Hawaii Real Estate
Just in time for our 2022 inaugural Second Shelters column, Travel + Leisure published its list of best small towns in the U.S. to buy a vacation home. Though they span the nation coast to coast, all have one thing in common—understated luxury in a serene, peaceful environment.
This week we center on the remote island of Lanai – a secluded 140-square-mile Hawaiian island majority-owned by American business magnate Larry Ellison. Lanai is exclusive and private, with few listings ever coming to market. That is, except for the one we feature today. This week’s “What Can I Get” is an $8.8 million Lanai paradise…
Hawaii has had a complicated relationship with the short-term vacation rental market. Back before Silicon Valley got its claws into the process, these types of arrangements were called B&Bs (bed and breakfasts). Stereotypically, older ladies with a penchant for macramé would rent rooms and provide a meal or two – hence the name. In recent…
Passing by a long-vacant lot, a sign suddenly appeared heralding the future of six townhouses facing the ocean on Oahu’s storied Kahala Avenue. The lot’s most recent history involves a Japanese billionaire who purchased over 30 homes and lots in this small enclave that he subsequently let deteriorate. Some thought his plan was to degrade…
Honolulu’s Gold Coast is a scant half-mile stretch of oceanfront high-rises at the foot of Diamond Head. You may think that Hawaii has the same unending tonnage of oceanfront high-rises seen around Florida, not true. Within Honolulu, there are just 18 oceanfront residential high-rises. Seventeen are on the Gold Coast and one in Waikiki. None…
