50 stores inHawaii by the end of 2012.

“We found, based upon our market research, that therewas a need for pharmacy services in Mauka,” he said.“We’re responding to customer interest; certainly there area lot of folks very excited to have Longs in that commu-nity.”

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That parcel, zoned for commercial use, has been vacantfor more than 20 years because of the lack of interestamong small retail tenants, according to Carleton Ching,Castle & Cooke’s vice president of community and govern-ment relations. “Any time you have a large store like Longs it’s an

attraction — it’s a magnet for other smaller retailers andvendors to venture up there,” he said.

MEHEULA VISTA

A separate tract of land that also has been undevelopedfor more than two decades is moving closer to being devel-oped as an affordable housing project for seniors calledMeheula Vista.Local affordable housing developer Gary Furuta won con-

ditional support in February from Mililani Mauka’s neighbor-hood board to build rental housing for seniors with arecommendation that the project include a height reduction.

Community representatives staunchly opposed morehomes — 301 units spread over four buildings each featur-ing two-story and three-story wings — being built in the al-ready tight suburban development.Conditions tied to the board’s support include limiting

the project to two stories and adding a traffic light at the in-tersection of Meheula Parkway and Kuaoa Street.The Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corp.,

a state agency that facilitates affordable housing

development, has approved lending $9.7 million to Furutato buy the land and pay for design work. The agency is re-viewing the developer’s affordable housing application andis expected to forward its recommendation to the CityCouncil by the end of July or early August, according toKeith Kurahashi, a Meheula Vista consultant with planningfirm Kusao & Kurahashi Inc. The developer intends to seekadditional agency funding for construction.The City Council will hold public meetings on the project.The project site was originally slated by Castle & Cooke

for commercial use and a nonprofit performing arts center.But Castle & Cooke, which drew up the master plan forMililani Mauka, said businesses weren’t interested in the7.5-acre site and that the Oahu Arts Center failed to meet adeadline to demonstrate it had the financial means to buildand operate a facility, though the nonprofit disputes thisclaim.Furuta partnered with Catholic Charities Hawaii, which

would own and manage the housing project for a minimumof 60 years for seniors earning no more than 60 percent ofOahu’s median income.———Andrew Gomes contributed to this report.

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Retail is expanding in Kapolei,the developer of Ho‘opili isforging ahead with a plan forhouses in Ewa, and the magicof Disney is arriving at KoOlina in the form of a newresort called the Aulani.

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By Kristen [email protected]

The once fledgling city of Kapolei continues to transformthe urban core of West Oahu, with a number of projects un-der way that will add to the myriad of restaurants andshops in the growing community.

KA MAKANA ALI‘I

The developer of a regional mall planned for East Kapoleiwon final approval in March to build a small part of the esti-mated $400 million project, known as Ka Makana Ali‘i.

The landowner, the state Department of Hawaiian HomeLands, approved final terms for leasing 67 acres — and de-ferring rent on most of the land for up to six years — to anaffiliate of Florida-based DeBartolo Development LLC, mov-ing the long-planned project closer to fruition.

The proposed center includes 1.1 million square feet ofretail space integrated with 200,000 square feet each of ho-tel and office buildings.

Construction on the initial phase — a 200,000-square-foot neighborhood mall — could begin next year if an envi-ronmental assessment and state Land Use Commissionapproval are completed without delay, according to com-pany representatives.

WALMART

Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is beginning construc-tion of a long-planned store in Kapolei now that major roadimprovements, including the North-South Road and firstphase of a new Kapolei H-1 freeway interchange, are sub-stantially complete.

The world’s largest retailer, which bought the propertyin 2006 for about $17 million, planned to open the store in2008 but agreed to delay development following concernsover traffic.

The North-South Road, now known as Kualakai Parkway,opened last year, and the Kapolei interchange is slated to

West Oahu plans adaptRetail developments reposition and push forward in fulfilling visions of shopping expansion

BRUCE ASATO / [email protected]

Kapolei Commons is anchored by a Target store andfeatures a new Bank of Hawaii building, the VitaminShoppe and Denny’s Restaurant. At top, an artist’srendering of Ka Makana Ali‘i.

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be completed in August.Walmart expects its

roughly 150,000-square-footstore to open early nextyear.

KAPOLEI COMMONS

Nearby Kapolei Com-mons, anchored by a Targetstore, is leasing its secondphase, which will measuremore than 200,000 squarefeet. Once completed, theKapolei center, which is esti-mated to cost more than$200 million, will total650,000 square feet.Groundbreaking on a sec-

ond phase is expected in2012, with completion in2013, according to Jeff Arce,a partner at The Mc-Naughton Group, the proj-ect developer.

“Even though there wasan economic downturn,Kapolei has continued to

push forward,” Arce said.“The economic downturn re-quired developers focusing

on Kapolei to rethink howtheir development was posi-tioned.”

For example, KapoleiCommons refocused its sec-ond phase away from anopen-air lifestyle mall into avalue-oriented outlet con-cept, he said.The new developments

also are adding much-needed jobs to the expand-ing community, with KapoleiCommons so far creating be-tween 800 to 1,000 jobsalone, he added.

VILLAGE CENTER

Foodland Super MarketLtd. also is building a com-munity shopping center an-chored by one of its storesin Kapolei, expanding gro-cery options in the area,which has only one majorsupermarket — Safeway —and a Costco, which openedin 2009.The 55,000-square-foot

complex, called Kapolei

Village Center, is projectedto open in mid-2012 next tofive other buildings that willbe built in phases as tenantspace is leased.About half a dozen ten-

ants are committed for theproject, according to MikeHamasu, director of con-sulting and research at Col-liers Monroe FriedlanderInc.West Oahu’s concentra-

tion of residential develop-ment, as well as theUniversity of Hawaii’s WestOahu campus and the city’splanned commuter rail line,make Kapolei attractive toretailers, according toHamasu.“All of this activity is defi-

nitely sparking the interestfrom retailers,” he said.———Andrew Gomes contributedto this report.

