Island Colony
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This buildings features were determined from publicly available data, including MLS listings. While we cross-referenced additional data sources, it still likely contains incomplete or inaccurate information, as it has not yet been personally verified.
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Island Colony
Building Overview
Island Colony in Waikiki: 43-floor concrete tower with ocean and Diamond Head views, pool and fitness center.
About Island Colony
Island Colony is a high-rise condominium located in the Central Waikiki neighborhood. According to available records, the building was completed in 1979, has 43 floors, 393 total units, and is of concrete construction.
Building amenities include a pool, fitness center, BBQ area, and on-site staff such as a resident manager, concierge, and security guard. Units are served by four elevators and offer ocean, mountain, Diamond Head and sunset views. Air conditioning in the building is by split and window units.
Based on MLS data, covered parking is available. The building does not allow pets, and short-term rentals are permitted. Management is listed as Hawaiiana Management Company, Ltd. Buyers should verify all details independently with the listing agent or management.
Building Features & Data Confidence
All features from MLS data with AI-assisted confidence analysis. Click each category to expand and see details.
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The county parcel records 44 floors, and the highest MLS floor and unit-number evidence both reach 44, with strong floor-field/unit-number agreement. The state registration's 43-floor figure and stored 43 are set aside because registration floors can be unreliable and the residential top floor is established at 44.
The county's reconciled unit count is 745, matching the state's authoritative registration total of 745 for one building. The state's separate residential_units value of 393 is set aside because total_units is authoritative for the registration.
Owner occupancy from AOUO registration(s) 1037. Refreshed by Real_Estate_Scraper/reb_registry/propagate_owner_occupancy.py, which this lock does not block.
The remarks directly confirm that Island Colony has four elevators. This matches the current building context and provides strong, explicit evidence.
Calculated from the lowest association fee observed across all non-penthouse unit listings for this building.
Calculated from the highest association fee observed across all non-penthouse unit listings for this building.
Calculated from association fees observed in penthouse unit listings for this building.
No public remarks state 'central AC included' and only 1 of 20 current MLS listings has ACCEN checked. Multiple listings call out split AC, window AC, or new split systems, indicating cooling is provided at the unit level rather than as a central building service. Evidence across agent remarks and the low MLS checkbox frequency suggests central air included in fees is not a building-level maintenance inclusion.
Cable inclusion is strongly supported across the building, with 18/20 current listings carrying CABTV. Remarks include phrases such as "Maintenance fees cover cable TV" and "AOAO Island Colony has a bulk cable package that owners pay in the maintenance fee," confirming this is a building-wide fee inclusion rather than an isolated listing claim.
Common-area expense inclusion is supported by 13 of 20 current listings and prior high-confidence building evidence. Explicit remarks include "maintenance only ... includes everything" and list "common areas" among included services; the repeated descriptions appear to reflect building-level fee information rather than an isolated unit claim.
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Most current remarks do not mention electricity as included, and several explicitly say “Electricity is billed separately,” “electricity is submetered,” or that owners pay an average monthly amount through the AOAO. A small number of apparent copy-pasted remarks say fees include “Electric,” but this conflicts with the 0/20 MLS checkbox pattern and the historically negative building-level evidence.
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Hot water inclusion is consistently supported, with 16/20 current listings marked HOTWAT and 0/20 showing WTRHTR. Remarks repeatedly state "hot water included" or list maintenance fees as including "water, Hot water, sewer," providing strong confirmation across multiple listings.
Internet inclusion is uniformly supported by the MLS, with INTSER present in 20/20 listings. Remarks include "high speed internet" in the maintenance-fee breakdown and "Cable TV and high-speed Internet are included with your monthly fees," confirming broad building-level coverage.
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Sewer inclusion is strongly documented, with 19/20 current listings carrying SEWER. Multiple remarks state that fees include "water, Hot water, sewer" or "Water and Sewer, Hot Water, Cable TV, Internet," supporting the feature across the building.
