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Chinatown Project cleared environmental hurdle
In the KITV 4 Island Television article Planned Chinatown hotel clears key environmental hurdle, Duane Shimogawa reports about our Chinatown Hotel in Honolulu.
Here is an excerpt from November 8th, 2022 article:
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A planned hotel in Chinatown has cleared a key environmental hurdle.
KITV4 has learned that the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting has found that the project is anticipated to pose no significant impacts to the environment.
The project’s developer - Ikenakea Hokele – plans to replace an existing parking lot and vacant warehouse at 128 North Nimitz Highway with a 240-room hotel adjacent to Aloha Tower Marketplace.
Courtesy: Ikenakea Hokele LLC
The hotel also will include about 31,000-square-feet of meeting and flex spaces, as well as a rooftop bar and restaurant with outdoor seating.
The $128 million project still has some other regulatory approvals to clear. Construction is anticipated to take about two years.
Green light to the proposed changes on Hale O Pi‘ikea project
A rendering shows the future Hale O Pi‘ikea housing project, which was originally proposed as a 90-unit affordable rental project. Developers of the Downtown Kihei project now want to expand the housing to 223 affordable units while decreasing commercial space. 3 Leaf Holdings rendering
Staff writer Dakota Grossman wrote and article in the Maui News. The October 13, 2022 article, Less commercial, more housing in project plans discusses our Kihei project getting the green light for our proposed changes
Here is an excerpt from the article:
Developers of a South Maui project are replacing previously approved commercial developments and a movie theater with more than 200 fully affordable rental units for low-income families.
Originally planning for restaurants, shops, medical offices, a parking structure, a movie theater and a hotel, the developers of the Downtown Kihei project located mauka of Liloa Drive want to increase the 100 percent affordable housing component of the project. While the hotel would remain, retail and commercial space would be significantly downsized.
On Tuesday, the Maui Planning Commission gave the green light to the proposed changes.
“I would just like to commend the applicant for the revisions that they made to support workforce housing or affordable housing,” Commissioner Mel Hipolito Jr. said. “I appreciate them working with us and with the community.”
The applicant and landowner is Krausz Companies California LLC.
The project site is about 27.4 acres and is bordered by Longs Drugs Kihei Center and the Azeka Mauka Shopping Center, Yee’s Orchard, a single-family residential neighborhood, Pi’ilani Village Shopping Center, a multifamily residential neighborhood and various commercial and business centers.
Gwen Rivera of consultant Munekiyo Hiraga said Tuesday that the Maui Planning Commission granted a special management area use permit for the northern component on July 28, 2015, which allowed for the construction of a four-story, 93,000-square-foot hotel with 150 rooms as well as 257,098 square feet of leasable area to be used for businesses and medical offices, shops, parking and related improvements.
In 2016, the commission approved the southern component that would include a three-level parking structure, a 34,401-square-foot movie theater, about 83,243 square feet of commercial and retail area segmented in five, one- and two-story buildings, as well as parking, landscaping and related improvements, Rivera said.
Photos from the Victory Gardens ribbon cutting.
The Stockton Record’s, Clifford Oto, photographed the Ribbon cutting ceremony at Victory Gardens. The veteran’s project will house roughly 100 homeless veterans. Vietnam veterans terry Hansen and Charlie Flores performed a Native American blessing.
Homeless Veteran project is almost open
CLIFFORD OTO/THE STOCKTON RECORD
Ben Irwin’s article, Veterans permanent supportive housing Victory Gardens showcased, in The Record discusses the Victory Gardens project. The San Joaquin county board of supervisors adopted the goal of ending veteran homelessness by 2025 and Victory Gardens is set to be an influential factor in achieving this goal.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
Victory Gardens, a permanent supportive housing development in French Camp for unhoused veterans, is officially — almost — open.
The latest project from the Housing Authority of the County of San Joaquin (HACSJ) and the county harbors 49 one- and two-bedroom apartments for homeless veterans. Once occupants are moved in — Peter Ragsdale, executive director of HACSJ said a snag with PG&E is the holdup — Victory Gardens will house roughly 100 homeless veterans and their loved ones and pets.
“We take people as they come,” Ragsdale said. “Homeless, mental health challenges, addiction … its housing with services.”
Rent is capped at 30% of income. If an occupant has no income, rent will be around $50, Ragsdale said. Eligible occupants are veterans eligible for Veterans Affairs medical benefits — generally those with an honorable discharge — at which point they’d have a licensed social worker to help them be successful in housing, Ragsdale said. Five units are also for regular housing choice vouchers, which Ragsdale said allows them to house veterans who have a dishonorable discharge or other service-related challenges that may cause them to leave the military without full benefits.
