Well, it looks like the countdown to superb luxury is on in Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii as the promotional articles for the St. Regis in Princeville, formerly the Princeville Hotel and Resort, begin to appear. As the final  months of transformation occur and the construction zone morphs into this luxury property located on the bluff above Hanalei Bay on Kauai's Northern Shore.

The revamped resort will be the only St. Regis property in Hawaii. The developers are trying to integrate the elegance of the high-end luxury chain with the resort’s island surroundings. 

Lobby Rendering with New wooden Hawaiiana Look and Hanalei Mtns. in the distance - way kewl!

According to the resort’s Facebook page (yes, even luxury resorts have Facebook pages), the redesign is guided by the Hawaiian concept of ahupuaa—or what St. Regis is describing as "living in balance with nature." (The word ahupuaa actually describes a Hawaiian land division system that extended from the ocean to the mountain. The bounty of that land, however, often depended on living in balance with nature.) Consequently, the resort will incorporate natural island elements of sea, sky and earth. If you'd like a map of the Kauai Ahapuaa from earlier Hawaiian life, check out Ken Stokes Ahupuaa map for da real thing.

The resort’s main lobby and common areas will feature native dark wood floors, ceilings of woven matting and large glass panels overlooking the ocean. The resort’s 252 guest rooms and its 51 suites will have contemporary Hawaiian décor, custom furnishings and large, electronically controlled glass reveals.

When the hotel closed last summer, auctioneers spent many months selling off the parts of the prior hotel. From silverware to furnishings and statues, the components of the old hotel which was rebuilt after Hurricane Iniki which devastated Kauai on Sept. 11, 1992. Now a good fifteen years later, the hotel reincarnates under this luxury brand.

Read the full article on HawaiiMagazine.com which appeared yesterday.

To celebrate its debut, the resort is offering the Quintessential Princeville Experience. The deal includes your choice of complimentary activity for two with a five night minimum stay. Choose either two rounds of golf at the Prince Golf Course, an hour-long spa treatment at Halele’a Spa, an adventure package at Princeville Ranch or dinner at Makana Terrace restaurant.The Makai course, 27 holes of Robert Trent Jones Jr. design remains under construction and you can now see a lot of the new fairway grass starting to grow but looks like it might be til next year before those holes are back open to the public.

The Princeville condo markethas been undergoing it's own brand of reconstruction, i.e., major price correction and superb deals triggered by the soft market and short sales and foreclosures. Shoot me an email for the latest list of Princeville, Kauai  Foreclosures and Short Sales.