County of Hawaii 1997 Data Book Section 16: Construction and Housing

County of Hawaii 1997 Data Book Section 16: Construction and Housing
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Table 16.1-- NUMBER AND VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1982 TO 1997

(Thousands of dollars. Private and public construction, including demolition and razing)

Year	Number issued	Estimated value

1982	2,581	75,715
1983	2,649	95,979
1984	2,834	102,805
1985	2,933	132,735
1986	2,717	231,997
1987	3,175	146,035
1988	3,719	192,433
1989	4,880	365,456
1990	4,720	493,788
1991	4,799	402,790
1992	4,226	418,791
1993	4,302	270,689
1994	2,935	205,137
1995	3,046	289,996
1996	2,892	215,646
1997	2,724	219,288

Source: Hawaii County Building Division, records.

Table 16.2-- NUMBER AND VALUE OF BUILDING PERMITS, BY TYPE, HAWAII COUNTY: 1997

(Thousands of dollars. Limited to private construction.)

Category	Number issued	Extimated value

Total ............................	2,724	219,288

Residential ................................	660	83,891
Single-family ............................	649	78,802
Two-family ...............................	2	280
Apartments ...............................	2	4,463
Hotels, motels, etc. .....................	-	-
Other shelters ...........................	7	346

Additions & alterations ....................	1,425	37,336
Houses & apartments ......................	1,162	19,378
Other buildings ..........................	263	17,958

Miscellaneous residential permits ..........	21	242
Moved or relocated buildings .............	10	31
Mobile homes .............................	-	-
Conversion of nonresid. to resid. ........	5	78
Conversion of resid. to nonresid. ........	6	134

Demolition & razing ........................	52	117
Residential ..............................	35	55
Single-family ..........................	35	55
Two-family .............................	-	-
Apartments .............................	-	-
Others (non-residential) .................	17	62

Non-residential buildings ..................	416	34,749
Amusement & recreation ...................	3	349
Churches & other religious ...............	2	63
Industrial ...............................	2	50
Parking garages ..........................	2	50
Residential garages & carports ...........	40	498
Service stations & repair ................	3	196
Hospital & other institutional ...........	1	4,500
Office, bank, & professional .............	11	10,868
Public utility (private only) ............	5	3,585
Schools & other educ. (private only) .....	-	-
Stores & other mercantile ................	14	4,928
Other non-residential ....................	241	5,068
Structures other than buildings ..........	92	5,594

Source: Tabulated by Hawaii County Department of Research and Development from "County of Hawaii Monthly Cooperative Report of Local Construction," submitted to F.W. Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company, by Hawaii County Building Division.

Table 16.3-- BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, BY DISTRICT, HAWAII COUNTY: 1997

(Including additions, alternations and demolitions)

	Commercial			Residential			Public
District	Units	Permit	Value ($1000)	Units	Permit	Value ($1000)	Units	Permit	Value ($1000)

TOTAL	0	305	44,590	766	2,269	111,655	0	150	187,229

Puna	0	32	2,372	193	554	18,286	0	22	91,156

South Hilo	0	95	22,812	162	478	21,639	0	83	22,830

North Hilo	0	2	61	14	38	1,399	0	1	-

Hamakua	0	6	329	23	76	2,976	0	7	816

North Kohala	0	1	5	36	84	5,232	0	7	664

South Kohala	0	36	3,436	74	277	22,503	0	5	-

North Kona	0	101	13,703	205	570	32,515	0	20	71,539

South Kona	0	24	1,301	26	88	4,397	0	2	33

Kau	0	8	572	33	104	2,707	0	3	193

Source: Hawaii County Building Division, records.

Table 16.4-- CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS AND COMPLETIONS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1977 TO 1997

(In thousands of dollars)

	Authorizations
Year	Private	Total	Total completed

1977	49,987	62,089	51,900
1978	74,469	82,064	63,131
1979	112,528	139,371	80,303

1980	146,395	154,351	98,607
1981	136,418	172,794	102,146
1982	75,254	87,995	78,707
1983	90,376	95,751	78,112
1984	90,652	102,746	80,465
1985	122,035	132,734	81,102
1986	232,007	250,493	95,769
1987	144,143	187,186	124,800
1988	189,323	199,785	162,756
1989	342,212	359,027	191,675

1990	424,038	494,218	350,810
1991	375,252	408,222	354,342
1992	380,134	418,749	258,329
1993	250,192	273,421	247,609
1994	181,846	205,137	221,774
1995	268,192	290,033	222,250
1996	171,636	215,489	186,121
1997	150,989	218,889	164,279

Source: Bank of Hawaii, Construction in Hawaii, 1998, p.22.

