UpdatedOct. '07   

Web Cams Click to view web cams offering live streaming video of the Waikiki Beach Walk development.  These web cams provide views of traffic around Waikiki Beach Walk, including Lewers Street, Kalia Road, and Beachwalk. More Beachwalk webcams Click More info http://www.waikikibeachwalk.com/ The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center www.royalhawaiiancenter.com This is the Moana Hotel in old Waikiki. It was built in 1906 but the main building (in the back) was renovated in 1989. This photo is from the collection of Evelyn Farleigh, whose father Nolan Clodfelter was in Hawai`i around 1917. ~ Mahalo Gregg         Update: The First Lady of Waikiki is Re-branded as the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort From John Fischer, The "First Lady of Waikiki" is undergoing her next rebirth on June 1, 2007 as the Sheraton Moana Surfrider is officially re-branded as the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort. The resort is undergoing a complete transformation. It will be the first Westin property on the island of Oahu. Brief History of the Moana: It was at the beginning of the last century when, on March 11, 1901, the first beachfront resort on Waikiki opened its doors. The Moana Hotel had 75 guest rooms, telephones and private baths, a billiard room, saloon, parlor, library and the first electric-powered elevator in the Territory. These were true innovations for its time. It was and is the only resort hotel in Hawaii that reflects the Beaux-arts design of the early 1900's. Over the years the hotel has been through many changes and yet still retains much of its Victorian charm and historic beauty. The hotel underwent a $50 million historic restoration in 1989 as a result of which it has received numerous local and national awards including the President's Historic Preservation Award, the National Preservation Honor Award, Hawaii Renaissance Award, and the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association International Golden Bell Award. In May of 1999 the resort undertook a $2 million completion of its historic Banyan Wing exterior enhancement project. The Banyan Wing is the Moana's main building, easily recognizable from Kalakaua Avenue by its grand white colonnade, colonial banisters and archway picture windows at the porte cochere. The Resort Today: Today, the resort has expanded to accommodate 793 guest rooms, including 46 suites, two restaurants, a freshwater swimming pool, snack bar, beach bar, cocktail lounge, its own Historical Room and historical tours, a beauty salon, travel desk, more than 15,000 square-feet of function space, and a diversity of boutique stores. Westin Re-branding: One June 1, 2007, guests will enter a revitalized lobby featuring hardwood floors, new furniture and lighting fixtures. Work is already underway to prepare all of the Moana’s guestrooms with Westin’s signature Heavenly Bed® and Heavenly Bath® amenities, as well as new flat-screen televisions by the June transformation date. Upgrades to guestrooms in the historic Banyan Wing are also planned for later this year. Waikiki’s first and only beachfront spa will open in the Moana in early 2008. The new spa will feature 14 treatment rooms, including two couple’s massage rooms and a 1,400 square foot Westin Workout® Powered by Reebok fitness facility. In addition, the resort will offer Westin’s signature Service Express program and a new Westin Kids Discovery Club. In the evening, guests can decompress during Westin’s new take on happy hour - "Unwind: A Westin Evening Ritual." The spacious courtyard, new outdoor tables, chairs and umbrellas in the updated beachfront Banyan Court will invite guests to relax under the shade of the hotel’s historic banyan tree, while the Moana’s signature Banyan Veranda restaurant is poised to launch a stylish, new concept and exciting menu. Historical Tours Will Continue: Hotel guests and the general public can experience ten decades of Waikiki's history with the resort's Historical Tour. The tour originates on the second floor of its main building, the historic Banyan Wing, twice a day, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. The second floor features its own historical room to house and display memorabilia dating back to the early 1900's. The historical tour is a free program provided by the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort to educate the general public on the history of this turn-of-the-century resort as well as the evolution of Waikiki as a leading travel destination. The tour lasts approximately one hour. Banyan Tree: When visiting the hotel, be sure to visit the Banyan Tree. Among one of the first to be listed on Hawaii's Rare and Exceptional Tree List, this Indian Banyan tree was planted at the hotel in 1904 by Jared Smith, Director of the Department of Agriculture Experiment Station. When planted the tree was nearly seven feet tall and approximately seven years old. It now stands 75 feet high and stretches 150 feet across. The Moana Surfrider Banyan tree has been selected by the Board of Trustees of America the Beautiful Fund as the site for a Hawaii Millennium Landmark Tree designation. One tree in each state that holds important national and local historic value receives this designation, with the pledge that it will be protected and preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. For more information