A
developer has abandoned
plans to rebuild the
historic Coco Palms Resort
on the island of Kauai and
will instead sell the
waterfront property.
Coco Palm Ventures LLC had
planned to spend some $220
million constructing 196
condominium units, 48 hotel
bungalows, a spa and two
restaurants on the 54-acre
site where much of Elvis
Presley's 1961 movie "Blue
Hawaii" was filmed.
The Coco Palms was one of
Hawaii's most famous resorts
in the 1950s and 1960s.
"Blue Hawaii" helped spread
the state's reputation as a
vacation destination just
two years after statehood.
But the hotel closed in 1992
after Hurricane Iniki
damaged the property.
Kauai's last reigning queen,
Queen Deborah Kapule, lived
on the land in the
mid-1800s.
Source: Elvis
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