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Attempts to renovate the Coco Palms Resort in Wailua have failed several times since Hurricane ʻIniki destroyed the site in 1992, and controversy continues to surround the latest attempts of redevelopment.
During a Kauai County council meeting with the Board of Land and Natural Resources on Wednesday, the state emphasized the unpermitted developments that have been made to parts of the
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The state has issued a cease and desist order to a Utah company that’s trying to build a new 350 room hotel on Kauai’s old Coco Palms property.
The dilapidated remains of Coco Palms, which once hosted Elvis Presley, will be demolished and a new 350-room hotel and cultural center will be built on the Kauaʻi property, according to Utah-based developers that own the 46-acre site.
The Coco Palms Resort, made famous by the 1961 Elvis Presley film, 'Blue Hawaii,' is slated to be rebuilt after decades of disrepair.