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BY Danielle McCrea | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC

The Hot Dogs Adopt-a-thon wasn’t your average business promotion. The first-time Animal Foundation event featured pick-your-price adoption fees and more than 250 dogs who needed homes. ¶ Meghan Scheibe needed a way

to get the word out. The foundation had just relaunched its website, and Scheibe, the shelter’s marketing and public relations manager, had a blog she could press into service to engage the pet-loving community.

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05 06 1414 QUESTIONS, 14 WORDS Scott Muelrath, president of the Henderson Cham-ber of Commerce; and Patrick Duffy, president of the Las Vegas Art Museum board, on whom they would like to meet, their favorite pickup lines and the modern invention they can’t live without.

THE NOTESPhilanthropy, P4

MEET: REVIVE BRAND CO.Four young entrepreneurs from Las Vegas, inspired by the culture of the West Coast but with little experi-ence in the fashion indus-try, beat the odds to launch and maintain their brand of gear, which they bill as “luxury meets street.”

TALKING POINTSValley schools can’t keep up with tech sector, P7

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P13

The List: Largest conven-tions in 2015, P18

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states with the highest Decem-

ber increase in small-business

employment .

The state’s small-business

employment index rose 0.3

percent during the last month

of 2014, according to Intuit

QuickBooks’ December Small

Business Indexes. Nationally,

businesses with fewer than 20

employees recorded a 0.1 per-

cent increase in employment.

Nevada was joined at the top

by Oregon, Virginia and Wash-

ington. Every state except Michi-

gan, Ohio and Massachusetts

showed gains in employment.

Data was collected from

about 250,000 small busi-

nesses that use QuickBooks to

do payroll.

Nationally :

■ Hourly employees were

paid more in December, with

average monthly pay climbing

about $4 from November to

$2,782

■ Average monthly hours

worked at small businesses

dropped slightly in December

to 109.2 hours

■ Small business revenue

increased slightly , while real

estate revenue dropped 0.2

percent in December.

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The Las Vegas chapter of the Asso-ciation of Fundraising Profession-als honored local philanthropists at its 23rd annual philanthropy awards luncheon. Honored were Victoria Fertitta, outstanding philanthropist; Debra Mills, President’s award for service to AFP; Jordan Coppert, outstanding youth in philanthropy; Art Marshall, outstanding volunteer fundraiser; Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, outstanding founda-tion; Lynn Etkins, outstanding fun-draising professional; Russ Kost III, lifetime achievement award.

The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation awarded three grants worth $9,500 to Boys & Girls Clubs in Nevada. The Southern Highlands unit received $5,000; the Elko unit received $3,000; and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Truckee Mead-ows, Fernley Intermediate School received $1,500.

The Children’s Specialty Center of Nevada, a nonprofit pediatric cancer outpatient treatment facility, received a $245,000 grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to expand a long-term follow-up clinic for childhood cancer survivors.

Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel offered veterans 1,500 free vacations and thousands of free tickets to an Orlando Predators arena football game.

United Nissan representatives and Forman Automotive Group owner Don Forman donated $5,000 to Three Square Food Bank from a test-drive fundraiser, enough to pro-vide about 15,000 meals.

The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation’s Shine for a Superhero 5k race and walk raised more than $196,000. More than 2,000 people participated.

The Gay and Lesbian Commu-nity Center of Southern Nevada received $10,000 from Mark Curry, founder of MacFarlane Group. The money will be used to provide health and wellness programs.

The Call of Duty Endowment and MGM Resorts International are supporting the “Boots To Busi-ness” veteran transition assistance program. The endowment selected the program to receive the 2014 Seal of Distinction Award, which comes with an initial $30,000 grant and operational advice and support. MGM Resorts International pledged $250,000 to the Nevada Military Support Alliance to help build the state’s first Fisher House for military families.

CenturyLink will give away $35,000 in grants to Clark County for tech-nology in classrooms.

The Henderson Police Officers’ Association Charitable Foundation donated $5,000 for SAFE House’s sixth annual “Run for Shelter” 5K

run and 1-mile walk. Tronox

donated $1,000. Fisher

Industries donated

$500.

More than

$7,000

was raised

for local

animal

shelters and

rescues at

the Family,

Fur & Fun Festi-

val. Sponsored

by Las Vegas

Hot Diggity

Dachshund

Club & Rescue,

a Halloween

costume contest raised more than

$2,000.

Nevada Public Radio’s fall

membership campaign

surpassed its goal

of funding

30,000 meals

for Three Square Food Bank. Sixty

percent

of people

who became

members

or renewed

memberships

selected the

“social good”

premium,

funding 38,910

meals for the

agency.

