Discussing the Kyo-Ya Expansion - Town Square Radio on HPR

By Beth-Ann Kozlovich
Townsquare on Hawai'i Public Radio
January 11, 2011
Host Beth-Ann Kozlovich is joined in the studio, representing the coalition of groups who filed the appeal, Marti Townsend, Program Director at KAHEA. Also in the studio and not a part of the appeal, Scott Wilson, a licensed architect on the board of directors of AIA Honolulu Chapter, and Patrick Onishi, an architect and part-time faculty member at UH School of Architecture's Community Design and Sustainable Research Program.


For 35 years, development in Waikiki has operated under zoning laws curtailing the height of buildings while providing a specified setback along the beachfront. That's now going out the window say a coalition of environmental group. Last week they collectively filed an appeal to the Department of Planning and permitting's decision to grant a variance to Kyo-Ya Hotels and Resorts allowing a tripling of the Moana's diamond head tower. Host Beth-Ann Kozlovich is joined in the studio, representing the coalition of groups who filed the appeal, Marti Townsend, Program Director at KAHEA. Also in the studio and not a part of the appeal, Scott Wilson, a licensed architect on the board of directors of AIA Honolulu Chapter, and Patrick Onishi, an architect and part-time faculty member at UH School of Architecture's Community Design and Sustainable Research Program.

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