The entrance to the Princeville at Hanalei resort community will get a new Hawaiian landscaped feature as well as rebuilt roads under projects announced by Princeville Development Company’s president and CEO, Jeff Stone.
Stone’s firm, The Resort Group, which operates Princeville Development, has stepped forward to bring Princeville’s main entrance, at Ka Haku Road and Kuhio Highway, into the 21st century, while honoring the history of the Hanalei area.
“The entrance to Princeville should reflect the feeling of the Kauai community. Many residents have suggested a more Hawaiian entrance design, and we agree,” said Jeff Stone, master developer of the Princeville Resort.
Stone’s firm, Hawaii-based The Resort Group, operates Princeville Development and is the master developer of the 642-acre Ko Olina Resort in West Oahu.
The dated European look of ponds flanking the Ka Haku Road turn from Kuhio Highway will be replaced by a dramatic landscape of curved rock walls, backed by trees that reflect a landscaping theme running throughout the community.
Honolulu-based land planning, landscape architecture and graphic design firm PBR Hawaii & Associates did the work on the new design, which includes sweeping moss rock walls with extensive new tree plantings, focused on two familiar trees at Princeville — the Norfolk pines and kukui trees.
Princeville’s entry roads, which have long been in need of reconstruction, will be upgraded. Although these roads are privately owned by the Princeville Association of Apartment Owners, this work is the result of an agreement between Princeville Development and the Princeville II Community Association to make sure the entry roads match the newer interior roads that were completed last year.
The roadway repair will cover the entire length of Ka Haku Road from Kuhio Highway to the old treeline. It will also include portions of Emmalani Drive from Ka Haku Road to the speed bump between the library and the Princeville Community Center.
Princeville Development said it is funding the project with the association overseeing the roadwork.
The $500 million plan to redevelop 1,103 acres of the Princeville at Hanalei resort on Kauai’s North Shore is scheduled to begin in 2018.
The resort’s original plan includes 350 residential units, a possible boutique hotel, a newly-upgraded Prince Golf Course, the focal point of the project, as well as a spa, wellness center, polo fields, equestrian course, an airport, beach club, hiking trails, mountain biking and ocean adventure activities.
The area could also see a new owner of the main resort at Princeville at Hanalei. The St. Regis Princeville Resort and the Makai Golf Club is up for sale.