WAIKIKI BEACH WALK TENANT LIST FILLING UP FAST
Release Number: 09/06
For Immediate Release
HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII – New tenants are claiming space fast at Waikiki Beach Walk, Outrigger Enterprises‘ $460 million redevelopment that is transforming nearly eight acres in the heart of Waikiki on the island of Oahu into a vibrant, pedestrian-centric gathering place.
Dining attractions will be big for Waikiki Beach Walk visitors, with its completion approaching the end of this year. Leases have just been officially signed, but word has traveled quickly that Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and Yard House will be two more anchor eateries at Waikiki Beach Walk, joining the already announced Roy’s Waikiki and Holokai Grill.
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse will occupy a first-rate location on the second level of the retail complex overlooking the new open-air plaza. Renowned for its premium choice cuts of beef, the 5,500 square foot restaurant will be the steakhouse chain’s second location on Oahu, seating up to 180 diners for dinner only.
Hawaii’s first Yard House restaurant will open in a premier street level location just off the new plaza. This innovative restaurant chain out of Southern California offers traditional and American fusion cuisine, from cheeseburgers, to seared ahi, to orange peel chicken. The restaurant’s claim to fame is the more than 100 beers on tap offered at all of its nine stores.
Combine that with a menu offering an extensive selection for lunch, dinner or late night dining, classic rock songs emanating from a state-of-the-art, high-end sound system, flat screen plasma TVs scattered throughout the restaurant showcasing the latest sports and news channels, and the Yard House is sure to become one of Waikiki’s most popular eateries.
Also signing on to the list of great dining options is Kai Waikiki, a
stylish Tokyo based restaurant that serves up teppan yaki and a popular
Japanese street food known as okonomi yaki – a pancake-like fritter filled with a variety of tasty ingredients. To round out the newest restaurant tenants to sign on is local restaurateur Bob Bach, operator of the Round Table Pizza franchise in Hawaii, who will offer visitors a good time at a
new yet-to-be named sports bar and restaurant.
Those looking for a sweet sensation at Waikiki Beach Walk will also have a chance to experience the specialty flavors of both Honolulu Cookie Company and Mondo Gelato. With Honolulu Cookie Company’s well known blends of the islands‘ most exotic flavors into pineapple shaped shortbread cookies, and Mondo Gelato serving up fresh-made Italian ice cream, visitors will have an array of tasty desserts to dive into at Waikiki Beach Walk.
On the retail side, the newest additions to the list of specialty shops and island retailers are Surf City Trading Company, featuring top brand surfing and resort apparel, and Jewelry by Lea & Kea, offering quality jewelry, including diamonds and other premium gemstones, silver, gold, Hawaiian bracelets and watches.
„We’ve got a terrific group of tenants already signed on at Waikiki Beach Walk,“ said Barbara Campbell, Outrigger Enterprises‘ vice president of retail development and leasing. „With such a wonderful mix of restaurants, shops, boutiques and galleries, Waikiki Beach Walk is going to be the place to be in Waikiki for great fun, great food and great entertainment.“
The $460 million Waikiki Beach Walk is the largest private development project ever to be undertaken in Waikiki. When complete, five existing hotels and two smaller apartment hotel buildings will make way for a new, low-rise 92,000 square foot retail entertainment complex featuring a pedestrian-friendly gathering place with new accommodation choices, dining
options and a diverse selection of retail outlets. Waikiki Beach Walk will
boast up to 40 retail shops, six restaurants and bars and an open pedestrian plaza integrated among four new and/or completely renovated hotels and vacation ownership properties.
The entertainment-retail center within Outrigger’s Waikiki Beach Walk project is being developed by ABW Lewers, LLC, a partnership between Outrigger Enterprises, local developer Richard Gushman and San Diego-based American Assets. For complete information on Waikiki Beach Walk, log on at
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(NOTE TO MEDIA: Digital renderings of the Waikiki Beach Walk retail development is available by contacting Outrigger public relations at nancy.daniels@outrigger.com.)
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Current Tenant List for Waikiki Beach Walk
Restaurants/Eateries
Roy’s Restaurant
Holokai Grill
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Yard House
Kai Waikiki
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Coconut Willy’s
Beard Papa’s Sweets Café
Honolulu Cookie Company
Mondo Gelato
Sports Bar & Grill operated by Bob Bach
Retailers
ABC Stores
Crazy Shirts
Tabora’s Diamond Head Gallery
Folli Follie
Freaky Tiki Tropical Optical
Head to Toe
Island Pearls
Jewelry by Lea & Kea
King Jewelry
Malibu Shirts
Marco Polo Watch Collection
Maui Divers Jewelry
Maui Surf Co.
Na Hoku
Peony Arts
Sunshine Swimwear
Surf City Trading Co.
TT&K Hawaiian T-Shirt
Whalers General Store
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About Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
Outrigger Enterprises, Inc. is one of the largest and fastest-growing hospitality services companies in the Pacific. Outrigger is a family-owned company with almost 60 years of hospitality experience and runs a highly-successful, multi-branded line of hotels and condominiums, including Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, OHANA Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Condominium
Collection, Outrigger Resort Club by Fairfield and Embassy Suites Hotel-Waikiki Beach Walk.* Outrigger currently operates over 50 properties representing more than 12,000 guest rooms in Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and Guam.
Outrigger Enterprises also operates and develops hotel properties and hospitality-related retail and real estate opportunities for partners in Hawaii, the Pacific, the mainland USA and Asia. The company’s most recent initiative – Waikiki Beach Walk, a $460 million, 8-acre hotel-retail-entertainment complex – is the largest development in the history of Waikiki, and is set to open in December 2006.
For on-line information, log on at www.outrigger.com.