The NV Energy Foundation con-

tributed more than $455,000 to 35 nonprofit organizations statewide during the third quarter of 2014. Grants were awarded to 16 Southern Nevada organizations, including the Nevada State College Foundation, Teach for America, the Solar Elec-tric Power Association, HELP of Southern Nevada and United Way of Southern Nevada.

Southern Nevada McDonald’s own-ers donated more than $30,000 to 60-plus local educators. The money will pay for a teaching garden, robotics starter kit and silver mining camp learning experience.

The “Live Your Passion” Benefit and Concert, presented by Hyundai, raised more than $250,000 for the Lili Claire Foundation. Co-spon-sored by Warner Bros. Television, the event included a poker tourna-ment chaired by Jason Alexander and concert hosted by comedians Caroline Rhea and Aisha Tyler.

Joseph Miller, Fisher Industries Nevada area manager, and Mike Scronce, Fisher Industries Nevada operations manager, were named “Honorary Playmakers” by the Clark County Department of Family Ser-vices for their help on the KaBOOM! playground project at Childhaven.

Underprivileged children and fami-lies affiliated with After-School All-Stars Las Vegas, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada received free Thanksgiving din-ner during the 24th annual Turkey Gobble at Piero’s Italian Cuisine. Chefs and employees prepared 400 pounds of turkey, 1,100 pounds of potatoes, 2,000 rolls and 300 pies for 1,200 guests.

Convoy of Hope stopped at the Champion Center of Las Vegas to provide $1 million in free goods and services, including more than 35,000 pounds of groceries, haircuts, dental checkups, family portraits, health services, job and career services, a childrens carnival and more.

Arizona Charlie’s employees as-sembled about 60 Thanksgiving food boxes for families in need.

A yearlong “pay it forward” cam-paign by Matt Smith Physical Therapy continued over Thanksgiv-ing with local schools and students giving gifts to other schools and students. Sewell Elementary School received more than 800 “rainbow loom” bracelets, mostly made by students at Hayden Elementary School.

Three at-risk schools started an out-door garden classroom thanks to a $20,000 grant from Keep Las Vegas Beautiful. The money is being used at Vegas Verde Elementary, Gibson Middle and Matt Kelly Elementary schools.

Three high school students were honored by the Public Education Foundation and Montblanc in a “Write About an Adventure” creative writing contest. First place went to Tristan Graney (third from right), a junior at Nevada Learning Academy, who received a Montblanc Meisterstuck fountain pen and a $500 scholarship. Second place went to Frank Aguilar (second from left), a freshman at Basic High School, who received a $100 gift card to Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian/Palazzo. Third place went to Daniel Mallory (fourth from left), a junior at Green Valley High School, who received a $50 gift card to the Grand Lux Restau-rant at Venetian.

Among the winners at the Family, Fur & Fun Festival was Ali Olsen’s dachshund, Sofie, dressed as “Snifferella.”

Employees from M&M’S World and Ethel M Chocolates joined forces to help Habitat for Humanity. Last year, Mars employees donated almost 70,000 hours of time to support organizations worldwide.

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the interviewSend your business-related information to [email protected]

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What modern invention can you not live without?

Screw-top wine bottles (also known as Stelvins).

If you could meet anyone — living or dead — who would it be and what’s the first question you would ask?

Legendary fly fisherman Lee Wulff. What was his greatest adventure?

Name your favorite television series and why?

“SportsCenter” or “Regular Show,” which I watch with my son. Mindless entertainment.

What moral values are essential for a successful career?

Honesty. Integrity. Treat others as you would want to be treated.

How do you define happiness?

Family.

How do you defuse stress or tension?

Fly fishing. Preferably amongst a robust Callibaetis hatch.

What is your favorite pick-up line?

What’s your next class? Worked on my wife.

Any guilty pleasure(s)?Wine.

What is your most embarrassing public moment?

Numerous. But probably still yet to come.

What words best describe the city you live in?

Boulder City: Quiet, simple and quaint. Small town atmosphere.

What is the most difficult task you accomplished last year?

Picking new exterior colors for our house. Nearly ended my marriage.

What is the most important topic for the Nevada legislature to address during the 2015 session?

K-12 education.

Any regrets this past year?Never slowing down.

What is your top priority moving into 2015?

Slow down.

14 questions, 14 words for 2014

(COURTESY) (STaff filE)

As 2014 wound down, we asked prominent Nevada businesspeople to answer 14 questions in 14 or fewer words. In this issue and for the next two weeks, we present their responses.

scott Muelrath, President, henderson chaMber of coMMerce

What modern-day invention can you not live without?

