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Nohona Hale (630 Cooke Street): – Project Update:

The micro unit affordable rental housing project, Nohona Hale, at 630 Cooke Street is

nearing a project milestone as the project developer, Bronx Pro Group, plans to submit its 201H

application this month.

Design:

Presented as an innovative and environmentally sustainable micro-unit housing project,

Nohona Hale is poised to redefine affordable housing design in Honolulu. The project’s

proposed sustainable design elements include: vertical and building integrated photovoltaic

panels, an urban farm, LED light fixtures, low-flow water fixtures, controlled natural daylighting

and ventilation, cool roofs, low-e glazing, and solar hot water. The developer also proposes to

include innovative design elements such as: micro-units with generous high-quality community

space, prefab/modular kitchen and baths, prefab lanai and shading elements, transit oriented

design features, a street level community room, amenities typically available only in market or

luxury projects, and design integration of art and culture. These are all elements not typically

seen in low-income housing in Honolulu.

Nohona Hale Project Information

Building Height Approx. 168’

Gross Floor Area 57,736 SF

Site Area 10,409 SF

Floor Area Ratio (FAR) 5.5

Total Micro-Units 110 micro units + 1 Resident Manager Unit

Priced for 60% AMI or Below 99 units (90% of total)

Priced for 30% AMI or Below 11 units (10% of total)

Recreation Space & Open Space: 6,944 SF

Garden 856 SF

Lobby/Gathering Space 671 SF

Covered Lanai 318 SF

Community Room 2,009 SF

Gym (Lvl 2) 386 SF

Exterior Community Room 1,260 SF

Community Lanai 591 SF

Urban Farm 853 SF

Parking 5 Stalls

The HCDA Design Advisory Board (DAB), met on May 18, 2017 to review the design and

provided comments. The DAB included Authority Member Beau Basset and Authority Member

Wei Fang; Mr. Anthony X. Ching from City & County of Honolulu, Department of Planning &

Permitting, Urban Design Section; and Mr. Joseph Ferraro, AIA of Ferraro and Choi, Inc.

Financing:

The Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation (HHFDC) has approved

allocation of $20,698,716 in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and $21,881,809 in

Rental Housing Revolving Fund (RHRF) for the project.

Schedule:

In addition to securing project financing, the developer spent significant resources in

preparing the project for the 201H application approval process. The 201H process allows the

project to be exempted from Mauka Area Rules HCDA approval process.

The developer’s team completed both Phase I and II environmental site assessments,

prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA), as well as an archaeological inventory survey

(AIS) that was reviewed and approved by the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division.

The 201H approval is expected in early October, the building permit approval is

anticipated in March 2018, which will allow the developer to close on construction financing and

advance toward ground breaking.

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KAKA‘AKO: HISTORICAL & CULTURAL BRIEF | MAY 2016

from the corner of Coral Street up to South Street. The street-level units housed restaurants, a barber shop, and grocery, hardware, and furniture stores. Upstairs were apartments and a common lanai where the residents would gather and socialize. Magoon Block’s most notorious residents were the coin-diving boys, a loose gang of a dozen or so boys that shared the second-floor apartments. To make ends meet, they would dive for coins that visitors would toss into the water from the boats and piers along the harbor.

Across from Magoon Block was a smaller block called Kumalae. Mostly Hawaiian families lived there. The main building had a laundry store with a poi factory in the back and apartments on the second floor. It was smaller than Magoon, but it was where political rallies were held. The rallies were big, festive events with music and hula. Politicians, like Johah Kūhiō and William Paul Jarrett, would stand on the second floor porch, covered in lei, and speak at length on the issues of the day. Kaka‘ako was an influential district, and it was said, “as Kaka‘ako went, so went the election.”

Industry In, Residents Out

When Kaka‘ako was rezoned for industrial use in the 1950s, it completely transformed the character of the neighborhood. Residents moved out as their leases expired and apartments and cottages torn down and replaced with warehouses and mechanic shops. Many of the Squattersville residents relocated to Papakōlea. In the 1970s, Kaka‘ako was known for its small businesses and urban industrial establishments and was viewed as a rough, run-down, and underused neighborhood.

In 1976, state lawmakers created the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority (HCDA). The HCDA was tasked with developing and implementing plans and programs for areas that the lawmakers designated as “community development districts.” Kaka‘ako was selected as the HCDA’s first community development district.

In 1982, after a five-year planning process, the HCDA released the very first plan for Kaka‘ako, now known as the Mauka Area Plan and Rules. The original planning vision called for a mixed-use community, with a focus on large lot development through land consolidation.

After a comprehensive review of the plan, a revised version was adopted by the HCDA in 2005. A key objective of the revised Mauka Area Plan is “to encourage the development of ‘urban village’ neighborhoods . . . where people can live, work, shop and recreate within their neighborhood.”

It is in many ways a return to the spirit of Kaka‘ako’s past, where working families built and sustained a community buzzing with connectivity, commerce, ideas, and action.

Pohukaina Elementary School, date unknown Magoon Block, date unknown

Pohukaina Elementary School (demolished in 1980), located on Pohukaina Street between Keawe and Coral Streets. Margaret Waldron, better known as Mother Waldron, was a fourth grade teacher there from 1913 until her retirement in 1934. Her after-school headquarters were at the nearby Atkinson Park, now Mother Waldron Park. Tough and respected, she kept the neighborhood gangs in line, and organized barefoot football teams, sewing classes, and cooking clubs.

Tenements, Commerce, and Politics

One block to the west of the subject property were two residential hubs, known as Magoon Block and Kumalae Block. Many of the interviewees described them as the center of community life.

Magoon Block consisted of a two-story building with a cluster of cottages in the back. In 1930, approximately twenty families lived there. The main building extended along Queen Street

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