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Our Chinatown hotel project was on the IslandNews.
Plans move forward to build hotel in Chinatown
The 240 room hotel would be adjacent to the Chinatown HART Station and Nimitz Highway.
95% of Hale Makana O Moʻiliʻili is completed and we are just finishing up the last bits of work for this affordable kupuna project in the urban core.
Kali Watson talked about the homeless crisis in Hawaii. KITV4 Island Television reported on the affordable housing crisis.
Ikenakea Development’ s Chinatown Hotel project is discussed on the KITV4 News on June 17, 2022. Ikenakea Development touts its $127 million project as a vision for revitalizing a deteriorating district, and an opportunity to provide 100 full-time local jobs.
Stephanie Salman’s article, New hotel, affordable housing proposed in Honolulu's Chinatown, appeared in the Pacific Business News on December 16, 2021. She writes about our Chinatown project in Honolulu.
In the December 10th, 2021 article, Chinatown May Get More Affordable Housing For Older Adults, Plus A Hotel, Cassie Ordonio writes about our Chinatown projects in Honolulu. This ground-up hotel development will serve as an anchor for the Chinatown community and catalyst for investment and redevelopment of the area. It will bring jobs, foot traffic, and tax revenues that have historically only benefited areas such as Ala Moana and Waikiki to Chinatown.
In the article, Old housing in Moiliili cleared for affordable midrise, by Andrew Gomes, he writes about our groundbreaking ceremony for Hale Makana o Mo‘ili‘ili.
We are in the article, Affordable senior housing project in Moilili advances, by Stephanie Salmons, a Reporter with the Pacific Business News. The Oct 6, 2021 article discusses our Hale Makana O Moiliili project.
A blessing was held for a new affordable kupuna housing rental project in Mo’ili’ili on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
“At the state level the Hawaii Development Finance Corporation has awarded Hale Makana in Moiliili $1.7 million in state and federal low income housing tax credits,” said Gov. David Ige.”We’ve also committed $13.6 million in rental housing funds so that we can commit to the lowest rental rates for our community.”


We were honored To have our Governor, David Ige and Development Corp. Executive Director Denise Iseri-Matsubara in attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for our Hale Makana O Moiʻiliʻili project.