Another view of the 690 Pohukaina -- unfortunately they haven't included the two other buildings proposed for the area yet.
Engineers ponder 650-foot Kakaako tower
Highrises always come with unique design challenges
Pacific Business News by Duane Shimogawa, Reporter
Date: Friday, November 4, 2011, 12:00am HST
Architects, engineers and contractors are still marveling over the state’s recently proposed skyscraper at 690 Pohukaina in Kakaako that, if completed as planned, will be the tallest building in Hawaii.
The 650-foot highrise will dwarf the First Hawaiian Center, which is currently the tallest building in the state, by nearly 250 feet.
A developer for the 690 Pohukaina project won’t be selected until early next year. And details such as cost, financing and square footage for the two residential towers planned as part of the project still need to be determined.
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A developer for the 690 Pohukaina project, which is shown as the tallest building in this rendering, will be selected by the end of next year.
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Queen Emma Land Co. moving ahead with Waikiki redevelopment
Pacific Business News
Date: Friday, November 4, 2011, 9:49am HST
Queen Emma Land Co. is moving ahead with its plans to redevelop the International Market Place in Waikiki.
Queen Emma Land Co. and Taubman Centers .Taubman Centers Latest from The Business Journals Waikiki's International Market Place going upscaleBuyers circling luxury retail center0M Green Hills office park, hotel in limbo Follow this company ., in partnership with San Francisco-based CoastWood Capital Group, said Friday they filed an environmental impact statement preparation notice as part of the company’s next step in exploring the redevelopment of the 2.9-acre International Market Place in the center of Hawaii’s main tourism district.
Currently, plans for the revitalization of the International Market Place call for an approximately 355,000-square-foot, three-level, open-air retail center, which will be designed to incorporate historical, cultural and educational features and opportunities, the land company said in a statement.
“Though we are still in the preliminary phases of determining the feasibility of redeveloping this iconic destination, we are excited to continue to move forward with this project,” said Stephen J. Kieras, senior vice president of development for Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Taubman, in a statement.
The International Market Place sits on land owned and managed by Queen Emma Land Co., the real-estate arm of The Queen's Health Systems .The Queen's Health Systems Latest from The Business Journals Waikiki's International Market Place going upscaleQuality, not quantity, of health careQueen's Health Systems, Hawaii Medical Service Association agree to rate plan Follow this company .that also includes The Queen’s Medical Center, the state’s largest private nonprofit hospital, and Molokai General Hospital.
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A draft rendering for Queen Emma Land Co.'s International Market Place in Waikiki shows the plans for a three-level, open air retail center.
Waikiki's International Market Place going upscale
Pacific Business News by Linda Chiem, Reporter
Date: Friday, November 4, 2011, 3:41pm HST - Last Modified: Friday, November 4, 2011, 3:57pm HST
Queen Emma Land Co.’s preliminary plans for the redevelopment of the International Market Place is estimated to cost between $250 million and $300 million, marking what will be a major capital infusion into the iconic shopping mecca that sits in the heart of Hawaii’s main tourist hub.
If all goes according to plan for the land company and its development partners, Taubman Centers .Taubman Centers Latest from The Business Journals Queen Emma Land Co. moving ahead with Waikiki redevelopmentBuyers circling luxury retail center0M Green Hills office park, hotel in limbo Follow this company ., which is based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and CoastWood Capital Group out of San Francisco, construction could start as early as 2013, Queen’s spokesman Cedric Yamanaka told PBN.
He made clear that the land company’s filing of an environmental impact statement preparation notice on Friday for the redevelopment is just the next step toward determining the feasibility of the project. It’s still early and elements of the plan, including cost and the construction timeline, are subject to change, he said.
But, if it all comes to fruition, it would restart long stalled plans for the revitalization of the 53-year-old marketplace.
Queen Emma Land Co., the real estate arm of The Queen's Health Systems. The Queen's Health Systems Latest from The Business Journals Queen Emma Land Co. moving ahead with Waikiki redevelopment. Quality, not quantity, of health careQueen's Health Systems, Hawaii Medical Service Association agree to rate plan Follow this company, has twice announced plans to redevelop the marketplace in the last decade — most recently in 2008 and before that in 2003.