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Reaching Mokulele Airline’s
DARRYL GRACE
Aims High
HEIGHTS BILLION
REASONS
TO INVEST
IN KAPOLEI
pg.12
INDUSTRIAL RAISING LIVING &
INVESTMENT ON THE RETAIL BAR THRIVING IN
THE RISE pg.22 pg.28 KAPOLEI pg.42
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Investors Fuel
Kapolei’s Growth
WE’RE E XPERIENCING A
MOMENTOUS TIME in Kapolei’s
development. The investments
made by our many business,
government and community
partners over the past 24
years have been fueling the
incremental development of the
new city as it was imagined in
the Kapolei Long Range Master
Plan. CONTENTS
In this issue of Kapolei Magazine, we take a look at some of the key
FE ATURES
developments over the past year that have raised the city to new
heights – symbolically depicted on our cover by Mokulele Airlines 6 Kapolei Reaches New Heights
which began commercial flight service out of Kalaeloa Airport in 12 110 Billion Reasons to Invest in Kapolei
July 2014. The investors responsible for these developments are
16 Staying Well and Living Well in Ewa
contributing significantly to the economic strength of the region
and creating jobs for its expanding workforce. So much so that it is 20 A New Industrial Revolution
estimated that the total economic activity over the next 20 years 22 Q&A: Industrial Investment on the Rise
will exceed $110 billion.
28 Kapolei: Raising the Retail Bar
• Industrial Growth – with major investors opening up
prime industrial lands to meet the long pent-up demand
36 Education in Kapolei: Pathways
for industrial space. to the Future
• Transportation – with multi-modal access increasing mobility 42 Living and Thriving in East Kapolei
in and out of Kapolei by air, rail and roads.
• Retail – with the city’s largest retail center adding fresh attractions 48 Kalaeloa’s Growing Job Center
as it expands, while a new investor promises a creative twist to the 58 Ko Olina Resort: Keeping it Fresh
shopping center concept.
• Healthcare – with the state’s largest private hospital bringing
back critical emergency room and hospital services to West Oahu. PROFILES
• Education – with higher education options expanding for
traditional and non-traditional students.
15 Darryl Grace
• Revitalization – with redevelopment of Kalaeloa transforming
the character of the community.
Flying High & Having Fun
• Community Development – with rich community resources 18 Dan Grabauskas
extending East Kapolei’s impact beyond its borders. RAIL Spells Relief
These investors are indeed the fuel driving the economic engine 26 Christine Camp
that is Kapolei. As new investors come to take advantage of the The Power of a Vision
opportunities for growth and expansion in the fastest growing region 34 Rick Nakashima
in the state, Kapolei will realize its potential as a dynamic new city The Entrepreneurial Spirit
where Oahu’s future lies.
40 Todd Bedford
Making Connections in Kapolei
46 Bob Bruhl
From Wall Street to Merchant Street
Brad Myers, President
Kapolei Properties LLC 56 Linda Painter
Right Up Her Alley
Theresia McMurdo Maya Leland
EDITOR WRITER MAPS & GR APHS
12 Demographic Charts and Graphs
KAPOLEI MAGAZINE All contents copyright © 2014. Published in partnership with 32 Kapolei Area Long Range Master Plan Map
Kapolei Properties LLC and Hawaii Business magazine, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite
405, Honolulu, HI 96813. Telephone (808) 537-9500. Printed in Hawaii. All information
contained herein is based on information currently available to Kapolei Properties LLC, 62 The City of Kapolei Map
and is subject to change at any time without notice. Statements contained herein are not
to be construed as official policy positions of Kapolei Properties LLC, James Campbell
Company LLC, its affiliates or any of the developers or companies involved in the building
of Kapolei. No rights or benefits of any type are inferred by this publication.
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SUN · EARTH · OCEAN
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Welcome to the resort life.
WHEN YOU LIVE IN HOAKALEI
EVERY DAY FEELS LIKE A VACATION.
Imagine being greeted every day by breathtaking views of Ernie Els’ signature
Hoakalei Country Club golf course. Lounging by your own neighborhood
pool and spa. Walking or jogging along the scenic shoreline trail.
Imagine kayaking and paddleboarding in the sheltered waters of the
spectacular new Wai Kai Lagoon. And then returning home at the end of
the day to the island-inspired luxury of
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pool, spa, and barbeque area (when developed). Costs related to a project’s pool, spa, and barbeque area (when developed) will be included in the mandatory monthly Homeowners’
Association fees. Purchase of a residence at Hoakalei Resort does not include membership in the Hoakalei Country Club Golf Course. Access to golf and other amenities (including
access to the planned lagoon) may be subject to the payment of certain fees, charges, membership requirements, and other requirements and restrictions. The prices of our
residences are subject to change at any time without prior notice or obligation and are subject to availability. This does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of offers
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Kapolei
Reaches
New
Heights
With planes, rail
and roads
T
is an
R A N S P O R TAT I O N
important component
of Kapolei’s economy.
It’s the lifeline that
opens up opportunities
within and beyond the
region – from better
PHOTO: OLIVIER KONING
access by air, rail and
roads to jobs, goods
and services, to the expansion Guideway construction is no
of markets for investors who in easy task, as each span (between
turn create jobs and help to fuel a columns) has approximately 12
robust and growing economy.
This year, Kapolei’s transporta- concrete segments, each of which
tion system took flight, so to speak, weighs 50 tons.
with this trio of mobility modes.
