Source: Pacific Business News
Published: January 30, 2024
The new headquarters, named The Clarence T.C. Ching Building, will be complete by the end of 2025.
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The next phase of Avalon's Kapolei Pacific Center: DreamHouse Center
Source: BizJournals
Published: February 10, 2022
DREAMHOUSE INC. and Avalon Development Co. are developing a three-story, mix-use building in West Oahu.
The project, named DreamHouse Center, will be located on Avalon's 3-acre, master-planned Kapolei Pacific Center – a site that already includes the regional headquarters of the U.S. Social Security Administration and the Cole Academy preschool – and will be anchored by public charter school DreamHouse Ewa Beach, according to an announcement Thursday.
University of Hawaii breaks ground on RISE innovation center: PHOTOS
Source: BizJournals
Published: January 13, 2022
The University of Hawaii on Thursday broke ground on its $70 million Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs.
The live-learn-work community is being developed through a public-private partnership between the university, its fundraising arm, the UH Foundation and Hunt Companies.
Nearly sold-out condo, the Azure Ala Moana tower, opens in Honolulu
Source: Star Advertiser
Published: September 28, 2021
The first of several extra-dense condominium towers being developed near the city’s last planned rail station next to Ala Moana Center has opened.
Initial homeowners began moving into the 41-story Azure Ala Moana tower at the corner of Keeaumoku and Makaloa streets Monday after a Hawaiian blessing last week, [designed by Design Partners Incorporated].
All but one of the tower’s 330 condos have been sold. Prices ranged from about $550,000 to $2.2 million for units with one to three bedrooms, and the unit still available is a makai-facing residence with two bedrooms on the 15th floor priced at $1.7 million.
University of Hawaii Manoa ‘live-learn-work’ project approved
Source: Star Advertiser
Published: August 11, 2021
A $70 million plan to add housing for 373 students integrated with an entrepreneurship program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is set for development following City Council approval Wednesday.
The project, to be carried out and financed by a private developer, [and designed by Design Partners Incorporated] involves two historic former Atherton YMCA buildings just beyond the Ewa edge of campus, at the corner of University Avenue and Metcalf Street, so a special form of zoning approval for UH to extend its campus boundary was needed.
The Council’s 8-0 approval followed overwhelmingly favorable testimony for the project, which would modify and reuse one building, the three-story Charles Atherton House, and replace the adjacent three-story Mary Atherton Richards House with a new six-story building with student housing and an expanded Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship.
Nan Inc. starts sales for first Hawaii high-rise project
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: August 4, 2021
Nan Inc. has started owner-occupant sales for The Park on Keeaumoku, the Honolulu-based construction company’s $600 million mixed-use project that will have 972 condominium units and commercial space in two 42-story towers as well as a half-acre park along a block of Keeaumoku Street.
The project, designed by architects at Design Partners Inc., will be built on 11 parcels totaling about 3.5 acres along Keeaumoku Street between Liona and Rycroft streets.
Architectural Firms, Oahu Ranked by 2020 Architectural Billings
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: June 18, 2021
For the third year in a row, Design Partners Incorporated ranked #1 for Architectural Firms in Oahu, based on 2020 Architectural Billings.
Treatment facility opens for exploited girls in Hawaii
Source: Star Advertiser
Published: July 4, 2021
The first licensed, therapeutic residential facility in Hawaii designed to help sexually trafficked girls recover from their trauma opened June 1 without fanfare on a secluded, pastoral, 12-acre property on Oahu.
Because it was such a large project, AHL teamed with another architecture firm, Design Partners Incorporated, as well Minatoishi Architects, Insynergy, and Kai Hawaii, Inc. Altogether the five firms donated more than $1 million in design and engineering services.
DPI Interviewed on KHON Channel 2 for "Shine the Light Program Featuring Pearl Haven"
Source: KHON and KHII
Published: May 5, 2021
Tune in this week to KHON Channel 2 on May 6th, 2021 Thursday at 930PM HST or KHII on May 8th, 2021 at 630pm HST for an interview featuring DPI alongside other industry leaders speaking about the design and construction of Pearl Haven for Ho’ōla Nā Pua (a non-profit organization committed to the prevention of sex trafficking and providing care for children who have been exploited).
University of Hawaii Maui College reaches net-zero sustainability
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: January 25, 2021
The University of Hawaii Maui College is the latest UH System school to become a net-zero campus, UH officials recently announced.
UH Maui College reached its new net-zero status by reducing the university's fossil fuels for energy by about 100%, through a combination of solar photovoltaic energy, distributed energy storage and energy efficiency measures, according to officials.
More than 3,300 photovoltaic, or PV, modules were installed on the Maui campus, generating 1.58 MW of power — enough to power more than 200 homes a year — and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions equal to 4,400 barrels of oil annually. The project also includes 13.93 MWh of battery storage.
Move-ins to start this week at new affordable units in Honolulu's Chinatown
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: December 21, 2020
Tenants are expected to begin moving in this week to 38 affordable rental apartments on the second floor of the Maunakea Marketplace in Honolulu’s Chinatown developed by a group that included former Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie [and architectural firm Design Partners Inc.].
