Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii

The development of the H-1 Freeway took away commercial traffic that previously patronized Mōʻiliʻili's businesses.

[3] For a 40-year period before 2007, various members of the area community considered developing Mōʻiliʻili into a college town environment.

Around 2002 Evan Dobelle, the president of the University of Hawaiʻi System, said that he would prioritize developing a college town.

He also discussed the idea of moving the UH system offices from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to Mōʻiliʻili.

In 2007 Kamehameha Schools bought 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) of land from Pacific Theatres, including the Varsity Theatre and the Varsity Office Building, increasing its landholdings in Mōʻiliʻili to 11.4 acres (4.6 ha), mostly along South King Street and University Avenue.

[citation needed][5] Located beneath the busy intersection of South King Street and University Avenue lies a complex system of caves known as the Mōʻiliʻili Karst.