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• The children of Kapolei eagerly assist Mayor Kirk Caldwell (center) and (L-R)
Rep. Ty Cullen, Rep. Mark Takai, Councilmember Kymberly Pine, Councilmember
Ron Menor, Sen. Mike Gabbarod and Rep. Sharon Har with the opening of Kapolei
Parway, which will greatly enhance mobility in the region.
PHOTO: OLIVIER KONING
Air -- Mokulele Airlines launches were in good enough condition to allow Mokulele’s expansion plans call for
first commercial air service at operations to begin without big capital new routes from Kalaeloa to Molokai
Kalaeloa improvements. And there were already and Kapalua, Maui in the fall, with Kona
July 1, 2014 -- Kona-based Mokulele a number of businesses and attractions and Lanai to follow later. The airline
Airlines launched its inaugural flights present in the area. plans to roll out cargo service once its
out of Kalaeloa Airport to Kahului, 15 Then there were the benefits that new reservations system is complete
years to the day since the U.S. Navy de- would appeal to the traveling public: sometime in the early fall.
activated the former Barbers Point Na- Short travel time to the airport for local Mokulele also offers a corporate
val Air Station John Rodgers Field and residents and Ko Olina guests flying program for business travel. ”It’s still
turned it over to the State of Hawaii. inter-island (no H-1 Freeway traffic to the best in the state, with no enroll-
This was significant because it Honolulu International Airport). No ment fees, free bags, no change fees, and
marked the start of commercial air TSA screening required for nine-pas- qualifications have been lowered to just
service out of Kalaeloa (Airport code: senger planes. Easy and ample parking. 50 segments per year,” said Berry. Busi-
JRF for John Rodgers Field), with six No long waits to board or deplane. And nesses can get information about setting
daily round trips between Kalaeloa and as an added extra, dramatic views of the up a corporate account at corporate@
Kahului, Maui. islands from flying at lower altitudes. mokulelehawaii.com
It was almost happenstance that “We started doing our research on
brought this about, according to Chief the community and assessing the area’s
Operating Officer David Berry. Over a need for additional transportation op- Rail – HART moving forward on
year before, the company was looking tions,” said Berry. rapid transit construction
at Kalaeloa hangar space to do mainte- Airline executives received enthusi- When construction stalled on the
nance work on their fleet. astic support from members of the com- Honolulu Rail Transit Project because of
“When we saw the airport and how munity and the neighborhood boards, court delays, there were just 16 complet-
underutilized it was, the proverbial and a year later, Mokulele started air ed guideway columns dotting the East
light bulb went off,” said Berry. service between Kalaeloa and Kahului. Kapolei landscape. As soon as the court
The benefits were certainly compel- “When you start a new service where cleared the way in the fall of 2013, work
ling: The airport is in a key location none existed before, it’s hard to predict resumed immediately on column pro-
within the new city’s growth corridor. what the response will be,” Berry said. duction for the elevated rail guideway.
The air routes were already estab- “Our numbers are up and better than Construction moved at a steady clip, and
lished, which meant Mokulele could our projections, and they keep getting at the time of this writing, Kiewit Infra-
use existing FAA approved routes. The better every day.” structure West’s crew had brought that
small terminal and airport facilities
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“Kapolei residents will be able to take the bus to the City
transit center and make the connection to the rail station,
or drive to the station via Kapolei Parkway.”
— M IC H A E L F O R M B Y, DTS director
Kapolei to Aloha Stadium. fuller development of a transit-oriented
The rail project has created more community where residents can live,
than 1,100 jobs thus far, with more work, connect and play using public
than 140 construction people work- transit,” said Michael Formby, the
ing at Kiewit’s 34-acre casting yard in City’s DTS director.
Kapolei. The alignment of the fixed-rail
The first 10 miles of the system is guideway extension into Kapolei meets
number to more than 100 columns. expected to open in 2017, with the full up with Kapolei Parkway, and the
This represents a major milestone 20 miles in operation in 2019. Kapolei Rail Station is near the City’s
for the project, according to HART planned bus intermodal transit center.
CEO Dan Grabauskas. “We completed Roads — Kapolei Parkway com- “Kapolei residents will be able to take
the first spans for the elevated rail pletes major connections the bus to the City transit center and
guideway, on which the trains will The City and County of Honolulu’s make the connection to the rail station,
run,” he said. Department of Transportation Services or drive to the station via Kapolei Park-
Guideway construction is no easy (DTS) just completed Kapolei Parkway way,” said Formby.
task, as each span (the portion of the in October 2014 and with this criti- The Kapolei Parkway extension
guideway between one column and the cal new connection, residents have an also connects to Kapolei Properties
next) has approximately 12 concrete alternative route to the area’s residential LLC’s recently completed city center
segments, each of which weights 50 and commercial centers as well as the streets that complete the internal grid
tons. To get an idea of the enormity of H-1 Freeway. in the urban core. Alohikea Street now
the project, it will take more than 5,200 “The opening of Kapolei Parkway connects between Haumea and Ku‘ou
of these segments to complete the first also completes the foundation for the Streets, and Alakahawai Street con-
10 miles of the guideway from East extension of rail into Kapolei and the nects Uluohia and Wakea Streets.
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110 Billion Reasons
to Invest in Kapolei
Kapolei's Total Economic Activity
over the next 20 years is projected
to exceed $110 billion.
