Prince Kuhio Plaza

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Prince Kuhio Plaza
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Location Hilo, Hawaii
Coordinates 19°41′56″N 155°04′03″W / 19.6988, -155.0675Coordinates: 19°41′56″N 155°04′03″W / 19.6988, -155.0675[1]
Address 111 East Puainako Street
Opening date 1985[2]
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 173,000 square feet (16,100 )[3]
No. of floors 1
Website princekuhioplaza.com

Prince Kuhio Plaza is a shopping center in Hilo, Hawaii. The largest enclosed mall on the Island of Hawaii, it is owned and operated by General Growth Properties.[4]

The main building has four anchor tenant spaces. They are currently occupied by Sears, Macy's, Macy's Home and PlentyFun amusement center. Other tenants include Wallace Theaters, Long's Drugs, and Safeway.[5]

Former anchor tenants include J.C. Penney (now Macy's) and Woolworth's (now PlentyFun).[6][7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Feature Detail Report: Prince Kuhio Plaza Shopping Center. Geographic Names Information System.
  2. ^ Hillinger, Charles. "Way of the West-Hawaiian Style Homesteading Gives Islanders Chance to Improve Lives", Los Angeles Times, 1985-09-01, p. 6. "At Hilo the new 39-acre Prince Kuhio Plaza, second-largest shopping center in the state, is on HHL land. Kuhio Plaza was dedicated last March..." 
  3. ^ Ishikawa, Lisa; Taketa, Mari. "Down but not out", Hawaii Business, 1992-11-01. "In Hilo, at the 173000-square-foot Prince Kuhio Plaza, general manager Kimra Perkins reports sales..." 
  4. ^ "Executives see more business ownership changes to come", Pacific Business News, 2005-02-06. 
  5. ^ "Wallace Theaters acquires Consolidated in Hilo", Pacific Business News, 1998-04-28. 
  6. ^ "Macy's acquires former J.C. Penney site at Hilo Plaza", Pacific Business News, 2003-02-07. 
  7. ^ Schnepf, Alan. "Prince Kuhio Plaza space empty", Hawaii Tribune-Herald, 2008-01-17. 

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