on the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort you can visit their website Waikiki Beach Walk's Ohana Concerts      Waikiki Beach Walk's Ohana Concerts began in January, Local residents and visitors alike are invited to enjoy the all-new Waikiki Beach Walk Ohana Concerts held nightly at sunset on the plaza at Waikiki Beach Walk. Local artists interact with their audience as they circulate through the common area of Waikiki Beach Walk. Visitors and residents alike can listen to a sampling of Hawaii's up and coming talent as well as well-seasoned island musicians while they enjoy Waikiki Beach Walk's collection of brand new retail shops. The Ohana Concerts at Waikiki Beach Walk are held nightly from 5-7 p.m. Waikiki Beach Walk has a new Hawaiian music heritage program, "Na Mele No Na Pua," which is defined as "Music for the Generations," that will feature two, expansive permanent exhibits highlighting Hawaii's rich musical history, an ongoing monthly Hawaiian music concert series, special educational and cultural events, and interpretive displays - all free and open to the public. "With Na Mele No Na Pua, visitors and the local community can enjoy the beauty of the islands through activities celebrating the past, present, and future of Hawaii's musical heritage." Live Performances: Waikiki Beach Walk's Na Mele No Na Pua began as an idea to create a "Preservation Hall" for Hawaiian music -- similar to the historic jazz hall in New Orleans. It will come to life as a "hall without walls" that incorporates Hawaiian music and history into the entire Waikiki Beach Walk complex. Beginning Saturday, April 28, Na Mele No Na Pua presents a free monthly concert featuring popular Hawaiian musicians. Hosting the concerts will be TV and Radio personalities Brickwood Galuteria and Kimo Kahoano on the Grand Lanai of the Embassy Suites-Waikiki Beach Walk. The concert series is produced in association with the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame and the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts. Future concerts will be held on the last Saturday or Sunday of each month. About Waikiki Beach Walk Waikiki Beach Walk is the largest development project ever to be undertaken in Waikiki's history. The 7.9 acre area, bordered by Kalakaua Avenue, Lewers Street, Kalia Road, Beach Walk and Saratoga Road, has been completely rebuilt and has emerged as a vibrant showcase and gathering place in the new Waikiki. With a total construction cost of $535 million, it features an outdoor entertainment plaza, 41 new retail shops, six great restaurants, and five hotels. Waikiki Beach Walk recently launched its new interactive Web site that allows visitors to effortlessly explore the various shopping, dining and hotel options that Waikiki Beach Walk will offer beginning next month. The new site has the same address as the old site, www.waikikibeachwalk.com  but is completely revamped with features such as a comprehensive map of the entire Waikiki Beach Walk area, in-depth descriptions of the stores, restaurants and attractions, and numerous photographs. _________________ Original and Comprehensive Fan Appreciation Site since '01 OFFICIAL FAN CLUB Get Notified about The Newest on Danny Couch HAWAIIAN CONCERT CALENDAR  http://my.calendars.net/dcfanaddicts  ~Mahalo to Nalu As of March 12, 07 More Beach Walk tenants opening The renovated Beach Walk is seeing more grand openings, including some high-profile restaurants. Yard House opened three weeks ago, Holokai Grill is in its second week of operation, and Ruth's Chris Steak House opens March 19. The 6,000 square foot Beach Walk location is on Lewers St. near the Halekulani. "The design, a feeling of a traditional, old clubhouse, infused with aloha." In Hawaii, Ruth's Chris uses fresh island fish, Kamuela tomatoes and Hamakua mushrooms. Among Beach Walk retailers, Island Pearls and Blue Ginger opened in recent days and the Peter Lik Gallery will open in a week or so. Other tenants already open include: ABC Store. Alter Ego. Beard Papas. Coco Cove. Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Crazy Shirts. Foli Follie. Freaky Tiki Optical. Hawaii Head to Toe. King Jewelry. Malibu Shirts. Maui Divers. Mondo Gelato. Na Hoku. Oasis Lifestyle. Sunshine Swimwear. Taboras Gallery.   January '07 Photos of Renovation Area of The New BeachWalk and Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center as of October "07 by Lea Cook. Lewers Street has been completely rebuilt, Businesses are opening along Lewer's St, and relocating into the shopping center, hotels are up and open for business. Hawaii is putting big bucks into renovating the tourist area of Waikiki. Goodbye to all that concrete. Hello to open spaces, open spaces, glass canopies that hover gracefully over the outdoor plazas take their inspiration from the movement of the sea, and supporting beams are reminiscent of the `iako (booms) and ama (float) of the outrigger canoe. The canopies are lighted to create a beautifully illuminated contrast to the night sky.. This area has long been a hodgepodge of high-end boutiques and crummy shops, luxury resorts and low-rent hotels, now and coming, new and renovated hotels and restaurants, the projects include new public spaces designed to bring light, trees and Hawaiian entertainment into what had become a warren of narrow streets and concrete blocks. The Tiki Torches are Lit Again!

