Friday, June 17, 2011

Haleiwa redevelopment has businesses fretting over future

Some owners are concerned that new buildings will lack space fit for them

Looking for more sources of revenue through additional lease space, landowner Kamehameha Schools hopes to "revitalize" a block of historic Haleiwa Town that is home to the popular Matsumoto and Aoki shave ice stores — a change prompting some businesses there to rethink their future.

"We're not sure we're going to be part of the change. We're not sure what we want to do," said Cathy Aoki, one of the owners of Aoki's Shave Ice.

A draft environmental assessment for the Kamehameha Schools Haleiwa Commercial Redevelopment Project is available for review at the state Office of Environmental Quality Control website (1.usa.gov/ l3bltw) in its current notices.

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