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The regulatory stage has been set — again — for a statecommission to determine whether prime farmland in Ewa isa suitable site for a community with roughly as manyhomes as Mililani or Hawaii Kai.Hearings are slated to begin this fall at the state Land Use

Commission on the merits of Ho‘opili, an estimated $4.6 bil-lion project with 11,750 homes, five public schools and 3 million to 4 million square feet of commercial space pro-posed by the local Schuler Division of Texas-based devel-oper D.R. Horton.Previous hearings began in early 2009, but were derailed

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original petition deficient because it didn’t adequately splitthe project into phases.The commission two years ago heard a lot of testimony

in which passions for and against the project ran high. Criti-cism was largely focused on traffic and farmland impacts,while support focused onaccommodating populationgrowth with homes andjobs.But the deficiency ruling

prevented any vote on themerits of the project, whichalso had drawn concernsfrom three state agencies —the Department of Agricul-

ture, Office of Planning and Department of Transportation. In May, Schuler announced revisions to the master plan,

and has worked to increase public support in advance ofwhat amounts to a retrial of the project before the LUC.The revised plan designated 251 acres within the 1,554-

acre Ho‘opili site for com-mercial farming, communitygardens and home gardens.Other additions included a 5-megawatt solar powerplant, photovoltaic systemson at least 10 percent ofhomes and wiring all homesfor photovoltaic systems andelectric vehicle chargers.

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LUC meeting to determinewhether a new round ofHo‘opili hearings should beheld, Pacific Resource Part-nership, an alliance betweencontractors and the Carpen-ters Union Local 745, an-nounced results of acommissioned poll of 600Oahu residents stating that62 percent of respondentssupport Ho‘opili.And at the June 30 meet-

ing, dozens of supportersmostly wearing construc-tion trades shirts, displayedsigns of support inside andoutside the meeting. Farfewer opponents of the proj-ect attended the meeting,but also brought signs.The LUC voted to allow

Schuler to present its caseagain, with revised projectelements.

THE DEVELOPER has saidthat the site roughly bor-dered by H-1 freeway, EwaVillages, Fort Weaver Roadand Kualakai Parkway is ap-propriate for developmentbecause it’s within the city’surban growth boundary.The purpose of the bound-ary is to accommodate pop-ulation growth and protect

farmland elsewhere from development.The site is near three on-

going development projects— the University of Hawaii-West Oahu, a SalvationArmy Kroc Center and a De-partment of Hawaiian HomeLands subdivision — thatsupport Schuler’s view thatHo‘opili would be the finalpiece of the decades-old vi-sion for creating a “SecondCity” on Oahu.Though the project

would have a negative ef-fect on traffic, Schuler saidit will be minimized withtwo rail stations at Ho‘opiliand businesses employing7,000 people, which wouldhelp reduce the number of

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people commuting to workin Honolulu via automo-bile.Schuler said 27,000 con-

struction and development-related jobs are expected tobe generated over a pro-jected 20-year build-out.

OPPONENTS of the proj-ect contend that Oahuneeds to preserve primefarmland for growing food,and that jobs shouldn’t bethe main motivation forpaving over land once usedto grow sugar cane and nowleased to truck crops andseed corn farmers, includingAloun Farms.Traffic is another major

concern, especially for

people living farther west ofthe Ho‘opili site.Community organization

Friends of Makakilo, led byarea resident Kioni Dudley,challenged Ho‘opili with ex-pert testimony before theLUC in 2009. In the renewedcase before the commission,the Sierra Club and stateSen. Clayton Hee intend tojoin Dudley to contest thecase.Upcoming hearings to ap-

prove or reject Ho‘opilicould take six months to ayear. If all approvals, includ-ing a city and county zoningchange that Schuler wouldneed if it prevails at the LUC,are obtained without unex-pected delay, the developeranticipates it could deliverinitial homes in 2013.



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Walt Disney Co.’s Aulani Resort, nearing comple-tion at Ko Olina, already has provided a boost tothe state’s struggling construction industry and ispoised to bring long-term economic benefits toOahu’s Leeward Coast.Disney’s much-anticipated foray into the Hawaii

vacation market is set to open Aug. 29 with a mixof 840 time-share and hotel rooms, two restaurantsand a host of other features, including a weddinglawn, kids club, swimming pools and a tube-float-ing water course.

The estimated 3,000 construction jobs gener-ated since groundbreaking in late 2008 are wind-ing down but will give way to more than 1,200permanent positions as the resort is opened inthree phases.A study conducted last year by CBRE Consult-

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“Our local hiring effortsover the last few monthshave been highly success-ful,” said Djuan Rivers, vicepresident of Aulani.“Aulani’s new cast memberohana has continued togrow on a daily basispreparing us for our Aug.29th opening.”

Rivers said Disney’s hiringstrategy focused on findinglocal people who can con-vey a “sense of place” intheir interaction withguests.

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Aulani, which is operatedby the company’s DisneyVacation Club subsidiary,represents a departurefrom the Disney traditionbecause it is the only majorresort not connected to oneof the company’s themeparks.

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Kamehameha Schools willredevelop the Haleiwa town siteof Matsumoto’s and Aoki’sshave ice stores, and theTurtle Bay Resort plans morethan 2,000 condominium andhotel units, while theMormonChurch has a big vision for thefuture of Laie.


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By Dan [email protected]

Scaled-back plans for thefuture of Turtle Bay Resortare under developmentwhile Kamehameha Schoolsplans to overhaul a historic

block on the opposite end ofthe North Shore.The owners of Turtle Bay

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the number of units to 2,345.Even with fewer units,

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and grandchildren here withjobs and futures and careersand families and the satisfac-tion of the North Shore?”Abercrombie asked thegroup. “Where are they go-ing to work? And where arethey going to live?"The consultant who will

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Changes proposedThe MormonChurch wantsits land rezonedfor commercial,residential and industrialmixed use

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they need to rezone church-owned agricultural land forshops, churches and 875new condos, townhousesand single-family homesaround Malaekahana to expand Brigham YoungUniversity-Hawaii’s 2,400-student population to 5,000students and to create badlyneeded jobs and affordablehomes for young families.Opponents question

whether there is enoughfresh water and sewer ca-pacity, and insist the projectwill change the characteraround Laie from rural to ur-ban and further clog busyKamehameha Highway —the two-lane lifeblood of thecommunity and the onlyway into and out of the area.

