Advanced Health Care Corp., an Idaho company, has announced that they would like to build a skilled nursing facility in Aina Haina. The company stated that they are under contract to purchase a 2.4 acre property located at 5415 Kalanianaole Highway. The plan is to build a 48,000 square foot facility which would have a total of fifty rooms, which would cater mostly to seniors on Medicare and Medicade. However, there are several major contigencies regarding the actual purchase of the property, and the company hopes to finish its state regulatory and permitting process before the transaction is scheduled to close in September 2013. If everything moves according to schedule, the facility would be built in 2014 and open in early 2015.
However, the project does face some opposition from the community. President of the Aina Haina Community Association, Wayson Chow, stated that concerns include how a large commercial facility on the beachfront would impact traffic and other shoreline concerns. Chow added, “To build a health care facility on an oceanfront property that’s previously been hit by the 1946 tsunami endangers the safety of patients and employees, and it would cause substantial disruption of the limited Aina Haina tsunami refuge facility. It is unwise and highly unreasonable.”
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 12-10-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
