488 thoughts on “Infamous Coco Palms Kauai | Why It Just Won’t End”
Tomasi
Its a disgrace and embarassment. The county should give whoever owns it 90 days to tear it down or they should do it themselves and put a lien on it for the costs to eemove it. Its clearly a nuisance and hazard to the community Its obvious whoever owns it will not do anything or they would have years ago.
Just for Glenn’s edification, the $22 million was the outstanding amount of the bond of the previous development attempt. Basically the holder of this (usually a bank) advertised to unload this liability for the right bid. They got 1 bid. My guess is it’s a venture capital deal put together for the purpose of actually getting some sort of progress started then selling it for a profit. BOH please correct me if I stated anything known to be different.
Funny thing: I was just on Kauai with my husband for the first time in December. I wondered about this exact property as we drove around the island. I happen to be working on a family history project where I am typing old family letters that were kept by one of my grandmothers and this is the place she stayed once. She wrote her letter on the official stationary, sent it in the official envelope and even included a little brochure on the chapel. I had no idea these two separate things were connected until I looked up the resort on Google and there it is all neatly wrapped up in a bow for me. Small world
Has anyone thought about developing the property as an events/wedding, exclusive restaurant and garden venue instead of a hotel resort. This way the property is kept more natural and exclusive but still sort of making a profit for maintenance without destroying the ambiance.
The eyesore should have been torned down 30 years ago it was an eyesore before the storm hit , Elvis n all there cronies all left the building,itallon the counties hands to do something with it . Kauai need an updated hospital n care center especially for the elderly n children for those who live there , if money is the problem start taxing these weekenders from California that are not permanent residents , the ones with multimillion summer homes start taxing those people accordingly the county would have enough to finish the eyesore , also I can’t understand why the county keeps turning down attempts for affordable housing .isthisthe results of the rich from California don’t want affordable housing on there island ,
Aloha,
well said, someone’s palm is definitely getting greased and even though my thoughts on this former resort matter and all the issues that are surrounding it over the past 30 years I prefer the word extortion! in my opinion that is what’s going on here
Why is it only rich from California? There are people from other states in USA and other countries flocking to Kauai, a beautiful hotel with a walkable bridge over the road to the beach would be one solution , Kauai needs tourism because without it you all could be living like the native Hawaiian people on Niihau … without tourism money Hawaiian islands would be primitive at best …
I have commented many times on this thread but I just have to reiterate a fundamental fact. For Decades this has been a piece of Comercial Property. It is in the best interest of Kauai that it be restored to a revenue generating (taxable) venue. I agree that the current owners should be given a realistic timeline for progress, but the notion of seizing the place is not Aloha or American!
There has been a Casino Hotel in Carson City NV, built in 1974, been shut down for 20 years or so almost across from the State Capital building. The City Council got tired of it standing and forlorn for so many years and gave the property owners an ultimatum to “do something with it”. The owners answer? Fine! We’ll demolish it to bare ground, and you’ll lose the Property Taxation value of commercial developed property (all though not operational). City Council backed off Very quickly no further action as far as I know. So even in it dilapidated condition it’s “developed” and taxed at a higher value than bare ground. That is If the system in HI works the same as in Nevada.
Has anyone had a spiritual experience on the property? I was in the Grove in back, not long after Iniki. It was night. The entire sky was covered in clouds. It was raining very lightly. I can attest to the sacred nature of the land. Very powerful indeed.
I was there in 1968 for 1 day. I was just there 2 weeks ago and was so disappointed to see the shell it has become. It should be made into a cultural center.
My wife and I honeymooned at Coco Palms in 1978 and it was wonderful. It’s sad and tragic that something can’t be done with CoCo Palms. Even a park would be preferable to the rusting hulk that is there.
I believe it is still too early to open. We are still in a pandemic and it’s irresponsible to open until at least 2024. Many people are neglecting their Booster shots causing this pandemic to linger on longer than it needs to be. Just look at China as they are still in lockdown. If we don’t get more people boosted, this will happen to us.