THE PROCESS to rezoneagricultural land to allowresidential, commercial andindustrial mixed use couldtake three to seven yearsand will require approvalfrom the Planning Commis-sion, City Council and stateLand Use Commission, saidR. Eric Beaver, presidentand chief executive officer ofHawaii Reserves Inc., whichmanages and owns LDS-affil-iated property.But the deep divide over

the church’s Envision Laieproject has emerged at com-munity meetings filled bysupporters in powder-blueT-shirts — and opponents ingreen “Keep the CountryCountry” T-shirts.Though components of

the Envision Laie projectwill take years to decide,critics are focused on plans

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would vary in heights ofone, three and four storiesand include a swimmingpool, restaurant and ban-quet facilities on 9.84 acres— along with a bike path

and crosswalk to get to thebeach on the other side ofKamehameha Highway. Out of 125 expected job

openings at the new hotel,75 are planned as part-timetraining positions forBYUH’s hospitality program,Beaver said. The other 25full-time and 25 part-timeopenings will be open toanyone in the community,Beaver said.

Church officials hope thehotel reduces the need forvisitors to travel back andforth to the Turtle Bay Re-sort and as far away asWaikiki for lodging. ThePolynesian Cultural Centeralso is working on a shuttleplan to further cut down onKamehameha Highway traf-fic after events at the center.Critics such as Punaluu

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Mattoon, a member of theKoolauloa NeighborhoodBoard, have called PCC’splan to reduce rental carscoming into the center“wishful thinking.”“Common sense tells you

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more beds. Campus officialsalso have launched a proj-ect that will allow studentsto rent either of two Hertzcars — for an hour up to aday — reducing the need forstudents to keep their ownvehicles on campus anddrive them on KamehamehaHighway, BYUH PresidentSteven Wheelwright said.Nineteen percent of

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The women’s dormitories at BYU-Hawaii will be torndown eventually and replaced with newer, modernfacilities.

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Kaneohe Ranch is developingKailua Town Center Phase III.The complex at Kailua Road andHinanoWay will contain variousretail outlets and will featureWhole Foods as the anchortenant. Just a block away, a newand controversial Target storewill emerge in the space onceoccupied by Don Quijote.



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Some major new develop-ments are blowing intoKailua town as constructioncontinues for two major newanchors: Target and WholeFoods Market.What once used to be a

sleepy beach town (popula-tion: 55,000) with clusters ofold, single-story buildings isnow being redeveloped intoa newer, more contempo-rary-looking destination —with an artsy touch.Opportunities for redevel-

opment have arisen in thelast five to six years as theland leases for 16 acres ofland came up, according toMitch D’Olier, CEO of Ka-neohe Ranch Co., whichmanages property for theCastle family trust.“There’s improvement

and investment replacingblight, and there’s modern,energy-efficient facilities re-placing 50-year-old buildingsthat have gone through theiruseful life,” he said. “We’ve

been doing improvementson a project-by-project basispursuant to the community-based plan we did in 2003and 2004.”Those plans are being car-

ried out, according toD’Olier.Fast-forward to 2011, and

that means a brand-newbuilding to house WholeFoods Market, along withsmaller retailers. It’s all part of Kailua Town

Center Phase III, which isright in the heart of town at

Kailua Road and Hinano Way.Whole Foods Market will

measure about 32,000square feet, and is expectedto open in early 2012 be-tween Longs Drugs and MikeMcKenna’s Windward Forddealership.Another 8,000 square feet

of retail space is includedfor smaller retailers. Execu-tive Chef, a local retailer of-fering high-end cookwareand gourmet food, will opena brand-new store at thecorner next to McKenna’s,while fashion boutiqueFighting Eel will occupyspace next door to Longs.What used to be a collec-

tion of smaller buildingsmeasuring 70,000 squarefeet at the site was consoli-dated to 40,000 square feetin the new building. Parkingspaces increased to 209

stalls, up from 167.Just a block away, Target

is also being built behind aconstruction fence at theformer Don Quijote site. Tar-get is expected to open a130,000-square-foot store(including a stockroom) inmid- to late 2012.Walk around Kailua town

with D’Olier, and he’ll pointout all the ways the placehas become more pedes-trian-friendly. The new Whole Foods of-

fers outdoor dining and ashaded walkway above thepublic sidewalk that willmake it easier for pedestri-ans to travel. A new side-walk has gone in alongsidethe parking garage behindLongs Drugs. Hinano Way, next to the

new Whole Foods Market,will now connect Kailua

Road to Hekili Street, hometo a few new restaurants aswell, including the relocatedBoots & Kimo’s.D’Olier also points with

pride at the mosaic artpieces that tie the newerbuildings together with thefountain plaza near Califor-nia Pizza Kitchen. Besides a“living wall,” which is basi-cally a garden on a wall, astone sculpture designed bylocal artists representing amo‘o, or gecko, will flank theentrance to the new WholeFoods Market frontingKailua Road. While Target was wel-

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Kailua when the Minneapolischain struck a deal to takeover the Don Quijote lease.

Groups like Keep It Kailuaand Choose Kailua started pe-titions and showed up toprotest at public meetings,saying a big-box, mainland re-tail chain just doesn’t belongin Kailua.

Their concerns: mainlytraffic and competition for ex-isting small businesses.

Before Don Quijote therewas Daiei, and before Daieithere was Holiday Mart, so allalong, said D’Olier, “it’s beenlarge-format merchandisethrough that period of time. Itwas zoned at the time Target

bought the site.” Kailua is still home to a col-

lection of small, locally ownedboutique shops, includingsurf shops, arts galleries andBookEnds, one of the few in-dependent bookstores thatstill exist on the island.

Many of the businesses arerelocated due to new devel-opments, while others, likethe popular Brent’s Deli, be-came history.

Still, no changes have beenmade to Kailua’s 40-footheight limit.

There are still remnants ofthe old Kailua, including PaliLanes, a dated bowling alleyon Hekili Street, which will ex-ist side by side with thenewer, more contemporary-looking Kailua. DENNIS ODA / [email protected]

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Hawaii’s recent past has seenmany conflicts over the use ofland, usually pitting environ-mentalists and/or Hawaiian cul-tural advocates on one side anddevelopers and business inter-ests on the other. But a newHawaii Kai project swapsconflict for cooperation.

