"Construction delays have become very common all across the United States, and those delays have been especially pronounced in Hawaii and on Kauai," said Jon Day, chief financial officer at Reef ...

A Hawaiiana resort built in the 1950s, the Coco Palms Resort sits among 2,000 coconut trees. Its design was Hawaiian-influenced with thatched-roof cottages and held nightly torch-lighting ceremonies.

HONOLULU — Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago. The Coco Palms Resort on the ...