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Ala Moana-Kakaʻako: the brief, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026

On Sept. 24 the City Council's zoning committee takes up a resolution approving the conceptual plan for a mixed-use project at 1450 Ala Moana Boulevard, on 187,174 square feet inside the Ala Moana transit-oriented development plan area; the applicant is BSC Acquisitions II, LLC. [source: the Committee on Zoning and Planning's agenda, Sept. 24, 2026 (Resolution 26-171)]

DPP's file describes the project as a 38-story, 418-foot hotel with 291 rooms and a 17-story tower with 145 market-rate and 69 affordable rental apartments; the file and the resolution print different parcel numbers (2-3-038:014 and 2-3-038:041). [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-PDP-1]

The YMCA of Honolulu has asked to rezone its 1.77-acre parcel at 401 Atkinson Drive from high-density to medium-density apartment use. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-ZCH-1]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 20, 2026 from the records linked in each sentence; it says what was on the record that day, in plain words, and does not predict outcomes or take sides. What has happened since is on Ala Moana-Kakaʻako's page. Corrections: the corrections log.