The Kaua’i Coconut Beach Resort in Waipouli’s Coconut Plantation, recently sold for $13.5 million to Pacifica Companies, may be about to make a complete circle back to its origin as a Holiday Inn.

Located on Waipouli Beach, at the extreme northern end of the Coconut Plantation complex and 8 miles north of Lihue Airport, adjacent to the residential-style Plantation Hale Suites, this former ...