Honolulu, Hawa`i, Aug. 12, 2016 — Beginning Aug. 8 and continuing this entire week, residents and the public have been participating in a design charrette on-site at Mayor Wright Homes to share their vision for the redevelopment with the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) and the Master Developer Team, led by Hunt Companies.
The ideas presented by the residents and the broader community over this week will be recapped at Mayor Wright Homes tonight from 6 p.m. to approximately 8 p.m.
The on-site Mayor Wright Homes’ design charrette week will include 18 hours of stakeholder interviews and 40 hours of a design-team workshop open to residents and interested members of the public. The ideas shared by the residents and community this week will inform the design of the redevelopment.
The development team is led by Hunt, but also includes McCormack Baron Salazar and Vitus Group. Collectively, the Master Developer Team has designed, planned, funded, developed, constructed and managed 91 similar projects throughout the United States.
In March 2016, HPHA executed a predevelopment agreement with the Master Developer Team for the redevelopment of Mayor Wright Homes into a mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented community.
The predevelopment agreement enables the HPHA to work with the development team and community stakeholders to develop a Master Plan for the Mayor Wright Homes site, including but not limited to obtaining requisite governmental approvals and environmental assessments and reviews.
“This week’s design charrette is critical to ensuring that the new redevelopment of Mayor Wright Homes will be a community that not only meets the needs of current residents, the most important stakeholders to the entire redevelopment, but will also create additional affordable/workforce housing for urban Honolulu.” stated Steve Colón, President of Hunt’s Hawaii division.
About HPHA
The HPHA is the sole public housing agency for the State of Hawai‘i, providing safe, sanitary and temporary housing to low-income families. The agency administers more than 6,000 federal and state low-income public housing units on five islands, and over 2,000 rental assistance vouchers on O‘ahu.
About Hunt Companies, Inc.
Founded in 1947, Hunt Companies, Inc. (Hunt) is today a holding company that invests in business focused in the real estate and infrastructure markets. The activities of Hunt’s affiliates and investees include investment management, mortgage banking, direct lending, loan servicing, asset management, property management, development, construction, consulting and advisory. The platforms employ over 6,000 people and touch over $30 billion in assets. Hunt has been active in Hawai`i for more than two decades, and has long been recognized for its innovative renovation of underutilized military properties, as well as its commitment to creating premier master-planned communities that complement the cultural and geographical riches of the Hawaiian Islands.