Toilet.

If you could meet anyone, who would it be and what’s the first question you would ask?

Golda Meir. Can you please drill some sense in them?

Name your favorite television series and why?

“Bewitched.” I escaped childhood while dreaming I was Endora.

What moral values are essential for a successful career?

Real authenticity to self and those around you.

How do you define happiness?

Embracing your faults and celebrating your strengths ... Sharing that with others.

How do you defuse stress or tension?

Turn an error/fault into a great laugh at your expense.

What is your favorite pickup line?

No line needed ... Just an interested look does it.

Any guilty pleasure(s)?Giving gifts and watching the

joy in their eyes, myself included!

What is your most embarrassing public moment?

Never have any ... I just create a joke and laugh my way through it.

What words best describe the city you live in?

True to who we are ...

What is the most difficult task you’ve accomplished this year?

Still working on it ... Getting to know me better.

What is the most important topic for the Nevada Legislature to address during the 2015 session?

Remember, you can and perhaps should be replaced if you can’t negotiate solutions.

Any regrets this past year?None.

What is your top priority moving into 2015?

To rid society of the need to overuse the word “awesome”! I mean ...

Patrick duffy, President, las vegas art MuseuM board

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get to know a local businessSend your business-related information to [email protected]

Commitment to community

The Revive Brand Co. is owned and operated by, from left, Amanda Appling, Medin Gebrezgier, Cesar Santos and Jonathan Santos. (Steve MArCuS/StAff)

by the numbers

2.67 percentDrop from last year in

Nevada gaming revenue

for the

fiscal year that began July

1, according to the Nevada

Gaming Control Board.

58Number of applications

for medical marijuana

dispensaries denied by the

Clark County Commission,

continuing a battle with the

state over which businesses

will be allowed to operate.

610Number of seats at the

redesigned Buffet

at Excalibur.

$90,000Amount the U.S. Bureau of

Land Management recently

took in for selling 5 acres in

the south valley to the

Nevada Housing Division

— a 95 percent discount on

the appraised value of $1.8

million.

$641,000Amount online poker

generated in November

in Nevada, according to the

state Gaming Control

Board. Ultimate Poker, one

of Nevada’s three poker

sites, announced in

mid-November it was

shutting down.

$35 millionPrice paid by Wynn Resorts

to buy property on a

contaminated site

along the Mystic River in

Everett, Mass., to build a

$1.6 billion casino.

$43.2 millionAmount Allegiant Travel Co.

says it’s taking as a noncash

impairment charge on its

Boeing 757 aircraft, which

comprise a small portion of

its fleet.

$47.4 millionAmount Nevada collected

in taxes for November

revenue, a 5.16 percent

decline from last year.

Describe your business.

We design and manufacture back-packs, duffle bags, laptop sleeves and stash pouches. The selection offered is simple and stylish while designed to be high quality.

The products we offer range in price from $45 for classic backpacks to $85 for duffle bags. Our products are sold online and in the LVCK store at Container Park.

Who are your customers?

Mainly high school and college students. But there are many folks who are developing a certain skill or talent, such as artists, BMX riders, videographers or other en-trepreneurs, and pursuing these people is crucial to the survival and growth of this brand. They provide the most word-of-mouth marketing for us, and they evangelize the brand message to others.

Our customers are forward thinkers who like separating themselves from the pack and leading.

What makes your business unique?

What makes Revive Brand Co. unique is our commit-ment to the growth and development of the community we live in. By supporting our customers who have some kind of ambitions or dreams, we engage them. This gives them a sense of ownership when it comes to our products that they may not feel when they purchase other bags.

Many companies make the same claim, but it’s prob-ably on the far outskirts of their overall marketing plan. With Revive, this is central to our method. We started this business when we were 19 and 20 years old. When starting a business with little to no money, it forces the owners to find creative and innovate ways to generate

sales and sustainability.

What is your business philoso-

phy?

Our philosophy is to listen to our customers. Engage them. Finally, re-spond with quality products that are an extension of them. This means that we are more tedious when it comes to our design process. From the first sketches to the final touches

of the manufacturing process, we try to keep our ears and minds open to the needs of our customers.

What’s the most important part of your job?

Research, research, research. Finding the right color schemes, patterns and materials is hard work. It is espe-cially hard when you don’t have a huge staff to source for these items and your own plant to develop them.

What is the best part about doing business in South-

ern Nevada?

