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State agencies want to turn Pawaa property into affordable housing and a facility for troubled youth

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Above, the juvenile detention center is pictured from the corner of Alder and Piikoi streets.

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DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARADVERTISER.COM

The juvenile detention center takes up most of a block bordered by Piikoi, Alder, Elm and King streets. The property was gifted to the city by the Okamura family to help serve children in the court system at a time when the local court system was still run by the city.

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The state plans to redevelop this 1.5-acre property on which a juvenile detention center long operated.