Parcels next to the Hoakalei Resort in Ewa were a hot topic at the Honolulu City Council’s final hearing on the overhauling of its Land Use Ordinance.

He put them on hiatus after the Maui fires, but Josh Green wants to fast-forward to the most modern codes.

The new strategy is to buy land that can more easily accommodate homes without the extra expense of installing infrastructure from scratch.

Plans for a Turtle Bay development are under review, but the developer inherited government approvals that helped it get off to a quick start.

The company building residential units near Turtle Bay was founded in 2020, but many of its execs worked for years with Discovery Land Co., a global resort builder.

The home builder says 93 new homes — and 360 parking stalls — will actually mean less traffic in a densely populated corner of the valley.

Former mayoral aide Chris Salem, who was fired, alleges a range of wrongful behavior by county officials in a lawsuit filed three years ago.

In a lawsuit, Maui Tomorrow rejects the regulations as essentially toothless, but the county says they will expedite permitting and avoid unnecessary hurdles.

One idea, already in place in other states, is a state infrastructure bank that would provide gap financing to help housing projects move forward.

As the city updates its development plan for urban Honolulu, officials hope to achieve more goals than they have since the last update.