Foodland Super Market Ltd. said it will close its 'Aina Haina store for about five months for a multi-million dollar remake.

The state's largest grocery retailer plans to reopen the 59-year-old store in February as its first "Foodland Farms" store on O'ahu.

The 25,000-square-foot Foodland Farms will offer an expanded selection of high-quality perishables and prepared foods, along with traditional full-service meat, seafood, deli, bakery and produce departments.

The new Foodland Farms store also will include a larger selection of of natural, organic and specialty items and an R. Field Wine Co. outlet.

Workers at the 'Aina Haina store will be temporarily transferred to other Foodland and Sack N Save Locations on O'ahu during the remodeling period. When the store reopens in February, it will add 25 new positions, the company said.

The renovated 'Aina Haina store will be modeled after the company's 10,000-square-foot Foodland Farms store at the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island. The Big Island store opened in December 2007.

The remodeling comes at a time when the local grocery business is experiencing significant upheaval.

Last month, Times Supermarkets agreed to acquire Star Markets in Hawai'i while Texas-based Whole Foods Market and Down to Earth All Vegetarian Organic and Natural stores are both pursuing expansion plans.

Foodland is the anchor tenant at the 70,000-square-foot 'Aina Haina Shopping Center, which is owned by California-based American Commercial Equities LLC.

Fred Noa, a broker with commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis, which represents American Commercial, said the center's owner recently signed new leases with longtime tenants such as Union 76, First Hawaiian Bank and Subway.

He said the company is negotiating with prospective tenants for about 10,000 square feet of space at the center, which includes the former location of a Chuck E Cheese restaurant.