Douglas Emmett Plans Office to Resi Conversion in Honolulu

Los Angeles-based Douglas Emmett, Inc. plans to convert 1132 Bishop, a 25-story office building in

1132 Bishop Street

downtown Honolulu, into roughly 500 new workforce rental apartments with rental rates targeted to serve families in the 80- to 120% Average Median Income range. The new apartments will include studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units.

The new apartments will be located at 1132 Bishop, at the corner of Bishop Street and Hotel Street, near the center of downtown Honolulu. Plans are to convert vacant office space to apartments, a process that is expected to take a number of years. The first apartments are currently scheduled to be occupied in 2020.

Douglas Emmett’s Jordan Kaplan says, “The Douglas Emmett team is focused on addressing the critical need for workforce rental housing in Hawai’i, and we are working hard to get through the planning and permitting process so we can begin the conversion.”

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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