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Montage at Kapalua to Become St. Regis
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It was recently announced that Marriott International signed a management agreement with the Tennessee-based owners of the Montage Resort at Kapalua Bay, KWC Management.
The former management agreement was between KWC Management and White Label Asset Management, who continued to operate under the Montage brand after KWC had purchased the property in November of 2023. Marriott will now operate the Resort under their luxury St. Regis Resort Division.
The Montage Kapalua property has consistently been regarded as one of the very best resorts in the State of Hawaii, and last traded hands when Lantern Asset Management purchased it in 2013 through a foreclosure sale, after it was owned by the infamous Lehman Brothers.
With Marriott now taking over management of the Resort at Kapalua Bay, improvements are expected to begin soon, and the property's full conversion to the St. Regis brand is expected by 2027.
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How Does This Affect Current Owners at the Montage/St. Regis
This appears to be great news for current owners of Montage Residences, who have just endured several years of exterior renovations due to stucco spalling, which also came with a large 6-figure assessment per owner.
With those renovations coming to an end and the assessment completed, this is the perfect opportunity for a brand like the St. Regis to rebrand the property and breathe new life into the resort's operations.
It is unlikely to change how the HOA works for Montage Residences owners, as the hotel operation side is a separate enterprise. Full details of the transition have yet to be disclosed.
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Kapalua In The Spotlight in 2026
Kapalua has gotten quite a bit of attention recently, as the Plantation Course was deemed unplayable due to drought conditions for the 2026 Sentry Tournament of Champions PGA Tour event. It was later discovered that water had been available all along.
This controversy surrounding the water availability for irrigation from Maui Land and Pineapple led the owners of the Plantation Course, TY Management, to file a lawsuit last fall.
It was eventually determined that Maui Land and Pineapple was guilty of streamflow violations and was fined $ 140k. A pittance of what the cancelled golf tournament cost local businesses and the Plantation Course in lost revenue from the cancelled event.
In the aftermath of this,TY Management is trying to solve part of the West Maui water issues by buying Maui Land and Pineapple's water system and injecting $40M into repairs. Once completed, TY Management would then donate the system to the state's Agribusiness Development Corporation.
This would be huge for everyone on West Maui if this actually works out as planned. These much-needed capital improvements to existing water infrastructure, along with the County's plan to build a 100-million-gallon reservoir in the Honokohau ditch to supply water to Ka'anapali and Lahaina, would be two moves that could provide much-needed water security for generations of West Maui residents and businesses.
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