Prince Kuhio Plaza
| Location | Hilo, Hawaii |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 19°41′50″N 155°3′48″W / 19.69722°N 155.06333°WCoordinates: 19°41′50″N 155°3′48″W / 19.69722°N 155.06333°W[1] |
| Address | 111 East Puainako Street |
| Opening date | 1985[2] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 510,381 square feet (47,415.9 m2)[3] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website |
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Prince Kūhiō Plaza is a single-level regional shopping center in Hilo, Hawaii. It is the largest enclosed mall on the Island of Hawaii.
The Plaza consists of a central mall building and a number of outlying buildings. The main building has four anchor tenant spaces. These are occupied by Sears, Macy's and Sports Authority. Other major tenants include Prince Kūhiō Stadium Cinemas, a nine screen movie theatre and Long's Drugs, which is located in an outlying building.[4] The mall, along with three adjacent big-box retail centers, forms the core retail area of Hilo and its surrounding communities.
Prince Kūhiō Plaza is owned and operated by General Growth Properties.[5] It is named for Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (1871–1922) who served as Congressional Delegate from 1903 to 1922.[6]
History
Early planning and development
Prince Kūhiō Plaza was first conceived in the early 1970s in response to the lack of adequate retail space in Hilo.[7] Developers, however, were unable to find a suitable site until September 1977, when the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands offered to lease 39 acres (160,000 m2) of land located at the intersection of Pūʻāinakō Street and Kanoelehua Avenue (part of the Hawaii Belt Road). Orchid Isle Group, the sole bidder for the property, signed a 53-year lease with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on October 28, 1977.[8]
Prince Kūhiō Plaza was envisioned as a fully enclosed regional shopping centre. Plans called for three anchor spaces of 55,000 to 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) each, plus an additional 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2) of retail space for a total of 420,000 square feet (39,000 m2) of leasable area. Parking would be provided for 2,150 vehicles.[9]
Anchors
- Sears (74,070 sq ft / 6,881 m²)
- Macy's Men's, Children's, Home (61,873 sq ft / 5,748 m²)
- Macy's Women's (50,477 sq ft / 4,689 m²)
- Sports Authority (50,000 sq ft / 4,645 m²)
- Longs Drugs (27,360 sq ft / 2,542 m²)
- Prince Kūhiō Stadium Cinemas (20,553 sq ft / 1,909 m²)
- Pier 1 Imports (14,000 sq ft) opened 2015
- Old Navy (15,600 sq ft) opened January 2016
Former Retailers
- Contempo Casuals (now Pacsun)
- Foot Locker
- Lady Footlocker
- Jeans West
- Runway 7
- 5-7-9
- KB Toys
- Liberty House (now Macy's Women's)
- Penthouse by Liberty House (now, Social Security office)
- Woolworth (now Sports Authority)
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prince Kuhio Plaza Shopping Center
- ↑ Hillinger, Charles (1985-09-01). "Way of the West-Hawaiian Style Homesteading Gives Islanders Chance to Improve Lives". Los Angeles Times. p. 6.
At Hilo the new 39-acre (160,000 m2) Prince Kuhio Plaza, second-largest shopping center in the state, is on HHL land. Kuhio Plaza was dedicated last March...
- ↑ Ishikawa, Lisa; Taketa, Mari (1992-11-01). "Down but not out". Hawaii Business.
In Hilo, at the 510,381-square-foot (47,415.9 m2) Prince Kuhio Plaza, general manager Kimra Perkins reports sales...
- ↑ "Wallace Theaters acquires Consolidated in Hilo". Pacific Business News. 1998-04-28.
- ↑ "Executives see more business ownership changes to come". Pacific Business News. 2005-02-06.
- ↑ United States Congress. "Prince Kuhio Plaza (id: K000004)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ↑ The Prince Kūhiō Plaza Environmental Impact Statement, June 1980, prepared for Orchid Isle Group by the Hilo firm of Walt Southward: Public Relations, p. 11
- ↑ EIS, pp. 12, 27
- ↑ EIS, p. 4