^There's so much going on & so much more in the pipeline! Can't wait to see what the city will look like over the next decade!
Here's more updates...although this first one is of a chain store (Walgreens) the rendering & some of the plans for it look cool.
Jul 15, 2014, 11:07am HST Updated: Jul 16, 2014, 5:31pm HST
Walgreens to open flagship Hawaii store in early 2015
Duane Shimogawa
Reporter-
Pacific Business News
Walgreens’ new two-story flagship Hawaii store on Kapiolani Boulevard in Honolulu, across from Ala Moana Center, is expected to open in early 2015, a spokeswoman for the nation’s largest drugstore chain told PBN.
The 20,000 square-foot store, which is being built by Honolulu’s dck pacific construction and was designed by Honolulu-based Architects Hawaii Ltd., will include a three-level parking garage, will include such food offerings as self-serve frozen yogurt and hand-rolled sushi, as well as a “Bridge Pharmacy” and a “Look Boutique” that will feature dozens of cosmetic, skin care and hair care brands not typically found in drugstores.
“As part of it, Britain’s leading skin care brand, No7, created by Boots, will be available,” said Mailee Ua, spokeswoman for Walgreens. “Specially- trained beauty advisors are on hand to offer guidance finding the best solutions for individual needs.”
The pharmacy will be designed to encourage greater interaction between pharmacists and patients.
“At the core of this approach is an effort to bring the pharmacist out from behind the counter so they can provide more counseling to patients, offer clinical services and answer questions,” Ua said. “The pharmacy also features an ‘Ask Your Pharmacist’ desk, private health room (consultation) and an Express Rx kiosk for swift checkout.”
Walgreens also shared renderings of the new store, its first two-level location in Hawaii, with PBN. Click on the photo to see the slideshow.
Walgreens struck a deal to take over the site, a former Tower Records store, across from Ala Moana Center back in 2006 and operated a store in the old building until last year.
Walgreens to get new look, concept
The larger, upscale store on Keeaumoku could set the stage for a 20-story tower
By Andrew Gomes
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 17, 2014
It's rising behind a construction screen now and doesn't look like much, but when a new Walgreens on Keeaumoku Street opens in February it will be unlike any drugstore ever seen in Hawaii.
Fresh handmade sushi, poke bowls, bentos, a coffee and pastry counter, a juice bar and self-serve frozen yogurt will be among the offerings.
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UH shares its vision for new, versatile stadium
The proposal for a 30,585-seat facility estimates a cost of $165 million to $190 million
By Ferd Lewis
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2014
On the heels of an Aloha Stadium Authority consultant's recommendation for a stadium with 30,000 to 35,000 seats, the University of Hawaii athletic department has unveiled its own concept of a 30,585-seat multipurpose facility.
The UH version, as envisioned by the Gensler design and architectural firm of Los Angeles, is estimated to cost $165 million to $190 million, depending upon whether a partial roof is included, but is not specific to any location.
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Jul 9, 2014, 2:31pm HST
Ultra-luxury condos at Hawaii's Ala Moana Center to start construction soon
Duane Shimogawa
Reporter-
Pacific Business News
The Honolulu developers of the $300 million Park Lane Ala Moana project, a row of seven ultra-luxury, condominium towers planned for what is now a parking area at Ala Moana Center held a ground blessing on Wednesday morning and plan to start construction within a couple of months, an executive from the development team told PBN.
Kathy Inouye, partner and chief operating officer of the Kobayashi Group LLC, which is developing the low-rise project along with The MacNaughton Group, BlackSand Capital and landowner General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP), said prices for the 215 units in the project haven't been established.
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Jul 7, 2014, 2:57pm HST
California firm plans new retail shopping center in Kapolei in West Oahu
Duane Shimogawa
Reporter-
Pacific Business News
A California commercial real estate investment firm plans to develop a new 55,000-square-foot retail center in the growing West Oahu community of Kapolei called “The Gathering Place,” Pacific Business News has learned.
Atalanta Realty Investments, which recently re-entered the Hawaii market with the purchase of two well-known Downtown Honolulu office buildings, told PBN that the open-air retail center, which is scheduled to open in spring 2016, will consist of five one-story buildings and two two-story buildings on about 4.5 acres.
The Gathering Place also will have seasonal events, social media sites, greenbelts and rest areas, as well as a “pop-up fountain” play area for families.
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Ewa Beach resort developer details plans for $87M lagoon
By Andrew Gomes
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2014
The developer of Hoakalei Resort in Ewa Beach has published new details of a proposed recreational lagoon that it wants to substitute for a previously planned marina — including a cost comparison and a way to regulate lagoon use.
Haseko (Hawaii) Inc. said its planned lagoon will cost an estimated $87 million, or $7 million more than its abandoned plan for a boat marina, according to a draft environmental impact statement published Tuesday.
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Jul 9, 2014, 2:58pm HST
Howard Hughes Corp.'s second Honolulu luxury tower to start construction in coming months
Duane Shimogawa
Reporter-
Pacific Business News
The Howard Hughes Corp. is preparing to start construction in the coming months on its second luxury Honolulu condominium tower called Anaha that is planned for the former Pier 1 Imports location in Kakaako, the senior vice president for the Texas-based firm’s Hawaii operations told PBN.
The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) said in its first quarter earnings report in March that it had pre-sold 54 percent of the project, which includes 311 units.
“Over the last few months, sales have continued to progress,” Howard Hughes Corp.’s Senior Vice President for Hawaii David Striph told PBN via email.
Last month, the developer broke ground on its Waiea luxury condo tower on a former surface parking lot fronting Ala Moana Boulevard, diagonally across from the Anaha site.
Both towers are part of the developer's first phase of its Ward Village master plan.
The Howard Hughes Corp. plans to add more than 900 residential units in the first phase of its Ward master plan, which includes these two mixed-use high-rises.