A five-month elevator outage at a Honolulu apartment building has created significant challenges for the mostly senior residents, many of whom rely on walkers and motorized wheelchairs.
The situation began in October, when water from a boiler room on an upper floor of Malulani Hale flooded both the main passenger elevator and the secondary service elevator. Both had been renovated in the past two years.
While the property management company was able to get the service elevator in the 16-story building on N. Kuakini St. up-and-running the next day, the main elevator has remained out of commission ever since…