The city has imported an idea from San Francisco to convert two obsolete Honolulu city buses into Hawaii’s first “mobile hygiene centers” to give Oahu’s homeless a place to use the bathroom and clean themselves. The city is seeking proposals for a nonprofit group to use $200,000 in city money to retrofit the retired, 40-foot buses...
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Construction on the new Residence Inn by Marriott hotel in Kapolei in West Oahu could begin as early as in August, an executive with the development team confirmed to Pacific Business News. The hotel will be the third one of its kind for West Oahu, joining the Embassy Suites, which is under construction and expected to...
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Within a few weeks the first homeless families are expected to move into newly renovated rental apartments in the heart of urban Honolulu as the city continues to find homes for people living on the street. The city bought the former site of Island Paradise School — and later Loveland Academy — at the corner of...
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The planned 180-room Residence Inn by Marriott hotel in Kapolei in West Oahu will be geared for families, with more beds and kitchens in its rooms, according to public documents. Jim Stone and Tracy Camuso, both of Honolulu-based G70, formerly Group 70 International, which is designing the project, presented plans to the Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board last month,...
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Indigenous cultures and the cultures of tourism don’t typically harmonize with each other they seem to have different DNA. And when mixed together, like salt water mixing with fresh, the energy of the place tends to become culturally brackish. But when the art—important art—mixes with a tourist district effectively, hopefully a bit of cultural literacy follows...
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PBS Hawaii opened its new $30 million building in Honolulu to the public on Wednesday, a facility that includes three media studios, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Learning Zone and other work spaces, the state’s sole member of the Public Broadcasting Service said. The statewide TV station also held a blessing ceremony and thanked its donors...
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The city has purchased and gutted a former private school in Makiki and plans to open it early next year as the first project of its kind in which the city will serve as landlord to as many as 75 low-income and homeless people. Read full article here.
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The Salvation Army Hawaiian & Pacific Islands raised more than $300,000 for its Pathway to Hope program during its 2016 Partners in Community Service gala over the weekend. The annual event, which honored three recipients, featured food by eight Hawaii chefs. It took place Friday night at The Salvation Army’s Family Treatment Services campus in Kaimuki....
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Executives from all sections of the hospitality sector gathered at PBN’s Downtown Honolulu office recently to talk about the industry and the direction Hawaii is headed. Participants included Peter Ingram, chief commercial officer, Hawaiian Airlines; Linda Miki, vice chair and principal, Group 70 International; Elizabeth Churchill, chief revenue officer, Aqua-Aston Hospitality; David Uchiyama, chief commercial officer,...
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The building that houses ‘Iolani School’s Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership was recognized for its learning environment and energy performance Tuesday, making ‘Iolani the first school in the state to be verified by a green building rating program called the Collaborative for High Performance Schools. Read full article here.
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