	Updated Sept. 07	Beachwalk Evening
	Royal Grove between The Royal Hawaiian and the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center		Jan. thru June '07	Click on Thumbnails Now breaking Ground, Trump Tower taking orders for condos. Corner of Saratoga Road & Kalia across from the Reef
	The upscale Embassy Suites Hotel - Waikiki Beach Walk now open! More Info and reservations	Embassy Suites Hotel-Waikiki Beach Walk Outrigger now taking reservations located between Lewers and Beachwalk streets open Dec. 18.	Embassy Suites open The hotel has introductory rates starting at $269
at its new two-tower 421-suites one block from the ocean	the new restaurants and stores at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center are scheduled to open next summer.	Opening postponed	Corner of Lewers and Don Ho St. Originally to be removed will remain
The Royal Grove Underweigh	The Royal Grove	The Royal Grove
		Royal Hawaiian is planning on major renovations	Monarch Room Included

In some ways, the "Beach Walk" simply means more of the same in Waikiki. Retail tenants include a new location of the neighborhood's ABC Stores, a Crazy Shirts T-shirt store and Ruth's Chris Steak House. But it also brings real improvements, including an open-air arcade and grassy outdoor stage on Lewers Street, which previously was a crevasse straddled by concrete towers. The first shops opened December '06.

    Kamehameha Schools, a major Waikiki landowner, hopes to restore a Hawaiian sense of place to the heart of Waikiki with an $84-million redesign of its Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, a three-block-long building that is home to luxury retailers.
A massive concrete pedestrian bridge has been replaced with a wooden trestle that looks like a treehouse. The focal point of the more open center will be the Royal Grove, a garden of coconut palms and amphitheaters with free hula shows, ukulele demonstrations and other entertainment planned. There also will be a series of six botanical gardens showing varieties of native plants. The grove and gardens will link Kalakaua Avenue to the park-like grounds of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the 1920s Spanish-style "Pink Palace of the Pacific" on the beach at Waikiki. The Royal is planning upgrades to the hotel's pool, beach and restaurants as the hotel becomes more accessible from Kalakaua Avenue. Also, as part of a re-flagging of the historic Sheraton Moana Surfrider as a Westin, are plans of a renovation of the lobby. And early in 2007, the company will finish renovations of its Sheraton Waikiki.   it's all going to be happening over the next three years.

*** UPDATED MARCH-APRIL '06  Great news that the International Market Place will remain open and renovated. For Hawaii visitors this is a tradition. Here is a listing of the performances being brought to the Market Place. Queen Emma Kaleleonalani, wife of King Kamehameha IV, owned the land under the International Market Place and Waikiki Town Center, you can feel the spirit that remains at the spot. It will remain so through renovation and much needed updating. Hawaiian music concerts are going to continue on their main stage.
Islands of Aloha
8:30pm - 9:15pm
Polynesian Revue  concert calendar  

Please visit the news on the Market Place, and the Lewer's Beachwalk Project at http://www.waikikibeachwalk.com/

Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, Currently undergoing a $55 million renovation and is revitalizing the 290,000-square-foot retail complex. They are talking about having a royal grove area. That's where the former fountain area was. And then open up that whole place. It will have a nice view to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and that big banyan tree is going to have a water feature and a lot of palms, along with about 33,000 square feet of a grove area. It's going to have grass mounds and a little amphitheater stage that's going to be laid out into the royal grove. They're going to be opening up the third floor so the restaurants are very visible from the street, so a lot of concrete will be removed. Some areas will have lanais facing Kalakaua Avenue. A lot of the things they are using are going to look "real" Hawaiian. We're looking to have lots of palm trees, like the area used to have.

