Ka Laʻi Waikiki Beach Hotel
Ka Laʻi Waikiki Beach, formerly the Trump International Hotel Waikiki, is a condo-hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The hotel is part of the LXR Hotels & Resorts division of Hilton Hotels & Resorts. It is 350 ft (110 m) tall, 775,000 sq ft (72,000 m2) tower with a total of about 462 units. The building includes a spa and dining space, as well as a fitness center, library, lobby bar, cafe, parking and 6th floor ocean view residential and hotel lobby.[2]
| Ka Laʻi Waikiki Beach | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel, Condominium |
| Architectural style | Post-modern[1] |
| Location | 223 Saratoga Rd. Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Construction started | July 2006[1] |
| Opening | November 16, 2009 |
| Cost | Not publicly known (Sold out at $700 million) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 380 feet (115.8 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 38[1] |
| Floor area | 775,000 square feet (72,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Benjamin Woo Architects, LLC. Guerin Glass Architects[1] |
| Developer | Irongate AZREP LLC |
| Structural engineer | Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. |
History
editIn 2005, Outrigger Hotels & Resorts was negotiating with several developers about a project for the site. Irongate, a Los Angeles-based real estate development and investment company, purchased the development rights for the property later that year. Donald Trump's company, The Trump Organization, later partnered with Irongate to develop a project on the site. On May 31, 2006, Trump announced plans for Trump International Hotel and Tower Waikiki Beach Walk, to be built on the property. Construction was to begin in early 2007, with completion planned for early 2009.[3]
In July 2006, demolition of the Royal Islander and Reef Lanai hotels made room for Trump Waikiki. On November 10, 2006, almost three full years before completion, all 462 units were pre-sold in one day for a total of $700 million, or $1.5 million on average. The building opened on November 1, 2009, and by February 2010, 361 of the hotel-condominium's 462 units were still vacant due to "an internal matter with the financing of the building."[4][5]
Although a part of the global Trump Hotels chain, the property was not owned by or developed by, and did not contain property sold by Donald Trump, The Trump Organization, or any of their affiliates. The hotel's owner, Irongate, licensed the Trump name from Trump Marks Waikiki LLC.[6]
In November 2023, it was announced that the hotel, by then known as Trump International Hotel Waikiki, would rebrand in 2024 as part of Hilton Hotels & Resorts LXR Hotels & Resorts division, after the hotel's owners bought out a licensing agreement with the Trump Organization. The new name was announced as Wakea Waikiki Beach,[7] for the god Wākea. Soon after, the name generated controversy in the Native Hawaiian community, with criticism of cultural appropriation. As a result, the hotel announced that a different name would be chosen.[8]
The hotel was rebranded on February 7, 2024, as Ka Laʻi Waikiki Beach.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d GmbH, Emporis. "Trump International Hotel Waikiki, Honolulu - 169374 - EMPORIS". Archived from the original on September 12, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Waikiki Beach Hotels - Trump International Hotel Waikiki - Luxury 5 Star Hotels in Honolulu Hawaii". Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ "Waikiki to Be Home for New Trump Tower". The Denver Post. Associated Press. June 5, 2006. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Gomes, Andrew (February 25, 2010). "New Trump hotel still mostly empty". The Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ Trump Tower Waikiki Hotel Opening in Hawaii Among Waikiki Hotels, Classy, Elegant -- and Expensive, Marketwire 2009
- ^ "Trump Waikiki". Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL & TOWER® WAIKIKI BEACH WALK® IS NOT OWNED, DEVELOPED OR SOLD BY DONALD J. TRUMP, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES. IRONGATE AZREP BW LLC, THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY, USES THE "TRUMP" NAME AND MARK UNDER LICENSE FROM TRUMP MARKS WAIKIKI LLC, WHICH LICENSE MAY BE TERMINATED OR REVOKED ACCORDING TO ITS TERMS.
- ^ Clanton, Alicia; Clark, Patrick (November 10, 2023). "Hawaii Luxury Hotel Ditches Trump Branding to Join Hilton". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "Controversy forces renaming of ex-Trump hotel on Waikiki". February 8, 2024.
- ^ "New name for ex-Trump hotel in Waikiki".
External links
edit- Ka Laʻi Waikīkī Beach Hotel official website
- Official Trump Waikiki Residences website Archived February 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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