Expansion plan at Grand Wailea hits permitting complication
A Maui Planning Commission hearing officer has recommended denying the Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort’s applications for a planned development and special management area permits, which are needed for the luxury resort to complete its plan to add about 137 more units.
Maui attorney Linden Joesting, the commission’s appointed hearing officer, filed her decision March 14 following mediation and a contested case hearing. Her order, which outlined specific requirements for the applicant BRE Iconic GWR Owner LLC, said the permits “are denied until the recommendations are implemented.”
