Honolulu Condos

According to the Honolulu Newspaper, the "Honolulu Advertiser", "Years of problems and delays appear to be coming to an end with the Fishing village at Honolulu's Pier 38 soon to be fully leased."

"A decade after plans were laid to give Honolulu a seafood marketplace rivaling San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf or Seattle's Pike Place Market, the vision remains unrealized with more than half the land for the state project at Pier 38 empty."

"But now, after protracted delays that included problems with underground methane, the effort championed by former Gov. Ben Cayetano appears to be gaining traction.

Five prospective tenants, including Tsukiji Fish Market and Restaurant, have leased or are negotiating for all the remaining available space at the Pier 38 Domestic Commercial Fishing Village, also known as Honolulu Fishing Village.

The additions would finally produce a critical mass of activity in this central piece of Honolulu Harbor, where a few initial tenants, including two restaurants, have eked out an existence despite the relative obscurity of the still mostly industrial area.

About a dozen businesses - seafood wholesalers, retailers, suppliers and restaurants - had signed on to the project, anchored by the fish auction house that moves more than 80 percent of Hawai'i's fresh catch, United Fishing Agency.

"I think it's going to be a really, really, really busy place in the next four or five years," said Chaize of Nico's, contrasting future prospects with the past nearly five years he's been in business at Pier 38.

"It's really exciting."

For more, you may read the complete article at the "Honolulu Advertiser" website (Please Note:  many newspaper articles links are moved or expire after 30 days).

This is a great example of new developments in the Kakaako and Downtown areas of Honolulu.  These kinds of venues will not only attract tourists, but provide the kind of retail and restaurant infrastructure that can make a neighborhood a home.  You may want to learn more about the neighborhoods of Kakaako and Downtown Honolulu at our Honolulu Condos website.

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