There is a ton of growth in the city and it has no end in sight. New shopping malls and attractions are built almost every week, it seems. We also get a ton of support from Col-lege of Southern Nevada President Michael Richards and Dean Marcus Johnson, and our mentor, professor Kevin Raiford. CSN has a great program called the Business In-cubator, which started in 2011 and we were a part of.

What have you learned from the recession?

During a recession, opportunities pop up that would not be there otherwise. Things that cost a fortune when the economy was good may be affordable or even cheap. Stay-ing aware and alert during these times helps you be in posi-tion to recover faster or thrive afterward.

revive brand co.Address: 7260 W. Azure Drive,

Suites 140-626, Las Vegas 89108 Phone: 702-824-1892

Email: [email protected]: revivebrandco.com

Hours of operation: 24 hours a dayOwned/operated by: Jonathan

Santos, Cesar Santos, Medin Gebrezgier, Amanda Appling

In business since: 2011

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Vegas Sun. His work also is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate.

See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

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T he earth is rumbling in Las Vegas, and not just on those rare occasions we experience an earthquake.

Our budding technology sector is doing ground-shaking stuff. Here’s a tiny sampling:n Banjo, a web startup, mines posts on other

social media sites to detect in real time events happening worldwide, from minor car crashes to riots and plane crashes. The site’s creators say they know about news before anyone else on the planet, except those witnessing it firsthand.n MedWand, developed by Dr. Samir Qamar of

Las Vegas, measures heart rate, body temperature, blood oxygen and other vital signs, and features a camera that can capture video from the ears, throat and eyes. The data are transmitted through a secure online connection to a physician, who can assess a patient’s health and determine whether he or she needs to make an office or hospital visit.n Gohunt.com provides Western big-game hunters all

the information they need to schedule and carry out a successful excursion.

That’s just a tiny sampling. Tech is exploding in Las Vegas, for reasons that include geography (we’re kind of an affordable suburb to Silicon Valley) and infrastructure (we’re at the crossroads of a vast network of fiber optics).

Based on the brilliance of the people behind these

innovations, the sky’s the limit for Las Vegas’ potential as a tech development hot spot.

But we’re limiting them — and by extension, our state’s economic growth — because of our education system.

As pointed out in a recent report by Brookings Mountain West, Nevada is in need of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workers. We’re not producing enough from our schools to meet the needs of our innovators. And for all but the most optimistic Nevadans, the state’s track record on education funding offers little hope we can

make the investment needed.We are entering the 2015 legislative session with a

$162 million budget shortfall, and in November a GOP surge brought to power many legislators who champion keeping government spending in check. So the prospects of making strides in STEM education seem even dimmer.

The Republican lawmakers who stormed to power need to remember their promises to improve the state’s economy and should keep the Brookings report in the forefront of their minds as they head to Carson City.

Spending more now on education may hurt, especially given the budget situation, but if we have any hope of turning our budding tech industry from a ripple to a boom, it’s an investment that needs to happen.

Valley’s schools can’t keep up with tech sector

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Lance Gilman is the developer who helped Nevada land Tesla Motors. Gilman and his partners gave Tesla nearly 1,000 acres for free. In return, the state promised to build a road connecting Interstate 80 and U.S. 50. (kyle roerINk/STaff)

$43 million Tesla payoff has believers — and critics By kyLe roerinkStaff Writer

More often than not, Lance Gilman wears a cowboy hat.

“I feel naked without it,” he said. “I’ve always worn a hat, and I always will. Maybe they will bury me in one.”

But Gilman, 70, always takes off his hat for Gov. Brian Sandoval. And for reasons that go well beyond common etiquette, both men have good reason to tip their caps to each other.

The Nevada Department of Trans-portation board, of which Sandoval is a member, approved $43 million in October for a project that will help re-imburse Gilman and his partners for building USA Parkway, the transpor-tation corridor of Gilman’s Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.

The money will pay for improve-ments to the existing six-mile stretch of USA Parkway and buy land from Gilman and his partners so NDOT can extend the road by 12.5 miles. When completed, the work will con-nect Interstate 80 to U.S. Highway 50 and help traffic flow more smoothly in the greater Reno-Sparks area.

In addition, the board approved $70 million for other construction costs related to the project.

Proponents of the project say it’s aimed at reaping Nevada’s economic development potential and was fu-eled by Tesla’s decision to build its $5 billion battery gigafactory there. Gilman played an instrumental role in landing Tesla, which became a po-litical triumph for Sandoval — proof that the state could attract a major employer under his watch.

But critics say the road project is a boon for Gilman and bust for the state.

