Kakaako
Kakaako is the name of a commercial and retail district of Honolulu, Hawaii nestled between Ala Moana near Waikīkī to the east, downtown Honolulu and Honolulu Harbor to the west. Kakaako is situated along the southern shores of the island of Oahu and features a vast stretch of waterfront.
Once a light industrial district with numerous dilapidated warehouses, in recent decades Kakaako has been the focus of a major urban renewal effort, led by the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
The civic centers of Kakaako are Victoria Ward Centers and the Neal S. Blaisdell Center. Across the street from Victoria Ward Centers is the newly constructed campus of the John A. Burns School of Medicine and the future home of the William S. Richardson School of Law. Other facilities currently under construction at Kakaako are a state of the art aquarium, ocean science center and ocean park. Kakaako is currently a hot bed of development with ambitious and modern image-setting projects. The main roads through Kakaako are Ala Moana Boulevard and Kapiolani Boulevard.
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