Views clash over planned homes in Manoa
A developer’s plan to build homes in Manoa with greater density than allowed under existing zoning was the subject of a sometimes acrimonious and snippy public hearing Monday. Read more
Andrew Gomes
Andrew Gomes is a business reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Gomes is a longtime Hawaii journalist who for most of his career has concentrated on business subjects with a particular focus on real estate and land-use topics that include housing, development and agriculture.
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He is a fourth-generation kamaaina born on Oahu who earned a journalism degree from the University of Hawaii. Gomes has been a reporter for local newspapers since the mid-1990s. He regularly enjoys surfing, bodysurfing and skateboarding.
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DHHL forgoes county building permits
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has begun to exert a long-held regulatory power to speed up homestead and housing development for beneficiaries. Read more
Navy chips in to improve Kalaeloa’s electric grid
The federal government is helping the state pay for costly upgrades to an old Navy electrical system at the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Kalaeloa. Read more
Territorial Savings Bank takeover vote postponed
The pushback was announced by Territorial amid efforts by an investment advisory firm to convince Territorial shareholders to reject the Hope purchase in favor of a competing bid from unnamed investors led by former Bank of Hawaii CEO Allan Landon. Read more
Catholic church sells land to Kahala Nui senior living complex
As part of the agreement, the Mary, Star of the Sea Parish church and school on the same property will maintain access to underground parking stalls, a soccer field and existing easements. Read more
Green defends water panel vacancy-filling protocol
Gov. Josh Green insists that he is following Hawaii law for filling a vacant special seat on the state water commission amid criticism of his procedure to do so. Read more
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Gov. Green holding up water panel selection, groups say
About 70 Hawaii environmental and Hawaiian cultural organizations are asking Gov. Josh Green to make a “timely and appropriate” appointment to fill a seat on the seven-member Commission on Water Resource Management. Read more
Shipyard starts building first of 3 new Matson ships
Construction has begun on the first of three new ships for Hawaii-based ocean cargo transportation firm Matson Inc. Read more
Territorial Savings board says no to revised acquisition offer
Territorial’s board announced toay that the Thursday bid from Blue Hill Advisors LLC to pay $12.50 per share of Territorial stock, up from an earlier $12-per-share offer, remained inferior in part due to a lack of information about the investors and their ability to complete a purchase. Read more
DHHL shifts strategy to acquire Kauai rental complex
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has changed up how it plans to pay for and use a Kauai apartment complex that it aims to purchase for beneficiary use. Read more
Hawaii’s tax credits for film productions help boost the local economy
In all, $21 million in credit claims are expected from 28 productions last year: eight commercials, seven feature films, seven TV series, three TV movies, two TV specials and one documentary. Read more
Hawaiian Electric loses ‘virtual power plants’
Three “virtual power plants” in Hawaii are out of commission due to the recent demise of an energy management company, but the losses are small, according to Hawaiian Electric. Read more
Investors boost rival takeover bid for Territorial Bancorp
An investment firm trying to displace a California bank from acquiring Hawaii’s fifth-largest bank has upped its offer for the parent of Territorial Savings. Read more
Vacation rentals not OK in Hawaii’s agricultural land district
Hawaii’s high court ruled that short-term vacation rentals do not constitute legal “farm dwellings” on land in the state agricultural district. Read more
Ewa community developer Haseko facing $27M judgement again after appeal
Plaintiffs in the case alleged that they had been misled and therefore unknowingly overpaid for their homes, which Haseko had developed and sold over nearly three decades while touting a boat marina as the community’s main attraction and central selling point. Read more
Hawaiian Electric Industries adds to stock sale haul
The company said today that an option for stock sale underwriters to buy up to $75 million in newshares has been fully exercised. Read more
HEI parent completes portion of stock sale plan
Hawaiian Electric Industries has generated $485 million in a sale of newly issued shares of stock. Read more
Hawaiian Electric parent to sell more new stock
The parent company of Hawaii’s largest electrical utility might sell up to $825 million in new stock, partly to help fund a pending settlement of claims over 2023’s Maui wildfire disaster. Read more
Oahu offshore wind farm plan gets blowback
A company partly backed by France is working to advance an Oahu offshore wind energy project as a federal agency prepares to possibly auction an ocean lease for such use in 2028. Read more
Downtown Honolulu offices become rental housing with city help
An old downtown Honolulu office building has become new rental apartment housing for households with low-moderate incomes. Read more
Kapi‘olani’s lockout of nurses is rare use of ‘nuclear’ option in labor fights
A recent study found that only two out of 347 U.S. work stoppages involving unionized labor in 2023 were lockouts. Read more
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