Kahala

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Kāhala, Honolulu, Hawaii is a neighborhood located alongside Kaimuki and Waialae, featuring many beachfront properties. This small neighborhood has some of the most expensive real estate in the city of Honolulu and the state of Hawaii.

Kahala is also home of the Kahala Resort and Hotel, formely the Kahala Mandarin Oriental, which was the former Kahala Hilton, along with many other homes averaging at least $3 million (2006) and expanding at least 10,000 square feet of land. Also located along the borders are Kahala Mall, and Diamond head crater.

Residents and owners are a mix of old timers living in older residences (many for more than half a century) and newer arrivals living in large, expensive, mansion-like homes. Many celebrities and business moguls have also bought vacation homes in the area. Kahala is a favored spot for investors to buy and fix old homes and sell for record-breaking prices. In 2006, typical prices for a tear-down house in Kahala was $1.4 million to $1.7 million, with beachfront land going for substantially more.

Kahala is one of the only areas of Honolulu to be fairly flat, and yet also be within 5 - 15 minutes' drive of Waikiki or downtown.

The district is also home to several secluded (though publicly accessible) sandy beaches. Unlike the beaches of Waikiki, those in Kahala are rarely crowded.

Here are some details of the Kahala Area: City Council District IV, represented by Charles Djou (until 2010) Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 19, Barbara Marumoto Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 18, Lyla Berg Hawaii State Senate, District 9, Les Ihara Jr.