The developer of the Mandarin Oriental Honolulu project near the Hawaii Convention Center is getting ready to break ground on the $1 billion project, which will add 125 new hotel rooms close to Waikiki, possibly by the end of this year.
Manaolana Partners is awaiting approval for the project’s demolition permit, after which work will start, Jim Ratkovich of Salem Partners, one of the project’s managing members, told Pacific Business News.