International Market Place

International Market Place was an open-air market opened in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1957. At its center stood a century-old Indian banyan tree with a treehouse, a waterfall, a koi pond, and a stage for free performances. It had over 120 kiosks and stores and an international food court, and was the site of the original Don the Beachcomber. After years of neglect the marketplace was closed on December 31, 2013 for redevelopment. It reopened August 25, 2016 as a shopping mall with approximately 75 retailers and Hawaii’s first Saks Fifth Avenue, and the banyan tree left untouched.[1]

The land on which International Market Place sits is owned by Queen Emma Land Company, and revenue from it goes to the Queen’s Medical Center, a non-profit medical facility, founded by Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV in 1859.[2] The mall itself is owned and managed by Taubman Centers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mall Info". International Market Place. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Hitt, Christine (27 October 2015). "New International Market Place to save this iconic 100-year-old Waikiki banyan tree". Hawai'i Magazine. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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