10. Central Oahu
Central Oahu is consist of Mililani, Wahiawa and Waipio. As the name suggests, it is located in the central of Oahu Island. This area has two military bases, Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield. If you take H-1 from Honolulu town, there is a split at Pearl City. One way is H1 going towards to west side, and the other is H-2 going to North Shore. Central Oahu is on H-2 on the way to North Shore.
Mililani
Mililani is located north of Waipio and south of Wahiawa. It takes about 40 minutes drive from Downtown Honolulu. Mililani is one of Hawaii's first planned communities by Castle & Cooke. Before developed, the area was a plantation fields. Castle & Cooke's plan was to collaborate with planners and architects on making Mililani Town a satellite city that would satisfy Oʻahu's demand for housing with a new affordable community. In 1976, H-2 highway was open and it cut the commuting time to Honolulu in half.
It is consists of two areas - Mililani Town and Mililani Mauka. Mililani Town is located on west of H2 highway. It is a older community which was developed in 1960'. There are townhomes, low-rise apartment and single family homes. Mililani town has shopping center too. One is Town Center of Mililani and it has Wal-Mart, Long's, City Mill, Times Supermarket etc. Another one is called Mililani Shopping Center and this also provides supermarket and eateries.
Wahiawa
Wahiawa is located in central Oahu above Mililani and it is a small town. Surrounded by Lake Wilson and the Koolau and Waianae mountain ranges. It is cooler climate, lush scenery. The military bases (Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield) are close to this area so it is popular to the people who works for the base. It takes about 30minutes from center of Honolulu (downtown) without traffic. To North Shore, it takes about 20 minutes.
Homes in this areas are mostly single family homes with plantation style and a lot of them were build before 1950'. The price starts from $600K. The median price is about from $800k to 850k.
Waipio
Waipio is a region located approximately 25 minutes away from Downtown Honolulu via the H2 freeway. It is situated in the northern part of Pearl City and the southern part of Mililani, right at the point where the highway splits into H1 and H2.
It has a Costco and is close to Mililani, making shopping and other conveniences easily accessible. There are many townhomes and single-family houses in the area.
Since the middle of 2020, a new residential community called "Koa Ridge" has been developed and put up for sale by Castle & Cooke.
Waipioは、ホノルルダウンタウンからH2を経由して約25分の位置にある地域である。パールシティの北部、ミリラニの南部に位置する。ちょうどハイウェイがH１とH2に分岐する地点に位置する都市。
コストコがあり、ミリラニにも近いので、ショッピングなども便利。多くのタウンホームがあり、そのほかにも多くの戸建がある。
2020年半ばより、Castle&Cookeによって新しい住宅コミュニティ"Koa Ridge"が開発・販売開始された。
If you would like to know more details about the neighborhood, please contact Maki Nakjao at 808-425-6827 or makin@betterhawaii.com!
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