LEGAL NOTICE
PROPOSED DISPOSITION OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS
41.152 acre Parcel in Wailua, Kaua’i; TMK No. (4) 3-9-006:009

As authorized by §220.5, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) invites interested persons to submit their applications, qualifications and experience and proposals for the development of the land described herein (the “Property”). Individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or other business entities interested in developing the Property shall have ninety (90) days from the date this Legal Notice is last published – that date of last publishment being December 4, 2024 – in which to submit the following for DHHL consideration:

1. An application to be project developer;
2. A statement of qualifications and experience;
3. Conceptual plans and description of the proposed development;
4. A proforma development budget and schedule; and
5. Proforma financial statements for the initial 10 years of commercial operations.

Submission items 3–5 shall be submitted in a sealed envelope. Only complete submission packages (with all five submission items) received by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, shall receive full consideration by DHHL.

DHHL will initially review submission items 1 and 2 to determine which applicants have met the minimum qualifications for selection as the project developer of the Property. Within ten (10) days of the submission package deadline – i.e., by not later than Friday, March 7, 2025 – said initial review shall be completed and DHHL will promptly thereafter notify the applicants determined not to be minimally qualified to move forward and will return their sealed envelopes to them unopened.

On Friday, March 14, 2025, DHHL shall open the sealed envelopes of the applicants determined to be minimally qualified for further consideration. If only one applicant has been determined to be qualified, DHHL may proceed to negotiate the details of a Project Developer Agreement (“PDA”) and General Lease (“GL”) with that qualified applicant. If there are two or more qualified applicants, then DHHL shall, within the next forty-five (45) days – i.e., by not later than Friday, April 25, 2025 – review, score and rank the respective submission packages in their entirety (i.e., considering all of submission items 1-5) and notify the qualified applicant with the highest ranking submission package of their selection to negotiate the details of a PDA and GL. If DHHL and the initial qualified applicant selected for negotiation are not able to agree upon final terms of a PDA and GL within sixty (60) days of their selection for negotiation – i.e., by not later than Friday, June 27, 2025 – subject to extension by mutual agreement of the negotiating parties, then DHHL may successively select the qualified applicant with the next highest ranking submission package for negotiation of the details of a PDA and GL, subject to the same 60-day negotiation period with extension by mutual agreement.

Information Packets containing an application form, a request for a statement of qualifications and experience, property information, objectives and criteria, and other requirements for completing the submission package process are available on DHHL’s website: https://dhhl.hawaii.gov or for pick up by prospective applicants during regular office hours at DHHL’s Oahu office located at 91-5420 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, HI, or at DHHL’s District Offices in Hilo and Waimea, Hawai’i; Hoolehua, Molokai; Wailuku, Maui and Lihue, Kaua’i.

Land to be Disposed: Approximately 41.152 acres of vacant/undeveloped land in Wailua, Kaua’i, (Tax Map Key No. (4) 3-9-006:009) nestled between Kuhio Highway (Hawai’i Route 56) to its west/mauka and Lydgate (County of Kaua’i) Park to its east/makai.

Nature of Development; Permitted Use: Commercial/Resort mixed-use project that would be permitted under an RR-20 zoning designation of the County of Kaua’i (if it was applicable). Proposals including any type of long term (non-transient) residential development will not be accepted.

Phased Leasing/Development: The Developer may propose to takedown (lease) and develop subdivided portions of the Property in multiple phases, which may result in multiple GL being issued under a single PDA.