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By Mike [email protected]

They gathered just off thecorner of a busy intersec-tion, a small, diverse groupof people whose connectionto the place where theystood put them at a philo-sophical crossroads. Until recently, they had

feuded about the future ofthe area. On one side, com-munity activists. On theother, a developer. Foryears, neither could agreeon what should be done onthe last undeveloped parcelof land in Hawaii Kai.Now they stood together

as a Hawaiian cultural prac-titioner blessed their efforts:They promised to protectthe 8-acre site, which willsee both the construction ofa high-rise condominiumand the preservation of anancient heiau complex, pet-roglyphs, a grove of coconuttrees and a wetland.The $300 million luxury

condo — Hale Ka Lae — willbe built at the base ofMariners Ridge where Kea-hole Street meets Hawaii KaiDrive. It will have a 10-storybuilding and a four-storybuilding for a total of 242units. The units are ex-pected to sell for between$700,000 and $3.8 million. But the construction plan

is vastly different than theone originally proposed. The condo will be built on

3 acres and the rest will be-come the property of

Liveable Hawaii Kai Hui, anonprofit community groupthat will maintain the areafor the public. The hui wasable to persuade thelandowner to sell a 5-acreportion that contained themost sensitive features ofthe site instead of destroy-ing much of them for a gatedcommunity. No one involved would

ever have predicted thelevel of coexistence thatnow governs the site, saidElizabeth Reilly, a memberof the Hawaii Kai Neighbor-hood Board and president ofthe hui. There was a timewhen critics of the projectwere threatened with law-suits, but now she calls therelationship a role model fordevelopers in Hawaii.“This is about the land

and caring for the land …that all of us can continue

on with a good heart and anopen mind,” Reilly said. “Aswe continue to take care ofthe land, it will take care ofus.”The site was once a home

to a pre-contact Hawaiianvillage. Henry J. Kaiser didnot develop it when he builtHawaii Kai. The area’sHawea Heiau complex andits petroglyphs, which areabout 75 feet from a side-walk, were hidden by kiawetrees and scrub for decades.The hui, which is still fi-

nalizing the property dealwith the help of The Trustfor Public Land, will create apreservation plan for thesite’s cultural resources anda conservation plan for thewetlands. Both will becomea source of pride for thearea, Reilly said.“These are resources you

read about and we are now

going to have them in ourcommunity,” she said. “Ithink it will impact us in a fa-vorable way because it is aliving example of how devel-opment can cohabitate withpreservation and conserva-tion efforts.”

PRESERVING the wetlandwas a precious victory forMardi LaPrade, a KalamaValley resident and elemen-tary school science teacherat Maryknoll who fell in lovewith the endangered Hawai-ian moorhens that frequentthe area. The birds are en-demic to Hawaii and wildlifeexperts estimate there areno more than 400 left.“Every little wetland, even

one as small as ours, is im-portant,” said LaPrade, whodreams of using the site asan educational resource.“We have great plans so we

can do everything to ensurethe survival of the birds.”The project began about

seven years ago under localdeveloper Mike Klein. Al-though the property iszoned for 40- and 60-footbuildings, Klein received apermit from the city to buildto a height of 90 feet. It was a contentious pe-

riod, though. Area residentsand neighborhood boardmembers were threatenedwith legal action if they didnot refrain from making crit-ical comments about theproject, which at that timewas called Hale Ali‘i.And the developer upset

community members in2009 when grading wasdone without proper per-mits and an archaeologicalmonitoring plan. Klein saidthe work did not harm any-thing of significance, but huimembers and cultural prac-titioners have maintainedthat parts of the heiau com-plex were damaged. But early last year, the

South Korea-based majorityinvestor in the project —Hanwha Corp. — replacedKlein with Mike Greco, a de-veloper with 32 years of ex-perience and projects onthe mainland, in Europe,Mexico and the Caribbean,and most recently inHawaii. Greco helped engineer a

fresh start for the projectwhile dramatically improv-ing relationships with thecommunity. The project

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An artist’s render-ing of Hale Ka Lae.show the $300 mil-lion luxury condothat will be built atthe base ofMariners Ridge andhave a 10-storybuilding and a four-story building for atotal of 242 units.The units are ex-pected to sell for be-tween $700,000 and$3.8 million.

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bility not only to the commu-nity, but also to the design ofHawaii Kai, said Greco, whoalso lives in the area.

“I think it finishes off whatwas started here in a grandway,” he said. “I think it willbring a lot to the communityto have that type of parkthere and I can almost guar-antee that we are going toraise property values. At theend of the day, it will enrichHawaii Kai.”

THE AMENITIES are an-other part of what makesHale Ka Lae special, Grecosaid. They include a privatedining and wine-tastingroom, electric-vehiclecharging stations, a golf

simulator, a theater, poolsand a fitness center. Theone-, two- and three-bed-room units will range in sizefrom 980 to 3,065 squarefeet, not including large out-door lanais.“Our condos are like indi-

vidual homes,” he said. “Ithink the vision was a senseof place. You have every-thing you could possiblywant. It’s true luxury living.”Construction is expected

to start by the end of thisyear and take up to 24months to complete, Grecosaid.

Hale Ka Lae will have anaffordable housing compo-nent but not on the samesite, as originally planned.It will now be built else-where in Hawaii Kai in a lo-cation that Greco said hecan’t disclose at this time.Plans call for 63 units in apair of two-story buildingsnot far from the luxury site,he said. During her blessing cere-

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She also spirituallycleansed everyone who wasthere, including Greco,Reilly, LaPrade, several con-struction workers and HaleKa Lae sales staff. Paikwanted them to move for-ward with an open heart andan open mind, she said. It seemed the right thing

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In Hawaii Kai,members of theLivable Hawaii KaiHui gathered inJune to bless theproperty that willbecome a luxurycondo develop-ment, Hale Ka Lae.Kahu Kaleo Paikperformed aHawaiian blessingof the property.

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Recovery in Waikikitourism is helping to fuel theneighborhood’s next devel-opment cycle and prompt-ing some iconic Hawaiiinvestors to consider bring-ing new business to thestate’s visitor mecca.

