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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 This year’s festival will take place on April 27th from 10 am to 2 pm. This will be the 9th annual festival and will officially start after an opening ceremony by students of Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘o Kānewai. The day will follow with exciting guest speakers, ukulele performance, bird tours, spotting scopes, painting with Patrick Ching and much more.  Also making its first debut is a life size Manu o Kū, Ranger Rick, and Hina, the Monk Seal.  Grab a passport and participate in the exciting learning activitiesprovided by participating groups and agencies, all focused on native species, with the Manu o Kū as their ambassador for the day.The Manu O Kū Festival is an annual event usually held in May to coincide with theUS Migratory Bird Treaty Act.  The Festival takes place on the stately Coronation...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
  Local Market Update  Makiki & Moili'ili Honolulu, March 2024   Single Family Homes March Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 9 / 14  -36%   20 / 23  -13%    Median Sales Price $1.35M / $1.5M  -10% $1.5444M / $1.5M  3% Percent of Original List Price Received 93.5% / 98.0%  -5% 97.2% / 95.7%  2% Median Days on Market Until Sale 43 / 14   207% 23 / 15   53% New Listings 19 / 11  73% 38 / 36  6% Pending Sales 7 / 10  -30% 24 / 31  -23% Active Inventory 43 / 24  79% ---    Condos March Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 36 / 41  95% 102 / 86  19%  Median Sales Price $385,000 / $430,000  -10%   $405,000 / $404,500  0%  Percent of Original List Price Received 98.1% / 97.9%  0% 97.4% / 97.8%  0% Median Days on Market Until Sale 26 /...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
  Local Market Update  Ala Moana & Kaka'ako Honolulu, March 2024   Single Family Homes March Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 1 / 0  0%  2 / 0  0%  Median Sales Price $1.1M/ $0   0%  $1M / $0   0% Percent of Original List Price Received 96.5% / 0.0%  0% 94.7% / 0.0%  0% Median Days on Market Until Sale 38 / 0  0% 38 / 0  0% New Listings 1 / 0  0% 2 / 1  100% Pending Sales 0 / 1  -100% 2 / 1  100% Active Inventory 4 / 0   0% ---    Condos March Year to Date 2024 / 2023 Change% 2024 / 2023 Change% Closed Sales 38 / 55  -31%  96 / 124  -23%  Median Sales Price $747,000 / $830,000  -10% $624,250 / $645,000  -3% Percent of Original List Price Received 95.5% / 95.9%  0% 96.2% / 96.6%  0%    Median Days on Market Until Sale 92 / 39  136% 45 / 41  10% New Listin...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
  Kaka‘ako Kiosk:  The Admiral Thomas Admiral Thomas 1221 Victoria St Honolulu, HI $264,900 - $659,000   Admiral Thomas is a 34-story leasehold high-rise condo tower near Thomas Square Park. The lease on the building expires in 2046. 1, 2, and 3 bedroom condos are available with parking.   Building amenities: pool, spa, tennis court, resident club-room and BBQ        Admiral Thomas Condo is centrally located across the street from the Honolulu Museum of Art, in the Kaka'ako neighborhood of Honolulu. Views overlooking historic Thomas Square and Oahu’s South Shore. The complex is close to the Honolulu Club, Straub Hospital, and the Blaisdell Center. The Admiral Thomas offer units units are relatively spacious and with the lease hold pricing, the larger 3 bedroom units are priced well comp...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
Vida overlooking Kewalo Boat Harbor with views of Diamond Head.  The ultra-luxury Vida at 888 Ala Moana Blvd. in the Kaka'ako neighborhood of Honolulu has completed it's required 30 days of exclusive owner/occupant sales and is now offering it's remaining inventory to investors.  Vida will feature spacious square footage with views over Kewalo Boat Harbor, dedicated direct to door elevator service and many luxury amenities.  Read more >   Vida's infinity pool and recreation deck.    Previous post:   VIDA – 888 Ala Moana Boulevard - Luxury Condominium Development       
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
