VOICES: Coco Palms — Not a good hotel site anymore
Located next to a four-lane highway, in a flood zone, across from a beach that may disappear, in a community that feels we already have more than enough visitors, Coco Palms makes no sense as a hotel site.
Group: No hotel at Coco Palms site
WAILUA —Kaua‘i community residents have mobilized to protect the land of Coco Palms Resort against development as the property heads to auction later this month.
Coco Palms auction July 26
The historic Coco Palms Resort will be up for auction at a foreclosure sale later this month in “as-is” condition.
HOOSER: Coco Palms ‘defilement’ must stop
I awoke the other morning angry and thinking about the ongoing desecration occurring at the bottom of the hill. I’ve been driving by that place every day for the past 40 years. Since 1992 it has been a total wreck. The weeds grow tall, the buildings sit in what seems like a perpetual state of semi-demolishment, and every few years there are fires.
KFD trains at Coco Palms
WAILUA — Kaua‘i Fire Department recruit class 30, Lihu‘e Airport Crash/Fire/Rescue, senior Kaua‘i Fire Department personnel and firefighters from other counties engaged in three consecutive days of training from Wednesday at the former Coco Palms Resort.
KFD to conduct training at Coco Palms
WAILUA – The Kaua‘i Fire Department is announcing that KFD personnel and State Firefighters will be conducting training at the former Coco Palms site in Wailua from Nov. 18 to 20.
Coco Palms status hearing ‘ignominious’
In the history of the Kaua‘i County Planning Commission, its meeting this past Tuesday to hear a status report on the derelict former Coco Palms Resort in Wailua may rank as one of the most ignominious gatherings it has ever held.
Status of Coco Palms reviewed
LIHU‘E — While the Planning Commission received over 115 pieces of written and oral testimony overwhelmingly calling for the reconsideration of plans to redevelop the area of the Coco Palms Resort, there wasn’t much they could do.
Valenciano to rule on Coco Palms foreclosure case
LIHU‘E — A state Circuit Court judge on Tuesday allowed one of the would-be Honolulu redevelopers of the iconic Coco Palms Resort in Wailua to lodge a last-minute objection to a proposed agreement that would send the troubled hotel to the foreclosure auction block.
Coco Palms rebirth still alive
WAILUA — The Utah private-equity company that has taken over the ruins of the former Coco Palms Resort in Wailua says it is moving ahead with plans to rebuild the property as a hotel and can meet an Aug. 31 county deadline to submit 26 different building permit applications.
People still residing at Coco Palms
Near the Coco Palms resort concrete ruins that line the north side of Kuhio Highway, on 14 acres of state land, a house overflows with trash, and derelict vehicles sit outside.
Coco Palms property to be sold
The former Coco Palms resort property is being sold, according to an executive with a Utah-based real estate developing group overseeing the long-delayed construction project aimed at restoring the iconic hotel.
Foreclosure lawsuit filed against Coco Palms
A Utah-based corporation is taking legal action against the real estate developers who defaulted on a loan to restore the former Coco Palms resort.
‘Coco Palms is not dead yet’
A rumor circulating on social media and coconut wireless started running rampant around 10 p.m. Wednesday, carrying with it varied reports that Coco Palms developer Tyler Greene had died.
Options remain for Coco Palms rebirth
$22,231,000.
Coco Palms opportunity demands vision, leadership
Like many in our community, I have fond memories of the beautiful and iconic Coco Palms Resort.
Coco Palms Defaults
Efforts to redevelop the former Coco Palms resort have collapsed, with the two Oahu men behind the project facing foreclosure after defaulting on $11.2 million in financing they used to purchase the property five years ago.
Mayor: Time for action on Coco Palms
Saying he is “frustrated” by a lack of progress on the reconstruction of the former Coco Palms resort in Wailua, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami said Thursday that “we have to remind the developers that there comes a time when they have to fish or cut bait.”
Penhallow-Scott pens intriguing tale of mystery at Coco Palms
There are titles of some books that make you want to read them. Here’s one: “Murder with Aloha at the Coco Palms Hotel.”