Makena: Maui officials greenlight $230M Makena resort redevelopment

The Maui Planning Commission has approved a special management area use permit for a $230 million proposed redevelopment of Makena Beach & Golf Resort, whose owners want to turn the existing 310-room hotel into 46 luxury apartment units and add a new 76-room hotel and 12 condominium units at the 1,800-acre resort. The Maui News reports Ed Divita, senior development and construction manager of Discovery Land Co., which is partnering with resort owner ATC Makena for the project, told commissioners…