A Winter 2006 finish?? Nope

Read/see more on the revitalization of the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center: http://www.shopwaikiki.com/Html/pdf/RHS-newsletter_Feb06.pdf  

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			Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center Under the knife gutted and empty	Will afford full view of the Beautiful Pink Palace, the Royal Hawaiian, more on that later!
		Artist's rendering of the changes now in progress at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center

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                                                                                                       Posted: August 12, 2005

Redevelopment of International Marketplace.
Redevelopment of the International Marketplace is back on originally stated to be demolished beginning in September '05. Plans were put on hold so that the property owner, the Queen Emma Foundation, could re-evaluate the project. It is now going to remain in place and updated.

 The initial $150 million proposal called for knocking down all existing structures. Instead, the new plan calls for renovating existing buildings over a two to three year period. Most important to the vendors is that this current approach allows the center to remain open during the renovation period. Vendors who have left are now returning to the marketplace. Those that remained have been on month-to-month leases for several years and most of whom would be driven out of business under the plan which now has been scrapped.
The International Market Place will get a renovation. Waikiki marketplace plans are scaled back The Queen Emma Foundation says costs from its medical center affect the renovation
    A planned $150 million transformation of the International Market Place, a major visitor attraction at the epicenter of Waikiki, has been downgraded to a simple renovation!
The Queen Emma Foundation, the property's landowner, had planned to raze the circa-1950s bazaar  to make way for a more upscale retail and entertainment center, but financial constraints have forced the foundation to reconsider, said Mark Hastert, chief executive of the Queen Emma Foundation. "The Queen Emma Foundation plays a critical financial support role for the Queen's Medical Center," Hastert said, "and changing conditions, including increasing costs in the construction and health-care industries, along with other plans for the medical center, required that we reassess the development plans for the International Market Place."
Renovation of the marketplace and neighboring Waikiki Town Center buildings will take place during the next two to three years, the foundation said. The land on which the market sits was once owned by Queen Emma, wife of King Kamehameha IV, who left the money to what was then Queen's Hospital when she died in 1878. A rejuvenated center would have created a new gathering place in Waikiki and increased the value of surrounding properties, but it also would have closed many small businesses that found their niche among the volcano-shaped candles, plastic hula skirts and inexpensive aloha wear. Now '06 signs are being posted everywhere within the marketplace to honor Queen Emma and the heritage within.

Renewal plans for the 4.5-acre parcel once included new open-air shops and restaurants, a center for storytellers, another for ceremonies and entertainment, and a mix of carts and kiosks.
"We have been studying several alternative approaches and came to the conclusion that a more moderate renovation program would better fit our current overall needs".

When the renovation begins, it will be the marketplace's first big revitalization since the 1970s, when the last major building was added.
The foundation's plans will retain the marketplace's unique character and allow the center to remain open during renovations.

			Once featured fine Hawaiian music artists

When we are in Hawaii we make a special trip to visit our friend Carol Brown

at her Kiosk in the Market Place for Paradise Music.

Carol is an avid Danny Couch Fan and friend and it's always fun to talk Hawaiian Music with her.

She may be able to find that elusive CD you've been hunting for.

Visit her at Paradise Music (currently under construction)

If you visit her booth at the Market Place please say Aloha from Lea at Fanaddicts.

The New Face of Waikiki

If you haven't been to the downtown Honolulu area lately, you're in for a surprise. Lower Lewers Street has been gutted. A new facility, including a Trump Tower is being erected (order your condo now Dec 06) The Trump International Hotel and Tower at Waikiki Beach Walk is the only new high-rise tower and the only five-star project to be built on world-famous Waikiki Beach in 25 years. The tower is expected to be erected at the closest corner to Ft. DeRussy (now under construction)  (you can tell who owns the most prestigious property in Waikiki!) NEW INFORMATION MAY 30 '06 Construction will begin in early 2007 and is expected to be complete by late 2009. Prices are expected to range from $450,000 for a 562 sq. ft. studio all the way up to $2,740,000 for a 2,110 sq. ft. three-bedroom unit.

