07-17-2009, 03:17 PM
Devany,
Shipman Ltd. has been quite open about the fact that their long term plan for the area surrounding the beach is a Planned Unit Development along the lines of Kona side beach front development, complete with hotels, shopping areas, condos, and gated neighborhoods. I've spoken with several people who have seen the initial plans and it is very large in scale, eventually stretching almost from Keaau to the beach. Unless the politics of this island change drastically in the next 25 years they will have no trouble getting the necessary rezoning from Ag to residential/commercial resort. Particularly since their plans keep the development within a buffer of Shipman owned lands.
They are a profit making organization who think very much in the long term, they have plans for development of their properties (not just this one)that are on a 25 and 50 year time frame. As the single largest land holder in Puna they have tremendous control over the future of Puna, and not just because money talks. Even while staying within the current rules and regulations they could drastically change the feel of many parts of Puna by how and where they choose to develop their properties. If they were to be somehow forced to open up access over their now private road to the beach they would no longer have any personal incentive to leave things as they are.
A former coworker of mine is one of the people who has family permission to use their road and has seen the actual plans. She said the family has told her that this generation is in no hurry to develop the land, but have the plans are drawn up and ready to go when they decide to go for development. They are anticipating an increase in Japanese interest in retiring to this area and the planned development will be timed to coincide with that. I do not know how they derived their forecast, but they certainly have the money to do that kind of long term demographic and market research.
Shipman also has pretty elaborate long term plans for Keaau. Donating the land for the new Keaau schools was an early step in that long term plan.
Carol
Shipman Ltd. has been quite open about the fact that their long term plan for the area surrounding the beach is a Planned Unit Development along the lines of Kona side beach front development, complete with hotels, shopping areas, condos, and gated neighborhoods. I've spoken with several people who have seen the initial plans and it is very large in scale, eventually stretching almost from Keaau to the beach. Unless the politics of this island change drastically in the next 25 years they will have no trouble getting the necessary rezoning from Ag to residential/commercial resort. Particularly since their plans keep the development within a buffer of Shipman owned lands.
They are a profit making organization who think very much in the long term, they have plans for development of their properties (not just this one)that are on a 25 and 50 year time frame. As the single largest land holder in Puna they have tremendous control over the future of Puna, and not just because money talks. Even while staying within the current rules and regulations they could drastically change the feel of many parts of Puna by how and where they choose to develop their properties. If they were to be somehow forced to open up access over their now private road to the beach they would no longer have any personal incentive to leave things as they are.
A former coworker of mine is one of the people who has family permission to use their road and has seen the actual plans. She said the family has told her that this generation is in no hurry to develop the land, but have the plans are drawn up and ready to go when they decide to go for development. They are anticipating an increase in Japanese interest in retiring to this area and the planned development will be timed to coincide with that. I do not know how they derived their forecast, but they certainly have the money to do that kind of long term demographic and market research.
Shipman also has pretty elaborate long term plans for Keaau. Donating the land for the new Keaau schools was an early step in that long term plan.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb