Ala Moana Center
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| Location | Ala Moana, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi |
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| Coordinates | 21°17′28″N 157°50′37″W / 21.29111°N 157.84361°WCoordinates: 21°17′28″N 157°50′37″W / 21.29111°N 157.84361°W |
| Address | 1450 Ala Moana Boulevard |
| Opening date | August 13, 1959 |
| Developer | Don Graham |
| Management | General Growth Properties |
| Owner | General Growth Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 310 stores, restaurants, and services |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 Macy's Nordstrom Neiman Marcus Shirokiya Bloomingdale's |
| Total retail floor area | Approx. 2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 4 |
| Website | alamoanacenter |
Ala Moana Center, commonly known simply as Ala Moana, is the largest shopping mall in Hawaii. It is also the seventh largest shopping mall in the United States, the largest open-air shopping center in the world, and the largest mall owned by General Growth Properties. Ala Moana is consistently ranked among the top ten most successful malls in the United States and, in 2009, was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as America's second most profitable, behind The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Located at 1450 Ala Moana Boulevard in Honolulu, Ala Moana Center is part of the commercial, retail, and residential district of Ala Moana, south of Makiki, east of Kakaʻako, west of Waikīkī and adjacent to Ala Moana Beach Park.
Before the construction of the mall, the land was a swamp. Dredging projects nearby spearheaded by Walter F. Dillingham created excess coral which filled the swamp, purchased by Dillingham in 1912 from the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Land reclaimed, son and successor Lowell Dillingham initiated the Ala Moana Center project in 1948 and broke ground in 1957.
The Ala Moana Center was developed and designed by Don Graham. Critics viewed Graham's unusual design, which oriented the mall away from the Pacific Ocean and included two levels for retail and parking, as a potential failure. However, the Ala Moana Center proved a success after its opening, and helped refocus the retail center of Oahu away from downtown Honolulu. Graham worked as the center's first general manager after its opening.
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