Kakaako public promenade is not slated for near future

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 12, 2012

~~<p>Question: I was under the impression that in the rebuilding of the John Dominis restaurant and redevelopment slated for Kakaako Waterfront Park and Kewalo Basin, there was to be a 30-foot pedestrian buffer between the buildings and water, ensuring the ability to walk unimpeded from Magic Island to Kakaako Waterfront Park. The new building replacing John Dominis seems to be designed on the old footprint, allowing it to completely block the public from the waterfront. When were these changes made, who allowed them and was the public ever notified?</p>
<p>Answer: Plans to construct a public promenade from Magic Island to Kakaako Waterfront Park are long term at best, and Ocean Investments, which took over the lease to the Ahui Street property where the John Dominis restaurant sat for 31 years, is not required to provide public accessway.</p>
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Question: I was under the impression that in the rebuilding of the John Dominis restaurant and redevelopment slated for Kakaako Waterfront Park and Kewalo Basin, there was to be a 30-foot pedestrian buffer between the buildings and water, ensuring the ability to walk unimpeded from Magic Island to Kakaako Waterfront Park. The new building replacing John Dominis seems to be designed on the old footprint, allowing it to completely block the public from the waterfront. When were these changes made, who allowed them and was the public ever notified?

Answer: Plans to construct a public promenade from Magic Island to Kakaako Waterfront Park are long term at best, and Ocean Investments, which took over the lease to the Ahui Street property where the John Dominis restaurant sat for 31 years, is not required to provide public accessway. Login for more...