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DHHL details Lanai Phase 2B, project-lease awards and statewide push to speed homebuilding
Summary
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands staff updated the commission on Lanai planning and statewide delivery strategies, reporting recent project-lease awards on Lanai, progress on parcel subdivision and a plan to use a mix of public funds and developer financing to speed vertical construction.
The Hawaiian Homes Commission received an update Nov. 1 from Department of Hawaiian Home Lands planning and land-development staff on Lanai project planning, recent project-lease awards and statewide strategies to accelerate homebuilding.
Nancy McPherson, staff planner in the DHHL planning office, told commissioners that DHHL currently holds about 50 acres of Hawaiian home lands on Lanai (under 1% of the island) and that the department maintains a small island wait list of about 70 applicants. McPherson said all lots in phases 1 and 2A have lessees and that 16 additional project leases were awarded recently. She reported the department has received subdivision approval for two parcels — roughly 10 acres at the junction of Kamalapau and Moneli Road and about 15 acres near the airport — and said those parcels are in the process of being recorded at the Bureau of Conveyances before title-transfer discussions with Pulama Lanai proceed.
Kalani Franda, acting…
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