K-Mart coming to Keeau?

[Beachboy]

I was in KTA the other day and I asked if they still had plans to open a KTA in Keeau, and the answer came back no! I was told that plans now call for a K-Mart, the kind with a full grocery store inside it . KTA employee told me KTA would make way more money renting the land/space to K-Mart instead of one of their own stores. Anyone else hear of these plans?

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Will Rogers

[Aaron S]

K-Mart hasn't opened a new store nationwide for atleast 8 years. Actually now they are in downsizing mode. Especially after the merger
with Sears.

Kmart was looking at building a store in East Hawaii about 10 years ago.
But they got beat out by Wal-Mart during the DHHL bidding process. Which
resulted in Wal-Mart building their store across from Prince Kuhio.

I would be surprised if KTA backed out the Gateway Center project. Especially since one of the principals in the project, Duane Kurisu
has connections to the KTA supermarket chain.

[gtill]

Big boxes have big wallets. KTA might make out better, certainly a lot less pain for management!