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Gilman is a tenacious Storey Coun-ty commissioner, a multimillion-aire and real estate tycoon known for owning a brothel and developing TRIC, touted as the world’s largest industrial park. It hosts such busi-nesses as Wal-Mart, FedEx and PetSmart.

The state’s $1.3 billion deal with Tesla wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for Gilman and his two part-ners: Don Roger Norman and Wil-liam Roger Norman.

Free of charge, they dished Tesla nearly 1,000 acres to build its factory at TRIC. That set off a chain of events that led to the funding from the state, giving Gilman and his partners some-

thing they’ve wanted for more than 15 years: a completed, state-funded USA Parkway.

In the early 2000s, Gilman lobbied lawmakers in Washington D.C. and Carson City for it. He lobbied so hard in 2001 that former state Sen. Mark Amodei wrote a resolution urging the state to contribute money to the road.

But Gilman didn’t get it.Instead, he and his partners in-

vested more than $60 million of their own money to build part of it. More than 5,000 trucks and other vehicles access the six-mile, four-lane road ev-ery day. After NDOT finishes its work in 2017, USA Parkway will be a state-maintained road that carries Tesla batteries to the rest of the world.

Gilman got the state payoff because Tesla was a convincing anchor ten-ant. The company’s namesake and futuristic polish promised the ar-rival of more blue-chip job creators and government revenue generators. Since mid-September, Gilman said he’s lined up at least 10 big-name companies vowing to make a home at the industrial park.

Gilman and his partners sold prop-erty to the state at a discounted $4 a foot to extend and improve the exist-ing roadway. Other property at his industrial center is going for up to $12.50, he said.

NDOT Director Rudy Malfabon said the project would collectively benefit Gilman and Nevada.

“We can’t argue the developers from the industrial center are going to have some money in their pock-ets,” Malfabon said. “But they did

take the risk at building the center in the first place.”

At the NDOT board meeting in October, Sandoval said there was a “critical need” for the state to finish USA Parkway.

“It will reduce commute times,” Sandoval said. “And I don’t want to underestimate that in any way for the individuals that are going to be work-ing out at TRIC. It means something to be home for dinner. … It means something not to be sitting in your vehicle for hours upon hours.”

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Gilman is a crafty businessman who has calculated million-dollar deals on napkins. He built a Harley-Davidson store. He bought a brothel on eBay.

His office on USA Parkway is 20 minutes away from downtown Reno. It is laden with maps. They sit on a conference table, stand on an easel and hang on walls. They demarcate cartographic views of the Western U.S., Nevada and — most importantly — local roadways.

As he sat at the table, Gilman used them to explain why USA Parkway was more than a windfall. Behind him, a steady flow of semi-trailers rolled on the road.

Supporters of the USA Parkway ex-pansion say the incomplete roadway creates a bottleneck of traffic that permeates throughout the state.

NDOT says the completed project will benefit the 30,000 daily drivers who use I-80 and U.S. 50 by reducing emissions and decongesting arte-

rial roadways. The roadway will save time for employees who work in the industrial center and live in Stage-coach, Yerington, Dayton and Carson City, allowing them to cut I-80 out of their commute, according to NDOT.

Currently, I-80 is the only way to access the industrial center. Without the parkway, there’s no direct way to travel north-south on U.S. 95 toward Las Vegas, Los Angeles or Phoenix. Truckers and employees have to drive dozens of miles east or west be-fore entering the roadway. USA Park-way will guide drivers headed south from the center onto U.S 50, which is a few miles from U.S. 95.

Critics of the project don’t doubt Nevada will benefit from the road. But considering the size of his tax-payer-sponsored payoff, they ques-tion if Gilman’s play was rooted in altruism.

The state got “snookered” on this deal, said Paul McKenzie, executive secretary-treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada/AFL-CIO.

He called the $43 million a misuse.“Normally when you build a road

like this, it is primarily for a commu-nity benefit,” McKenzie said. “This will make (Gilman’s) industrial park more valuable. It will make the property that he hasn’t sold more valuable. He is the primary benefac-tor of the road.”

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Today, the industrial center covers 166 square miles, comprising 65 per-cent of Storey County. Small portions of the property also sit in Lyon and Washoe counties.

Before Tesla, there were 166 com-panies and 14 million square feet of buildings. Sewer, electricity and oth-er utilities come pre-installed. Storey County has streamlined its process for obtaining building permits and other bureaucratic requirements. With the price of the existing por-tions of USA Parkway included, Gil-man and his partners invested $87 million of their own money to start the park. They spent the money with-out a single credit line, Gilman said.