Table 16.5-- PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1995 AND 1997

Subject	1996	1997

Authorized housing units (number)
Total ...........................	769	718
New single-family units .........	700	649
New multi-family units ..........	69	69

Permit value ($ million)
Total ...........................	98.7	99.9
New single-family units .........	73.3	78.8
New multi-family units ..........	7.3	4.7
Additions and alterations .......	18.1	16.4

Source: Bank of Hawaii, Construction in Hawaii, 1998, p.23.

Table 16.6-- PRIVATE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, HAWAII COUNTY: 1996 AND 1997

(In millions of dollars)

Subject	1996	1997

Total authorizations .........	39.8	30.1

Hotels ............................	-	-
Office buildings ..................	12.7	6.6
Stores and mercantile .............	13.6	4.2
Manufacturing buildings ...........	0.1	0.1
Miscellaneous .....................	13.4	16.6

Source: Bank of Hawaii, Construction in Hawaii, 1998, p.10.

Table 16.7-- PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION AUTHORIZED BY PERMITS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1990 TO 1997

Category and year authorized	Number

New 1-family dwellings:
1990 ............................................	2,024
1991 ............................................	2,309
1992 ............................................	1,501
1993 ............................................	1,539
1994 ............................................	858
1995 ............................................	908
1996 ............................................	700
1997 ............................................	649

New duplex units:
1990 ............................................	50
1991 ............................................	44
1992 ............................................	22
1993 ............................................	26
1994 ............................................	16
1995 ............................................	10
1996 ............................................	6
1997 ............................................	4

New apartments:
1990 ............................................	580
1991 ............................................	565
1992 ............................................	99
1993 ............................................	152
1994 ............................................	76
1995 ............................................	80
1996 ............................................	63
1997 ............................................	65

Units demolished: 1/
1990 ............................................	54
1991 ............................................	39
1992 ............................................	55
1993 ............................................	51
1994 ............................................	67
1995 ............................................	66
1996 ............................................	41
1997 ............................................	37

1/ Excludes housing destroyed by fire, volcanic activity, high winds, and other disasters.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Housing Unit Estimates for Hawaii, 1980-1995 (Statistical Report 230, September 1996), p.14; and Hawaii County Building Division, records.

Table 16.8-- HOTEL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1966 TO 1997

		Permit value ($1,000)
Year	Number of new Projects	New construction	Additions &alterations	Total construction

1966	7	4,063	423	4,486
1967 ....	1	150	3,434	3,584
1968 ....	28	4,512	-	4,512
1969 ....	28	14,222	775	14,997

1970 ....	2	13,280	-	13,280
1971 ....	11	7,874	-	7,874
1972 ....	1	4,500	1,788	6,288
1973 ....	2	317	325	642
1974 ....	2	8,005	250	8,255
1975 ....	-	-	-	-
1976 ....	-	-	600	600
1977 ....	1	408	-	408
1978 ....	-	-	-	-
1979 ....	1	1,075	-	1,075

1980 ....	2	20,900	-	20,900
1981 ....	1	36,051	-	36,051
1982 ....	-	-	-	-
1983 ....	-	-	130	130
1984 ....	-	-	-	-
1985 ....	-	-	110	110
1986 ....	2	44,000	123	44,123
1987 ....	-	-	296	296
1988 ....	-	-	4,488	4,488
1989 ....	1	39,528	2,860	42,388

1990 ....	2	67,027	303	67,330
1991 ....	1	1,047	75	1,122
1992 ....	1	113,230	3,241	116,471
1993 ....	-	-	442	442
1994 ....	-	-	979	979
1995 ....	1	44,832	17,526	66,358
1996 ....	-	-	150	150
1997 ....	-	-	3,000	3,000

Source: Bank of Hawaii, Construction in Hawaii, 1998, p.27.

