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MEETING NOTICE:

Hybrid (virtual & in-person) Beneficiary Consultation Meeting

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025

Time: 6:30 p.m.

In-person at: Hale Pono‘ī

91-5420 Kapolei Pkwy, Kapolei, HI 96707

Virtually Join Zoom Meeting:

https://dhhl-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/88549363834

Meeting ID: 885 4936 3834

*no passcode

 

Purpose:

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) will host a beneficiaries consultation meeting on a proposed land donation of two parcels totaling 22.743 acres and a future land disposition for these parcels located in ‘Ewa, O‘ahu at TMK (1) 9-1-181:031 and 037.

Trigger for Beneficiary Consultation:

This proposed action requires acceptance of lands into the DHHL land inventory, and includes approvals for a long-term land disposition of DHHL lands for a non-homesteading use, the latter of which requires beneficiary consultation ahead of Hawaiian Homes Commission action.

 

KALANIANAOLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (“KDL”), is a Hawaii real estate development company with Hawaii real estate developer principals Patty Tancayo and Nan Chul Shin. KDL is currently under contract to acquire the parcels shown above, which are two adjacent parcels (3.389 and 19.354 acres, respectively) located at near the intersection of Old Fort Weaver Road and Fort Weaver Road in Ewa, O‘ahu.

KDL is proposing to:

(i) consummate the purchase of the Property;

(ii) enter into a Ground Lease with a special purpose entity it controls, KU‘AI HALEWAI LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (“KHL”), which was formed to pursue commercial development of the Property; and

(iii) donate the Property encumbered by the KHL Ground Lease (the “KHL Lease”) to DHHL. DHHL would then be the fee owner of the Property and assume the role of ground lessor under the KHL Lease.

 

In DHHL’s hands, the Property would not be subject to City & County of Honolulu zoning restrictions and KHL would be free to pursue its planned development. DHHL would take on the administrative burdens associated with being the owner and ground lessor of the Property but would also benefit from the stream of income during the term of the KHL Lease and “free and clear” ownership at the end of the lease. At DHHL’s request, the KHL Ground Lease will be on terms and conditions that would be required and/or customary if DHHL were making the Gound Lease directly to KHL itself, notably:

  • Maximum 65-year lease term;
  • Minimum lease rent to be set by independent third-party appraisal based on the fair market value of the Property as of the date of the donation;
  • Subject to the HHC Sublease Rent Participation Policy;
  • And Community benefits package to promote native Hawaiian socio-economic
  • advancement, including support for community development, job training and
  • placement, and educational and/or cultural programs to be worked out directly with associations impacted by the proposed development.

 

 

Comment Period: (30 days)

Open from October 7, 2025 to November 6, 2025

Comment online at: Link to Google form

Comment via email at: [email protected]

 

Reference Materials:

For more information, please contact Russell Kaupu at [email protected] or (808) 730-0168.