  Hâwâwâ ka he'e nalu haki ka papa - When the surfer is unskilled, the board is broken. Used in reference to a person who is a bungler, more a hinder than a help. It also refers to one who is sexually inept, leaving their partners in want. Hawai'i has a very rich tradition of proverbs and poetical sayings and 'Olelo No'eau is Hawai'i's compendium of pithy oral gems. Collected and translated by renowned linguist Mary Kawena Pukui, Olelo No'eau offers a glimpse at ancient Hawai'i's profound understanding and tawny sense of humor toward the human condition, it's love of literary techniques from allegories to analogies, irony, puns, metaphor, and the double entendre to a full line up of ephitets, jokes, adages, riddles, and aphorisms.   Honolulu has some amazing street art, this mural is on...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 The Halewai'olu Residences will be located along the river walk in historic Chinatown, Honolulu Current statistics project that 25% of Oahu residents will be age 60 or older within a decade. With a desperate need for affordable housing and the rising cost of everything, senior housing will continue to be a major concern for many Honolulu residents and may find succor is projects like Halewai‘olu Residences.  The Mayor and City Selection Committee has chosen The Michaels Development Corp. to construct 151 units of rental housing for residents age 62 and over at 80% AMI ($53,700 for a single person) and below, with the majority of units available to seniors with incomes up to 60% AMI ($40,260). Monthly rent will range from $450 to $1000. Current City affordable housing requirements for p...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
   Pua‘ Ilima (Sida fallax) Common Name: ‘Ilima -  Indigenous to Hawai‘i nei and the official island flower of O‘ahu    Habitat and Geographic Range Pua ‘Ilima is indigenous to Hawai'i nei, growing on all the primary islands and on islands across the Pacific Ocean. In Hawai'i,‘ ilima can be found along the rocky and sandy coastlines, and continues from dry arid environs, to moist forests, and on occasion in wetter habitats of the upland forests up to 6,500 feet in elevation. The low lying forms occur on arid exposed coastal locations. Taller shrubs are commonly found in moist woodland habitats. Lei ‘Ilima Most flowers and plants used by ancient Hawaiians for lei were foraged from the environment. The ‘ ilima, however, was cultivated specifically for its lei flowers. Colors range from ye...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 As was widely reported across several media outlets in the Islands, The Hawaii Community Development Authority, has selected New York’s Bronx Pro Group LLC to build a new low-income rental project that will include smaller cost efficient apartments known as micro-units. The Bronx Pro Group will work with the development team of EAH Housing, Sustainable Living Innovations LLC, Construction Management & Development Hawaii LLC and Swinerton Builders to develop the 10,400-square-foot parcel at 630 Cooke St., which is owned by the HCDA. The Nohana Hale project will be built with a pre-fab panelized building technology and will include 105 low-income, energy-efficient micro-units in two towers of 17-stories, set atop a two-floor pedestal, which will contain the lobby, community room, spaces,...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 Pet Blessing Festival Jun 7, 2015 09:00 AM until 02:00 PM    Celebrate the bonds between humans and animals at the Pet Blessing Festival on Sunday, June 7, in the Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu Leashed and caged pets and their owners of all faiths are invited to the complimentary blessing between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Reservations are not required. This event is free and open to the public. Parking at Damien School with free shuttle. COST:Free WHERE:Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu1239 Olomea St.(next to Honolulu Ford)Honolulu, HI    SPONSOR:Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha - Hawaii Dazaifu TenmanguPhone:808-841-4755Contact name:Irene TakizawaContact email:kotohira@hawaiiantel.netWebsite http://www.e-shrine.org
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By Bruce Hicks, Your Best Hawaii Realtor!