$110 B KAPOLEI'S POPULATION
HERE'S A BIG NUM-
168,940
B E R TO CO N S I D E R : GROWTH
Over the next 20 years,
156,910
2000-2035
107,234 143,290
Kapolei's total econom-
ic activity is projected SOURCE: Plasch Econ
to exceed $110 billion. Pacific, LLC
128,250
With an uptick in growth
112,440
across all sectors of the
101,400
state's economy, Kapolei is in
a particularly ideal position to
85,850
attract investors looking for expan-
sion opportunities. This is especially true
68,700
in the industrial sector, where Kapolei is poised to be
the center of an industrial real estate boom for years
to come. Business, too, is flourishing with the growth
in the commercial and retail sectors. Underpinning all
this is the phenomenal growth Kapolei has been seeing
in the region’s population.
To put this in perspective, in 1990 Kapolei’s popula-
tion was 68,700. That number is projected to increase
by nearly 64 percent to 112,440 in 2015, and another 50
percent by 2035. Kapolei is a young community, with a 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035
median age of 31.9, and is well educated, with nearly 62
percent having a higher education ranging from some and affluent, with a median household income of $83,300.
college to associate, bachelor and graduate degrees. It Kapolei is also ethnically diverse, making it a rich multi-
is stable, with a nearly 75 percent homeownership rate, layered, multi-racial community.
KAPOLEI KAPOLEI REGION SOURCE: 2010 U.S. Census
DEMOGRAPHICS POPULATION BY ETHNICITY
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE: 3.43
MEDIAN AGE: 31.9 Filipino 26.8 % 0.9 % Korean
EDUCATION: 1.5 % Chinese
High school – 30.1% 4.3 % Other
Two or
Some college – 26.1% more races 28.1 %
Associate’s degree – 11.6% 4.9 % Other Asian
Bachelor’s degree – 17.5% 9.3 % Native Hawaiian &
Graduate degree – 6.6% Caucasian 18.6 Other Pacific Islander
SOURCE: 2010 U.S. Census
5.7 % Japanese
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KAPOLEI HOUSING HOME
OWNERSHIP
RATE
MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
COMMERCIAL
SPACE
GROWTH
Kapolei tomorrow
vs. Honolulu today
70% $83K
2000-2035 65% $70K 8.8 7.8
MILLION SF
MILLION SF
SOURCE: Plasch Econ Pacific, LLC
2000 20,800 HONOLULU KAPOLEI HONOLULU KAPOLEI HONOLULU KAPOLEI
REGION REGION 2010 REGION
2025
2005 26,010
SOURCE: 2010 Census SOURCE: 2010 Census SOURCE: Plasch Econ Pacific LLC
and Colliers Monroe Friedlander
2010 30,730
2015 34,910
2020 40,820
2025 46,770
2030 52,560
2035 58,110
42 %
CURRENT NUMBER
JOB CENTERS OF JOBS
IN THE KAPOLEI IN KAPOLEI
REGION 2000- 2035
(Not including construction jobs) SOURCE:
City of Kapolei Plasch Econ Pacific, LLC
10 % Ewa Beach
7% Ewa
Gentry
6% Ko Olina
6%
Villages
of Kapolei
5%
Makakilo/
Kunia
3%
Ewa
103,430
Villages
84,090
62,660
94,090
19,940
37,940
72,970
46,180
21%
Campbell
SOURCE: City & County of Honolulu,
Industrial Park Dept. of Planning & Permitting
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035
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PROFILE
tour captain.
“It was a terrific experience,” said
Grace. “I was flying and selling the air
tours. It gave me a much broader expo-
sure to the business.”
It wouldn’t be too long before he
would move up the ladder when, three
years after joining Mokulele, he was
named general manager shortly after
the airline was purchased by Transpac
Aviation in 2011.
Since the acquisition, Mokulele’s
passenger load has more than doubled,
and the demand for service has grown
to the point that the airline recently
added a new route to Kalaeloa in Kapo-
lei. This made it the very first commer-
cial air service at Kalaeloa Airport.
“We’re surprised at how well
received we’ve been in the Kapolei
community,” Grace said. “We were
counting on the fact that the com-
munity would appreciate the ease of
travel from Kalaeloa to Kahului, and
PHOTO: OLIVIER KONING especially not having to battle the H-1
traffic to get to the Honolulu Interna-
Flying High
tional Airport. The response has been
so good that we will soon be adding
new routes to Molokai and Kapalua.”
By bringing commercial air service
to Kalaeloa, Mokulele is positioned to
& Having Fun
play a part in Kapolei’s development,
according to Grace, who recently be-
came a Kapolei Chamber of Commerce
member. “This service and the addition
of more routes will open up more op-
portunities for businesses in Kapolei
Darryl Grace / General Manager, Mokulele Airlines
and the whole West Oahu region,
which will also help to stimulate job
growth.”
WHEN KONA-BORN and -raised Dar- Destiny opened the door when In the meantime, Grace is having a
ryl Grace graduated from Konawaena he received a football scholarship to good time. “I get up in the morning and
High School in 2001, he fully expected Central Missouri State University. don’t feel like I’m going to work,” he
to follow his dad into construction by He immediately got to work on a B.S. said. “Just imagine – every day I get to
getting an engineering degree. At least, in aviation technology with a focus fly and have fun!”
that was the plan. He was in communi- on becoming a professional pilot, and However, he still has a debt to pay.
ty college when his sister, Lilinoi, who followed up with an M.S. in aviation His sister never completed her flying
was learning to fly, took him up for a safety. lessons. She followed a different career
flight with her instructor. After college, Grace returned home path and is now project director of
“I thought, I could do this,” said and became a flight instructor to build the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom
Grace. “Flying is like operating heavy up time and experience, and a year Schools in Kona. “It’s time to help her
equipment!” later joined Mokulele Airlines as an air get her pilot’s license.”