MKM LLC, whose members also include building owner Russell Geyser of Geyser Holdings, converted 25,000 square feet of former storage space above the retail center into 38 studio, one- and two-bedroom units for tenants making no more than 60% of the area median income with four units reserved for families transitioning from homelessness.
3 finalists to build, design new Aloha Stadium announced
Source: Star Advertiser
Published: December 9, 2020
Three developer-led teams, all of which list some Hawaii-based elements, are finalists to present proposals for the building of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, according to a post on nased.hawaii.gov today.
The three priority-listed teams — Aloha Stadium District Partners, Aloha Stadium Hui Hilina‘i and Waiola Development Partners — emerged from the request for qualifications process that drew six respondents in May.
Waiola Development Partners, a consortium of: EllisDon Capital Inc., Kobayashi Group LLC and BSC Acquisitions II LLC as the lead equity members; Design Partners Inc. and MANICA Architecture as the design team; Turner Construction Co. and Nan, Inc. as the construction team; and Spectra as the services (maintenance) provider.
City of Honolulu honors Ala Moana affordable housing project
Source: KHON2 News
Published: November 15, 2020
The City and County of Honolulu presented an honorary certificate to the developer of an affordable housing project in the Ala Moana area on Nov. 15.
The honors went to Samkoo Pacific, LLC for their recently completed Kapiolani Residence, a 484-unit condominium at 1631 Kapiolani Blvd.
The 45-story building won Samkoo Pacific and its President Timothy Yi the 2020 Grand Prix of Real Estate Award.
Yi says that his project can act as an architectural beacon for the rest of the world.
Japan Is Paying For New U.S. Military Facilities In Guam And The CNMI. Here’s Why
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat
Published: November 1, 2020
Hawaii companies are playing a central role in designing and building a new Marine Corps base on Guam and other facilities in the Northern Marianas.
Camp Blaz, officially activated Oct. 1, is the Marines’ first new permanent base since 1952, part of an ambitious restructuring of U.S. forces in the region.
Japan spent $71 million on contracts for architectural planning to ASMD JV Partners, a joint venture that includes Hawaii architecture firms Design Partners Inc., Richard Matsunaga & Associates Architects, SSFM International, and Architects Hawaii Ltd. along with Iowa-based Stanley Consultants and Guam-based EMC2 Consulting Engineers.
Design Partners incorporated Adds Health Care Design Studio
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: October 7, 2020
Design Partners Inc. is expanding with the launch of a design studio focused on health care projects that will be led by senior architect Dean Takasato, who has spent his career designing hospitals and other health care facilities, including work on The Queen’s Medical Center West Oahu.
Takasato recently joined the firm as director of healthcare architecture, along with architects Jonathan Sim and Bryan Fujiwara.
Affordable rental project in historic Chinatown district set to open in October
Source: Hawaii New Now
Published: September 1, 2020
Finishing touches are being put on the second floor of Maunakea Marketplace in Chinatown as contractors transform 25,000 square feet of upstairs space into 34 affordable rental units plus four apartments for families transitioning out of homelessness.
Former Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s group, MKM LLC, partnered with the city on the project. [ With Design Partners Inc. as the architect and designer.]
Applications to start for affordable Queen Emma Apartments in Honolulu
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: August 20, 2020
Construction to convert the 12-story building, which had been vacant for years and known as the “pimple building” for its brick facade, has continued during the Covid-19 pandemic with general contractor Swinerton. Design Partners Inc is the architect on the project, which involved cutting new windows into the mauka façade of the building.
Ahe Group will begin accepting applications next week for 71 affordable rental apartments at the Queen Emma Apartments, the former office building at the edge of Downtown Honolulu that is being adapted for residential use.
A Place in the Sun - The Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community for Grades 2-5
Source: Building Industry Hawaii
Published: August 2020
The Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community for Grades 2-5, [Nordic PCL] says, was planned in two phases - Phase IA completed by Nordic PCL [and Design Partners Inc.] in 2016, and the upcoming Phase IB.
Hawaii, Guam architecture engineering JV awarded second $100M contract
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: July 27, 2020
ASMD LLC, the joint venture of Hawaii and Guam architecture and engineering firms that are designing a new military base on Guam for the Marines relocating from Okinawa, Japan, have been awarded a follow-on contract worth another $100 million to continue the work for up to five years. ASMD LLC , whose members include Guam-based Setiadi Architects and EMCE Consulting Engineers; Hawaii-based architects AHL, RMA Architects, and Design Partners Inc. and engineering firm SSFM International; and Iowa-based engineering firm Stanley Consultants, was assembled in 2014 for the current contract that was awarded in 2015 and expires this year.
Defense Still Spending
Source: Pacific Business News
Published: July 3, 2020
As Hawaii’s economy reels from the impact of the pandemic, one of the state’s largest industries — the U.S. military —continues to pump money and jobs into the state, with contracts awarded this year valued at more than $3 billion over the next five years. [Vernon Inoshita, Kendall Ellingwood III, and Steve Teves of DPI sit down with Janis Magin to discuss how the government is helping the economy.]