(Best Homes Hawaii)
CONDO Market Trend in WAIKIKI for April 2015 The included Real estate market data for WAIKIKI, Hawaii has been provided by  Honolulu Board of Realtors® The HBR publishes market statistical reports, which include monthly and yearly indicators, a housing supply overview and historical graphs.WAIKIKI CONDO PricesConstruction has increased and Real Estate Prices are rising and expected to go higher.  Price ranges now run from 12,500,000 for a high rise penthouse down to the $140s for a low rise studio with no parking.  (See one, click here).Low Interest rates are spurring the sales prices to newer heights.  Condos here are not going to be this "cheap" for much longer. Overall , University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) predicts that Condo prices are also predicted to incr...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 ♦= Constructed   ♦= Under Construction  ♦= Permitted    1. Waihonua Condo Complex- Market Priced Residences- Ala Moana, Honolulu  2. Honolulu Symphony- New Condominium Complex Kaka'ako, Honolulu 3. 801 South St. Tower A. and B. Kaka'ako, Honolulu 4. HaleKauwila Place Kaka'ako, Honolulu 5. 803 Waimanu St. Condos, Kaka'ako Honolulu  6. The Collection- New Condominium Complex Kaka'ako, Honolulu 7. Keauhou Place and Lane Kaka'ako, Honolulu 8. 400 Keawe St. Condo Development, Kaka'ako, Honolulu 9. 680 Ala Moana Blvd.(refurbished property), Kaka'ako, Honolulu 10. Rycroft Terrace (refurbished property), Ala Moana, Honolulu 11. VIDA – 888 Ala Moana Boulevard Kaka'ako, Honolulu 12. Waiea at Ward Village - Ultra Luxury Condominiums Kaka'ako, Honolulu 13. Anaha at Ward Village- Ultra Luxury Condo...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
  Hawaii Symphony Orchestra  will perform Yasui's Concerto No. 1 for Ukulele with Jake Shimabukuro  Saturday, June 6, 2015 8:00 pm  Neal S Blaisdell Concert Hall 777 Ward Ave Honolulu, HI 96814 (808) 768-5400 Official Website Tickets  Cost: $32.00 - $90.00         Yasui's composition was created specifically with the child prodigy Shimabukuro in mind. Maestro JoAnn Falletta will conduct Yasui's concerto and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Titan.  TICKETSTickets range from $32-$90. Purchase online, or buy in person at our box office or the Blaisdell box office.    $13 student rush tickets and $20 military tickets are available beginning Monday, June 1, with a valid ID (must purchase in person).  Hawaii Symphony Orchestra: with Jake Shimabukuro June 6th @ Blaisdell
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 J. Akuhead Pupule aka Hal Lewis local radio personality was first to point out these stilted creatures as they took roost after the last big overbuild in the 1970's. Today they are back with a vengeance, well fed with investment dollars these flighty migratory creatures are spreading out along O'ahu's southern shore line with a wing span covering thousands of acres of recently converted Ag land.  Build, build, build... nests of concrete and steel after all we are competing with Shanghai, Dubai, and New York for the mega city of tomorrow. Because when tourists come to Hawai'i(the State's number one industry), they come here to relish our towering steel and concrete structures and federally mandated "interstate" highways. Because those of us who live here want to see our unique environme...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
Shootz Da Kine Grinds Dat Broke Da Mot!Translation - Go for the delicious food! Eat the Street will be at the Kaka'ako Waterfront Park, 102 Ohe Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 from 4pm-9pm, May 29th. Happy hour and live entertainment from 4-6pm. Get ready for the Kine Grinds local style as the theme for this food truck rally will be good ol' Hawaiian.  Onolicious Vendors include:    All Kine Grindz Aloha Aina Poi Co. Aloha Pops Beyond Burgers Bobalcious Cake Envy Cake Works Five-O Ribs Fresh Catch Girls Who Bake Hawaiian Fresh Farms Hawaiian Twisted Tater Hawaiian Waffledog Hawaiis Fried Musubi Hula Shrimp Il Gelato Jah Taime Kamitoku Kau Kau Grill Kiawe Pizza Lemon Tea Liquid Pleasure Local Stop Na Ono Corn Nani Kore No Ka Oi Olays Thai Ono Pops Otsuji Farms Pauls Poppers Saloon Pop Pop Don...