Gilman speaks about the site in rapid bursts, like an auctioneer at a sale barn.

“You can buy a site from me right now. You can buy an acre. You can buy 1,000 acres. You will have all your sewer, power, water, gas and your roadways. It’s all in,” he said.

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Beal Bank’s LV headquarters tiny, but deposits pack a punch By eli segallStaff Writer

Beal Bank USA’s headquarters in Summerlin is as plain and suburban as they come. It’s a strip-mall store-front, just two doors from a Domino’s Pizza and near a Hallmark store and McDonald’s.

It’s no ordinary branch, though. It holds about $2.2 billion in deposits, one of the largest stockpiles of any bank branch in Southern Nevada.

Beal is far from a household name, but its business is based in large part on savings accounts.

“Instead of spending money on branches that you don’t need,” Beal says on its website, “we’d rather pay you a higher rate on your deposits.”

With the Federal Reserve holding in-terest rates near zero since the econo-my crashed, savings accounts offer tiny returns around the country. The aver-age interest rate nationally on a one-year certificate of deposit is just 0.27 percent, down from about 10 percent in 1984, according to Bankrate.com.

Beal’s rates are higher than the na-tional average but not huge. Recently, for accounts with at least $1,000 de-posited on Day 1, the bank was offering 1.06 percent on a one-year CD.

Deposits with Beal have dropped, but profits are up.

The lender, with some 20 other loca-tions nationally, had $2.4 billion in de-posits as of Sept. 30, down 22 percent from a year earlier. However, it earned $388 million in net income from loans through Sept. 30, up 6.7 percent year-over-year, according to filings with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Beal Bank USA was founded by 62-year-old billionaire Andy Beal in 2004. He already knew Las Vegas. At 21, he was winning at the blackjack tables, but was 86’d from casinos for counting cards, according to a profile by the Dallas Morning News.

Spokesman Jim Chambless an-swered some questions via email. Ed-ited excerpts:

What sort of customers does the bank serve in las Vegas?

Our customers include traditional purchasers of retail CDs and other sav-ings products at our branches; financial institutions that purchase CDs through listing services; and brokers, who pur-chase CDs on a larger scale. Beal has made very large loans to very promi-nent businesses in Las Vegas, but we do not share this information about our customers, even if public.

Beal has an unusually large amount of deposits in its lo-cal branch. is that because of its interest-bearing savings ac-counts or some other reason?

Our deposits are exclusively in interest-bearing savings products, primarily certificates of deposit. Some portion of our current total

is sourced through wholesale chan-nels and includes brokered depos-its. The majority of our other de-posits come from traditional retail branch customers.

How have the low interest rates affected Beal and its custom-ers?

The interest-rate environment has affected our customer base because of lower returns on their deposits. We anticipate that some may have sought higher investment returns, while accepting greater risk. Further, the rates have increased competition for deposits from customers seeking the security of CDs.


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Broker assesses status of ACA, Nevada Health Link By kyle roerinkStaff Writer

Pat Casale isn’t a doctor, but he spends his days working with the sick and uninsured.

The Las Vegas health insur-ance broker was tireless in his efforts to aid Nevadans dur-ing 2013’s disas-trous rollout of Nevada Health Link, the online

insurance marketplace selling health care plans offered under the Afford-able Care Act. Casale worked with state officials in multiple agencies, as well as the Governor’s Office, to ensure his clients were covered. Con-sumers — some with life-threatening diseases — came to him to enroll for insurance but were thwarted by faulty enrollment software built by Xerox, the tech contractor for the health link. Others paid for insurance but didn’t receive coverage.

Casale went on television. He ap-peared in newsprint. He screamed at bureaucrats and Xerox officials to get his clients coverage.

In the current open enrollment peri-od — which started in mid-November and ends in February — the situation is different for Nevada Health Link and Casale. The state ditched Xerox and plugged into a new IT system run by the federal government. And Casale is signing up customers without suffer-ing spikes in his blood pressure.

Casale spoke with VEGAS INC about what insurance brokers do, the latest open enrollment period and not getting paid.

Compared with last year, what’s the biggest difference you’ve seen in open enrollment?

The computer system is working. I get people enrolled in less than 30 minutes. People are getting the plans I expect them to get.

The state didn’t put out an es-timate for how many people

would enroll in plans offered on the exchange. What’s your best guess?

All said and done, in the end of Feb-ruary, between 40,000 and 44,000 on the high end. Thirty-two thousand to 36,000 on the medium end, and 30,000 on the low end.

