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15 June 2023

Habitat for Humanity Maui celebrates 25 years

Habitat for Humanity Maui celebrates 25 years of building affordable homes and repairing substandard housing for underserved residents in Maui County.

02 June 2023

DHHL buying land to speed up new homesteads in Hawaii

The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands might use around one-third of a historic $600 million legislative appropriation by the end of June, which marks one full fiscal year out of three given to deploy all the money helping beneficiaries.

01 June 2023

161-lot homestead project in Waikapu breaks ground

Project is first to be funded through historic $600M allocation to DHHL.

01 June 2023

Groundbreaking of infrastructure for planned Puʻunani subdivision provides hope for Maui DHHL waitlist beneficiaries

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, marking the start of a $17 million capital improvement project to install infrastructure for the planned Puʻunani subdivision in Waikapū.

03 April 2023

Spiraling housing prices spark worry about Hawaii’s future

Tedorian Gallano would like to buy a house for his wife and three youngest children in Hawaii, but real estate prices soared so high eight years ago he moved his family back to his childhood home outside Honolulu — and last year, his older brother followed suit.

07 October 2022

324 units planned as part of workforce affordable Kaulana Mahina Apartments in Central Maui

An estimated 324 units are planned as part of the Kaulana Mahina Apartments development in Central Maui. The professionally managed project will have many amenities for its residents—a gym, pool, yoga room, resident lounge, lawn area for a playground, and dog park—all included in the monthly rent.

Developers and government officials held a blessing for a new 324-unit housing development that will offer long-term workforce rentals and a community/recreation center on 14.4 acres in Wailuku.
10 August 2022

Blessing held for 324-unit rental project in Wailuku

Developers and government officials held a blessing for a new 324-unit housing development that will offer long-term workforce rentals and a community/recreation center on 14.4 acres in Wailuku.

Dowling Company Project Manager Brian Ige (from left), Mayor Michael Victorino, Hawaiian Dredging Project Superintendent Zachary Murr and county Redevelopment Program Planner Erin Wade break ground on the new Wailuku Parking Structure on Thursday. County of Maui / SHANE TEGARDEN photo
19 February 2021

County breaks ground on Wailuku Parking Structure

A blessing ceremony was held Thursday to mark the official start of construction of a four-level, 428-stall parking structure that will replace the current Wailuku Municipal Parking Lot.

This map shows the location of the proposed Department of Hawaiian Home Lands residential project, Pu‘unani homestead, on 48 acres in Waikapu. Munekiyo Hiraga map
13 November 2020

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Waikapū subdivision clears a hurdle

The 48-acre Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Pu’unani subdivision in Waikapu — with its 135-plus units projected for completion in 2024 — cleared a major hurdle by receiving a finding of no significant environmental impact last month. The Hawaiian Homes Commission evaluated the final environmental assessment and issued the finding at its October meeting.

A map shows the location of the proposed H2R 53-lot development in Makena. MUNEKIYO HIRAGA map
26 February 2020

53 luxury home sites being proposed for Makena property

A roughly 28-acre Makena lot that had a 500-room hotel in the works will instead be converted to 53 residential lots under a proposal by its new landowners.

A group photo shows dignitaries who participated Monday morning in the ground-breaking ceremony for the start of work on Phase 1A of the Wailuku Town Improvements project.
04 February 2020

County Breaks Ground on Wailuku Town Improvements Project

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for the County of Maui’s Wailuku Town Improvement Project. Road improvements will begin this week on Church Street as part of Phase 1A of the project.

The County of Maui presented the construction schedule for the Wailuku Town Improvement Projects and detailed its efforts to minimize impacts on the surrounding neighborhood during a community meeting on June 20 at Iao Theater.
04 July 2019

Community receives update on Wailuku Town Improvement Projects

The County of Maui presented the construction schedule for the Wailuku Town Improvement Projects and detailed its efforts to minimize impacts on the surrounding neighborhood during a community meeting on June 20 at Iao Theater.

A render of Wailuku parking structure construction
22 June 2019

Wailuku parking structure construction set to begin in August with roads, infrastructure

The $44-million, multistory parking structure in Wailuku town is moving full steam ahead, with construction slated to start in August and be completed about 2 1/2 years later.

A map of Hale Mahaolu Ewalu Senior Residential Housing
23 September 2017

Hale Makua Raises Over $175K for Kūpuna Healthcare

Hale Makua Health Services’ annual fundraiser, Kokua for Kupuna, raised a record-breaking $175,963 to help provide healthcare services for the frail and elderly on Maui.

Hale Mahaʻolu ʻEwalu, site map courtesy Munekiyo & Hiraga, Draft Environmental Assessment.
17 March 2014

Hale Maha‘olu Project Calls for 61 Senior Units in Pukalani

The county Department of Housing and Human Concerns is proposing the construction of the Hale Maha‘olu ʻEwalu Senior Residential Housing Project on four acres of land within the Kulamalu Commercial subdivision developed by the Dowling Company.

Maluaka offers residences, all full ownership, from about $5 million to more than $15 million.
20 April 2007

Breaking Ground – Maluaka and the Cottages at Canoe Bay

This 11-acre gated project is on southern Maui’s western coast at Makena Bay, with the 18th hole of a golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., separating it from the coastline. There will be 69 total residences: 2,300 to 3,500 square-foot, two- to three-bedroom units in 11 two- to four-story buildings and two three-bedroom, 4,500-square-foot bungalows.