Table 16.9-- SUMMARY OF PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1984 TO 1997

		New housing 2/
		Single-family		Multi-family
Year	Housing inventory at April 1 1/	Units	Value ($1,000)	Units	Value ($1,000)

1984 ......	39,164 3/	910	42,260	181	16,441
1985 ......	40,054 3/	988	51,935	190	25,342
1986 ......	41,006 3/	1,129	61,633	39	1,971
1987 ......	42,022 3/	1,367	78,857	361	15,916
1988 ......	43,397 3/	1,715	108,010	474	17,172
1989 ......	45,520 3/	2,562	162,735	455	44,978

1990 ......	48,253 3/	2,024	165,475	627	87,499
1991 ......	50,579	2,346	219,322	609	79,410
1992 ......	53,421	1,501	143,737	121	10,077
1993 ......	55,396	1,539	140,035	178	14,997
1994 ......	57,204	858	91,461	92	4,172
1995 ......	58,143	908	105,508	90	12,149
1996 ......	NA	700	73,349	69	7,273
1997 ......	NA	649	78,802	69	4,743

	New commercial & industrial 2/		Additions & alterations
Year	Number of buildings	Permit value ($1,000)	Residential ($1,000)	Commercial & industrial ($1,000)

1984 ......	438	16,509	5,930	9,512
1985 ......	419	25,046	6,872	12,846
1986 ......	392	52,351	5,956	66,096
1987 ......	429	25,567	7,499	16,304
1988 ......	478	33,266	8,570	22,305
1989 ......	561	99,152	14,469	20,878

1990 ......	NA	139,045	12,531	19,488
1991 ......	NA	40,385	17,390	18,745
1992 ......	NA	183,806	16,176	26,339
1993 ......	NA	43,786	19,176	32,199
1994 ......	NA	56,260	12,794	17,160
1995 ......	NA	82,797	24,757	42,981
1996 ......	NA	39,752	18,133	33,129
1997 ......	NA	30,073	16,403	20,968

1/ State Department of Business and Economic Development.
2/ Department of Public Works, Hawaii County.
Source: Bank of Hawaii, Construction in Hawaii, 1998, p.23.

Table 16.10-- COMPONENTS OF CHANGE IN THE HOUSING INVENTORY BY CONTROL, HAWAII COUNTY: APRIL 1, 1992 TO MARCH 31, 1993 AND APRIL 1, 1994 TO MARCH 31, 1995

Subject	Hawaii County	Private 1/	HHA (Teachers)

April 1, 1994 - March 31, 1995

New housing units built:
In 1-unit structures ........	858	858	-
In 2-unit structures ........	16	16	-
In multi-unit structures ....	118	114	4

Housing units converted 2/ ...	+17	+17	-

Housing units demolished .....	89	89	-

Housing units transferred 3/ .	-	-	-

April 1, 1992 - March 31, 1993

New housing units built:
In 1-unit structures ........	2,381	2,309	3
In 2-unit structures ........	50	44	6
In multi-unit structures ....	572	572	-

Housing units converted 2/ ...	+15	+15	-

Housing units demolished .....	169	169	-

Housing units transferred 3/ .	-	+59	-

1/ Based on building permit data, allowing nine months for completion of units in multi-unit structures and three months for all other activity.
2/ Number added less number deleted. State and county totals exclude nonresponding groups.
3/ Net gain (+) or loss (-) by purchase, sales, donation, or lease. There were units in interagency transfer in which the receiving agency was not identified.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Housing Unit Estimates for Hawaii, 1980-1995 (Statistical report 230, September 1996), p.16.

