Downtown Honolulu

Brandon Bera and Mike Hamasu of the real estate company Colliers talk to The Conversation about a new report on downtown office vacancies and the move toward office-to-residential conversions.

Avalon Group CEO Christine Camp is a driving force behind a proposed downtown business improvement district. She spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about making the area more enticing.

Honolulu Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, who represents the area, stopped by The Conversation to discuss a proposal making its way through the City Council to create a downtown business improvement district, similar to the one in place in Waikīkī.

Chris Fong is a senior investment associate for Tradewind Capital, a Hawaiʻi-based investment firm. He spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about becoming part of a proposed downtown Honolulu business improvement district.

Victor Lim, chair of the Fort Street Mall Business Improvement District, is solidly behind a plan to expand the boundaries from Nuʻuanu Avenue to Richards Street.

Today on The Conversation, we broadcast live from Fort Street Mall and explore plans to revitalize downtown Honolulu through the creation of a business improvement district.

Leaders of the nonprofit Hawaii Theatre Center are asking the state to purchase the more than century-old building. However, it's unclear whether the state will take on the financial responsibility due to the uncertainty of federal funding.

Work on a comprehensive book about the first 100-year history of the Honolulu Fire Department is currently underway. Paul Fox's passion is firefighting and he's one of the driving forces behind the book. The Conversation talked to him about the history and the book.

Oʻahu's office real estate market underwent many changes during the COVID-19 pandemic as people worked from home and companies downsized or moved out. But a new report says the office market rebounded in 2024. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

The locally-based developer Avalon Group recently purchased Topa Financial Center in a continued effort to rebrand downtown Honolulu as DoHo. The Conversation talked to Christine Camp, president and CEO of Avalon, about the recent purchase and the rebranding efforts.