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PHOTOS COURTESY QUEENS HOSPTIAL
Staying Well and Living
Well in Ewa
“S
TAY I N G W E L L A N D L I V I N G W E L L” is certainly an cardiology and specialty clinics. The
apt description for this community whose roots hospital has 80 beds, with the capacity to
extend back to the late 1900s, when sugar was king. increase up to 135 beds as volume grows.
After the opening, the response was
Sugar is no more, but Ewa has grown and changed astounding, with a record 940 emer-
with the times, and is now an area with its own gency room visits and 126 inpatient
exemplary healthcare system, and several master- admissions during the first seven days of
operation. The overwhelming numbers
planned residential developments with the latest in home led to a redeployment of staff from the
construction technology and community amenities. Queen’s Punchbowl campus to help with
the volume.
“Our Queen’s ohana is very grate-
A Lifeline Restored Medical Center in town,” said Florendo. ful for the West Oahu community’s
Fortunately, in 2012, The Queen’s response and support,” said Susan Mur-
When the Hawaii Medical Center West Medical Center acquired the facility and ray, senior vice president of The Queen’s
in Ewa closed in 2011, it left a critical began a massive renovation and expan- Health Systems, West Oahu Region, and
gap in the region’s healthcare network sion of the existing structure to build chief operating officer of The Queen’s
of services, particularly in cases of medi- a virtually brand new, state-of-the-art Medical Center – West O‘ahu. “Every
cal emergencies, when patients would emergency and hospital services medi- one of us at Queen’s is committed to pro-
face long and harrowing drives into the cal center. They named it The Queen’s viding our patients with access to quality
nearest emergency room and hospital in Medical Center – West Oahu. Queen’s healthcare.”
Honolulu. – West Oahu opened in May 2014, three Not long after the new facility
For Makakilo resident, Gloria Flo- years after the closure. opened, Gloria Florendo had to take her
rendo, it was at least a 30-minute drive The new medical center provides all mother to the emergency room. What
to Pali Momi when her mother, Bernar- the services essential to a community she found was a world of difference from
dina, had a medical emergency. “Even hospital such as emergency room, inpa- her previous ER experiences, starting
longer, if we had to drive to Queen’s tient and outpatient surgery, imaging, with a mere 10-minute drive to the hos-
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In total, Hoakalei will have 2,300
resort and golf residences. Construc-
tion is now underway at the resort’s
first gated community, Kipuka, which
offers a series of single-family con-
dominium homes that have views of
either landscaped greenways or the
fairways and lakes of the Hoakalei
Country Club golf course. Nearby, an-
other newer neighborhood, Kuapapa,
has launched two new collections of
island-inspired seaside-style cottages
with eight models starting from the
mid-$700,000s. Kuapapa also has golf
course views.
pital from their home in Makakilo and a full-sized enclosed garage enjoyed by
the level of care in a busy ER. owners of other single-family homes. On
“What impressed us the most was the the other hand, there’s the condominium
compassion and caring of the entire staff, affordability factor, with three-, four- and
even though the ER was very busy,” said five-bedroom homes priced from the
Florendo. “The nurses and doctors were high $400,000s and ranging from 1,294
very focused and took the time to make to 1,596 square feet.
sure they had a list of all her currents Another affordability factor is energy
meds and instructions for care.” savings. Today, every Gentry home inte-
Michael Kamegawa of Makakilo had grates the award winning “Gentry Green
a similar experience when he went to Living” energy efficient features using
the ER for an emergency procedure. He the very latest in technology designed to
couldn’t stress enough the importance be gentle on the environment and at the
Both neighborhoods provide access
of Queen’s – West Oahu to the entire same time, greatly reduce homeowners’
to the recently opened private Wai Kai
community. Kamegawa said, “With energy costs. This will be especially true
Hale Club, where Hoakalei residents
Kapolei expanding, there are so many at ParkSide, where homeowners will
can launch a kayak, canoe and other
more people who need this level of see significant savings in their monthly
small watercraft, or sunbathe and
service close to home, especially in times housing expenses.
barbecue. The Club is the first devel-
of emergency.” “We are able to keep the prices low,
opment along the planned Wai Kai
starting at below $500,000, and increase
Lagoon. In the near future, residents
Ewa by Gentry offers the inventory that is affordable,” said Rick
Hobson, Gentry’s vice president of Sales
and visitors alike will be able to take
best of both worlds & Marketing. “Because it is constructed
advantage of the southern shore’s
exceptional weather for recreational
as a single-family home, residents bypass
Gentry Homes has been building the activities in and around the lagoon, in-
the typical condominium hassle of open
master planned community of Ewa by cluding a planned protected swimming
parking garages and crowded elevators,
Gentry for over 27 years, and part of the area, and explore a network of walking
but more importantly, they are not con-
company’s success can be attributed to trails connecting to a shoreline wilder-
nected to another home.”
providing consistently well-built homes ness park.