“Developers, investorsand businesses are talkingabout Waikiki again,” saidKim Scoggins, a ColliersMonroe Friedlander Inc.vice president. “Over thenext six to eight months,we’ll see quite a bit going onthere.” Edward Bushor, co-

founder of San Diego-head-quartered eRealtyCompanies Inc., said he ismining Waikiki for opportu-nities. Bushor’s last project,the Waikiki Edition, openedin 2010; however, duringearlier cycles he renovatedthe Airport Center and DoleCannery and transformedthe Ohana Waikiki Surf intothe state’s first WylandWaikiki.Bushor said that he’s

looking to reposition an off-Kalakaua Avenue shop-ping/entertainment center.He also is seeking the rightlocation to relaunch theWyland hotel brand, whichwent into hiatus in 2006 af-ter he sold that property.“I’m very positive about

this market for the next fiveyears,” Bushor said.On the retail side, Scog-

gins said that he’s hearing

good things about the new7-Eleven and Hard RockCafe, which recently openedon Beachwalk Avenue. Heexpects to see more reposi-tioning there and furtherchanges at the Royal Hawai-ian Center, which just an-nounced that “Legends inConcert,” a celebrity imper-sonator show, will fill the21,000-square-foot space leftvacant when “Waikiki Nei”closed in 2008. Legends willdebut Dec. 8 after the RoyalHawaiian’s 700-seat theaterundergoes another multi-million-dollar renovation. Scoggins said new retail-

ers also are likely to turn upat the Hyatt RegencyWaikiki Beach Resort andSpa and that there could bechanges at the Waikiki Busi-ness Plaza and the WaikikiShopping Plaza, where afour-story, 29,655-square-foot addition is soon to beunveiled. Several hoteliers have an-

nounced multiyear redevel-opment plans, a sign thatthey too are betting onWaikiki’s long-termstrength, he said. HiltonHawaiian Village just com-pleted the top four floors atits Rainbow Tower, where a$45 million renovation is ex-pected to be completedlater this year. The com-pany also is seeking ap-proval to build twoadditional time-share tow-ers and expand its super-pool, retail and restaurantofferings.“(The project) will add a

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new vibrancy to the en-trance of Waikiki, adding tothe state’s tax base, creatinglong-term visitor-industryjobs and providing our be-leaguered construction in-dustry with hundreds ofquality jobs,” said Jerry Gib-son, Hilton’s area vice presi-dent.Kyo-ya, which recently

completed an $85 millionrestoration at the RoyalHawaiian, a Luxury Collec-tion Resort, plans to build a

new 26-story tower wherethe eight-story DiamondHead Tower of its WestinMoana Surfrider nowstands. Other constructionwould include a new PikakeTower on the site of theSheraton Princess Kaiulaniand renovation of the exist-ing Ainahau Tower. Two 11-story towers, thePrincess and the Kaiulani,would be torn down. “These Waikiki revitaliza-

tion projects will infuse

$1 billion into Oahu’s econ-omy,” said Ernest Nishizaki,executive vice president andchief operating officer ofKyo-ya Hotels & Resorts.

IF WAIKIKI’S tourism mar-ket remains strong and thesoon-to-be opened RossDress for Less is a successon Seaside Avenue, Scogginssaid businesses might seekopportunities on Waikiki’soutskirts.“Waikiki is like a sponge,”

Scoggins said. “It fills fromthe core. Once that’s satu-rated, demand moves out.”Bushor said he’s been ey-

ing the Kuhio side of Waikikisince the hotel marketturned the corner at thestart of the year.“The hotel market was go-

ing to be heaven in 2011 forWaikiki, then the Japanesecatastrophe occurred,”Bushor said. “My gut sayswe’ll be back by summer.”Randy Schoch, owner of

Desert Island Restaurants,which operates five Ruth’sChris Steak Houses inHawaii, including one onLewers Street in Waikiki, andRomano’s Macaroni Grill at

Ala Moana, said his Hawaiirestaurants and other well-run Waikiki businesses willcontinue to do well despitesome visitor fall-off after the9.0-magnitude earthquakeand tsunami ravaged Japanin March.Given his history as

Honolulu’s poster boy forbroken dreams and secondchances, Schoch’s opinionmatters. During the Japandownturn of the 1990s,Schoch lost millions and leftHawaii. He’s been back forsome time, and he’s opti-mistic about Waikiki.“It’s Waikiki’s golden age,”

Schoch said.The $460 million Waikiki

Beach Walk, which openedin 2007, made Waikiki an in-ternationally competitivedestination again, he said.“Waikiki is becoming cos-

mopolitan again,” he said. “Itlost some of its cache in the’80s and ’90s to Vegas andSouth Beach, but it’s comingback.”Schoch said he would

consider bringing a Ro-mano’s Macaroni Grill or acompletely new restaurantconcept to Waikiki if hefound the right location.Waikiki redevelopment

needs to expand mauka, hesaid.“Kuhio needs to be fresh-

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In November a seismicshift took place in how the60 acres underlying WardCenters in Kakaako will beredeveloped, as ownershipof the property and devel-opment plans transferredfrom the operator of nearbyAla Moana Center toHoward Hughes Corp.Results from the shift

have yet to be seen on thesurface but are expected toemerge over the comingmonths and years in howthe landscape is remade atOahu’s fourth-biggest shop-ping complex.The big change, simply

put, is that Ward Centersand Ala Moana are competi-tors again. This means thetwo biggest retail projects inHonolulu’s urban core willvie for tenants, which wassomething that ceased afterAla Moana owner GeneralGrowth Properties boughtWard Centers in 2002 fromlocal firm Victoria Ward Ltd.Development plans for

the Ward property call forrebuilding and expandingretail, along with adding nu-merous residential towerscontaining as many as 4,300units. But Hughes Corp. plans in

the short term to concen-trate on making improve-ments to existing retailoperations.The biggest priority, ac-

cording to David Striph, asenior vice president lead-ing operations and develop-ment at Ward Centers forHughes Corp., is to finishWard Village Shops, a retailaddition that initially was tohave been anchored by a

flagship Whole Foods Mar-ket store and topped by aluxury rental apartmentbuilding.

