10-04-2017, 02:33 AM
I heard that site was contaminated with arsenic, so can't be used.
The story I heard: permits approved for a 60-room hotel, arsenic discovered, lawsuit filed forcing Shipman to clean up the site, project delayed just enough that the economy went soft.
I don't know if the site was ever cleaned up, but the permits are still on file. Until Shipman's "New Keaau" moved the State Urban Land-Use Boundary, that parcel was most of the existing C-zoned real estate in Keaau...
The story I heard: permits approved for a 60-room hotel, arsenic discovered, lawsuit filed forcing Shipman to clean up the site, project delayed just enough that the economy went soft.
I don't know if the site was ever cleaned up, but the permits are still on file. Until Shipman's "New Keaau" moved the State Urban Land-Use Boundary, that parcel was most of the existing C-zoned real estate in Keaau...