5 of the best · Hawaiʻi, USA

What’s New and What’s Being Built in Hawaiʻi

Skyline’s second segment to the airport, Ward Village, Lahaina’s rebuilding, the Ritz-Carlton on the North Shore and Kauaʻi’s reopened park. We give status, not prices.

Our 5 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated November 2026

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Three Hawaiʻi moments we keep going back to: Diamond Head at opening time, sunset on the terrace of House Without a Key, and a morning at Pearl Harbor.

Open to the airport

Skyline: Honolulu’s railway, Segment 2

Oʻahu·Railway

The elevated railway now runs past Pearl Harbor to the airport and on towards town.

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Open and growing

Ward Village

Kakaʻako·Neighbourhood

Kakaʻako’s new neighbourhood of residences, shops and restaurants.

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The full list: Developments, A–Z

Works and projects 5

What’s open and what’s coming.

Partly open

Kauaʻi’s state parks: Hāʻena reopened

Kauaʻi·Parks

Hāʻena State Park reopened on 15 October 2026; Kōkeʻe Road is closed.

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Rebuilding

Lahaina: the rebuilding

Maui·Recovery

West Maui’s historic town is rebuilding after the wildfire of August 2023.

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Open to the airport

Skyline: Honolulu’s railway, Segment 2

Oʻahu·Railway

The elevated railway now runs past Pearl Harbor to the airport and on towards town.

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Open

The Ritz-Carlton Oʻahu, Turtle Bay

North Shore·Resort

The North Shore’s Turtle Bay resort, now a Ritz-Carlton.

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Open and growing

Ward Village

Kakaʻako·Neighbourhood

Kakaʻako’s new neighbourhood of residences, shops and restaurants.

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