Do brokers charge consumers for using their services to enroll for health care plans offered un-der the Affordable Care Act?

Not at all.

The average consumer may not know how an insurance broker can help them enroll for subsi-dized plans offered under the Affordable Care Act. What’s your main role?

My main role is to ensure the client buys the best plan for them and maxi-mizes tax credits offered.

Because of the faulty Xerox software, insurance companies didn’t pay you and other ne-

vada insurance brokers for your services during the first open enrollment. you’re in a class-action suit to recoup damages. What’s the latest?

We are starting to get some of the money. Insurance companies are pay-ing us going forward. But we lost time and money. For the first six months of the last enrollment, we didn’t get paid for a lot of services. I estimate that I lost at least $25,000 to $30,000. It’s the first time in my career that I didn’t get paid for work. If I wrote a life in-surance policy and the commission is $1,000 when that policy gets issued, I get paid. With health insurance, you get paid at a month-to-month rate. (Last) year, that didn’t happen.

you’re originally from new york. What brought you to the desert to broker insurance?

The broker part wasn’t part of the plan. I came to Nevada because the state allows you to be able to own a home and offers a favorable tax sys-tem. The American dream was here.

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Washington-based grocer to acquire 7 stores in area By eli segAllStaff Writer

A Pacific Northwest grocery chain is entering Southern Nevada with the purchase of seven Albertsons and Vons stores.

Haggen, based in Bellingham, Wash., is buying the groceries as part of a 146-store acquisition in the western U.S. that stems from a merger-related sell-off, the company said.

The portfolio sale is expected to close early this year, and Haggen plans to con-vert the stores to its own brand through-out the first half of 2015.

Haggen said it planned to keep the stores’ management teams, and all em-ployees of the acquired groceries “will have the opportunity” to work for Haggen.

Haggen majority owner Comvest Partners, a West Palm Beach, Fla., in-vestment firm, would not disclose the purchase price.

The deal, subject to Federal Trade Commission approval, is a major growth spurt for Haggen.

The grocer has 18 stores and 2,000 employees in Washington and Oregon.

If the sale goes through, the company will operate 164 stores and employ a workforce of more than 10,000 employ-ees, with new locations in Nevada, Ari-zona and California.

Albertsons owner Cerberus Capital Management reached a deal last spring to buy Vons owner Safeway Inc. for about $9 billion. The sale is expected to close in January.

Albertsons had 32 stores in Southern Nevada and Vons had 14 around the time the deal was announced.

Those companies said they would sell 168 stores nationally to four buyers to land FTC approval of the merger. Hag-gen was the only one to get locations in Nevada.

Haggen will acquire the following stores in Southern Nevada:n Vons: 1031 Nevada Highway, Boulder

City; 7530 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas; 1940 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas; and 820 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas.n Albertsons: 2910 Bicentennial Park-

way, Henderson; 575 College Drive, Henderson; and 190 N. Boulder High-way, Henderson.

Nevada gaming revenue slightly up, thanks to off-Strip increases

By J.D. morrisStaff Writer

After three consecutive monthly declines, Nevada gaming revenue increased slightly in November com-pared with the year before, the state reported.

The Nevada Gaming Con-trol Board said casinos won $876.3 million in November, a 0.04 percent increase from the same month the previous year. But gaming revenue for the fiscal year, which began July 1, is still down 2.67 per-cent.

On the Strip, where a huge chunk of the state’s total is generated, gaming revenue dropped 4 percent from last year to $508.3 million. Bacca-rat revenue there declined 1.1 percent to $127.6 million.

The numbers told a bet-ter story for the rest of Clark County. Downtown Las Ve-gas gaming revenue rose to $42.8 million, a 12.76 percent

increase from the same time last year.

North Las Vegas and the Boulder Strip, meanwhile, re-corded substantial increases of 37.62 percent and 20.68 percent, respectively. Laugh-lin and Mesquite saw smaller increases of 12.77 percent and 7.03 percent, respectively.

Overall, Clark County’s gaming revenue was up just shy of 1 percent from last year.

Washoe County gaming revenue, on the other hand, dropped 0.16 percent. In Reno, casinos won $43.1 mil-lion, a 0.57 percent decrease compared to the year before.

Online poker pulled in just $641,000. One of Nevada’s three original online poker sites, Ultimate Poker, an-nounced it was shutting down in mid-November.

The state collected $47.4 million in taxes on Novem-ber’s revenue, a 5.16 percent decrease from last year.


