Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

Amazon US Real Estate LLC has asked the city to raise the height limit from 60 to 100 feet on 16.5 acres of its 31.6-acre parcel at 91-400 Malakole Street in Kapolei, zoned for industrial-commercial mixed use. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-ZCH-2]

On city land at 91-683 Wakea Street in Honouliuli, KP52 Developer, LLC seeks affordable-housing exemptions for Kapolei Parkway Lots 2 to 5. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-AH-1]

Two subsea telecommunication cable projects need Special Management Area permits for their landings. [source: DPP's public-input map]

On Sept. 21 and 22 the Hawaiian Homes Commission takes up a consultation report on a proposed solid-waste-to-fuel and tire processing plant at Kalaeloa. [source: the Hawaiian Homes Commission's agenda, Sept. 21, 2026]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 19, 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 Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale's page. Corrections: the corrections log.