The first phase will include 132 timeshare units, a clubhouse, support buildings and a beach club on the makai side of South Kihei Road.

Vertical construction on phase 1 of the 388-unit timeshare Maui Bay Villas project will begin soon, said Tyler Middleton, development project manager for Hilton Grand Vacations.

The meeting was held at the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary in Kihei, adjacent to the project along South Kihei Road. “Hilton get one opportunity to improve the Maui people’s mindset,” he said, during a meeting Thursday afternoon with Hilton officials, members of the council and invited community members. Kalanikau doesn’t want the project to impact the environment, and the community is willing to work with developers to mitigate problems.

What the community get out of it, what the kanaka get out of it?” he asked. “That timeshare thing, what we going get out of it? What we going benefit from? Maybe jobs. “Everyone’s not liking that project,” said Vernon Kalanikau, the po’o representative of ‘Aha Moku ‘O Kula Kai Council, one of a dozen regional councils that provide advisory input to state, county and community organizations based on native cultural environmental management practices. KIHEI - A beach renourishment project and the discovery of bone fragments and natural springs on and around the old Maui Lu property are some of the concerns Native Hawaiians and community members are raising about the Hilton Grand Vacations timeshare project on the old resort site in Kihei. Concerns Over Timeshare Project Aired Renourishment of beach, bone fragments, springs among issues

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