While the Lahaina Shores area of Front Street was heavily impacted by the 2023 fires, the property itself is one of the first to welcome back residents and guests. The resort has undergone both exterior and interior renovations, including new paint, lobby and hallway updates, re-paving, unit upgrades, AC updates and other improvements that were planned before the wildfires.
The resort is undergoing a “soft opening” now with owners welcomed. We just sold unit 630 to a local family who lost their home in the Lahaina wildfires and they are loving it! They will be staying at Lahaina Shores while their home is being rebuilt. I gotta say the vibe in the lobby and at Lahaina Shores in general is very positive.
Above: The Lobby at Lahaina Shores – July 2025
Apparently some of the short term rentals will be available August 1st, 2025, but please tread lightly… Lahaina Shores is located along a long sandy Uō beach in Lahaina, Maui, in the Waine’e Ahupua’a (Hawaiian land division from the valley to the shore), one of the richest cultural lands in the Hawaiian Islands. Much of this area is now being re-built and is off-limits.
The Kamehameha lineage ruled the Hawaiian kingdom from a sacred area called Moku’ula, behind Lahaina Shores. They lived on a sandbar island surrounded by a fishpond fed by underwater springs coming down from underground lava tubes from Kaua’ula Valley.
It is clear why royalty chose this temperate spot for their capital: the weather here is almost always sunny, in the 80s with the ocean a few degrees cooler, with light trade winds to cool off the beach. The ocean is usually calm, protected by the outer reef, and fish are abundant inside the reefs. Turtles and monk seals are often found on the beach. Several easy waves break out front (surfing was a royal sport after all). The sun sets out front creating a colorful evening show before the cool nights.
Whalers also dreamed of coming ashore to Lahaina for many of the same reasons: the delicious array of fresh foods, the strong rum drinks, and the beautiful women. They probably also enjoyed a refreshing swim and a bath after so many months at sea…
In the 1800s, hundreds of ships could be seen offshore. In fact, the whalers enjoyed themselves so much so that the king built a prison principally to keep the sailors out of trouble while they sobered up. The colonial architecture of Lahaina Shores echoes the whaling days and echoes the Pioneer Inn and other historical buildings that existed in town before the wildfires of 2023.
Recent shot of Lahaina Shores – July 2025
Why Lahaina Shores?
Lahaina Shores is the only beachfront condo in Lahaina. Although Lahaina Shores looks and acts like a 200-room hotel with a front desk, pool, and Jacuzzi, the accommodations are all individually owned. Most are Fee Simple, with a handful of Leasehold units remaining.
Lahaina Shores is 6 stories high with penthouses on the 7th floor, and was built in 1974 on a little over 3 acres of prime real estate adjacent to 505 Front Street and the royal grounds of Moku’ula. Most of the units (168) are studio apartments with kitchenettes. The rest are 31 one-bedroom and penthouse apartments. Half of the condos face the ocean (Makai) and half face the mountains (Mauka).
Lahaina Shores sales were halted as the building was closed after the fires. This year, 2025, there have been 9 sales ranging from $325,000 for a mauka unit on the 2nd floor in need of renovations. The highest sale was a makai unit on the 6th floor, sold for $640,000. There are currently 3 pending studios…
What’s Available?
There are 3 mountain view studios available starting at $399,000, click here for available listings.
Lahaina Shores condos are numbered beginning with the floor number followed by room numbers, starting on the south side of the building – even numbers are mountain side and odd numbers are oceanfront up to the 6th floor. 7th floor is PH.
The view north from the Mauka side of Lahaina Shores looks over the re-construction of Lahaina Town and the royal cultural site which, which lies under the parking lot behind and vacant lot next door. The sandbar island at Moku’ula was covered when sugarcane plantations diverted the water for crops and later when the harbor was dredged out and rubble used to fill in the pond. The site is currently being restored after the fires and there are a few signs up to indicate the rich history.
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