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Honolulu ranks toughest to flip homes in U.S., report says Indar Lange, who was born and raised on the Big Island and has family in construction, said he agrees with national rankings that say Honolulu has lower flipping rates and that returns are harder to get. But he said the lack of new or turnkey home inventory in Honolulu provides an opportunity for flippers, especially those like him with strong lender, real estate, construction and supply networks. More>>> https://lnkd.in/gW2a8cb7

Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Gov. Josh Green teamed up again Friday to announce their latest effort to reduce homelessness on Oahu by unveiling the latest “kauhale” community of formerly homeless and low- income, working residents: a first-of-its-kind Waikiki high-rise that now repre­sents home to 35 families comprising 121 adults and children.

Hawaii receives another $6.6M for more housing Gov. Josh Green, along with U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Administrator Jason Pu, announced Wednesday that Hawaii has received over $6.6 million in new federal grant funding to support housing development. More>>> https://lnkd.in/gSYVV2wt

‘Niche’ industries could help diversify Hawaii’s economy, study finds Tourism will remain Hawaii’s No. 1 economic driver with no clear emerging industry to replace it — despite ongoing calls to diversify the economy following the COVID-­­ 19 pandemic and Aug. 8 Maui wildfires, according to a new study. More>>> https://lnkd.in/gkh2YpAZ

State officials are reminding travelers that starting July 1, 2024 some parking rates at the Honolulu airport will increase. The rate for parking three or more hours at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport will increase from $9 to $10 on Monday. The new maximum daily rate will be $25, up from $24. More>>> https://lnkd.in/gJn9SuPe

Days after power outages cost Chinatown small business owners thousands of dollars in lost inventory and sales, multiple events on Saturday aimed to draw customers back to the area and help shops and restaurants begin the road to recovery. More>>> https://lnkd.in/gRbdi-7Q

Morning Catch Oahu, which serves poke in Chinatown, wasted “thousands of dollars worth of fresh sashimi-grade fish and other ingredients” because of a power outage that has spanned three days this week, business owner Crystal Lieu said. More>>> https://lnkd.in/gnY-eBbG

A state agency has backed out of a long-anticipated acquisition of land from the Navy at the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Kalaeloa. The Hawaii Community Development Authority recently decided not to accept 213 acres largely due to cost concerns for conservation and environmental cleanup of the property, which includes a pond contaminated by ordnance disposal and two mostly remediated trap and skeet shooting ranges. More>>https://lnkd.in/gjB-T9UE

The outage affected 900 customer accounts — many of which were “master-metered office buildings and condominiums that have hundreds of tenants” — according to Hawaiian Electric. The affected area from Chinatown to the Capitol District included office buildings, condominiums, the state Capitol, the U.S. post office, state courts and the federal building. More>>>https://lnkd.in/gc5W3jNw

The City and County of Honolulu took ownership of approximately 400 acres of former Navy-­owned land at Kalaeloa that will go toward public recreation use, Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced at a ceremony outside Honolulu Hale on Wednesday afternoon. The land acquisition, consisting of six parcels, has been in the making since the city, along with the Navy and the National Park Service, first applied for the land in 1999. The city took ownership of the lands from the secretary of the interior, acting by and through the director of NPS.