University of Hawaii, West Oahu campus development plan
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The University of Hawaii, West O'ahu campus has been in planning for the past 25 years and would be located on the Ewa Plain on the island of Oahu. UH-West O'ahu presently holds classes at Leeward Community College.
In a Honolulu Advertiser article dated July 11, 2006 and entitled, UH-West plan may add 4,000 homes, Andrew Gomes reported on plans for the campus and related housing:
- A year ago, UH officials selected Hunt as the best-qualified developer to help realize the plan. Since then, the company and the university have been working on detailed planning and design for the 500-acre site between Kapolei Golf Course and the planned North-South Road makai of Farrington Highway.
- Hunt plans to buy and develop 287 acres of state land and to use development proceeds to build the university campus on 214 acres.
- Preliminary housing details of the project were disclosed in a draft environmental impact statement UH filed last week with the state Office of Environmental Quality Control.
- Of 4,041 units planned by Hunt, 761 would be for student and faculty housing. Another 355 are described as "workforce/affordable housing." The balance — 2,925 homes — would be a mix of market-priced townhouses and single-family homes.
- 2,280 STUDENT BEDS
- UH estimated that student housing units would provide about 2,280 beds for an expected campus population of 7,600 students.
- A commercial village that includes 842,900 square feet of building space and some homes would serve as the project's town center and a transition between the university and residential areas.
- The initial phase of the estimated $150 million campus with four classroom buildings accommodating 1,520 students is scheduled for completion in 2009. The initial phase also would include 616 market-priced homes, according to the environmental filing.
- No timetable has been set for a subsequent phase of the campus that would contain the affordable homes, the student and faculty housing plus the balance of market-priced homes.
External links
- A BRIGHT FUTURE lies ahead for West O`ahu University of Hawaii.
- (see map of plans from July 11, 2006 Advertiser article.)
- Gomes, Andrew. UH-West plan may add 4,000 homes Honolulu Advertiser, July 11, 2006.
- Gima, Craig. UH-West Oahu plan gets OK --Development would include the campus and nearby housing Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 21, 2006.
- Don’t let politics delay UH-West Oahu again THE ISSUE: The UH Board of Regents has revised its plan for construction of a Kapolei campus. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, July 24, 2006.
- Legislature must OK UH-West O'ahu funds Honolulu Advertiser, October 14, 2006.
- Awakuni, Gene. University’s sale of land helps fulfill its mission Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 31, 2007.
- OUR OPINION: Lawmakers should provide UH-West funds THE ISSUE: Funding for the University of Hawaii's Leeward campus remains uncertain. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 13, 2007.