Bridge Real Estate Hawaii has announced a plan to sell 23 agricultural land lots in Kailua on the hillside of Mount Olomana as a part of a new gated community neighborhood. Advertised as "luxury Hawaiiana living at its finest", the lots will be over $1 million each and would require buyers to live on the property and use it for agricultural purposes. Owners would be permitted to build one or two "farm dwellings" on each lot. Lots are expected to go on sale over the next couple of months.
However, many area residents argue that having a couple of fruit trees, ornamental plants, herbs and other specialty crops is not the same thing as using agricultural land the way it was intended. Chairman of the Kailua Neighborhood Board, Chuck Prentiss, stated, "It seems to be a way to get around having agricultural land protected. It really is gentlemen's estates."
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 7-29-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, REALTOR®
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