Post #794030 by bamalamalu on Mon, Mar 25, 2019 5:39 PM

I don't have access to the entire article, but saw this recap elsewhere regarding the lease situation at La Mariana.
Sounds like if they don't get the extension, they could possibly be closed very soon.

Don't know if anyone has a Star Advertiser subscription and can share any more of the article, or has heard anything more?

They are trying to get a one year extension (the max they can get) on their lease, which means it would expire in April 2020.

If they don't get that extension, they will be out of a lease by the end of April 2019. BLNR is already taking bids and proposals for the property. Here's a snip from the SA article:

"State officials are considering a one-year extension, but also intend to issue a public request for bids on a new lease for the site that includes the restaurant, a clubhouse, a gift shop, an apartment and about 120 slips for sailboats in what is largely an industrial neighborhood.

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources is tasked with deciding whether to grant La Mariana the extra year of occupancy, which would follow a five-year extension to its original 35-year lease."

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/03/25/hawaii-news/sailing-club-faces-an-uncertain-future-as-their-lease-is-set-to-expire-in-april/

Sailing club faces an uncertain future as their lease is set to expire in April

14 hours ago - La Mariana Sailing Club could be facing its biggest survival test yet as the lease of the state land it occupies near Sand Island is expiring at the end of April.