Kaapu v. Aloha Tower Development Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

The plaintiff-appellant Kekoa D. Kaapu (Kaapu) appeals the circuit court’s decision and order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants-appellees Aloha Tower Development Corporation (ATDC) and Aloha Tower Associates (ATA). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1981, the Hawaii legislature found that the Hawaii downtown waterfront area “bounded by piers 8,9,10, and 11 and Nimitz Highway, including the Hale Awa Ku Moku Building and Irwin Memorial Park,” which it labeled the “Aloha Tower complex” (the complex), was “one of the most valuable properties in…