THE APARTMENT build-ing was deferred by GeneralGrowth, and the WholeFoods deal fell apart in late2009 after construction de-lays tied to GeneralGrowth’s bankruptcy led thenatural and organic foodsretailer to cancel a lease forwhat it envisioned would beits flagship Hawaii store.All that exists of that

phase of Ward Village Shops

today is a 732-stall parkinggarage, which opened inJune, and the shell of theformer Whole Foods build-ing.Striph said the first prior-

ity will be to lease theempty Ward Village Shopsretail space. Other short-term priorities will be togive Ward Centre and WardWarehouse face lifts.

Farther out on the hori-zon, Hughes Corp. will de-velop a phasing plan forwholesale redevelopment ofWard Centers.General Growth laid out a

rough plan and obtainedstate approval to replace thecollection of retail, ware-house and office buildings inthe area bound by AlaMoana Boulevard, Queen

Street, a cluster of blocksjust Ewa of Ward Avenueand the IBM Building overthe next two decades.The General Growth plan

dubbed Ward Neighbor-hood called for retail contin-uing to be a major presencewith space for about 400 re-tail tenants, up from about300 today. Other elementsincluded residential units inas many as 20 mid- and high-rise towers, 5 acres of land-scaped pedestrian plazas,700,000 square feet of indus-trial space and a connectionto the city’s planned mass-transit station on part of theproperty.General Growth antici-

pated starting redevelop-ment last year with a centralpedestrian plaza replacingold warehouses and WardFarmers Market, but thecompany’s bankruptcy in2009 in conjunction with theeconomic downturn put theplans on hold.Hughes Corp. isn’t pro-

jecting a new timetable forredevelopment. But Striphsaid the Dallas-based com-pany is interested in the po-tential for the Wardproperty.“The whole company is

focused on this asset,” hesaid. “It’s truly one of ourmost exciting assets.”Striph said Hughes Corp.

intends to come up with an“inspirational” plan for theproperty, and would like tobetter connect the neighbor-hood with the legacy of Vic-toria Ward, the daughter ofan English shipbuilder andHawaiian landowner, whoonce maintained a 100-acreestate, Old Plantation,where Blaisdell Center andWard Centers are today.

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Susan Todani is the Moiliili development director for Kamehameha Schools, which gave the Rainbow Vista building a face lift that brightened the area.

Moiliili development looks to historic landmarks inand around the district as a way to revitalize the area

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Using past to buoy future

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When recently queried about changes in Moiliili, DerekKauanoe, the founder of the Moiliili Matters website, wasquick to share before and after pictures of the three-storyRainbow Vista on South Beretania at Isenberg streets.“Improvements to Rainbow Vista Apartments, which in-

clude a commercial first floor that now houses Teddy’sBigger Burgers, is a much welcomed change to the area,”said Kauanoe, a Moiliili resident for more than a decade

who traces his community roots back to his great-great-grandfather who lived in Moiliili and owned property thatwas eventually developed into the Moiliili Gardens apart-ment building near Kuhio School.“There’s much to be appreciated with these improve-

ments, and Kamehameha Schools should be recognizedand applauded for renovating a building while not takingaway from the character of the community and some of itsolder, more historic-looking buildings.”

Kamehameha, with holdings in Moiliili totaling 11.4acres, is widely accepted to be the biggest commercial

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force in this special Honolulu neighbor-hood. The private educational trust’s Moili-ili holdings include Puck’s Alley, VarsityOffice Building, Varsity Center and variousrental properties. Kamehameha Schools’immediate focus in Moiliili is on the ongo-ing renovations of 46 rental units in threeapartment buildings at 2494 S. Beretania St.and 2724 and 2732 Kolo Place, which arescheduled to be completed by year’s end.“While there is no master plan in place

for Puck’s Alley or (the former Varsity The-ater property), we do envision a major re-vitalization of this area into a vibrantcommunity landmark and hub,” said SusanTodani, the trust’s Moiliili development di-rector. “Timing of future development willdepend on prospective tenant demand,rents that can support new constructionand the limited sewer capacity.”For now, added Ron Lockwood, the

chairman of the McCully-Moiliili Neighbor-hood Board, who has lived in Moiliili formore than 35 years, “It is 120 toilets out;120 toilets in.”It is primarily the lack of expanded

sewer capacity that has prevented 20-storyhigh-rise condo towers from replacingMoiliili’s old one-, two- and three-story buildings that havelong defined the character of the district, Lockwood said.In the late 1890s, Moiliili was an agricultural community.

It was transformed in the early 20th century into a self-con-tained town center with expanded businesses along KingStreet by Japanese immigrants who also made Moiliili theirhome. According to the 1930 U.S. Census, 80 percent ofMoiliili’s residents were of Japanese ancestry.

AS LATE as the 1950s, Moiliili flourished as a commercialcrossroads. By the 1960s, the new H-1 freeway pulled peo-ple away from the businesses and restaurants on Moiliili’smain arteries, King and Beretania streets. But Honolulu Sta-dium, Oahu’s primary sports and special events venue for50 years, and cruising at Chunky’s, the iconic drive-inacross the street from the stadium, brought them back.However, both Moiliili landmarks have been gone for sev-eral decades, as the district evolved into a more ethnicallydiverse neighborhood that now has 73.5 percent renters,according to the 2010 U.S. census.In recent years, there has been talk of revitalizing Moiliili,

including suggestions to underscore the area’s role was agateway to neighboring University of Hawaii.For developer Peter Savio, revitalization would mean

more student housing — in what he terms “private dorms”— as he envisions UH growing and admitting more main-land and foreign students. And he is looking to buy proper-ties that can be converted into private dorm buildings, saidSavio, who recently renovated his dorm building nearPuck’s Alley.

