A developer has come up with enough money to satisfy a $3.4 million debt and resolve a mortgage default, surprising those who had other plans for the area.

Lineal descendants of Punaluʻu and conservationists devise plans to permanently protect the land on Hawaiʻi island and its unique cultural and ecological features.

Land swap could clear the way for commercial development on land set aside for housing. Commissioners say it’s worth it for the revenue.

In Kalaeloa, affordable housing units aren’t a lot cheaper than market-rate units. So the developer plans to raise the price of market-rate units.

But they have declined to advance provisions that would have defunded the stadium and given the money to the University of Hawaiʻi instead.

The council acted in November 2023 to reduce a backlog of permit applications, but the program hasn’t launched yet.

Utilities and infrastructure are expected to add millions more but stadium developers would be expected to pay for those costs.

DHHL wants to transform an airport hanger into a manufacturing center to lower costs and address a waitlist so long that people have died waiting for homestead land.

After years of futility, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has new support for its plans to build affordable housing and a hotel on 30 acres of the Honolulu waterfront.

It’s scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hoʻokupu Center in Kewalo Basin.