at an affordable price. According to Richard Dunn,
With the escalating cost of real estate Resort Living at Hoakalei Haseko Development, Inc.'s executive
in Hawaii and a limited inventory of new vice president, Hoakalei is designed
or used homes, homebuyers are faced As Haseko’s Hoakalei Resort unfolds, to provide its residents a year-round,
with higher prices. Gentry’s answer to the elements of a resort community are family-centered resort lifestyle. “We
this is ParkSide, its newest single-family taking shape at the 726-acre master- continue to see great demand for our
condominium community next to Coral planned development in Ewa Beach. homes at Hoakalei,” he said. “I think a
Creek Golf Course. The stage was first set with the 18-hole lot of that has to do not only with the
ParkSide offers the best of both Ernie Els-designed course at Hoakalei quality of craftsmanship but also the
worlds – single-family living in a planned Country Club, followed by the first quality of resort living. You can’t find
condominium community. Each home is residential neighborhood, Ka Makana anything else like Hoakalei Resort on
detached with privacy, a small yard and at Hoakalei, which is nearly sold out. O‘ahu and more is yet to come.”
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RAIL Spells Relief PROFILE
Dan Grabauskas / Executive director & CEO., HART
NEVER HAS THERE BEEN a larger,
more high profile public works project
“We believe that we
in the state of Hawaii than the Hono- are making good on
lulu Rail Transit Project—one that has a promise made
decades ago to West
taken nearly 50 years of planning to
finally get off the ground. The mag-
nitude of the project would require a Oahu residents
seasoned professional at the helm, and
Daniel Grabauskas, executive director to provide a
and CEO of the Honolulu Authority for safe and reliable
Rapid Transportation (HART) brings
impressive credentials to the table. transportation
Previously, he was general manager
of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
option …”
Authority, the oldest and fifth largest
multi-modal transportation agency in
the U.S., encompassing subway, com- see the benefits of the project. “I
muter rail, bus and boat operations believe that when the system is up and
throughout the Commonwealth of Mas- running people will wonder how we
sachusetts and Rhode Island. He also got along for so long without it. It will
served as Secretary of Transportation for ease the gridlock, and provide a safe
the state of Massachusetts. and efficient transportation option,” he
So what attracted Grabauskas to said.
the HART project at this farthest point This is especially true in Kapolei,
in the U.S. from Boston? where the project has its genesis.
“This is an amazing project,” said “Kapolei is a special place for us
Grabauskas. “Honolulu will be on the here at HART. We consider Kapolei
cutting edge in designing and building our home base. We believe that we
the first fully-automated, driverless ur- are making good on a promise made
ban metro system in the United States. decades ago to West Oahu residents to
We will be leading the nation.” provide a safe and reliable transporta-
As the CEO of HART, Grabauskas tion option—an option to sitting in
is the face of the project and brings a traffic for hours every day commut-
refreshing directness to the job. ing to and from work, with the sun
“I have always believed in being shining in their eyes. I believe this will
upfront and direct,” he said. “Particu- significantly improve the quality of life
larly on such an important project of for so many of our residents, not just
this size and scope—this is the largest in West Oahu, but island wide. And for each and every day. We have some of
public works project in Hawaii’s the residents of Kapolei, our message the best minds in the transit industry
history—I want to make sure we are is simple: Relief is coming; it’s on its working on our rail system. These
as transparent as possible. No sur- way.” Finally, Grabauskas wanted to are the people who will help deliver a
prises: That’s what I tell my staff, and I make sure the team behind the project safe, efficient and high-quality transit
believe that’s what the public expects was acknowledged. “What I like most line that will serve our community for
from us at HART.” about this project is the dedication and generations to come. And I am proud
Grabauskas thinks residents will talent that my staff brings to this job to be part of that.”
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A New Industrial
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Move Supports Job Growth acres,” said Camp.
Camp said that having 100 percent
in Kapolei funding and construction plans in place
gives them control of the entire 177
A
acres, with the flexibility of offering
CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SPACE on various options – from half acre lots up
Oahu is set to cause severe pain for businesses be- to as much as 20 acre lot sizes. The com-
ing displaced by the take back of industrial lands pany can also build a turnkey operation
for those businesses that prefer to move
for urban renewal in Honolulu. It couldn’t come into a ready-to-use facility and bypass
at a worse time, with the construction industry the complexities of real estate planning
booming, wholesale/distribution businesses that and construction.
use the bulk of industrial space posting record sales, The project includes 54 acres in
Kapolei Business Park, and 122 acres
and businesses scrambling to find expansion or reloca- in Kapolei Business Park West. The
tion space in a rapidly overheating market. The squeeze project is master-planned in five
is already on in the face of a 2.37 percent vacancy rate, phases, starting with the Kapolei
which Colliers Hawaii forecasts will fall below 2 per- Business Park and working its way to
Kapolei Business Park West. Camp
cent by year-end 2015. said that Phase 1, which broke ground
in August, is already approved for sale
BUT RELIEF IS ON THE WAY in the form trial real estate market on Oahu. The and should be ready to close escrow by
of a fortuitous partnership between partnership acquired 177 acres of prime early 2015.
Christine Camp’s Honolulu-based Ava- industrial land in Kapolei, with plans Camp has long been a strong pro-
lon Development Company and Walton to subdivide and bring them to market ponent of Kapolei, dating back to 2006
Street Capital, L.L.C., a Chicago-based starting in early 2015. when her company began development
private equity real estate investment “We plan to subdivide the lands into of the mixed-use retail/office Kapolei
firm that will revolutionize the indus- lots ranging from a half acre up to seven Pacific Center in the City of Kapolei.
