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Director Kevin Auger outlines master plan that could support up to 3,000 housing units near Cooley rail station
Summary
City housing director Kevin Auger told the Honolulu infrastructure committee the administration has initiated master planning for roughly 17–18 acres around the future Cooley (Quilly) rail station, secured about $3.3 million in planning funds and engaged consultants; Auger said high-level models show the area could accommodate up to 3,000 housing units but flood maps and contamination pose material constraints.
Director Kevin Auger, director of the Department of Housing and Land Management, told the Committee on Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology on April 1 that the city has launched master planning for a 17–18 acre area around the future Cooley (Quilly) rail station, and that the city’s recent acquisitions and consultant hires set the stage for redevelopment.
Auger said the administration acquired the city-owned site known in the presentation as the Veil (Evole) Center (about 4 acres) and controls a substantial share of the rail-adjacent land: “the city and the state combined to control approximately 70% of this area,” he said. The presentation identified a chain of institutional landowners in the area and framed the project as an opportunity for transit-oriented redevelopment adjacent to downtown employment centers and Chinatown.
Why it matters: Auger said high-level modeling prepared with pro-bono technical support from the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLEAR) and consultant work suggests the site has unusually high housing potential. “We could accommodate potentially 3,000 units of housing on this site…
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