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HILO, Hawaii – Phase 1 of the Mohouli Heights Senior Neighborhood project was dedicated on Thursday.

The sixty-unit senior housing project represents the initial phase of an eventual 15.9-acre senior complex that will include the relocation of the Hilo Adult Day Center and up to an additional 90 senior residential housing units.

We spoke to the developer of the project, Keith Kato, who is the Executive Director of the non-profit Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation.

Keith Kato on Thursday

Governor Neil Abercrombie recently announced the release of $385,000 which will go toward the design and construction of infrastructure to support the Hilo Adult Day Center.

This is the Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation’s seventh senior housing complex on the island.