KAILUA, Hawaii -- Seven-Eleven Hawaii Inc. will soon begin construction on a convenience store in Kailua, Hawaii, expanding its number of stores in the area to three, and 57 for the company, reported The Honolulu Star Bulletin.
The new store will be built adjacent to the recently renovated 76 station owned by Mid Pac Petroleum LLC. Mid Pac owns the two lots.
Construction was slated to begin this month, said the report, and the full-service store is scheduled to open at the end [image-nocss] of March, Mynda Nissen, advertising and promotions manager for Seven-Eleven Hawaii, told the newspaper.
The company has received Honolulu Liquor Commission approval for a retail general liquor license for the location, said the report. One of its two other Kailua stores, across from churches and near Kailua High School, does not sell alcohol in deference to community wishes, Nissen said. Similarly, its store in Waimanalo sells alcoholic beverages, but the other, near a park, does not.
The Oneawa store will be the company's 57th in Hawaii. The 56th store, in Kurtistown, in the Big Island's Puna District, opened earlier this month, the report added. About half the stores, which average 2,400 square feet, are co-located with a gas station. Additional new locations are pending, Nissen said.
Seven-Eleven Hawaii is owned by Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd., a unit of Japan-based Seven & I Holdings Co. Mid Pac is a Hawaii-based petroleum marketer and distributor that owns 37 76-branded stations and operates 18 additional 76 locations. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawaii-based Koko'oha Investments Inc., headed by Walter Dods.
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