WAIKIKI BEACH TO BE ENLARGED BY 3 MILES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17881, 24 June 1926, Page 11

WAIKIKI BEACH TO BE ENLARGED BY 3 MILES.

1,000,000 DOLLARS WILL BE SPENT DRAINING PRESENT SWAMP. (Special to the “Star.”) HONOLULU, June 1. One of the largest and most significant real estate deals in the history of Honolulu, took place here recently as x->art of the land activity which has featured business in Hawaii since the first of the year. The deal is a transfer of approximately- 37 acres of the Ala Moan a section of Waikiki beach, the greater part of which is swamp land, to the Dillingham interests. According to the purchasers, the dredging of a canal for drainage purposes -will commence at once, in an effort to make the section one of the most attractive residential sections of the city. The project is the result of the present Waikiki becoming too restricted. due to ever increasing property values. When completed, the new work will enlarge the beach area many times, and further develop one of Hawaii's most popular and favoured districts, producing a beach frontage of approximately three more milesIncluding projected improvements, the total money involved in the transaction is given as over 1 .OOO.OOOdoI.