New plans for the old Waikiki Hotel site on Safety Bay Road in Waikiki have been unanimously approved by State planners.

The original plans for the $12 million development, which includes a 1000-person tavern with a bar, restaurant, terrace and deck areas, plus a children’s play space, were approved last year.

They also included an 82-child capacity daycare centre, a gym, a medical centre, a physiotherapists’ consulting room, a pharmacy, a cafe and “speciality” tenancies.

However the applicants lodged new plans for the tavern after deciding they were not economically viable.

The changes including reorientating the tavern in an east-west direction to take in more of the coastal aspect, reducing its footprint by 219sqm and modifying the internal layout, and replacing a 46-bay basement

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