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Kamehameha Schools to sell land slated for luxury condos

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM
2013 September 18 BSN - Kamehameha Schools announce today that they will be selling the adjoining properties at 744 and 770 Ala Moana Boulevard to MK Development, a joint venture of Kobayashi Group and The MacNaughton Group, to develop two luxury condominium towers. Jaguar of Honolulu, Land Rover and Office Max currently occupy those properties. HSA PHOTO BY GEORGE F. LEE

Kamehameha Schools said Wednesday it is selling two Kaka­ako blocks fronting Ala Moana Boulevard to MK Development, a joint venture of Koba­ya­shi Group and The MacNaughton Group, to develop two luxury condominium towers with a combined 500 units.

A spokesman for Kame­ha­meha Schools said the trust is selling "Block H," which now houses a Jaguar/Land Rover dealership and an Office Max, and "Block I," with a Cutter Mazda dealership, on Ala Moana Boulevard just Diamond Head of Cooke Street.

Sales should start in fall 2015 if the proj­ects are approved by the Hawaii Community Development Authority, which oversees the redevelopment of Kakaako.

The projects will include retail space on the street level, said the Kame­ha­meha Schools spokes­man, who asked not to be identified by name because the proj­ects have not been officially announced.

Kamehameha Schools’ master plan for Kaka­ako calls for building seven mixed-use residential and retail towers, including three luxury towers on Ala Moana Boulevard — the two by MK Development and a third on the block just Ewa of Cooke Street. Kame­ha­meha Schools has not said who will be developing the third luxury tower.

The seven towers will add an estimated 2,750 units, including some rental units and some fee-simple units reserved for middle-income families. The towers will also have 300,000 square feet of commercial space.

Kame­ha­meha Schools, Hawaii’s largest private landowner, is a private trust that uses its money to educate students of Hawaiian ancestry.

Previously, Kame­ha­meha Schools announced plans for three other Kakaako sites:

» Hono­lulu developer Stanford Carr will build a $300 million residential proj­ect that will include a 40-story high-rise tower at 555 South St., currently an open parking area kitty-corner from Restaurant Row, as well as low-rise townhomes, live-work units, rental apartments and retail space.

» Alexander & Baldwin Inc. is developing the former site of a Comp­­­USA store at the makai end of South Street from the trust and proposing a tower and low-rise buildings with 470 condominiums called The Collection.

» Kamehameha Schools is developing a retail complex dubbed SALT by renovating old buildings on a block adjacent to The Collection.

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