Hawaii Resort To Become High-end Condos, Historic Trail To Reopen

WAILEA-MAKENA, HI — A Hawaii resort will be converted into luxury condos and a historic trail will open once again as part of an agreement with the project developer.

ATC Makena Holdings LLC plans to convert the the Makena Golf & Beach Club in Maui into condominiums and add residences and commercial space on the 2.7 square-mile property, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday.

A major section of the Old Makena-Ulupalakua Road in Maui would be reopened as a historic trail under an out-of-court settlement. (For more Across Hawaii news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Community group Ho'oponopono o Makena says the road, extending several miles, was commissioned as a trail during the reign of Kamehameha III in the mid-1800s and was a way for breadfruit growers who lived in Ulupalakua to trade with fishing people in Makena.

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