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Western Kapolei
Along with Kapolei Harbor-
side, two mixed-use residen-
tial projects, Makaiwa Hills
and Kapolei West, are some
of the last opportunities for
development on entitled,
developable lands in Kapolei.
Makaiwa Hills, a Makaiwa
Hills LLC project, is the last
coastal hillside residential
area planned on Oahu, and
offers stunning views of the
southern and western coast-
line. Aina Nui Corporation’s
Kapolei West is bordered by
both the City of Kapolei and
the Ko Olina Resort and com-
bines the appeal of urban
and resort living.
The three projects are ad-
vantageously located in close
proximity to the centers
of commerce in the City of
Kapolei, and to the Ko Olina
Resort.
With two phases complete,
phase 3 is now being planned
to roll out over the next few
"With very few opportunities in town, Kapolei has
years. become a target for businesses seeking to relocate
In the meantime, Camp or expand their operations.”
fully appreciates the value
of being in the right place at — CHRISTINE CAMP
the right time in the indus- Avalon Development Company
trial market. “For all of the
reasons cited by the Colliers
Hawaii industrial real estate costs, close proximity to the growing use of Kapolei Harborside
experts, Kapolei is the only Kalaeloa Harbor, and being able to operate Just west and south of Avalon’s Kapolei
place to be now and in the in a State Enterprise Zone, all while interest Business Park West industrial develop-
foreseeable future,” she said. rates are historically low.” ment lies Kapolei Properties LLC’s Kapolei
“We see a migration of in- Camp said the Kapolei industrial projects Harborside, the largest, most contiguous
dustrial space users looking would also generate employment opportuni- industrial parcel on the island of Oahu. Its
for a place to call home. With ties for the community. “With all the growth 450 prime industrial acres are immediately
very few opportunities in in the economy, Honolulu has one of the adjacent to Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor,
town, Kapolei has become a lowest unemployment rates in the country,” the state’s second busiest airport, and the
target for businesses seeking she said. “Kapolei provides employers the James Campbell Industrial Park, the state’s
to relocate or expand their opportunity to be closer to the state’s fastest largest industrial park and a Foreign Trade
operations.” growing employee base. And for those people Zone. Just minutes away from the H-1
She continued, “Our who have made West Oahu their home with Freeway, Kapolei Harborside will be at the
Kapolei industrial project its lower cost of housing and a myriad of new center of new industrial, light manufac-
offers users the opportunity housing options, we believe our project will turing, maritime, and mixed-use develop-
for fee simple ownership, help foster job growth and add to the quality ment that will re-energize and expand the
clean flat usable land, new of life for residents who want to work where industrial real estate market on Oahu.
infrastructure, lower land they live and play.”
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Scott Mitchell Guy Kidder
Q&A: Industrial
Investment On The Rise
H A W A I I ’ S R E A L E S TAT E is experiencing a are considering business opportunities in
realignment of land uses, especially on Oahu, the region?
which is transforming the industrial real Kapolei Magazine talked to Colliers Inter-
estate market. What is this realignment, and national Hawaii’s experts in the company’s
how will it impact Kapolei and investors who Industrial and Investment Services Division.
are three times the national average, future upzoning in Transit Oriented
and our vacancy rate is the lowest in Development areas, as well as a condo
W I L L I A M ( BI L L) F R O E L IC H the country -- even lower than Los development boom in Kakaako. All
Vice President, Industrial and Invest- Angeles at 2.37 percent at mid-year. of this is pushing out industrial space.
ment Services Division, Colliers A 7 percent vacancy rate is generally In the future, most of the near term
International Hawaii recognized as equilibrium where supply will be in the form of raw land,
tenants and landlords have equal which does little to help our com-
What is the general state bargaining power. Even during the pressed vacancy rates over the next
of the industrial real estate recession, we didn’t see vacancy rates three years.
market in Hawaii? much above 5 percent. Although we do not have the abili-
ties to attract businesses from neigh-
boring states, we have many factors
Extremely supply constrained. What are the supply/ creating strong demand for industrial
Oahu is unique in that its popu- demand factors for indus- space stemming from overall eco-
lation of around one million is trial space? nomic improvement, tourism being
served by less than 40 million square
feet of industrial space. Compare it to Our supply of industrial spaces at an all time high, strong military
a city like San Jose, CA where a simi- is currently dwindling due to the spending, rail, sewer and road up-
lar population supports 400 million recapture of one million square grades, and Kakaako and Ala Moana
square feet of industrial space. feet of industrial space at Kapalama, developments. All these factors affect
This is one reason that rental rates rail-related eminent domain takings, industrial demand.
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G U Y V. K I D D E R
Vice President, Investment & Industrial Services
Division, Colliers International Hawaii
We know that there is a scarcity
of industrial space in Honolulu.
What does this mean for Kapolei?
You’re right! There is and will continue to
be a scarcity of industrial space in town.
We have already seen millions of square
feet of improved industrial space disappear
from the Honolulu market. With this grow-
ing trend of gentrification of industrial land in
town, we will see more space lost. Since all the
other industrial areas are nearly full, we expect
almost all the future growth in industrial build-
Bill Froelich ings and jobs will be in Greater Kapolei in the
near to mid-term.
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for owner/users to acquire parcels and
expand their facilities.” SCOTT MITCHELL
Executive Vice President,
Investment & Industrial Services Divi-
—SCOTT MITCHELL,
sion, Colliers International Hawaii
How do you see vacancy that will encourage land values and
and rental rates trending lease rents to spike in the near future as How do you see the market
over the next few years? an offset to the imbalance in the supply for industrial land now and
side of the supply demand equation. over the next few years?