Water inclusion is uniformly confirmed by current MLS data, with WATER present in 20/20 listings. Remarks repeatedly state "water included" or include water in detailed fee lists such as "Electric, water, Hot water, sewer, high speed internet, cable," indicating strong building-wide evidence.
More than 40 remarks confirm BBQ facilities with phrases such as “BBQ area,” “BBQ grills,” “Weber barbecues,” “gas grills,” “BBQ pavilion,” and “barbecue area.” The breadth and specificity across many agents strongly establish this as a building amenity.
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No listing explicitly mentions a doorman, door attendant, or lobby attendant. Although several listings reference a “24-hour security desk” or “24-hour front desk,” those services are security/management functions and do not establish a doorman; the feature is checked in only 2 of 20 listings and appears likely to be checkbox error.
More than 30 listings mention an exercise facility, including “fitness center,” “exercise room,” “fitness room,” “gym,” and “workout room.” The feature is consistently described as a shared building amenity across many different listings and is not merely a copied checkbox.
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At least 8 listings explicitly mention a “meeting room,” including descriptions of the building’s amenities and recreation areas. Additional listings refer to a “rec room,” “resident lounge,” or “lobby gathering spaces,” supporting the existence of shared meeting or gathering facilities.
Patio/deck amenities are strongly and consistently confirmed across the listings: at least 30 remarks mention features such as a “private lanai,” “spacious lanai,” “covered lanai,” “large lanai/patio,” or “outdoor living space.” Multiple independent listings also describe shared amenities including a “recreation deck,” “pool deck,” “sun deck,” and “large pool/sundeck,” while the repeated private-lanai references demonstrate availability to many units rather than a single exclusive residence.
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At least 11 listings explicitly mention a "recreation deck," "amenity deck," "6th-floor recreation area," or "recreation room," with additional remarks describing the same shared amenity space without using the exact checkbox term. The repeated references across multiple agents and detailed descriptions of the pool deck, lounges, BBQ areas, and fitness facilities confirm that the building offers a recreation area.
Several listings directly state “recreation room” or “rec room,” while others describe resident lounges and open gathering spaces. The explicit building-level references establish that the amenity exists even though MLS checkbox usage is incomplete.
At least 15 listings directly mention an on-site restaurant or dining facility, including “Forty Niner Restaurant,” “49 Diner,” “lobby restaurant,” “breakfast restaurant,” “café,” and “food kiosk.” These references recur across multiple agents and listing periods, confirming a building-level amenity.
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More than 30 listings mention a “sauna,” often alongside the pool, hot tub, fitness center, and BBQ area. The repeated descriptions across many independent listings provide very strong evidence that the building has a shared sauna.
Multiple listings explicitly reference on-site storage/lockers — phrases include “Bike and surfboard storage in lobby”, “surfboard lockers”, and “bike/surf board locker area.” Approximately half a dozen separate remarks mention these common-area storage facilities, and 2 of 20 current MLS amenity checkboxes list additional storage, indicating the building offers shared storage/locker options.
Multiple listings directly confirm dedicated surfboard storage or lockers in the building. The repeated references clearly establish this feature.
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At least 2 current remarks directly mention the feature, including the specific phrase “a convenient trash chute on every floor” and another reference to “trash chute” as a building amenity. Although it is mentioned less often than the recreation features, the detailed building-wide description strongly confirms its existence.
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More than 25 listings mention a whirlpool-type amenity using terms such as “whirlpool,” “hot tub,” “jacuzzi,” “spa,” and “jet spa.” The amenity is consistently associated with the common pool or recreation deck and is clearly available to building residents and guests.
Far more than 20 listings mention the building pool, with repeated descriptions including "swimming pool," "large swimming pool," "heated pool," and a "massive sun deck with a swimming pool." The references are consistent across many agents and describe the shared sixth-floor/recreation-deck amenity, while MLS pool-related fields are checked in all 20 current listings.