Table 16.11-- ESTIMATED VALUE OF LAND TRANSACTIONS, BY COUNTIES: 1969 TO 1997

		County
Year	State	Honolulu	Hawaii	Maui	Kauai

1969 .....	807,565	596,427	108,728	75,257	27,153

1970 .....	880,226	668,003	111,239	76,462	24,522
1971 .....	1,043,539	812,545	131,267	71,480	28,247
1972 .....	1,508,602	1,142,699	170,995	114,634	80,274
1973 .....	1,928,888	1,441,073	212,170	189,958	85,687
1974 .....	1,711,217	1,305,257	156,682	183,760	65,518
1975 .....	1,445,116	1,064,559	138,289	194,478	47,790
1976 .....	1,733,062	1,312,981	141,779	222,214	56,088
1977 .....	2,152,230	1,471,172	209,366	384,122	87,570
1978 .....	3,050,870	2,017,774	288,886	581,485	162,725
1979 .....	4,475,715	3,009,059	545,192	643,711	277,753

1980 .....	4,224,807	2,749,190	546,141	611,607	317,869
1981 .....	3,200,331	2,078,739	397,740	424,994	298,858
1982 .....	3,011,060	1,911,711	293,310	602,464	203,575
1983 .....	3,272,167	2,333,882	359,695	423,712	154,878
1984 .....	3,764,563	2,549,352	467,052	610,385	137,773
1985 .....	3,778,078	2,581,678	359,835	562,563	274,002
1986 .....	5,911,973	4,182,294	620,157	1,080,487	326,870
1987 .....	7,020,141	4,820,850	641,667	1,169,182	388,442
1988 .....	9,468,113	6,705,645	971,541	1,344,818	446,136
1989 .....	13,303,281	8,514,926	1,671,483	2,446,997	669,875

1990 .....	15,485,800	9,297,328	2,537,878	3,042,876	607,717
1991 .....	8,309,494	5,312,699	1,169,838	1,117,076	709,881
1992 .....	7,850,447	5,590,377	886,726	1,027,394	345,950
1993 .....	12,270,676	8,621,058	1,345,225	1,753,255	551,138
1994 .....	10,701,398	7,461,624	1,120,254	1,441,528	677,991
1995 .....	6,424,486	4,465,271	849,979	847,247	261,990
1996 1/...	5,793,251	3,640,154	786,192	990,129	376,776
1997 .....	6,298,003	4,042,187	851,136	1,057,281	347,399

1/ Revised.
Source: Bank of Hawaii, Construction in Hawaii, 1998, p.30.

Table 16.12-- RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT HOUSING UNITS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1977 TO 1994

Year	Total	Resident 1/	Nonresident 2/

1977 .......	29,453	29,123	330
1978 .......	30,579	30,008	571
1979 .......	32,283	31,548	735

1980 .......	34,215	33,594	621
1981 .......	36,041	34,782	1,259
1982 .......	37,453	35,969	1,484
1983 .......	38,264	36,495	1,769
1984 .......	39,164	37,262	1,902
1985 .......	40,054	37,775	2,279
1986 .......	41,006	38,954	2,052
1987 .......	42,022	39,920	2,102
1988 .......	43,397	41,043	2,354
1989 .......	45,520	43,502	2,018

1990 .......	48,253	46,138	2,115
1991 .......	50,579	48,178	2,401
1992 .......	53,421	51,087	2,334
1993 .......	55,396	53,176	2,220
1994 .......	57,204	54,721	2,483

1/ Estimated as of April 1. Includes all housing units other than condominium units in rental pools and intended for transient occupancy.
2/ Condominium units in rental pools and intended for transient occupancy, based on February survey data from the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau. Includes condo/hotel units.
Source: Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Housing Unit Estimates for Hawaii, 1970-1989 (Statistical Report 213, October 1989), p.8; and Housing Unit Estimates for Hawaii, 1980-1995 (Statistical Report 230, September 1996), p.10.

Table 16.13-- RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS, BY STRUCTURE, HAWAII COUNTY, BY DISTRICT: 1992

District	Total	Single family	Duplexes	3 or more

County total ....	46,958	37,150	1,092	8,716

Puna ...............	7,108	6,971	44	93

South Hilo .........	16,187	13,047	510	2,630

North Hilo .........	660	621	28	11

Hamakua ............	1,761	1,695	22	44

North Kohala .......	1,465	1,424	34	7

South Kohala .......	4,412	2,994	114	1,304

North Kona .........	11,108	6,457	276	4,375

South Kona .........	2,380	2,252	40	88

Kau ................	1,877	1,689	24	164