Honolulu’s Kakaako to get help from feds on boosting healthy food production
Hawaii is one of 22 states to be chosen for a federal partnership to boost economic opportunities for local farmers and other businesses promoting childhood wellness via access to healthy local food in the Honolulu area of Kakaako Makai, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. The “Local Foods, Local Places” initiative involves six federal […]
First Look: Ferraro Choi shares renderings of Honolulu’s ‘Kakaako Innovation Block’
Honolulu architecture firm Ferraro Choi and Associates Ltd. has been tapped to design a part of the 5.5-acre “Kakaako Makai Innovation Block,” a partnership between the Hawaii Community Development Authority and the High Technology Development Corp. Ferraro Choi, which is designing the “Entrepreneur’s Sandbox” and is in the planning phase for the “Innovation Hale,” has […]
Office of Hawaiian Affairs looks for short-term users in Kakaako Makai
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is seeking short-term uses for several parcels in Kakaako Makai, where the agency acquired some 30 acres three years ago from the state of Hawaii in a deal meant to resolve a decades-long dispute. Peter Apo, a trustee for OHA, told attendees at a recent Hawaii Society of Business Professionals […]