YES, LOCALS LIVE IN KAKAAKO
WITH ALL THE TALK OF $20 MILLION PENTHO– USES AND OFFSHORE INVESTORS PARKING THEIR MONEY IN KAKAAKO CONDOS, IT’S EASY TO BUY INTO THE WATER COOLER CHATTER THAT HONOLULU’S URBAN CORE ISN’T ATTAINABLE FOR LOCAL FAMILIES. Count the cranes popping up along or near Ala Moana Boulevard and check out Howard Hughes’ interactive model of […]
One of the future plans for Kakaako is to make the area more pedestrian friendly and add more shops and restaurants.
One of the future plans for Kakaako is to make the area more pedestrian friendly and add more shops and restaurants. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSfJB-VQeHpv5ThtV1VtBA
A look at Kakaako’s changing population; Who is moving in?
HONOLULU —There has been a housing boom in Kakaako, but just who is moving into this bustling urban center? Kakaako’s warehouses and auto repair shops are being replaced with new high-rise condos. And plenty of people have also been moving in as well. According to census data, in 1990 2,249 people called Kakaako home. By […]
A New Community Center Will Give New Life to 114-Year-Old Kakaako Pumping Station
PACIFIC GATEWAY CENTER HOPES TO OPEN COMMUNITY CENTER BY NEXT SUMMER. After decades spent closed and dusty, the historic stone Kakaako pumping station on Ala Moana Boulevard began preparations this week for a new role as a community center run by the the Pacific Gateway Center. State lawmakers and Gov. Neil Abercrombie allocated $1 million […]
Hawaii architect Vernon Inoshita offers his take on Kakaako
Vernon Inoshita, the head of Honolulu-based Design Partners Inc., one of Hawaii’s largest architecture firms, feels that the growing Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako is fairly well planned. After all, he’s well qualified to know this after living in one of the existing condominium high-rises in the area, and being involved in planned housing projects there, […]
Honolulu’s Kakaako gains first ‘parklets’ in front of Hank’s Haute Dogs
The trendy Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, which is in the midst of gaining thousands of new residents in a bunch of high-rise ondominiumss being built in the area, is following a growing trend in Mainland cities such as San Francisco when it comes to public outdoor spaces. Landowner Kamehameha Schools has unleashed a couple of […]
Kakaako Fitness to open inside Honolulu contractor’s warehouse
Definition Personal Fitness is moving within the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako to a new location that’s almost four times the size of the gym’s current space, the owner told PBN Thursday. The personal training gym, which is owned by Michele Tokuda and will be known by a new name, “Kakaako Fitness,” currently is located in […]
How Honolulu’s rail system could change the Ala Moana area
The area around Ala Moana Center has a lot going for it, according to Nate Cherry, a California architect who, along with Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting, has created a new vision for the neighborhood through a new Transit Oriented Development plan for Honolulu’s rail system that will be presented to the public next […]
HCDA undertaking year-long effort on revitalizing Kakaako Makai parks
The Hawaii Community Development Authority, which is overseeing the redevelopment of the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, is undertaking a year-long effort to plan for future facilities for the public parks in the makai, or ocean side, part of the area. The state agency is holding a series of open houses to focus on the current […]
Lox of Bagels’ owner to open new cafe in Kakaako
The owner of Lox of Bagels is opening a new cafe called Cafe Grace on the ground level of the Imperial Plaza condominium, next to a Vietnamese restaurant, in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako next week, the manager told PBN. Manager Naomi Salomon said that Cafe Grace will serve bagels, coffee and desserts. The cafe […]