The Koa Ridge development encompasses 576 acres and will consist of 3,500 residential units, a mixed use commercial and residential town core, a 28-acre medical center, commercial and light industrial uses, an elementary school, churches and community centers, and neighborhood and community parks.
Major infrastructure for Koa Ridge includes water, sewer, drainage and roadway improvements. Construction is slated to begin in 2016 and will include single- and multi-family homes.
Koa Ridge At A Glance
Housing Available
3,500 single-family and multi-family homes. Luxury and Market Pricing including 30% being affordable homes
Location
575 acres on the Central Oahu plateau, across from Costco Waipio and west of H-2 freeway
Employment
Employment-generating health care services, office, commercial, and industrial facilities estimated at 2,300 jobs upon full development
Community
Neighborhood school, parks, community centers, churches, retail and amenities
Open Space
Community park, neighborhood parks, and ravines
Setting
Unobstructed views of Kipapa Gulch and the Waianae Range
O'ahu continues to step up it's rapid development, rezoning huge swaths of agricultural land to accommodate developer drool and increase the tax collection pool. We are not food self sufficient in Hawaii and we import over 90% of our food supply yet city council in it's wizened farsighted reasoning believes rezoning our limited agricultural land into residential, commercial and light industrial is the way of the present so why not make it the way of the future. Say what?
Everyone believes, it seems, we need more housing, but when does it end? Is there a smarter more Akamai way to develop housing instead of sacrificing our open spaces and agricultural land? Or is profit and the ease of developing over Ag land the only indicator of feasibility? How much is too much and at what cost to our environment and sustainability? Do we really need to develop agricultural land when food sustainability is a major concern for most coherent islanders. We have these rapidly developing communities Kapolei, Ho'opili, Makakilo, Kaka'ako and now soon to be Koa Ridge, will it ever stop? Perhaps when the market crashes or a disaster strikes but how about preserving paradise today instead of paving it into perpetuity? More People, More Cars, more infastructure needed equals more depandancy on imports and fossil fuels.
Controversial Koa Ridge to Begin Construction Next Year
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