Oh look, more luxury condos are coming to Wailea. The 70-unit Keala O Wailea project, situated near the Wailea Gateway Center, should open near the end of 2017, the Dec. 10 Maui News tells us. Though the story appears above the fold on the paper’s front page, there’s nothing whatsoever new about it. The condos will retail for between $700,000 and $1.8 million (not surprising) … [Read more...] about As more luxury condos go up in Wailea, we look back on the original promises of ‘The City of Flowers’
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New Book ‘Kua’aina Kahiko’ Explores Maui’s Remote Kahikinui Region
Now and then, publishers will send over free books to MauiTime, in hopes of getting badly needed publicity. Most are pretty weak. Kua‘aina Kahiko, a new book by Patrick Vinton Kirch, is a refreshing departure from that trend. Published by University of Hawaii Press, the book is a stunning, eminently readable account of Kirch’s 17 years of archaeological research into Maui’s … [Read more...] about New Book ‘Kua’aina Kahiko’ Explores Maui’s Remote Kahikinui Region