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Dozens of dirty needles found at Kakaako Park

Just 5 percent of about 4,500 new housing units in Kakaako are affordable for low-income people, according to a state agency. One 204-unit building is the exception.

The school includes a student salon that gives students the opportunity to sharpen their skills in a real world environment and work on customers under the supervision of licensed instructors.

Kona Brewing, which is owned by Craft Brew Alliance, recently hired a new brewmaster for its flagship Hawaii brewery on the Big Island.

There are currently four residential projects under construction consisting of a total of 1,541 units with another seven projects approved that would add another 2,696 units.

Condominium prices in Honolulu's Ala Moana-Kakaako area shoot up almost 60%

Whole Foods Market announced today plans for a 50,000 square-foot flagship Whole Foods Market in Honolulu at Ward Village. Whole Foods Market in Ward Village will be the company's largest location in Hawai'i and will occupy the ewa makai corner of Queen Street and Kamake'e Street as part of a mixed use development. The project is slated to begin construction in 2015 with completion expected in 2017.

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Oahu business professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, and others looking for a change in corporate scenery are invited to bring their laptops and notebooks to Kakaako for the first #OOTO (Out of the Office) co-working event. Photos courtesy MVNP.

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More than a hundred people, many of them wearing red T-shirts, lined Ala Moana Boulevard Saturday to protest against possible development in Kakaako Makai. They were members of several groups that came together for the latest "Save Our Kakaako" rally to hold signs opposing residential development in the area makai of Ala Moana.

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It's hard to imagine that something as simple as art can rejuvenate a community, but businesses say that's exactly what's happened.