Honolulu's decades-old Ward Centre is being torn down to make way for two condo towers, a mixed outcome for locals who lose a familiar shopping spot but gain new housing and a park.

• Demolition has started, two months after the last tenants cleared out at the end of June.
• The site is set to become two condo towers with 369 units.
• Plans also include 20,000 square feet of shops and a one-acre public park.
• Howard Hughes and Ward Villages, the developers behind the project, have not given a timeline for the teardown.

Outlook: Expect months of demolition work before construction on the towers begins.