Leadership shift could change Kakaako landscape
Kakaako will have a new state House representative in January and new potential for residential high-rise development on poorly utilized land makai of Ala Moana Boulevard owned by the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs. House Speaker Scott Saiki (D, Ala Moana-Kakaako-Downtown) was defeated in the Aug. 10 primary election, and his loss also means an impending departure of the mightiest legislative impediment to OHA realizing a more-than-decade-old goal to partly undo a ban on residential development in the area known as Kakaako makai.
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The 31 acres of land in Kakaako Makai acquired by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in lieu of back payments owed by the state in 2012 is seen on Friday. Here, the Night Market event was being set up by organizers.
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Tables and umbrellas for food trucks occupy the site of the old Fisherman’s Wharf. Scott Saiki has held powerful leadership positions in the House for as long as OHA has tried to get legislation passed to up-zone at least some of the 31 acres in Kakaako it received from the Legislature in 2012 to settle a long-disputed debt with the state.
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Tables and umbrellas for food trucks occupy the site of the old Fisherman’s Wharf.
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The 31 acres of land in Kakaako Makai acquired by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in lieu of back payments owed by the state in 2012.
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The Night Market event was being set up by organizers on Friday.
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The Night Market event was being set up by organizers on Friday.
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The Night Market event was being set up by organizers on Friday.
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The Kewalo Shipyard looking in the direction of 53 by the Sea.
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The Kewalo Shipyard looking in the direction of 53 by the Sea.
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The Kewalo Shipyard looking in the direction of 53 by the Sea.
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The Night Market event was being set up by organizers on Friday.
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Tables and umbrellas for food trucks occupy the site of the old Fisherman’s Wharf.
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Tables and umbrellas for food trucks occupy the site of the old Fisherman’s Wharf.
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