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HCDA hearing: Gentry seeks to apply reserve‑housing credits to Ka'ulu and use HHFDC pilot funding
Summary
At a Dec. 3, 2025 Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority hearing, Gentry Kailua LLC asked to apply 57,243 sq ft of preexisting reserved‑housing credits (about 46 of 88 units) to its Ka'ulu project, keep 42 reserved units on‑site, and use a HHFDC pilot for four units. Public testimony was largely supportive; the record was closed and a decision hearing set for Jan. 7, 2026.
The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority (HCDA) heard public testimony Dec. 3 on Gentry Kailua LLC’s request to amend its development permit for the Ka'ulu residential project in the Kailua Community Development District.
HCDA staff said the applicant proposes to apply 57,243 square feet of preexisting reserved‑housing floor‑area credits — generated by the Wakaia Garden Apartments project — toward Ka'ulu’s reserved‑housing obligation. Ryan Tam, HCDA director of planning and development, told the authority that the credits are equivalent to roughly 46 of the project’s originally required 88 reserved units and that after applying the credits Gentry would provide about 49,525 square feet (approximately 42 units) of reserved housing on‑site.
"The applicant is constructing a 390‑unit residential project on an approximately 29‑acre site," Tam said in summarizing the staff report. He added that the amendment would not change the project’s physical design but would alter how the reserved‑housing obligation is satisfied.
Andrew Kamikawa, vice president and chief financial officer of Gentry Homes and…
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