Pave Paradise Not

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It sounds like the plot of that movie in Hawaii starring George Clooney where half the players want to develop the pristine land and the other half – not so much. A huge property on the rural island of Molokai is on the market for $260 million after the owner/developer gave up on fighting with the locals.

The roughly 55,575-acre Molokai Ranch “spans about 35% of the rural island, encompassing 20 miles of coastline, a multitude of secluded beaches, ranch land and forests,” according to the Wall Street Journal.  There is also 1,200 head of cattle, two golf courses and a “mothballed” hotel and lodge on the property.

The previous owners proposed 200 lots for luxury homes and built a new hotel. Islanders rebelled despite the fact that the company had donated 26,000 acres to a land trust. “We are not looking for a buyer who wants to purchase with development rights as a contingency,” listing agent Scott Carvill of Carvill Sotheby’s International Realty on Oahu told the Journal. Only private buyers need apply.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20111″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20112″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20113″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20114″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20115″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20117″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_single_image image=”20120″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_column_text]Photos via Sotheby’s International Realty[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]