A map shows the location of several parcels in Wailea where developer Ledcor wants to build 925 to 975 units in a mix of single-family and multi-family residential communities. — Graphic courtesy of Ledcor PBR Hawaii & Associates

Ledcor Maui is proposing to develop nearly 1,000 housing units among eight different properties in the Kihei and Wailea Resort communities, which will include open spaces and required workforce housing, according to the state Office of Planning and Sustainable Development’s “The Environmental Notice” released Thursday.

The mix of proposed single-family and multifamily residential communities mostly makai of Piilani Highway is still in the very early planning stages.

The “Ledcor South Maui Properties and Improvements” project is proposed for eight properties, including a 23-acre property adjacent to Kilohana Park and the Wailea Kialoa resort community. The 23-acre property was originally proposed for a luxury condominium project, the Wailea Resort SF-S Residential Project. It was proposed to include 57 single-family residential units that were to sell for about $3.6 million each, mostly to part-time residents.

Last year, groups Ho’oponopono O Makena, Maui Tomorrow Foundation and Sierra Club Maui Group filed suit in 2nd Circuit Court against the Maui Planning Commission, County of Maui and Wailea Resort SF-S Partners LP, alleging that the project’s final environmental assessment was insufficiently prepared and that the commission “improperly accepted” it.

Maui Tomorrow Executive Director Albert Perez said on Friday that the groups won the suit.

They wanted Ledcor to prepare the more extensive environmental impact statement for the luxury condominium project, but Ledcor had only prepared an environmental assessment.

He is pleased that Ledcor is now preparing to do an EIS for its multiple developments in the area — the company recently submitted an EIS preparation notice that was published in “The Environmental Notice.”

Perez said there will be impacts with the proposed projects, but with the prepared studies, the community will be able to provide input and suggest mitigation measures.

Ledcor officials could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday.

Currently Ledcor is proposing an estimated total of 925 to 975 units, noting that the eight properties have a permitted density of more than 1,991 residential units. Ledcor will be developing comprehensive plans for the remaining owned, leased and potential acquisition infill parcels in the Kihei and Wailea Resort communities.

Project documents did not say how much money the units might sell for.

In addition to community open spaces, there will also be amenities and pedestrian paths in the proposed communities. The project will also include park dedication and related infrastructure improvements. This includes Ledcor’s “fair share portion of improvements to Pi’ilani Highway at Kilohana Drive,” according to the EIS preparation notice.

Seven of the eight properties to be developed are located within the Wailea Resort Community, which received its entitlements in 1973.

The eighth parcel is just north of Kilohana Drive and the Wailea Fire Station and was originally a portion of the 1982 Hale Kilohana Subdivision II Part A, according to the EIS preparation notice.

The total land area for the eight properties is approximately 156 acres. The undeveloped parcels are zoned for single-family and multifamily residential as well as community business, open space, active open space, roadway and utility parcels and a portion of Pi’ilani Highway at Kilohana Drive.

Following entitlements, the project is anticipated to be completed in a series of construction phases over a 15- to 20-year period, depending on market conditions, the notice said.

Ledcor will be holding a public scoping meeting from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Malcolm Center at 1305 N. Holopono St. in the Maui Research & Technology Park.

A 30-day public review and comment period on the notice ends on Jan. 9. For more information on submitting comments on the project, visit planning.hawaii.gov, click on the “Environmental Review Program” and then select “The Environmental Notice.”

* Melissa Tanji can be reached at mtanji@mauinews.com.