Several listings explicitly identify the building pool as heated, including “Amenities include a heated pool,” “heated pool, whirlpool spa,” and “Expansive 6th floor Recreation Deck… Heated Pool.” Although only 3 of 20 current MLS records use the HEAPOO amenity code and none use the HEATED pool-feature field, the repeated explicit remarks and prior high-confidence evidence support including this feature.
The building pool is strongly confirmed, but its water type is not identified in the public remarks. Searches for saltwater-related descriptions found no supporting mention, so saltwater status remains unconfirmed.
Across the provided remarks, community laundry is mentioned many times, but in-unit laundry is not explicitly described. The only MLS support for laundry_in_unit is 1/20 listings showing WASHER/DRYER in inclusions, which is too sparse to trust as a building feature. This appears more like an outlier or agent input error than a verified amenity.
Community laundry is overwhelmingly confirmed across the building, with well over 20 listings explicitly mentioning it. Examples include "community laundry," "shared laundry facilities," "community washers and dryers," and "large bright laundry room," supported by multiple agents rather than a single isolated or copied remark.
Multiple listings directly identify the laundry as coin-operated or otherwise paid. This clearly establishes that the community laundry requires payment.
The listings confirm shared laundry facilities, but the available remarks consistently associate them with the 6th-floor amenity deck rather than laundry rooms on every floor. No public remark states that laundry is provided floor by floor.
Parking is strongly confirmed across numerous listings from multiple agents, with at least 10 remarks explicitly mentioning paid or rentable parking. Key phrases include 'on-site parking garage,' 'garage parking available for a monthly fee (with wait list),' 'self-parking ($),' and 'parking rental daily or monthly by Elite Parking.' The MLS checkbox data appears inconsistent or frequently copied as NONE, but the building clearly offers parking access, generally for rent rather than an included stall.
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At least 6 current remarks mention building parking, including explicit phrases such as “on-site parking garage,” “garage parking available for a monthly fee,” and parking “available for rent” or through Elite Parking. The evidence is consistent across multiple listings and agents, and it confirms that the building offers covered/garage parking, although stalls may be rented, waitlisted, or not included with individual units.
Parking is consistently described as separately rented, managed by Elite Parking or Park Agency, or available through a permit/waitlist. Multiple listings explicitly state that no parking stall is included, providing strong evidence that parking is not deeded.
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Multiple listings establish that parking is not included and can be rented separately on a daily or monthly basis. One listing quotes $35 per night, but the monthly parking fee itself is not stated, so the exact monthly amount remains unknown.
At least two current listings reference guest parking directly, including 'guest parking too!' and a bike/surfboard locker area 'near guest parking area.' Other listings describe paid daily or monthly parking, but the direct guest-parking references provide sufficient confirmation of a building-level guest parking option.
Across the remarks, parking is mentioned in 2+ listings, but only as rentable garage/lot parking or parking handled by Elite Parking; none explicitly say secured parking, gated entry, card access, or fob-controlled parking. The building itself is repeatedly described as secure/24-hour security, but that does not verify secured parking access. Given the sparse MLS checkbox support and lack of corroborating remarks, this feature is most likely not confirmed for the building.
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Multiple listings directly describe a waitlist for monthly or long-term parking. Daily parking may be available through providers such as Elite Parking, but long-term parking is subject to the waitlist.
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Multiple listings confirm controlled access using fobs, keys, or access-controlled lobby and elevator entry. This is strong evidence of a card, fob, or equivalent access-control system.
Security service is strongly and consistently supported across the listing history and current remarks. Numerous independent listings explicitly describe “24-hour security,” “24/7 security,” “24-hour security desk,” and “security guard on site,” while 17 of 20 current listings mark SECGUA, indicating a genuine building-wide amenity rather than isolated copy-paste.
