Handel Architects has been invited to work collaboratively with WCIT Architecture on a new 1.4 million SF multi-building project in Honolulu. The Princess Ka'iulani Development is a hotel, residential, and retail development located at the corner of Kalakaua and Ka'iulani Avenues. The project includes a new 35-story condo-hotel, called the Pikake Tower, and the renovation of the existing 28-story Ainahau Hotel Tower. A new four story podium contains 80,000 SF of retail on two levels, amenity space, and a pooldeck. A 954-car parking garage has an additional pooldeck, as well as a restaurant and ballroom on top.

The new Pikake Tower includes 300 hotel rooms on 12 floors and 152 condominium units on 20 floors. The renovated Ainahau Tower contains 660 hotel rooms.

Drop-off for both buildings is at an elevated drive court between the two towers and is accessed with a driveway from Ka'iulani Avenue. A grand stair provides a pedestrian connection up from Kalakaua Avenue to the drive court.