New Dorm-Size Dwellings Provide Rental Housing Close to Jobs, Bus Lines and Much of Urban Honolulu Compact in Kaka‘ako. I n a renovation of micro-unit proportions, developers transformed a small parking lot into Kaka‘ako’s newest stylish apartments. Early this year, individuals, couples and families moved into the 111 affordable rental units. “Nohona Hale began as a very tall order for a very tiny site,” says Marian Gushiken, director of real estate development in Hawai‘i for nonprofit EAH Housing. The $52.7 million project rises up from Cooke Street, near historic Kewalo Th...