A medical office building is expected to rise near a senior-living complex in Kapolei.

The project is planned by a recent purchaser of 1.5 acres within a 40-acre mixed-use site known as Leihano, according to commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International.

Colliers, which represented the land seller, did not disclose the buyer’s name.

The Leihano site was once planned as a retirement community with 800 homes. But the site’s California-based owner, senior-housing development firm Kisco Senior Living, instead built an 84-unit rental apartment complex for seniors called ‘Ilima at Leihano which opened in 2016 and has been selling adjacent lots for other uses that include a 180-room Embassy Suites hotel and a C.S. Wo furniture store. A second hotel is under construction. Other planned projects on the site include a St. Jude Catholic Church and school.

ON THE MOVE

Diagnostic Laboratory Services has announced the following promotion and new hire:

>> Michele McConnell has been promoted to workforce planning manager from recruitment coordinator. McConnell is in charge of the laboratory’s outreach and recruitment as well as developing, designing and implementing organizationwide programs.

>> Tatiana D. Weaver has been hired as manager of the Diagnostic Laboratory Services laboratory, which is at Queen’s Medical Center West Oahu. Weaver was recently a laboratory manager at University Suburban Health Center in Ohio.

General Contractors Association of Hawaii has appointed Michael Yadao as its new director of government relations, as of last month. He previously served in positions with private- and public-sector employers, emphasizing community outreach, governmental relations and legislative strategies. Yadao was previously campaign manager for Gov. David Ige.