The trendy Honolulu neighborhood is a designated special “community development district.” But critics say it has done little to ease the island’s affordable housing crisis.

The state attorney general isn’t part of the deal, so the suit continues toward its April trial date.

A five-year legal battle challenges the control of the streets by a private company that charges for parking and provides little road maintenance.

Developers and builders must be incentivized to construct more affordable housing — and not just as a percentage of units in condo towers.

Merchants say they leased new space in Ward Village expecting to benefit from the proximity of hordes of condo-dwellers. Now they wonder where they are.

If they make the right connections, artists, woodworkers and other creative types can benefit from the development of all those shiny skyscrapers.

The company will soon depart its landmark namesake building to make way for developer offices and model condos.

Howard Hughes Corp. seems to stay on course as it navigates burial grounds and being in the path of rail.