For Lockwood, an important aspect ofMoiliili’s revitalization would be the ex-pansion of Old Stadium Park by acquiringfrom the state Department of HawaiianHome Lands the adjacent nearly 2-acresite on which the long-closed StadiumBowl-O-Drome sits, in a land swap with thecity. The Bowl-O-Drome land would beused for a community swimming pool,Lockwood said.Both Lockwood and Grant Kagimoto, a

long-serving board member of the MoiliiliCommunity Center, which evolved fromthe tuition-free Moiliili Japanese LanguageSchool that was established in 1902, pointout that the city’s rail transit project willlikely have a significant impact on Moiliili.And the potential changes could be as

great or greater than what H-1 brought, asthree rail stations are planned for the com-munity — at the intersections of McCullyStreet and Kapiolani Boulevard, Kapiolaniand near the Marco Polo building, and Uni-versity Avenue and King Street.The elevated stations would create “a

huge shadow, a huge imprint on the neigh-borhood,” said Lockwood, who stressedthe need for “a thoughtful process”

that would welcome community input on the rail plans for Moiliili.For the people who live or work in Moiliili, having their

collective voice heard is important, as well as a respect forthe history, traditions and characteristics that shape theirsense of community.That is why even now you can hear community criticism

of Evan Dobelle, the ousted UH president. Dobelle recog-nized the need for UH to connect to Moiliili, but he soughtto impose his “M-town” proposal in a top-down mannerthat even led one UH professor to describe Dobelle’s atti-tude toward Moiliili as “neocolonial.”The situation with Kamehameha Schools — “the 800-

pound gorilla in the room,” as Lockwood puts it — has beenquite different. The trust — and in particular Todani, who isa regular presence at neighborhood board meetings andwho is known for reaching out to the Old Town Moiliili Busi-ness Association and other community organizations —has shown a willingness to share its development propos-als beforehand and treat the community as an equal part-ner.“They see their investment here as a long-term invest-

ment. They’re willing to listen,” said Kagimoto, who is alsothe owner of Cane Haul Road design shop in Moiliili. “Theyappear to be looking at the greater good for everyone.”Regarding rail and related development in Moiliili, To-

dani said they amount to a significant impact “for the entirecommunity, not just Kamehameha Schools. As these plansand issues emerge, we will definitely take them into consid-eration in our planning.”

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Building Honolulu’s rail systemwill present opportunities fordevelopment along its path, andthe construction industry hasbenefited from a massive effortto build or renovate thousandsof homes on military propertyacross Oahu, including atAliamanu Military Reservation.

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It’ll be years before railtransit-oriented develop-ment becomes a reality, butthe planning has alreadystarted.Transit-oriented develop-

ment “will have long-rangeimpact,” said Rajeev Bhatia,principal of Dyett & Bhatia,one of the consulting firmscontracted to create the de-velopment plans, and alsoto create a methodology forchanging the city’s currentland-use zoning and plan-ning laws. “It’s not going tohappen tomorrow, and thenit’ll take even more time af-ter that.”So far, only the wide-open

East Kapolei area has themost firmed-up plans set.Plans for other, more devel-oped areas like Waipahu andAiea are near completion.The centerpieces of the

East Kapolei plan includethe Ho‘opili communityproject on 1,554 acres ofEwa farmland, as envisionedby the local Schuler Divisionof Texas-based developerD.R. Horton; the Universityof Hawaii-West Oahu cam-pus; and the Kroc Commu-nity Center.The state Land Use Com-

mission recently gave thegreen light to reconsider thelong-pending Ho‘opili plan.Two years ago the commis-sion voted down the project

because it wasn’t properlyphased.The project also includes

a program calling for morethan 250 acres of land to bededicated to food produc-tion. The program is over-seen by Dean Okimoto ofNalo Farms, who says it“takes us back to how weused to live in Hawaii.”Developer interest in

other areas along the 20-mile route has been fromlow to cautious. City plan-ning officials say they’ve hadmore meetings with private

landowners and developersin recent months than theyhave in the past.Transit-oriented develop-

ment is a key economiccomponent of developingrail lines. In Oregon, Port-land’s first rail lines beganservice in 1986, but officialsthere “didn’t recognize thepower of rail to shape devel-opment,” said Jill Detweiler,property development man-ager for TriMet, the trans-portation public agencythere.About three years before

new rail lines went into serv-ice in 1998, TriMet officialsbegan raising the profile ofdevelopment opportunitiesas they sought federal fund-ing for the project.“Getting there in advance

of development will shapewhat will happen,” Detweilersaid. “Sometimes whenyou’re not able to do that,things will build out as auto-mobile oriented, and then itnever goes away.”Still, developer interest

didn’t begin until actual con-struction on the rail lines

started, she said.Terry Ware, transit-ori-

ented development adminis-trator in Honolulu, saidthat’s no surprise, particu-larly because developersare adverse to risk.“Each area where devel-

opment occurs, it’s going torespond to the most obvi-ous market trend,” he said.“The more complex devel-opment is going to takesome time. The big-box re-tailers — Target, Walmart— that’s probably not goingto be what you see initially.”For example, the Middle

Street station area includesa correctional center andseveral buildings with in-dustrial uses, which doesn’tmake it friendly to new de-velopment. Kalihi residentsin a recent workshop ex-pressed hopes to relocatethe correctional facility, butaccording to a market op-portunities study of thearea, there are plans to ex-pand it.Many industrial proper-

ties under the real estatemanagement firm RobinsonTrust have tenants, so thestudy concluded that itcould be “some time” be-fore the properties areready to be redeveloped fortransit development.“The reality is that those

landowners are getting verylittle vacancies,” Ware said.“There’s really no place forthose people to move. Over

Builders prove rail-shyTransit-oriented development will be a key partof the economic component of the transit system


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time there might be somemigration to Campbell In-dustrial, but that’s all newbuildings so they’d be pay-ing higher rates. And nowyou’ve created another traf-fic problem by sending peo-ple way out to Campbell.”Plans for station areas

around Aiea and Pearl Cityinclude:>> Pearl Highlands, with

proposed bicycle pathsalong Waiawa Stream,medium-density housing aquarter-mile from the sta-tion, a neighborhood parkmakai of Acacia Road and atransit plaza at the corner ofPearl Highlands Center.>> Leeward Community

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existing surface parking areamauka of the campus as wellas low-density housing.Bhatia, who is based in

San Francisco, said develop-ers are still questioningwhether rail will happen.But once the reality of railbecomes apparent, develop-ers will hit the tables tostrategize how to capitalizeon the growth.“From a geographical per-

spective, rail has an abilityto reach a huge number ofpeople on the island, whichis so unlike anywhere in theU.S.,” Bhatia said. “The op-portunity for us to integrateland use and transportationis tremendous. That shouldbenefit the quality of life foreveryone.”

