HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – State officials and community leaders broke ground on Thursday on the first phase of Hawaii’s largest public housing redevelopment project.
Organizers say the 15-acre Mayor Wright Homes redevelopment project is historic, building seven times more homes in the Kalihi-Palama neighborhood near downtown Honolulu, not just for very low-income residents.
The state Public Housing Authority and developer Highridge Costa are transforming the nearly 75-year-old site bounded by King Street, Liliha Street and Vineyard Boulevard into a complex for mixed-income residents…