Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2013 — OHA moving headquarters to new location [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA moving headquarters to new location

By Harold Nedd The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has announced that it is moving its operation from Kaka'ako into the building it now owns in Iwilei. Starting Dec. 16, OHA's new address will be 737 Iwilei Road, Suite 200, whieh is about a hloek away from the Dole Cannery. OHA is moving into the former Gentry Paeihe Design Center, whieh it acquired in August 2012 as part of an investment strategy aimed at helping the puhlie agency generate ineome from real estate that could help fund its programs that benefit Native Hawaiians. The move into an estimated 44,000- square-foot space comes after 21 years of leasing a roughly 30,000-square-foot space in the Paeihe Park Plaza in Kaka'ako. To help ensure a seamless transition for everyone involved, the O'ahu OHA office will be closed for business fromMonday, Dec. 9, 2013 to Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Staff will be expected to report to work to assist with the move. OHA offices on Hawai'i Island, Maui, Kaua'i, Moloka'i and Lāna'i will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, only. Normal business hours for the O'ahu office will resume at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in the new loeahon. "We look forward to serving the Native Hawaiian community with new energy and enthusiasm from our new loeahon," said OHA Ka Pouhana, Chief Executive Officer Kamana'opono Crabbe. "We also are excited about this opportunity to create a new workplace that encourages collaboration and offers responsive service to our beneficiaries as well as community partners." ■

0HA's O'ahu office will be closed for business from Dec. 9 to 1 7 and reopen Dec. 1 8 atits new loealion allhe Gentry Pacific Design Center. - Photo: KWO archives