The Planning Commission granted a finding of no significant impact on the environmental assessment for the proposed 6 story office building and parking garage slated for land adjacent to Kanaha Pond and Wildlife Refuge. The Planning Commission found no significant impact despite: The building is in an area which will become innundated with the projected […]
6-Storey Building at Kanaha?
Kanaha Professional Plaza development team is back on the Planning Commission agenda seeking approval for a 5-storey Building by Kanaha Wildlife Refuge Tuesday, May 24, 2011.
Lehman Bros Buys Ritz Carleton
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (the lender) outbid two other qualified bidders for the 404-room Ritz Carleton in Kapalua, which was foreclosed in September after institutional investors and Maui Land & Pineapple Co. defaulted on a loan, most recently valued at $268 million. ML&P was counting on sales of its 107 luxury condos to pay back […]
Planning Commission Grants A&B Maui Business Park II Variance
The Planning Commission voted to give A&B Properties a special management area permit for Maui Business Park II in Kahului. Conditions include adding a two-lane road with sidewalks and a storm water treatment system. The expansion of the mixed-use, light-industrial park will be located on two properties, one behind Kmart and Costco and the other […]
Conference Committee Turns Coastal Mngmt Bill Upside Down
HB 117 is proof of the importance of active monitoring of bills at the legislature, especially in the closing stages of the session when so much happens behind closed doors. Just a week or two ago, this bill expanded our Coastal Zone Management Act to require public review of large, expensive single-family homes built along […]