Saturday, June 24, 2006

Turtle Bay developer seeks expansion partners

Honolulu Advertiser

Turtle Bay Resort developer Kuilima Resort Co. said yesterday it is looking for partners for its planned expansion of the resort on O'ahu's North Shore.

"Kuilima Resort Company is seeking development partners who will work with us to help unfold the community's vision for this crown jewel in Kahuku," the company said in a statement. "These partners will be subject to our design guidelines and to the commitments that we have made to the community."

Friday, June 23, 2006

Turtle Bay for sale, close to settling contract

The 880-acre Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore is for sale.

Oaktree Capital Management of Los Angeles has let it be known in investment circles that the oceanfront hotel and surrounding property is for sale or available for an equity partnership with a company that would develop the area.

More on the story at Pacific Business News

Another project coming to North Shore

It's not 3,500 hotel and condominium units at Turtle Bay Resort or exclusive beachfront homes on agriculture property in Kahuku, but a plan to create 26 house lots on a large family homestead near Waimea Bay is raising more community concerns over development on the North Shore.

Read the story in today's Honolulu Advertiser

Turtle Bay Resort up for sale

Pacific Business News

The Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu's North Shore is for sale and several prominent entrepreneurs and companies are interested. Meanwhile, labor and management are close to settling a long-running contract dispute. Kristen Consillio and Prabha Natarajan have this exclusive story.

More info as it becomes available. Watch PBN Friday With Howard Dicus on KHET channel 10 to see the story tonight at 7:30pm. Repeat airing on Sunday at 3:00pm.

# PBN Friday With Howard Dicus, KHETOC Jun 23 07:30pm
# PBN Friday With Howard Dicus, KHETOC Jun 25 03:00pm

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Community meetings to be forum for Turtle Bay Resort expansion proposal

Defend Oahu Coalition has posted some information about meetings that are involving the Turtle Bay Resort expansion. They include the following:

June 13 (Tuesday): Ka'a'awa Community Association Turtle Bay presentation of expansion project - 7:00 p.m.
Ka'a'awa School, 51-296 Kamehameha Highway

June 14 (Wednesday): Oahu Island Burial Council Meeting - Discussion regarding treatment of Burials at Proposed Turtle Bay Development Sites - 11:00 a.m.
Key Project, 47-200 Waihee Road - Kaneohe

June 14 (Wednesday): Environmental Council Meeting - Discussion Regarding Supplemental EIS -
2:00 p.m. State Capitol Room

June 14 (Wednesday): Kahalu'u Neighborhood Board - Turtle Bay presentation of expansion project - 7:00 p.m. Key Project, 47-200 Waihee Road - Kaneohe

June 19 (Monday): Defend Oahu Presentation to Wahiawa Neighborhood Board, 7:00 p.m. Wahiawa Recreation Center 1139 Kilani Ave.

June 24 (Saturday): Pride Parade Festival Informational Table - Kapiolani Park- Honolulu
Sign up for shifts from 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

July 4th (Tuesday): Kailua Chamber of Commerce 60th Annual 4th of July Parade - Kailua - Sign up to march from 10 a.m. - 12 noon

Ongoing Informational Meetings:
Honolulu:
Friday, June 15 @6pm, Cafe 2600, Puck's Alley, 2600 S. King St. #101, Honolulu, HI 96826
North Shore:
Friday, June 23 @7pm, Tim's House - Sunset Beach - Call 388-0660 for information

For more information and to sign up to volunteer, call 597-8397 or email us at savekawelabay@yahoo.com

Friday, June 09, 2006

Sierra Club Joins in the Lawsuit!

...The Sierra Club joins Keep the North Shore Country in its concerns that the Kawela Bay Project - - now being undertaken 20 years after the original EIS was completed - - will have significant impacts and cumulative effects related to increased visitor trips, increased peak and non-peak traffic, increased demands on water resources, wastewater capacity and infrastructure, sensitive wetland and endangered species habitats, and aesthetics values which were not present in 1985 and which have not been properly evaluated or considered by the County or KRC...

Visit Keep the North Shore Country for the whole story.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Brownouts argue against new building

Honolulu Advertiser

Can we handle more development given the electrical brownouts on O'ahu?

Oaktree Capital would like to build 3,500 hotel rooms and condominiums on the North Shore. This is great for jobs there, but the consequences of this development far outweigh the benefits.

Tourists and locals will be hot during the summer months because HECO is unable to handle the demands now. The rural character of the North Shore will be damaged. The traffic will be a big headache during the large-wave season and weekends.

In addition, Stanford Carr said there is a critical need for family housing in Hawai'i Kai — 200 to 500 million-dollar air-conditioned homes in Kamilo Nui Valley — and Paiko Ridge Partners would like to build and sell million-dollar air-conditioned homes on 338 acres above Niu Valley.

Hawaiian Electric cannot supply the electricity now and in the near future. We need to unite to save the livability of O'ahu and Hawai'i.

Pat Hong
Hawai'i Kai

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Another resort plan on the North Shore

Pressure and attention is mounting on the Turtle Bay resort plans but just down the road another resort is quietly being planned. Though initially given media attention, this plan seems to have all but disappeared from the public's view. How or why would the Laie Hotel Redevelopment plan affect the Turtle Bay plans? That's the question.

Headed up by Hawaii Reserves Inc. (a private land management company owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), this plan has reportedly had the support of the majority of the Laie community, made mostly of church members. It also significantly increases the capacity of the current hotel accommodations. The Marriott company is a likely candidate to manage this property as it is ajoining and planned to theme in a like manner to the Polynesian Cultural Center, of which Mr. Marriott is on the board of directors.

As a Kaneohe resident who sees the bulk of PCC and tourist traffic headed to the North Shore, not to mention an out-of-control commuter traffic problem, any increase in traffic is going to be a problem. This is more far reaching than just the North Shore.