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Ala Moana Center announced Thursday it will open its roughly $570 million expansion project at the Ewa end of the mall Nov. 12.
The project, which is expanding the former Sears space to 650,000 square feet on three levels, will include the first Bloomingdale’s in Hawaii and other large retailers and restaurants, as well as 200,000 square feet for smaller tenants. About 40 of 60 new tenants will be open in November.
“What we’re doing here is almost building a new regional mall adjacent to the existing mall,” said Francisco Gutierrez, Ala Moana’s senior director of development. “That’s a very large project. That’s bigger than Windward Mall, basically.” Windward Mall is 515,000 square feet.
Nordstrom, at a cost of $85 million, will relocate to a new 185,000-square-foot space in the Ewa wing in March, while Foodland Super Market Ltd. — one of the center’s original tenants — is returning to Hawaii’s largest shopping mall with the opening of Foodland Farms in July.
Additionally, 25 retailers, including the state’s first Zara, Magnolia Bakery and Ted Baker London, have announced they will be opening in the new wing, which will include two courtyards, water features and a stage for performances.