Outrigger Hotels & Resorts' $800 million project including a 350-foot high tower to be built just mauka of the Outrigger Reef On The Beach Hotel. The project will open up the Lewers Street area by demolishing several high-rise hotels. It will also result in the closing of approximately 89 businesses. Outrigger's redevelopment will spruce up a crowded corner of Waikiki, the most prominent symbol of Hawaii's tourist industry. The project, for better or for worse, also will change the make-up of one of Waikiki's most eclectic neighborhoods, known for catering to the budgets of kamaaina and economy travelers. Outrigger plans to replace five low- to mid-rise hotels and the aging retail around them with a single high-rise tower, open space and a nautical-themed complex of shops, restaurants and entertainment along with a 240-stall parking garage. Now closed signs decorate once-thriving retail establishments.

Waikiki Beach Walk is the largest development project ever to be undertaken in Waikiki's history. Nearly eight acres along well traversed Lewers Street is being completely rebuilt and will emerge as a vibrant showcase and gathering place in a new Waikiki.
 

December '06 Project Name: Trump International Hotel and Tower at Waikiki Beach Walk (Trump Tower Waikiki)
Estimated Project Cost: $350 million
Exact Location: Kalia and Saratoga roads, across from Fort DeRussy Park, Waikiki, Hawaii
Location Appeal: Trump Waikiki will be the cornerstone of the new $1 billion Beachwalk Redevelopment Project
Total Size: 775,000 gross square feet
Building Height: 350 feet
Stories: 38
Parking: 4 stories
Architectural Style: Art Deco, very refined, mixed with "the nostalgia of yesteryear Waikiki, reflecting the history of the area as a home to Hawaiian royalty," In the recorded talk-story board in the Trump Waikiki Sales Preview Center, developer Donald Trump states, "The carefully nuanced tower will be a building with true Hawaiian soul and have the finest of everything." He adds, "The project will be sensational in every way that one would expect a property of this caliber to be...I cannot imagine anyone not having the time of their lives at Trump Tower Waikiki."

Preview Center: The Trump Waikiki Preview Center opened in July 2006. Located on the southeast corner of Kalakaua and Beachwalk in the ANA building. Open daily 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Showroom contains miniature replica of Trump Waikiki tower, a talk-story board narrated by Donald Trump, and a model kitchen.

Unique Trump Waikiki Building Features: Outdoor glass elevators, infinity pool, full-service spa, cascading sixth-floor waterfall, pool cabanas, wine cellar, 24-hour front desk, fine dining
Number of Condo Hotel Units: 460
Unit Features: Fully furnished, finishes in koa wood, granite and marble. Kitchens will be fully equipped and have top-of-the-line Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances
Unit Types: Studios (limited quantity), and one-, two- and three-bedroom units
Unit Sizes: 562 to 2,110 square feet

Unit Price Range: $450,000 to $2,740,000

Demolition of Buildings Currently on Site: July 2006, Royal Islander and Reef Lanai Hotels
Construction Start: Early 2007 Target Completion: Late 2009
 

 It's becoming increasingly difficult for the mom and pop shops to operate in Waikiki.

"It's too bad,"  "They provide the charm."  We had the chance to talk to a police officer who has spent time in the area. Mahalo Peter for talking with me.

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			Dec.'06 a grand opening celebration of the new retail complex where the old Waikiki 3 Theater used to be.	Sept. 24 Lewers St. on left to Halekulani

The original Waikiki Theatre from 1936, was demolished 2004 to make way for a three-story retail-restaurant complex. The theater was famed for its cinema organ, with the console that spun up from below to pipe live pre-show and intermission music to the audience, and projected clouds moving among the stars across the ceiling. The original Waikiki Theatre was known for its white-palace appearance and wide staircases leading up the auditorium courtyard, flanked by carp ponds and imitation tropical foliage. Its marquee above the Kalakaua Avenue sidewalk bannered some of the most famous movies produced in Hollywood

UPDATE: On June 1, The Wyland Waikiki officially opened as Courtyard by Marriott Waikiki Beach, the first Courtyard property on Oahu. The hotel is operating under a franchise agreement with Lodging Capital Partners LLC, owner of the property, and will be managed by Outrigger Hotels and Resorts. The 400-room property features two swimming pools, Spa Pure day spa, a 24-hour fitness facility, entertainment room, business center, small boardroom, and dining at Spada Restaurant & Bar and Kimobean Hawaiian Coffee Company.

