Board clears path for new Waikiki hotel

Kyo-ya can pursue the project following a two-year battle over its zoning variance

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 24, 2012

~~<p>A plan to build Waikiki's first new oceanfront hotel in more than 30 years prevailed in a zoning challenge Thursday, freeing the project to proceed after a nearly two-year skirmish before the city Zoning Board of Appeals.</p>
<p>The Zoning Board unanimously voted to uphold a December 2010 decision by the director of the city Department of Planning and Permitting that granted Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts a zoning variance to replace an eight-story wing of its Moana Surfrider Hotel with a 26-story tower.</p>
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A plan to build Waikiki's first new oceanfront hotel in more than 30 years prevailed in a zoning challenge Thursday, freeing the project to proceed after a nearly two-year skirmish before the city Zoning Board of Appeals.

The Zoning Board unanimously voted to uphold a December 2010 decision by the director of the city Department of Planning and Permitting that granted Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts a zoning variance to replace an eight-story wing of its Moana Surfrider Hotel with a 26-story tower. Login for more...