Honolulu’s central business district these days is not hustling and bustling the way it was prior to when stay-at-home orders went into effect in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, when offices were permitted to reopen, traffic continued to remain light. Many companies with offices downtown are in no hurry to reopen, with some...
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Architecture and planning firm G70 has installed the first commercial unit of a face temperature scanner in Hawaii in the lobby of its Downtown Honolulu office to allow contact-free temperature checks during the Covid-19 pandemic. The scanner’s eight-inch display reads and displays a person’s temperature instantly in Fahrenheit or Celsius, allowing for a contact-free temperature check...
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It was a TV news story about Hawaii Baptist Academy preparing meals from the school’s cafeteria for people in homeless camps impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic that got Sheryl Seaman thinking about donating to G70’s nonprofit clients. “They were generating 250 meals, lunches and dinners, and I thought wow, we have a lot of nonprofit clients and ......
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Haiku Stairs, or “Stairway to Heaven”, will not be torn down. This comes on a 7-0 Honolulu Board of Water Supply Board of Directors vote to convey the land to the City and County of Honolulu. “Convey that to the city, provided that the transfer occur within 18 months at which time — if the transfer...
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Hawaii architecture and planning firm G70 has been named lead designer of the Indonesia Innovation City Sentul, a master-planned mixed-use community of nearly 1,000 acres about an hour from the capital city of Jakarta. Honolulu-based G70 is working with PT GSA, its Indonesian office, on the project, which includes designing a mixed-use residential and commercial technology...
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The city Monday held a blessing for a 30-unit affordable rental project at what had been a dormitory in McCully for international students. Each of the units at 1936 Citron St. is equipped with a small refrigerator and sink. But occupants on each floor must share a bathroom and convenience centers equipped with microwave ovens and...
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On the North Shore of Kauai, Princeville’s brand new PV | EATS Market & Wine Bar opened their doors to the public July 24, 2019 with a bountiful blessing by Kauai’s own Kumu Puna Kalama Dawson. Open daily from 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM, PV | EATS is an artisanal market serving delicious tapas paired with...
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WAILUKU — The Maui Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a special management area use permit for a gas station and an 800-square-foot convenience store on a corner of the Lahaina Cannery Mall property near the intersection of Honoapiilani Highway and Keawe Street. After an initial vote by members came out to four in favor and two...
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First-of-its-kind facility offers under-resourced youth education and training in the growing green jobs sector, one of the fastest-growing sectors in Hawai‘i’s economy WHAT: Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Ho‘okupu Center Grand Opening *This is a free, community event for all ages and will showcase Kupu’s next investment in Hawaii’s youth through a learning center. Kupu’s mission is...
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The Hawaii environmental education nonprofit organization Kupu is preparing to open its Honolulu green jobs training center this week in a former net shed at Kewalo Basin that was transformed by G70 into an educational building with classrooms, meeting space and a commercial kitchen for culinary job training for at-risk youth and young adults. The $6 million...
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