Coco Palms resort demolition

[eightfingers2.0]

Maybe it will happen this time?

https://apnews.com/article/coco-palms-re...422f55e6af

[kalakoa]

Nope.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/04/20...evelopers/

The state has issued a cease-and-desist order to a Utah company trying to build a new 350 room hotel on Kauai’s old Coco Palms property.
The Coco Palms Hotel was built in the 1950s but closed after Hurricane Iniki in 1992. After decades of failed development deals, the latest effort faces community backlash.

Fern Holland is with a nonprofit trying to stave off development, citing the property’s cultural significance and ancient Iwi or bones.


Punchline:

After years of failed developments and financing problems, to many in the community, it’s unclear what this Utah company is allowed to do, even the new land board chair Dawn Ching, who admitted at a recent meeting that she wasn’t sure who owns the property.