Its a disgrace and embarassment. The county should give whoever owns it 90 days to tear it down or they should do it themselves and put a lien on it for the costs to eemove it. Its clearly a nuisance and hazard to the community Its obvious whoever owns it will not do anything or they would have years ago.
With only 1 bid, why o why would anyone bid $22 million? Follow the money!
Just for Glenn’s edification, the $22 million was the outstanding amount of the bond of the previous development attempt. Basically the holder of this (usually a bank) advertised to unload this liability for the right bid. They got 1 bid. My guess is it’s a venture capital deal put together for the purpose of actually getting some sort of progress started then selling it for a profit. BOH please correct me if I stated anything known to be different.
Funny thing: I was just on Kauai with my husband for the first time in December. I wondered about this exact property as we drove around the island. I happen to be working on a family history project where I am typing old family letters that were kept by one of my grandmothers and this is the place she stayed once. She wrote her letter on the official stationary, sent it in the official envelope and even included a little brochure on the chapel. I had no idea these two separate things were connected until I looked up the resort on Google and there it is all neatly wrapped up in a bow for me. Small world
Has anyone thought about developing the property as an events/wedding, exclusive restaurant and garden venue instead of a hotel resort. This way the property is kept more natural and exclusive but still sort of making a profit for maintenance without destroying the ambiance.
The eyesore should have been torned down 30 years ago it was an eyesore before the storm hit , Elvis n all there cronies all left the building,itallon the counties hands to do something with it . Kauai need an updated hospital n care center especially for the elderly n children for those who live there , if money is the problem start taxing these weekenders from California that are not permanent residents , the ones with multimillion summer homes start taxing those people accordingly the county would have enough to finish the eyesore , also I can’t understand why the county keeps turning down attempts for affordable housing .isthisthe results of the rich from California don’t want affordable housing on there island ,
Aloha,
well said, someone’s palm is definitely getting greased and even though my thoughts on this former resort matter and all the issues that are surrounding it over the past 30 years I prefer the word extortion! in my opinion that is what’s going on here
Why is it only rich from California? There are people from other states in USA and other countries flocking to Kauai, a beautiful hotel with a walkable bridge over the road to the beach would be one solution , Kauai needs tourism because without it you all could be living like the native Hawaiian people on Niihau … without tourism money Hawaiian islands would be primitive at best …
I have commented many times on this thread but I just have to reiterate a fundamental fact. For Decades this has been a piece of Comercial Property. It is in the best interest of Kauai that it be restored to a revenue generating (taxable) venue. I agree that the current owners should be given a realistic timeline for progress, but the notion of seizing the place is not Aloha or American!
There has been a Casino Hotel in Carson City NV, built in 1974, been shut down for 20 years or so almost across from the State Capital building. The City Council got tired of it standing and forlorn for so many years and gave the property owners an ultimatum to “do something with it”. The owners answer? Fine! We’ll demolish it to bare ground, and you’ll lose the Property Taxation value of commercial developed property (all though not operational). City Council backed off Very quickly no further action as far as I know. So even in it dilapidated condition it’s “developed” and taxed at a higher value than bare ground. That is If the system in HI works the same as in Nevada.
Has anyone had a spiritual experience on the property? I was in the Grove in back, not long after Iniki. It was night. The entire sky was covered in clouds. It was raining very lightly. I can attest to the sacred nature of the land. Very powerful indeed.
I was there in 1968 for 1 day. I was just there 2 weeks ago and was so disappointed to see the shell it has become. It should be made into a cultural center.
My wife and I honeymooned at Coco Palms in 1978 and it was wonderful. It’s sad and tragic that something can’t be done with CoCo Palms. Even a park would be preferable to the rusting hulk that is there.
I believe it is still too early to open. We are still in a pandemic and it’s irresponsible to open until at least 2024. Many people are neglecting their Booster shots causing this pandemic to linger on longer than it needs to be. Just look at China as they are still in lockdown. If we don’t get more people boosted, this will happen to us.
Too early to ‘open’ in Nov 2022??
Still in a pandemic in Nov 2022????
The ‘pandemic’ was over by the end of 2020.