Approval process underway for new high-rise project in Ala Moana

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Another luxury, high-rise project is being planned in Ala Moana – right on the shopping center’s property. It’ll be a condo and a hotel.

This could be the future of Ala Moana. 1588 Ala Moana is the latest project from the Kobayashi Group.

$214 million project to build 302 new affordable homes in Kalihi

“Do we need it? I think, plainly, we need more housing,” said Kathleen Lee, Ala Moana/Kakaako Neighborhood Board Chair. “We know that.”

Project planners introduced it to the Ala Moana-Kakaako Neighborhood Board last month – the first step in the long approvals process. The plan – build on more than four acres of the Ala Moana Shopping Center’s parking lot at the corner of Atkinson and Ala Moana…

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