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By Hawaii homes
(Century 21 iProperties Hawaii)
Pua Leahi Apartments is a building at the "top-center" of Pualei Circle.  This is a desireable neighborhood with condos built mostly in the 1960's.  Pua Leahi Apartments were built in 1971 making it a relative youngster on the block!This building's main amenity is the elevator. Pua Leahi Apartments is the ONLY building at Pualei Circle with an elevator. All three levels of residences are above the ground and for anyone who has difficulty climbing stairs, the elevator is a big plus.  There's a deck on the roof of the building and residents may go on top for a sun tan and to view the coastline.  Here's the view from up there.Pua Leahi Apartments are two bedroom and two bath configurations. Units on the left and right sides of the building have similar layouts and sizes.  Units in the back...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
Hoopili project turns O'ahu ag land into urban housing sprawl. D.R. Horton - Schuler Homes’ and it’s $4.6 billion, 11,750-home master-planned city known as Hoopili, has the ok to transform O'ahu ag land into a city but still faces a challenge in the Hawaii Supreme Court by the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter and former state Sen. Clayton Hee. Honolulu City Council’s unanimous approval earlier this month for the Hoopili project, follows another unanimous decision to allow the conversion of over 500 acres of prime Ag land near Mililani to be named Koa Ridge into a 3,500 residential town with a medical facility, commercial core, light industrial and extensive infrastructure. Texas-based D.R. Horton hopes to begin construction on Hoopili in 2016.  Apparently the mayor and city council believe we...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
 AEʻO at Ward Village Starting in the Low $400k's  Aeʻo is the anticipated high-rise topper to the proposed 50,000 sf Whole Foods Market scheduled for construction at the former Office Depot in Kaka'ako. With residences designed by internationally recognized architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Aeʻo at 1001 Queen St. Honolulu will offer 466 units consisting of studio, one, two, and three bedroom units. Aeʻo high-rise residences will have panoramic or partial ocean views, high-end, finishes, many amenities, and of course a maintenance fee to match.  Ae'o is a scheduled phase 2 project in the Ward Village area of Kaka’ako, planned by the Howard Hughes Corporation. The new "affordable" market priced residential tower has been nicknamed the "Whole Foods Tower" as a flagship Whole Food...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
   Lantern Floating Hawaii, held annually on Memorial Day on Oʻahu, brings together over 40,000 people to Honolulu's, Ala Moana Beach Park, joined by thousands worldwide via live streaming and telecast the event honors loved ones who have passed. The 90-minute ceremony starts at 6pm. It is free and open to the public. For more details and watching the livestream of this event, see click here.    Lantern Floating Hawaii is a ceremony that brings people together from diverse backgrounds for a collective moment of remembrance and gratitude, for those who have gone before us.    It is an opportunity to share Aloha, understanding, and support of others - even strangers as participants congregate as a community, building an understanding of common values and experiences. With the wish of crea...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
The project proposes housing a hotel, fee simple residential and commercial units. There are several construction projects underway around the Convention Center with several more to come in the Ala Moana  neighborhood.   Partners Los Angeles developer Jim Ratkovich, Bill Witte, president of Salem Partners of Los Angeles and Japan’s Kaijima Kagaku USA Inc. will be developing the project.        A Peak at What’s Going Up Across the Street from the Hawaii Convention Center.
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
The practicality of Zipcar®  Waikiki is a renowned residential and resort neighborhood in a state of continual transformation and those of us who live, work, and recreate in the area understand the vibrant dynamism of this unparalleled tropical destination. What's new in Waikiki is an occasional serial post highlighting new businesses and places to visit in world famous Waikiki, Hawai'i.   Zipcar can be found at the Pacific Beach Hotel in Waikiki - 2490 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96815ZIPCAR.com Zipcar, Inc., one of the world's leading ride-sharing companies, has debuted their services at the Pacific Beach Hotel, where it’s membership can reserve either a Ford Escape or a Toyota Corolla to use at hourly or daily rates. One must be are at least 21 years of age to utilize the servic...
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By Bruce Hicks, Your Best Hawaii Realtor!
(Best Homes Hawaii)
You will find the Best School Rankings 2015 Oahu hereOften heard is this: "I want be in a neighborhood near a really good private or public school."  They are reminded that as a licensed agent, federal and state guidelines prevent agents from discussing that; however, I usually tell them to search the internet and they can find their answer.  Our clients and customers,  need us as their guiding light to help give their family direction in the education of their children.  This is even more pronounced, due to living in paradise and the high cost of living.  Click in the PHOTO above to find the BEST RANKED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.here are the Public High Schools, click on this lineWhile driving around Honolulu today and seeing the YELLOW CRANES (counted about 12) hoovering over buildings that ...
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By Kimo Stowell, REALTOR Associate® RS-76763 - Honolulu Hawai'i
(HI Pro Realty LLC RB-21531 )
Change is inevitable...  The Iconic International Market Place in Waikiki has been in the midst of redevelopment for over a year now.  With a scheduled completion date of August 2016, we are about halfway through the construction phase.  Opened in 1957 The International Market Place has been witness to some of the most dramatic changes in Waikiki, as well as, being the go to spot for tourists to meander with it's labyrinth of tchotchke kiosks and food vendors.  Saks Fifth Avenue will be the anchor tenant of the redeveloped property. The Queen Emma Land Company owner of the International Market Place, will use revenue from the Market Place to support The Queens Medical Center on Leeward O’ahu.   The massive Banyan tree with it’s sprawling canopy will be kept intact according to the devel...
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