2021:SJ Housing Authority breaks ground on affordable units for homeless veterans
Victory Gardens is strategically located near San Joaquin General Hospital, the future regional VA community-based outpatient clinic under construction visible from I-5 and close to public transportation. Built on 2.5 acres of county-owned land, the project is a public-private partnership between the housing authority, its nonprofit arm Delta Community Developers Corp., DFA Development and San Joaquin County.
Please join us at the Ribbon Cutting for Victory Gardens October 6th, 10 am
The Housing Authority of San Joaquin and the County of San Joaquin are
pleased to announce Victory Gardens is in the final stages of construction and
will be celebrating completion with a Ribbon Cutting October 6th @ 10:00 AM
We hope you can join us!
As seen on KITV 4 Island Television
Hawaii's affordable housing crisis growing as many wait for years on wait lists.
Kali Watson talked about the homeless crisis in Hawaii. KITV4 Island Television reported on the affordable housing crisis.
Here in Hawaii right now, it's very, very urgent," said Kali Watson, president and CEO of nonprofit developer, Hawaiian Community Development Board. "The housing situation here in Hawaii is at a very critical stage as it relates to the homeless. I mean as you drive around...you see all these homeless people, families, not just individuals that are suffering in dire situations."
See full coverage here.
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Council approves zoning for Downtown Round Rock
On January 27, 2022, our City Centre Development in Round Rock, TX was granted unanimous zoning approval to accommodate multi-family housing near Downtown Round Rock.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
The zoning will allow for high density residential development that could include up to an eight-story-tall building and structured parking on 2.45 acres located north of McNeil Road and east of IH-35. The development will be the third phase of the City Centre development, with the first two phases consisting of office buildings.
Las Terrazas Apartments Slated for $7.3 Million in upgrades
On January 25, 2022, an article titled Las Terrazas apartments slated for $7.3 million in upgrades, shares the news about DFA Development’s acquisition and rehabilitation of the Las Terrazas Apartments in Nogales, AZ. 104 apartment units will be seeing new improvements and will remain affordable for low-income families earning less than 60% of the area median income. The article discusses the project and the use of AIDA financing with the combination of LIHTC and USDA loans.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
The 104 units at Las Terrazas apartments on Patagonia Highway in Nogales are due for a $7.3 million facelift, thanks in large part to a grant from the Arizona Industrial Development Authority.
The complex was constructed in the 1980s with U.S. Department of Agriculture funding that required the developer to maintain Las Terrazas as affordable housing for 20 years, according to Patrick Ray, AIDA program manager. When that requirement expired, the Stockton, Calif.-based landlord, DFA Las Terrazas Associates, had the option to convert the apartments to regular market or luxury units.
However, DFA applied for a $6.2 million grant from the development authority that was finalized on Wednesday, Jan. 12. It effectively requires DFA to preserve the affordable nature of the complex for all of the units “for at least another 15 years,” Ray said.
As seen in Honolulu Civil Beat
In the December 10th, 2021 article, Chinatown May Get More Affordable Housing For Older Adults, Plus A Hotel, Cassie Ordonio writes about our Chinatown projects in Honolulu. This ground-up hotel development will serve as an anchor for the Chinatown community and catalyst for investment and redevelopment of the area. It will bring jobs, foot traffic, and tax revenues that have historically only benefited areas such as Ala Moana and Waikiki to Chinatown.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
Chinatown, one of the oldest neighborhoods on Oahu, consists mainly of two-story buildings with shops on the first floor and living quarters on the second. Towering over those buildings are several mid-to-high-rise apartment towers – some deemed as affordable housing.
But some residents say there is need for more affordable housing in the 15-block neighborhood, especially for those aged at least 65, who make up 18% of Oahu’s population of 1 million.
“People just need housing,” said Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock, president of the Chinatown Business Association. “The city isn’t affordable. A lot of seniors are on fixed income, and some are on social security right now. Many seniors barely receive $600 a month.”
According to city officials, Chinatown has about 14 apartment buildings, including two already designated for older adults.
Mentioned in the Star Advertiser
Our Hale Makana O Mo‘ili‘ili project is mentioned in the Star Advertiser. The article writes about the challenges nursing homes faces from COVID-19. It also writes about affordable housing for seniors.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
More affordable rentals for seniors
Given Hawaii’s growing kupuna population, steady forward motion is needed to expand affordable rental options for seniors. Among the latest projects in the works is Hale Makana O Mo‘ili‘ili, a proposed six-story apartment building with 105 residences — with most units reserved for household incomes of up to 50% of Honolulu’s median. That equates to $42,300 for a single person and $48,350 for a couple.
The developer, California-based 3 Leaf Holdings Inc., anticipates seeking tenants shortly before the Moiliili area complex’s February 2023 anticipated completion. Projected monthly rents for low-income residents are from $521 to $1,226.