The listings clearly establish on-site security personnel and controlled building access. However, the specific presence of a patrol service is not stated, so general security coverage cannot be treated as evidence of security patrol.
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At least 15 current listing remarks explicitly mention split AC or split systems, including detailed references to newly installed systems and separate units in bedrooms and living rooms. The evidence comes from multiple distinct listings and agents, not just copied checkbox data, and confirms that split AC is available in some Island Colony units.
Window air conditioning is strongly established at Island Colony. At least 10 current listings explicitly mention window AC or equivalent wording, including "There is a window AC," "window A/C," and "window AC unit." The repeated confirmations across many listings and different remark styles, together with the historical high-confidence MLS data, indicate this is a legitimate building feature rather than isolated copy-paste error.
Concrete construction is strongly supported by the MLS data, appearing in 18 of 20 current listings. While most remarks do not explicitly state "concrete construction," one specifically mentions "spalling and concrete repairs," and the repeated references to building-wide structural/plumbing repair work are consistent with the established concrete construction record.
Double-wall construction does not appear supported for Island Colony. Across the provided public remarks there are no explicit references to double-wall construction, and the MLS checkbox appears in only 2 of 20 listings, which looks more like agent inconsistency than a real building feature.
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There are 0 explicit remarks supporting masonry and stucco construction in the supplied listings. Multiple agents repeat similar copy about amenities, rental status, and views, but none verify this construction type. The lone current MLS flag is not corroborated by remarks, so it should be treated as likely erroneous.
Across the provided listings, there are 0 explicit remarks describing the building as steel frame. Agents repeatedly focus on views, STR eligibility, amenities, and recent renovations/re-piping, which suggests the STEFRA flag is likely not grounded in public remarks. The lone current MLS checkbox is not enough to overcome the absence of supporting descriptions.
The MLS shows a single record with a slab checkbox (1/20) but none of the public remarks mention 'concrete slab' or a slab foundation. With no corroborating public-remark evidence, there is insufficient support to treat slab foundation as a confirmed building feature.
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Above-ground construction is overwhelmingly supported by repeated references to high-floor units, including the 35th, 39th, 40th, 42nd, and 43rd floors. A listing explicitly states that Island Colony is a 43-floor building, confirming this feature across multiple remarks and agents.
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There is overwhelming repeated evidence that short-term rentals are allowed. Listings describe legal STR units, transferable STR licenses, Airbnb operation, and registration or contracting through Island Colony Partners or management programs.
Island Colony clearly participates in hotel rental pool programs. The remarks reference Skyline, Aqua-Aston, Island Colony Partners, and hotel-pool operation across numerous listings.
Hotel-pool participation is not mandatory building-wide. Listings repeatedly state that owners may self-manage, use private management, rent long term, occupy the unit, or opt out of the hotel pool; some units are explicitly described as not being in the pool.
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The remarks include statements such as “Leasehold property with Fee Available” and “Leasehold but Fee is available.” No four-digit lease-expiration year or renewal date was found, so the expiry year remains unknown.
The remarks were searched for explicit VA-related language such as “VA approved,” “VA financing,” and “VA loans accepted.” None was found, so there is no public-remark evidence that the building is VA loan approved.
The remarks directly indicate that the building is fully insured, including repeated statements that it is "100% insured." This is strong, explicit evidence supporting a true value.
Fire sprinklers are overwhelmingly confirmed across Island Colony. Numerous remarks explicitly state “unit is sprinklered,” “building has fire sprinklers,” “fire sprinklers in each unit,” or “in-unit fire sprinklers,” often alongside the completed plumbing/re-piping project; this appears consistently across multiple listings rather than being a single copied checkbox.
The remarks provide substantial evidence of fire-safety-related features and upgrades, especially in-unit fire sprinklers. However, they do not explicitly state that the building passed an FLSE, received fire-safety certification, or passed a fire inspection, so the specific feature is not confirmed.
