Very cool - Hyatt is rebuilding one of Kauai's iconic hotels. From Honolulu station KHON:
Blessing marks rebirth of Kauai’s Coco Palms Resort
It’s a day many thought would never come.
A blessing Thursday marked the rebirth of Coco Palms Resort on Kauai.
The resort, located on Kuhio Highway in Wailua, has been closed since Hurricane Iniki in 1992.
Three years ago, two men from Oahu formed Coco Palms Hui to bring the resort back to life.
During the blessing, they were surrounded by dozens of people, including Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.
“This is a special day, my grandma, my aunties, a lot of people who worked here and brought life to this place,” Carvalho said.
The developers are vowing to bring its legendary past into its new life.
“We want to learn from all of that, and we want to be able to translate that to modern times for future generations, that same sense of ohana,” said Tyler Greene of Coco Palms Hui.
This is from about eight months ago but it is news to me. They are planning on reopening sometime in 2017. The main structures are to be gutted and new insides built, the small cabins are not up to code for flooding so they are going to be demolished and rebuilt. The fish ponds and coconut grove are on the National Register so they are staying where they are. The Coco Palms has a huge history predating the Resort - it was the ancestral home of Kauaʻi's aliʻi since the 13th century, the area encompassing the Coco Palms Resort was the home of Kauaʻi's last reigning queen, Queen Deborah Kapule, in the mid-19th century.
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