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RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - kalakoa - 02-10-2020
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2020/02/10/hawaii-news/puna-kai-work-continues/
Deveoper now says "entire center will be open by May", but nobody has requested their final:
County Department of Public Works spokeswoman Denise Laitinen said in a recent email that no certificates of occupancy, which are issued for every new tenant prior to opening, have been issued for any business within the Puna Kai development.
“All reviewing departments require that the necessary improvements are complete, or nearly so, prior to signing this application,†Laitinen said. “ … A request must come from the contractor so ‘when’ is determined by the construction schedules, but must be completed prior to opening.â€
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - My 2 cents - 02-10-2020
He said May, he didn't say what year.
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - macuu222 - 02-10-2020
They should never give a timeline for completing any building project in Puna. Better to just say that it will open when its finished and leave it like that.
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - kalakoa - 02-10-2020
he didn't say what year
Then there was no need to update the forecast from "by November".
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - randomq - 02-10-2020
Why rush to open, simply to lose money and ultimately close due to lack of customers? The county should just skip all that and buy out the shops for regional EBT and unemployment offices.
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - kander - 02-10-2020
A string of natural disasters have affected Pahoa for sure, Between lava and hurricanes so much of the customer base has left in the past 4 years and what vacation rentals were are no more in numbers like they were.
Growth gone into negative numbers. Perhaps they need not repay construction loans until final?
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - kalakoa - 02-10-2020
A string of natural disasters have affected Pahoa for sure
No, the Building department is County-wide.
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - macuu222 - 02-10-2020
A rep of the Puna Kai Shopping center sent me a message this morning. I had asked last Friday "when do they expect to have stores open? Let me guess...still waiting for the building department"?.....Their answer.... "Good guess. As of now, the first batch of tenants are on track to open early next month".
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - kalakoa - 02-10-2020
As of now, the first batch of tenants are on track to open early next month
February quoted in the HTH article has already slipped to March, then.
Gee, I wonder why everything in Hawaii is so expensive?
RE: Puna Kai ... maybe in 2020? - Obie - 03-02-2020
Major movement today. I just drove by and they are re-striping the road and turning on the traffic lights.
Steps that had to done before any openings.