Ground Floor: Kealanani
Overlooking Kauai’s northeastern shore, the Kealanani property spans nine valleys and includes several natural waterfalls.
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An agricultural and residential community concentrating on tea, taro, and cacao is certainly a deviation from the golf-centric communities scattered throughout the Hawaiian Islands, but Kealanani’s unique presence is exactly what developers Paul Kyno and Andy Friend had in mind.Overlooking Kauai’s northeastern shore—on 2,021 acres of a former sugar plantation just outside the town of Kapa’a and nine miles north of the Lihue Airport—the Kealanani property spans nine valleys and includes several natural waterfalls. The community will be a cross between agricultural enterprise and nature preserve, whose purpose, says Kyno, is to maintain Kauai’s heritage while also creating a sustainable and rural Hawaiian experience.
Kyno and Friend’s plan for Kealanani calls for a total of 190 homesites, which range from three to 100 acres and are priced between $500,000 and $3 million. Phase one’s 47 lots were released for sale last November, and the first home is expected to break ground in 2009. Buyers have the opportunity to design their own homes but are instructed to build within a designated area to leave the best-growing areas for agriculture and to avoid obstructing neighbors’ views. Guidelines specify that the homes must fall between 1,600 and 5,000 square feet, with a height limitation of 25 feet.
Each homeowner at Kealanani is required to grow at least four cacao trees, as well as develop a usage plan for the plot. Options range from planting tropical fruit trees to boarding horses. The developers and agricultural advisors are available to assist novice growers, and plans for growing tea and taro are already in place.
Kealanani’s homeowners will be able to sell their produce at
the development’s 25-stall permanent farmers market. Other on-site amenities
will include a tea shop, a general store, a post office, a charter school for 60
students, and Hawaii’s only state-sanctioned rodeo arena. Kealanani also will
include a 14-acre park and 12-mile trail system, offering homeowners easy access
to the island’s natural beauty.
Kealanani, 808.651.3287, www.kealanani.com
