WAIKIKI, Hawaii
Waikiki may soon see its first new high-rise hotel in more than three years. A California developer plans to start construction on a 34-story tower with 459 condominium-hotel units as early as March.
The $275 million project is teed up to be the first new hotel built in Waikiki since Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk opened in late 2009. The project is tentatively called 2121 Kuhio Tower.
The 2121 Kuhio hotel is a revised version of a previous development plan for the 1.4-acre property that was once home to landmark gay bar Hula's Bar & Lei Stand but has been vacant since the late 1990s.