Flood zone determined from official FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) data using building coordinates, not from agent-reported listing data.
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Ocean views are strongly established across the building: 10 of 20 current MLS listings contain OCEAN, and numerous remarks explicitly state phrases such as "ocean views," "Pacific Ocean," "ocean-to-Ala Wai," and "mountains to the ocean." The evidence appears across many distinct units and orientations, not just a single copied remark.
Mountain views are consistently documented: 12 of 20 current listings contain MOUNTA, and remarks across numerous units cite "mountain views," "Ko'olau Mountains," "Koolau Mountains," and "mauka to makai views." The repeated evidence across high- and mid-floor units strongly supports this building-level feature.
Diamond Head views are clearly available in the building, particularly from east-facing or Diamond Head-side stacks, with 3 of 20 current listings containing DIAHEA. Multiple remarks independently cite "stunning Diamond Head views," "Diamond Head crater," and "panoramic Diamond Head" views, confirming this is an orientation-dependent building feature.
City views are very strongly supported: 17 of 20 current MLS listings contain CITY, and remarks repeatedly reference "city views," "city skyline," "city lights," and panoramic urban views. The feature is confirmed across many listings and appears to reflect genuine orientation and elevation differences rather than a single agent's copy-paste.
Coastline views are present but less frequently labeled than ocean or mountain views, appearing in 3 of 20 current MLS listings. One remark explicitly states "city, ocean, marina, coastline, golf course... and Diamond Head," while many others describe broad ocean and Waikiki shoreline panoramas.
Although 1 of 20 current MLS listings contains GARDEN, none of the extensive public remarks mention a “garden view,” courtyard, or landscaped view. Historical evidence was also strongly negative, so the isolated checkbox is insufficient to establish that the building offers garden-view units.
Golf-course views are supported by 8 of 20 current MLS listings and numerous explicit remarks, including "Ala Wai Golf Course," "golf course views," and "views of the golf course" from spacious lanais. Although limited to particular stacks and orientations, the feature is clearly available to buyers in the building.
Marina/waterway views are well established: 14 of 20 current MLS listings contain MARCAN, while numerous remarks specifically cite "Ala Wai Canal views," "canal views," and views overlooking the Ala Wai. The repeated references across different stacks and floors support including this building feature.
Sunrise views are confirmed for qualifying east-facing and Diamond Head-side units, with 4 of 20 current listings containing SUNRIS. Remarks specifically reference "sunrise over Diamond Head," "morning sun," and "breathtaking sunrise views," providing strong multi-listing confirmation even though the feature is stack- and orientation-dependent.
2 of 20 current MLS listings include SUNSET, and numerous remarks explicitly describe “sunset views,” “sunset directly in front,” “sunset skies,” “gorgeous sunsets,” and viewing Friday fireworks from the lanai. While less common than ocean or city views, the repeated detailed references across multiple listings confirm that sunset-view units are available.
There is no meaningful evidence that Island Colony offers cemetery views. None of the provided remarks mention a cemetery, and the MLS signal is very weak at just 1 of 20 listings with CEMETA. Based on the available remarks, this looks like an isolated MLS anomaly rather than a building feature.
Several listings explicitly describe Friday or Hilton fireworks being visible from unit lanais or balconies. This confirms a fireworks view from building units, not merely proximity to fireworks.
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Confidence 98%: Numerous listings describe the building as being in the 'center of Waikiki' or 'heart of Waikiki.'
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Several listings explicitly describe on-site management, including the direct phrase 'Resident manager on site,' while others cite 'on-site professional management' or a 'full-time, attentive management staff.' Combined with RESMAN appearing in 13 of 20 listings and the prior High-confidence history, the building-level feature is well supported.
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Confidence levels are based on MLS checkbox data and AI analysis of listing remarks. High = strong evidence, Medium = some evidence, Low = limited or conflicting evidence. Buyers should always verify critical details independently.