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Mega Mall Settlement: No Mega Mall, but What Really Will Be Constructed Next to High School?

LUC Advises Against Assuming Public Interest is Done 7/9/20 #kihei #landusecommission #megamall In a surprise turn of events on Wednesday, July 8th during the Hawaii Land Use Commission hearing on the case of former Kaonoulu Ranch land, known as Docket A94-706, and popularized as “the mega mall” in media, it was announced that just less than 24 hours prior, a stipulation agreement...

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The Sad Story of the Kihei Mega Mall and the Need for Professional County Management

5/9/2020 #kihei #megamall #countymanager Reflections By Mark Hyde On The Mega Mall Project And What History Tells Us About The Need For Professional County Management Here’s why I am so passionate about the need to restructure county government to provide for a hired (not politically appointed) professional, experienced county manager who would in turn hire, not politically appoint, most...

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MegaMall – State Land Use Commission Meeting at the MACC

9/26/19 # kihei While the major focus of the two-day (9/25-9/26) State Land Use Commission (LUC) meeting  was to address the West side  Maui Land and Pine’s  mixed residential project, we showed up on the 2nd day for the Kaonoulu Ranch (think megamall) status update. We noted that, after a few years, the nine member commission now has the full compliment with the addition of...

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KOA Partners Meetings on Land Use of former Pi’ilani Promenade (aka MegaMall)

9/17/18 #kihei Mr Harry Lake, of KOA Partners, the newest representative of Sarofim Reality, participated in two meetings in Kihei on this topic: a “stakeholders” meeting at the KCA office in the morning, followed by an open community one in the evening starting at 6:30 PM at St Teresa Church Hall. In the morning meeting, a small group of guys working to represent various groups and specific...

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KOA Partners Public Meeting Regarding Land Use of former Pi’ilani Promenade (aka MegaMall) this Monday Evening

  9/14/18 #kihei Mr Harry Lake, of KOA Partners, the newest representative of Sarofim Reality, will lead a presentation starting at 6:30 PM this Monday at St Teresa Church Hall. It is our understanding the meeting’s purpose is to introduce his team to the South Maui community, explain the current status after the unanimous rejection by the State Land Use Commission last year of the...

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KCA testifies at State LUC re Kaonoulu/Pi’ilani Promenade/MegaMall Future

7/12/18 #kihei Yesterday morning a meeting of the State Land Use Commission (LUC) was held at the request of the land owners to offer the LUC a “status report” on the North Kihei land mauka of the Pi’ilani highway near Kaonoulu. KCA was the first of eight to submit public testimony, but before that began, the process opened to offer the attorneys to voice their input, commencing with Mr...

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STATE LAND USE COMMISSION (LUC) PUBLIC MEETING ON FUTURE OF PI’ILANI PROMENADE, AKA MEGAMALL

Wednesday, July 11 at 9:00 AM at the MACC, Haynes Room 7/6/18 #kihei We plan to offer our mana’o to the volunteer commissioners as they conduct their meeting, including a status report on what is legally allowed on this huge plot of land. There is no assurance that any decision will be taken that morning. The commission is expected to hear a proposed update from Harry Lake of Koa Partners,...

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WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE PI’ILANI PROMENADE, AKA MEGAMALL?

Stakeholders meet with representative to hear what is being considered for future development on lands 6/28/18 #kihei We were included with a number of concerned stakeholders to hear a proposed update from Harry Lake of Koa Partners, the stated representative of Sarofim Realty, this afternoon at the Akaku, Maui Community Media, upstairs conference room. His firm is working in...

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WHAT MAY BE NEXT FOR THE “MEGA MALL” SITE IN NORTH KIHEI?

      Meeting this afternoon with “new players” looks for direction for the future of the huge plot mauka of highway 2/2/18 #kihei KCA was invited, along with South Maui Citizens For Responsible Growth, (SMCRG) Maui Tomorrow (MT) and the Kula Makai Aha Moku to meet with representatives of Koa Partners of Dallas, Texas.  CEO Harry Lake and VP Jhevasse Mitchell met with the...

