Shimogawa Scoops

The Honolulu Club mixed-use office building along Ward Avenue that’s home to the popular upscale health club was actively being marketed for sale by its owners, Shimogawa Scoops has learned. However, in public filings released Friday by California real estate investment trust Douglas Emmett Inc., which owns a two-thirds interest in the 80,000-square-foot building, said that during the second quarter it “ceased marketing the assets for sale.” Douglas Emmett, which owns other Hawaii office buildings including Bishop Square and Harbor Court in Downtown Honolulu, said that, during the first quarter, it actively marketed the Honolulu Club building for sale. No other details were revealed regarding the building, which is also owned by Hawaii developer Dick Gushman.

Tin Hut BBQ, a mainland-style barbecue food truck that’s one of the most popular food trucks in Hawaii, has recently struck a deal to lease office space in Honolulu with its eyes squarely on attaining its first brick-and-mortar space, the owner tells Shimogawa Scoops. Founded by military veteran Frank Diaz, Tin Hut BBQ was voted as the top food truck in Hawaii in 2017 by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. The food truck, which serves Carolina-style pulled pork, Texas brisket, KC Ribs and southern-style chicken, is leasing an office space at 900 Nimitz Highway that’s also home to La Tour Café, Party City, 7-Eleven, Manaola, Primerica, Elite Discount Furniture, 900 LLC, 5.11 Tactical and Bangkok Chef. The highly-visible building was once the home to Weyerhaeuser’s packaging plant. The new office serves as the headquarters of Tin Hut BBQ’s operations. Up next for the popular eatery is securing spaces for its ono (tasty) meats. Duane Shimogawa of Avalon Commercial, who is the exc...

Safeway has signed a 20-year lease (with options to extend) for approximately 50,000 square feet in the former Sports Authority space at the Waikele Center in Waipahu in Central Oahu.  The store is anticipated to open in the third or fourth quarter of 2019. Waikele Center also is home to such well-known brands as Office Max, Gap, Brooks Brothers, GameStop, Starbucks, Jamba Juice, Subway, Chili’s Grill and McDonald’s. The 538,000-square-foot shopping center is highly visible from the H-1 Freeway. Originally developed on former sugar cane fields and opened in 1993, Waikele Center became one of the true success stories of Hawaii retail and was billed as the state’s first “Power Center.”