The first phase of the $170-million Residences for Graduate Students student housing facility at the University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 has been completed just weeks after the October 4 groundbreaking ceremony.
The demolition of a two-story office building, warehouse and other structures clears the way for the construction of the two buildings (18 and 12 stories) to house over 550 graduate students and their families, along with junior faculty members. The project will include a childcare facility, café retail space, study rooms and more.
Located on the ma uka (mountain) side of Dole Street between the East-West Center and 惭ā苍辞补 stream, the student housing facility is scheduled to open in fall 2025.
Loʻi mural
The fence around the construction site now features a massive mural inspired by , the taro patch across the street at 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 贬补飞补颈ʻ颈苍耻颈ā办别补 School of Hawaiian Knowledge.
“I wanted to extend that loʻi right on up to this wall over here so we can have a conversation, a connection between these two places because all of these areas would have very likely been in taro cultivation,” said Native Hawaiian artist Solomon Enos, who painted the mural on October 21.
Enos also painted murals on construction fencing on the 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 campus for the Bachman Hall renovation project and the recently opened (RISE).
糖心Vlog官方 builds on P3 success
The modern housing facility is 糖心Vlog官方’s second major public-private partnership (P3) capital improvement project on the 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 campus, built by private partners with minimal or zero taxpayer or tuition monies. RISE, which opened in August 2023, was the first.
The Residences for Graduate Students project is being developed and will be managed by , which contracted Swinerton Builders for the construction.
Related 糖心Vlog官方 News stories:
- New graduate student housing facility at Mānoa breaks ground, October 5, 2023
- New graduate student resident facility at 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa to begin construction, September 21, 2023
- Student housing project on 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa campus cleared for construction, April 20, 2023