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UPDATE–UNANIMOUSLY SAYS NO–State Land Use Commission (LUC) hearing on Wed/Thurs re Pi’ilani Promenade, AKA Mega Mall

UPDATE 7/20/17   LUC vote unanimous say NO to FEIS   UPDATE 7/20/17  Day one pau;  nearly four hours of public testimony, with VAST majority against acceptance of FEIS. Back at 8:30 AM Thursday for deliberations and maybe decisions.  See  Thursday Morning’s Maui News Report July 20, 2017    ‘Megamall’ may be in the past but resistance to smaller...

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Piilani Promenade (AKA MegaMall) FEIS June 2017

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STATE LUC SITE VISIT MEETING FOR A-94-706 , PI’ILANI PROMENADE, aka MEGAMALL THURSDAY

Much different from the last site visit in August, 2012 with entirely new cast of commissioners and entirely new site perspective. #kihei 3/9/17  At 9:45 this morning a gathering of about 40 assembled outside the Community Center for transit up Ohukai Rd above the proposed project site to look down at the location. The group consisted of about two thirds of the volunteer commissioners, at...

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HERE COMES THE MEGAMALL ONCE AGAIN!

  Possibly the most controversial South Maui proposed development is scheduled for hearing before the State Land Use Commission next month. 3/8/16   Sorry, no new information.   As we have had numerous requests from you for information about transport from assembly at KCC to the  job site  meeting by the LUC tomorrow morning, we asked for information from the LUC...

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UPDATE! Megamall Site Visit 3/9/17 ++++++++ What is Up with the other Kihei Large Proposed Projects??

#kihei  2/17/17  OK we told you to stay tuned, so here is first news. The State Land Use Commission will do a “site visit”  mauka Pi’ilani Highway near Kaonoulu on Thursday, March 9 (no time announced yet) for the Pi’ilani Promenade, aka MegaMall. We attended a prior one at same location back in August of 2012- SEE...

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Report : State LUC Item on Pi’ilani Promenade aka Mega-Mall (12/10/15)

Recalling that when the Mayor, Planning Department and our Council member for S Maui all agreed this development was completely approved to begin construction, & even issued first permits and grubbing began, it was State Planning (OP) and this Commission who said no, and everything stopped for the past several years. Thus we do our best to be there when the Commission schedules a meeting on...

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State Land Use Commission Item on Pi’ilani Promenade aka Mega-Mall this Thursday

Thursday (12/10/15) meeting involves our South Maui District’s project mauka of the Highway at Kaonoulu Road   Under direction of new chair Edmund Aczon, the State Land Use Commission, has been on Maui the last 2 months of this year, mostly concerning the huge Olowalu Town proposed project , but another proposed huge project, right here in Kihei, is also on agenda for Thursday, 12/10...

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“Mega Malls,”- “Pump Don’t Dump”-“Smart Growth”- “Sense of Place” 3/19/13

Yes, we will be hearing about all of these items at the next very busy public General Membership meeting at the Kihei Charter School 41 E. Lipoa starting at 6:30 PM on March 19,2013. Please remember to bring some non perishable food items for the Maui Food Bank. You are welcome to arrive early- doors open at 6 PM- for pupu and talk story. We will have a report of the Land Use Commission’s...

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LUC Decision on Kaonoulu “mega malls” -NOT in compliance

The lengthy legal process conducted by the State Land Use Commission (LUC) reached a plateau, if not a termination, this morning (2/7/13) as the commissioners voted 6-3 with those stating Eclipse Developers were not in compliance with LUC’s order at this contested location mauka Pi’i lani Hgy at Kaonoulu Rd in North Kihei. The Haleakkala Room at the Airport Courtyard in Kahului was...

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Land Use Commission Approves the Kaonoulu (aka MegaMall) Motion

The State Land Use Commission traveled to Kaanapali  this morning (8/24/12) for the 9:00 AM  hearing concerning a motion regarding the land use change on the Kaonoulu lands to show cause why the land classification should not revert back to Agriculture from Urban. Under the chairmanship of Kyle Chock the commissioners voted unanimously to approve the motion for a show cause order after listening...

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Kihei mega-malls spark debate at candidate forum

July 25, 2012 The Maui News KAHULUI — Democratic candidates for the South Maui 11th House District seat expressed mostly opposition Tuesday night to Eclipse Development’s work on two mega-malls in Kihei, with one candidate taking some flak for seeking to accommodate anticipated heavy traffic and not opposing the projects outright. Four Democratic candidates — former Rep. Joe...

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