The Garden Island
Notice #: 0001478437-01
Public Hearings

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing to be held by the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu under the authority of Governor Josh Green’s Tenth Proclamation Relating to Affordable Housing, dated December 6, 2024, as amended, for the following affordable housing project at the date and the time specified or soon thereafter:
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DATE: Friday, January 17, 2025
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Palama Settlement Dining Room, 810 North Vineyard Boulevard,
Honolulu, Hawai’i
FILE NO.: 2024/GEN-20
PROJECT: Ka’ahumanu Homes Redevelopment
OWNER/APPLICANT: HCDC Hawaii Development, LLC
AGENT: PBR Hawaii (Tom Schnell)
LOCATION: 1421 Alokele Street – Kapalama
TAX MAP KEY: 1-5-024: 001
ZONING: A-1 Low Density Apartment District
REQUEST: The Applicant proposes the redevelopment of Ka’ahumanu Homes (Project), consisting of six high-rise and low-rise buildings with a maximum height of 300 feet. Upon completion, the Project will provide approximately 1,550 affordable and workforce rentals, leasehold for-sale condominiums, retail spaces, parks, and amenities. The length of affordability for rental units is 75 years minimum. For-sale leasehold condominium units sold to buyers earning 140% or less of the area median income (AMI) will be subject to all Hawai’i Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) restrictions and all provisions under Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) 201H-47, 201H-49, and 201H-50 (including restrictions on the use, sale, and transfer). The proposed Project is in the A-1 Low Density Apartment District and the Downtown Neighborhood Transit Oriented Development Plan.
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You may review the Project materials online at www.honolulu.gov/dpp (click Public Input and select the Project on the web map), or at the Fasi Municipal Building, 650 South King Street, 1st Floor, Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to submit testimony. Written testimony may be emailed to dpp@honolulu.gov, faxed to (808) 768-6743, or mailed to 650 South King Street, 7th Floor, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96813. Written testimony should be received by the close of the public hearing on Friday, January 17, 2025. Testimony to the Department prior to the hearing will be considered in the evaluation of the request.
Note: If you need an auxiliary aid and/or service or other accommodation due to a disability to participate in this event (i.e., sign language interpreter; interpreter for language other than English, or wheelchair accessibility), please call (808) 768-8000, or email your detailed request to dpp@honolulu.gov, at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting. Requests made as early as possible will allow adequate time to fulfill your request.
Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, Director
Department of Planning and Permitting
(SA1478437 12/23/24)