Mark James Sales Manager NMLS 247356 Guild Mortgage Company (808) 744-6420 There has been much discussion in the press about the real estate boom in Hawaii, which, to a great extent, is generated by high-end buyers. Developers of ultra-luxury highrise condos target this market, and these properties are receiving a strong response from foreign and […]

Fifteenth in a series The Kaanapali Resort, which opened officially in 1962, is Hawaii’s first master-planned resort destination and, reputedly, the fi rst resort/residential community of its kind in the U. S. However, the 1,200-acre development, undertaken by AMFAC, the landowner, began taking shape on the shores of three-mile Kaanapali Beach in the late 1950s, […]

Fourteenth in a series Resort development came to Makena in the early 1970s with the acquisition of 1,200 acres of Ulupalakua Ranch lands by Seibu, a Japan-based conglomerate. Unlike neighboring Wailea, a master-planned resort destination developed on 1,500 acres of ranch land to the north, Makena is a development of resort and residential properties that […]

Ke Kilohana, the newest addition to the 60-acre Ward Village master-planned community, will begin marketing condominium residences early this year, according to the developer, The Howard Hughes Corporation. Carrie Gorospe, Director of Ward Village Residential Marketing, said, “Ke Kilohana adds to the diversity of housing opportunities available at Ward Village. We are currently offering workshops […]

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