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Spreading out across thevolcanic crater of AliamanuMilitary Reservation is a seaof new homes with two-cargarages, Corian-counterkitchens, central air condi-tioning, solar hot waterheaters, vaulted ceilings,well-kept white-fenced yardsand much happier familiesdwelling within them.This used to be the run-

down neighborhood wheremilitary families complainednot too many years agoabout shoddy wiring, electri-cal fires and mold problems.Across Oahu a $4.4 billion

housing privatization initia-tive started in 2004 has beentransforming the militaryneighborhood landscape,and keeping the Hawaii con-struction industry out of thedepths of the recession inthe process.The massive rebuilding ef-

fort by developers LendLease and Forest City Mili-tary Communities has so farresulted in the completionof 7,150 new Army, Navy, AirForce and Marine Corpshomes on Oahu and renova-tion of 2,915 others. Thou-sands more are still plannedto be built.The effort may have

saved Hawaii’s constructionindustry along the way. As

an example of the expendi-ture levels, Forest City wasdoing $35 million in con-struction a month in 2008,officials said.Lend Lease said it was de-

livering about 100 homes amonth in 2009, and about 50to 60 now. Economist Paul Brew-

baker said the big economicimpact played out as ex-pected, but a delay in theproject’s start was

fortuitous for the state.“It was a little slower to

get mobilized, but as itturned out, it did bridge ahuge valley in private con-struction that unfolded andbecame acutely severe afterthe collapse of (investmentbank) Lehman Bros. precipi-tated a credit crunch,” Brew-baker said.The military housing proj-

ects have passed their peakbut are still going strong: For-

est City completed the last ofthe Navy homebuilding effortin March, and has about 387more new Marine Corpshomes to build — work thatwill take it into 2014.Lend Lease plans to build

1,997 more new Army andAir Force homes and reno-vate 1,545 others into theyear 2020.The military, realizing it

couldn’t build or renovateits housing stock to desired

standards fast enough,turned to the private sectorto build, operate and main-tain housing through theMilitary Housing Privatiza-tion Initiative of 1996.A service member’s hous-

ing allowance is used to payfor rent and to cover theconstruction of new homesand maintain them under50-year terms with the de-velopers.Lend Lease, headquar-

tered in Australia, is con-structing 6,449 Army andAir Force homes in Hawaiiand renovating 2,953 exist-ing homes as part of $2.85billion worth of expectedprojects.Forest City, based in

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Ohio, is building 3,085 newhomes and renovating 1,507.The projects are projectedto cost $1.6 billion.Will Boudra, vice presi-

dent of development for For-est City, said the builder wasable to complete better-quality homes faster thanthe Navy could in the past.“So I think in that in-

stance, we can say that theprivatization process hasbeen a success becausewe’ve been able to build somany homes so quickly,”Boudra said.Army Sgt. Maj. Dwight

Wafford, who lives with hiswife, Carolyn, and their 18-,16- and 13-year-old daugh-ters in one of the new

houses in Aliamanu MilitaryReservation, said the buildergathered input from militarymembers in designing thehomes.Island Palm Communities

is the partnership betweenLend Lease and the Armyand represents the DefenseDepartment’s largest mili-tary family housing privati-zation project.“They just seemed to put

a lot of thought into howthey designed the homes,”said Sgt. Maj. Wafford, 44,who works for the U.S. ArmyPacific surgeon division.The Army family was sta-

tioned in Hawaii 14 yearsago, and their on-base housewas “cinder blocks and no

AC — it was quite a differentexperience,” said CarolynWafford.She added that their

current three-bedroom

house “is the best housewe’ve ever lived in.” The new houses are singlefamily or duplexes in theneighborhood.

She likes the island in thekitchen, two built-in com-puter stations and thefenced-in back yard. Her husband appreciates the

dirt tub next to a side doorwhere he can wash off hisgear.“As a military family, we

were very hesitant to acceptthe changes in going to pri-vatized housing,” CarolynWafford said. She expectedthere to be extra burdensplaced on military families.“But when we got into this

house, I think it’s the squarefootage (that I like). I thinkit’s an architectural amaze-ment they can put this sizehouse on this lot,” she said.Wafford also recalls the

“housing Nazis” beforehousing privatization atother Army installations


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Sgt. Major Dwight Waf-ford and his family,daughters Lindsey, 18,and Hannah, 13, wife,Carolyn, and daughterGrace, 16, in front oftheir home at AliamanuMilitary Reservation. Atleft, Wafford makes asandwich for lunch ashis wife, Carolyn, keepshim company in thekitchen.

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who weren’t helpful inproviding information aboutwhen or which housingwould be available for thefamily after it moved to anew location.Island Palm is “very, very

responsive,” she said.Some of the old quad-unit

homes remain in Aliamanu,but construction crews con-tinue to move forward withtheir demolition and re-placement.Ann Wharton, a spokes-

woman for Lend Lease, saidbetween the Army and AirForce projects, $110 million

is expected to be spent onconstruction in fiscal 2012,$115 million in 2013 and$600 million between 2014and 2020.Between 350 and 500

subcontractor personnelare on site every day repre-senting a variety of trades,she said.Tony Narvaez, owner of

Kapolei-based Superior Con-crete Services, said his com-pany would probably be asmall family-operated busi-ness with five or six employ-ees if he didn’t get the workhe got on the Army and AirForce projects.“When the economy had

its downturn, for us, doingwork for Lend Lease, we actu-ally saw steady growth withinour company,” said Narvaez,who was born in Hawaii.

He said he’s averagedabout 58 employees on ayearly basis — all Hawaii res-idents — and the Lend Leasecontracts represent about 80

percent of his work.“I do see it is starting to

become more competitivebecause the private-sectorwork has really taken a bighit over the years, and a lotof private-sector contractorsare coming to the federalside now,” Narvaez said.He said he has a positive

outlook, though, with thecontinuing housing privatiza-tion work, other federal proj-ects, the rail project and withsome homebuilders lookingto start up some big projects.“There’s a positive out-

look in federal (work), and Isee there’s a turn that’s go-ing to be coming around inthe private sector, too, withCastle & Cooke and D.R.Horton homes,” he said.“There’s some planned proj-ects on their side, too.”

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