Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 8, 1 August 2012 — DHHL's new Kakaʻina subdivision under way [ARTICLE]

DHHL's new Kakaʻina subdivision under way

The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands broke ground June 29 on a Waimānalo subdivision that will house 44 Hawaiian Homes beneficiaries and their families. The 7-acre Kaka'ina subdivision sits a half-mile mauka of the Waimānalo Shopping Center. Undivided interest leases for the 5,000-square-foot lots were awarded in 2006. Infrastructure construction began in July and is expected to be completed by April 2013, with home construction to follow. "We celebrate the roots planted here today that will grow into what we envision will be a vibrant community of Native Hawaiians," said DHHL Director Jobie Masagatani. DHHL's funding partners include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, whieh is helping with the cost of lot grading and roads, Sandwich Isles Communications for telecommunications infrastructure, and - for the first time on a residential project - the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Agency, whieh awarded a grant to the nonprofit organization Nā Kūpa'a O Kūhiō for the installation of sewer and water lines in Kaka'ina. Paradigm Construction LLC is the eontractor with Bowers + Kubota providing construction management service, Akinaka & Associates Ltd. as the engineering consultant, and Fewell Geotechnical Engineering Ltd. providing geotechnical consultant services. Kaka'ina is one of two land parcels being developed as part of this DHHL project in Waimānalo. The agency said Kaka'ina's "twin" subdivision of Kumuhau was completed last summer, and is now home to 45 Native Hawaiian 'ohana.