Warehouse properties in town are As we wait for the new supply to
disappearing from our inventory flow into the market, industrial land Existing Industrial stock is
and being reclaimed by government prices and lease rents across the island becoming the victim of urban re-
or being redeveloped by the private will continue to rise. My indicators newal at an ever accelerated pace.
sector into higher and better uses. In a point to a 30 to 50 percent increase The pressure that has been exerted on
supply constrained market, reductions in lease rates and land values by the the remaining inventory has caused
in supply can cause our current situa- end of 2016. That being said, these vacancy to decline to unprecedented
tion in a strong market – severe lack of increases are far less dramatic than levels and any remaining infill de-
available warehouse space (2.37 percent the 300 percent growth in land values velopment parcels have already been
island wide vacancy) combined with we saw in the 2004 through 2008 land absorbed.
strong demand. This creates conditions sales in Waipahu and greater Kapolei. If you throw into that mix, a public
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and private sector construction "Build-to-Suit" construction as well. their increased rents.
boom, a flourishing tourism Lastly, and this will take place on an For the most part, and with the ex-
industry and inexpensive capi- island-wide basis, you will see the reha- ception of the rehabilitation of func-
tal, you cannot help but to be bilitation of older, functionally obsolete tionally obsolete facilities, the only
bullish on anything industrial facilities as tenants demand more for place this can happen is in Kapolei.
for the next several years.
A recent study based on
businesses being displaced
from urban Honolulu and job
growth identified demand for
industrial land at an average of
approximately 34 acres per year
over the next five years. But the
study also noted that in times of
supply constraint and intensi-
fied construction activity, out-
sized demand over the averages
can occur.
What are the oppor-
tunities for industrial
real estate investors
in Kapolei in the current
market?
Any near and midterm
investment into the indus-
trial marketplace can only,
and will be in Kapolei. Three
industrial parks totaling a little
over 200-acres will be brought
to market over the next several
years.
In this cycle we expect
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PROFILE
The “From the first day that
I arrived in Kapolei, I
Power
believed in the vision that
it would one day become a
thriving city.”
of a
Vision
It was then that she realized that
education was her future. “I packed up
my ego and went home,” she said.
Camp completed her high school
education, and her first full-time job
Christine Camp / was with a development company, RK
Development, where the owner saw
Avalon Development her potential and gave her the opportu-
nity to learn and grow. She would work
Company her way through college, gaining the
skills she would need to be a developer.
TO MANY PEOPLE who only know After RK Development, Camp went
the public Christine Camp, it may seem on to a successful career working for
that she has led a charmed life. In a Castle & Cooke and Alexander & Bald-
sense, it has been charmed, but entirely win. Then in 1999 at the young age of
because of her personal drive in pursu- 32, Camp started her own firm, Avalon
ing her goals, and very hard work. Development Company.
Camp was 10 when she came to Ha- “It started as a one-woman office on
waii from South Korea with her family. a shoe string budget,” said Camp. To-
When she arrived, she knew very little day, Avalon is a multifaceted vertically
English, except “My name is Hyun Hee integrated real estate business with a
Camp” and “I am hungry.” And she team of 25 professionals. The com-
knew her ABCs. pany has developed retail centers, an
Life had been hard in Korea, and industrial park, condominiums, offices
it was hard in their new home, but and rental apartments. It also provides
they managed to make ends meet. The fee development, facility and property
children were expected to help out, management, and brokerage services.
and Camp started working at age 12. Camp has a long relationship with
Making the transition to a new country Kapolei, beginning with Castle &
and to public school was challenging, Cooke’s first single-family project,
but sympathetic teachers helped her to Kumu Iki, in the Villages of Kapolei in
blossom and do well. The straight-A 1990. She eventually made a personal
student was also strong willed and in an $6.7 million investment in 2006 to buy
act of defiance against her disciplinar- a block in Kapolei’s urban core, where
ian mother, she left home at age 15 and she built a school and the regional
moved into a rundown apartment house Social Security Administration office
in Kaimuki. building.
Most of her neighbors were women, “From the first day that I arrived in
some with kids, living in grinding pov- Kapolei, I believed in the vision that it
erty. “I saw what it felt like not to have would one day become a thriving city,”
hope,” said Camp. “The only bright said Camp. “I believe that it has already
light was two college students who were reached that status, and I feel fortu-
a couple. They were smart, happy, and nate that Avalon will be a part of its
they had hope for the future.” growth for the foreseeable future.”
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Regal Cinemas Kapolei Commons Stadium 12.
Kapolei: Raising
Illustration only. Subject to change.
the Retail Bar
W
HEN K APOLEI COM-
MONS OPENED IN
Regal treatment at American Samoa, and Washington
D.C., only nine have the king size
2009, it generated a Kapolei Commons leather reclining seats, with 10 more
flurry of excitement coming. This includes the Kapolei
among Kapolei shop- The Regal Cinemas Kapolei Commons theater, which will be the first one in
pers who turned out Stadium 12 won’t be the usual Regal Hawaii with this feature. The Regal
in droves for the big Cinemas most theatergoers expect. Cinemas Kapolei Commons Stadium
name grand openings It will be what Regal Entertainment 12 will be 52,000 square feet and will
– from anchor tenant Group calls its Regal experience – anchor Kapolei’s newest entertain-
Target, to The Sports Authority, Office from crystal-clear, all digital projec- ment center.