Bob Wyland, and partner Edward Bushor planed to turn a nondescript Kuhio Avenue hotel into a work of art. Wyland erected his own new hotel in Waikiki with art throughout. Although he has sold the property
First Wyland hotel to open in Waikiki Robert Wyland is partnered in the redevelopment of the former Ohana Waikiki Surf on Kuhio Avenue. Celebrated marine artist Robert Wyland, who has long promoted respect for ocean resources through public art, is extending his preservation efforts to Waikiki's urban renewal by partnering with developers to produce the first Wyland-themed hotel.

Wyland announced his transformation the former Ohana Waikiki Surf, one of Kuhio Avenue's off-beach budget hotels, into an interactive work of art, called the Wyland Waikiki. Joining Wyland in the endeavor to extend Waikiki's gentrification into its budget district are San Diego-based partner Edward L. Bushor of eRealty Cos. and Hakim Quansafi, president and chief executive of the newly formed Diamond Hotels and Resorts Inc.
The 404-room hotel, the first of many planned nationwide by the trio, boasts a Wyland-designed ocean and reef color scheme. Pieces of Wyland's multimillion-dollar art collection will be displayed throughout the hotel's guest rooms, elevators, entrance, lobby and corridors.
Developers will spend between $7.5 and $10 million to redevelop the property, but Wyland said his contribution of art is priceless.
"I'm taking this project very personally," said Wyland, who acknowledged this is his most aggressive public art project to date.
"I have 40 galleries, but I have never had the opportunity to fully integrate my art into a property," he said. "It will absolutely be about how Hawaii has inspired my life." Instead of the current faded, brown-stained wallpaper, Formica countertops and motel art, Wyland envisioned an underwater paradise complete with bronze and marine-life sculptures combined with the sound of flowing water and the  brilliant colors of the sea.
"We're going to bring the beach over here to Kuhio," Wyland said yesterday while standing outside the nondescript circa 1960s hotel, which is dwarfed by neighboring concrete towers. "Each floor is themed with Hawaiian marine life to mirror the beauty of the islands and give guests a classic island style," he said. "Every aspect of the hotel will be filled with art, music and a sense of serenity." Wyland has invited 14 other local artists, including his friend Kim Taylor Reece, to display their work at the property, where Wyland also will have a studio. Wyland said he's hoping that the hotel's bar will become a haven for local artists and entertainers to draw on each other's creativity.
"This may turn out to be a cul-de-sac of culture," Reece said. "It's going to be a really exciting place for artists to come and hang out."
Combining fine art and development is an idea that works, said Bushor, whose specialty is buying fixer-uppers. Despite its neglected appearance, Bushor said he saw promise in the Ohana Waikiki Surf, which he bought for $38 million in March from Katokichi Co., a Japanese firm that acquired the property in 1990 during Hawaii's bubble economy.
"When I first bought this hotel, I wandered around the street and saw that it was like any other," Bushor said. "I knew that if I was going to set it apart, this hotel would need to make a statement." When Bushor began brainstorming how to reposition his investment in Waikiki, he said his thoughts turned to Wyland, the artist who had painted a whale mural on another of Bushor's Oahu buildings, the Airport Center, during its 2000 renovation. "It was a good fit," Bushor said of his newest partnership with Wyland. "Consumers want an experience when they go to a hotel. We're going to give them one."
The hotel, which is targeted to open in January, will likely compete with the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio and nearby hotels along Kalakaua Avenue and Lewers Street, said Quansafi, who is shopping for a hotel management company for the property.

The hotel, which lies between Royal Hawaiian Avenue and Lewers Street, is positioned to capitalize on Outrigger's Waikiki Beach Walk project and the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center's redevelopment, he said.  "We're the next logical location for redevelopment," Quansafi said.