Pacific Gateway Center opens ‘retail incubator’

The Pacific Gateway Center opened its Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Paradise Enterprise Center on Oct. 28. The facility will serve as a “retail incubator” where clients can develop product and marketing skills. It serves immigrants, refugees and economically disadvantaged residents of all ethnicities, according to a center spokeswoman. The center also runs a “kitchen incubator” in Kalihi-Palama.

The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Paradise Enterprise Center building at 83 N. King Street underwent a three-year, $5.2 million renovation financed by federal funds and a donation from the Weinberg Foundation. Presentations and training for the clients will take place on the building’s second floor. The first floor houses a sales area for the clients’ products and the Lemon Grass Cafe.