Max, and Petco. Since then, other well tions to custom-built sound systems, “We are excited Regal Cinemas
known retailers have followed suit, 3D and – here’s the “regal treatment” has chosen Kapolei Commons as the
including Down To Earth, Denny’s, Kua – king size leather reclining seats first location in Hawaii to debut the
Aina, Ruby Tuesday, and most recently, with multiple adjustable positions, most cutting edge entertainment
Pier 1 Imports. Coming in 2015 will headrests and padded footrests. Not technology available and plan on
be TJ Maxx, Gyu-Kaku, and the big- your typical movie experience, and complimenting this new theatre with
gest news – the Center’s latest phase, the closest thing to being in your own additional fun and exciting dining and
an entertainment center that will be living room in your favorite recliner entertainment options,” said Dun-
anchored by Regal Cinemas. and watching your big screen TV -- can MacNaughton, chairman of The
Kapolei Commons also raised the re- only better. MacNaughton Group. MacNaughton
tail bar in the region, laying the ground- While Regal has more than 570 said that restaurants, cafes and retail
work for other retail developments that theaters in 42 states across the U.S. stores will be a part of the entertain-
are on the horizon. mainland, as well as in Guam, Saipan, ment center’s mix.
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“We are excited
Regal Cinemas
has chosen Kapo-
lei Commons as
the first location
in Hawaii to debut
the most cutting
edge entertainment
technology avail-
able and plan on
complimenting this
new theatre with
additional fun and
exciting dining and
entertainment
options.”
— DU NC A N
M AC N AU G H T ON
Chairman,
The MacNaughton
Group
A yakiniku experience I know from our experience with the
Ruby Tuesday there that Kapolei is a
The full service restaurant will oc-
cupy 3,500 square feet, with about 115
at Gyu-Kaku terrific location for us.” seats. Nakashima said they expect to
Nakashima and his partner have hire about 80 people.
They call it “Kando Sozo” – or putting six Ruby Tuesday locations in Hawaii,
a smile on the customer’s face. A Japa- including the one at Kapolei Commons.
nese yakiniku franchise, Gyu-Kaku,
which has more than 600 restaurants in
“We have three of the top Ruby Tues-
days in the world – the restaurants at On the Horizon –
Japan, is growing internationally with
more than 50 restaurants scattered
Moanalua, Windward Mall and Kapolei “The Gathering Place”
Commons,” he said. “I believe we have
across Asia, Southeast Asia, Canada, strong numbers because we have a Atalanta Realty Investments promises
and the U.S., including three in Hawaii. strong team. That will be the key to our to bring its signature approach to shop-
One of the Hawaii restaurants is success at our Kapolei Commons Gyu- ping center design, architecture and
owned by local entrepreneurs Rick Kaku restaurant.” ambiance to the company’s planned
Nakashima and his partner Ted Dav- Nakashima also believes the yaki- 55,000-square-foot lifestyle center, The
enport, which makes it their second niku style of dining will be popular Gathering Place in Kapolei. The center
investment at Kapolei Commons. “We with Kapolei residents as well as will have two two-story buildings and
opened the Windward Mall Gyu-Kaku tourists at Ko Olina. “It’s a very social five one-story buildings on 4.46 acres at
about three years ago, and I’m so proud experience that invites conversation the intersection of Kapolei Parkway and
of our staff, because in 2013, we were and is a lot of fun, because diners cook Fort Barrette Road near Kapolei High
named the Gyu-Kaku Restaurant of for themselves on their table grills. School.
the Year among the 25 locations in the It’s also a healthy way to eat as all the Founded by Managing Princi-
U.S.” said Nakashima. “I’m very excited ingredients are fresh.” pal Jennifer N. Taylor, Atalanta is a
about opening at Kapolei Commons as
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“Atalanta stands
out as one of the
most interesting and
creative developers
in the state. The firm
saw, and is taking
advantage of, a
special opportunity California-based women- and minority- tain play area, and of course, we will be
to bring a whole new owned company, which has a long and highlighting local culture at the center.”
level of distinction successful track record in the Hawaii
commercial real estate market. Taylor
Taylor said the center’s design will
combine Kama‘aina architecture with
to the West Oahu said that The Gathering Place, which is
scheduled to open in Spring 2016, will
global sophistication that, along with its
unusual retail mix and amenities, will
community lifestyle.” be the crown jewel of Atalanta’s grow- make The Gathering Place a popular
ing portfolio in the state. Kapolei destination.
—WENDELL BROOKS III “It is already attracting a great deal “The Gathering Place’s marketing
Senior Vice President, of interest from prospective tenants efforts have generated tremendous
Jones LaSalle's Hawaii who are intrigued by our merchandis- activity and this project is proving to
Retail Brokerage team ing approach,” said Taylor. “We are be one of the most inquired about,”
planning a center that will welcome said Wendell Brooks III, senior vice
shoppers with one-of-a-kind shops, president and leader of Jones Lang
wares from local artisans, and a mix of LaSalle’s Hawaii Retail Brokerage team.
first-to-market retailers and restaura- “Atalanta stands out as one of the most
teurs. We also envision a lively environ- interesting and creative developers in
ment with amenities and activities that the state. The firm saw, and is taking
will invite shoppers to stay awhile. For advantage of, a special opportunity to
example, we will have seasonal events, bring a whole new level of distinction to
greenbelts and rest areas, a pop up foun- the West Oahu community lifestyle.”
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