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Tweets turn Ultimate Poker’s demise into funds for charity By J.D. morrisStaff Writer

It all started with a tweet.Late last year, Las Vegas-based pok-

er journalist Marco Valerio received a message from Ultimate Poker, the on-line poker website that recently shut down. It was cashing out his outstand-ing balance of 18 cents.

Valerio found the paltry cashout amusing. So he shared it with his 7,000 Twitter followers.

When he realized others were get-ting similar messages, however, he had a thought: What if they pooled the tiny amounts together and donated the to-tal to charity? It might not be much, but it could make a small difference in the lives of some.

Then professional poker player Dan-ielle Andersen chimed in. She agreed to match donations up to $500.

Andersen had a personal connection to the cause — she was a sponsored player for Ultimate Poker.

“It felt sort of like a parting gift from me,” she said in an interview.

And so what’s now called the Sim-ple Act of Poker Kindness, tracked by the Twitter hashtag #SAPK, began to snowball.

Andersen described it as an organic movement that evolved primarily through social media.

“There was no real advertising; we did no real media push,” she said. “It’s not like we had a team of people put-ting this together. It just kind of caught on.”

Like Andersen, others in the poker community began to throw in their support on Twitter, with some com-mitting to more than just a small check from Ultimate Poker.

Poker player Melissa Burr was one of those. She said she’d donate $1 — and then raised it to $2 — for everyone who retweeted her announcement.

What Valerio and others in the poker community did is not unique to #SAPK. During the social media fun-draising blitz, Valerio found out New Jersey poker player Billy Vogel had been gathering holiday donations from poker players for five years.

Valerio decided that some of the money raised through #SAPK would go to help Vogel’s efforts, though much of it would remain earmarked for a lo-cal Las Vegas organization. #SAPK, in turn, got a mention and a logo at the toy drive Vogel helped with in Atlantic County, N.J.

In the end, #SAPK raised about $3,360. Valerio said about $2,560 went

to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Boulder City and the rest to Global Medical Relief Fund, an organiza-tion Vogel supports through his fun-draising.

Valerio said he’s open to doing the fundraiser again in the future.

“I’m very moved, actually, by the demonstrations of kindness and be-

nevolence that I saw from so many of these individuals,” he said. “We’ve tapped into a giving spirit. I think the social media engine we’ve un-covered that can power contribu-tions is one worth looking into.”

He also emphasized how he hoped the fundraiser would counteract negative perceptions about poker

players, who aren’t always seen as the giving type.

Andersen echoed that sentiment.“We get kind of a bad rap for being

gamblers or whatever,” she said, “but I would actually say the poker com-munity in general has some of the most generous and honorable people you would find in your entire life.”


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‘Think of the blog as a central piece of your brand’The approach worked. One hundred forty animals

found homes that day, including 127 dogs. Since that June 2013 event, the foundation’s blog

has featured dozens more posts written by animal experts sharing the benefits and pitfalls of adoption and animal fostering, lists of breed traits, safety tips and more.

The blog offers the foundation — a nonprofit or-ganization that operates a shelter, adoption center,

spay-and-neuter clinic and low-cost surgery center — a way to engage with the com-munity.

“We want to be a commu-nity resource for people who have pets or who are looking to get one,” Scheibe said. “We want to provide people an op-portunity to engage and learn more about everything we do.”

Whether your business is a pet-adoption nonprofit, a boutique hotel or a mom-and-pop pizza shop, a blog can be an inexpensive tool to give you a voice and help you get the word out about what you do.

Lauren Levin is vice president of integrated mar-keting at SBE, the parent of company of SLS Las Vegas. Levin started SBE’s blog in March, several months before SLS opened. The results have been positive, she said.

“Think of the blog as a central piece of your brand,” Levin said. “Be engaging, and your readers will feel a part of that brand.”

Zach Miles is executive director of economic de-velopment and technology transfer at UNLV’s Divi-sion of Research and Economic Development. Miles has worked with more than 100 startups over more than a decade. He has seen blogs successfully test market fit, push promotions and build brand recog-nition.

“You can engage a huge community quickly,” said Miles, who also works as director of the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV. “You can use a blog to be a sounding board for ideas, a low-cost research-and-development tool that lets you pivot quickly.”

Here are seven tips for business blogging.

Don’t spam“It’s an absolute no-no to always talk about your-

self,” Levin said. SBE’s blog is about more than hotel promotions.

For example, writers have examined Art Basel, a Mi-ami Beach art event (SBE has a hotel there) and top Las Vegas karaoke bars (none of which is in SLS).

Be a little zany“You can drive a lot more buzz if you’re ‘out there’

as far as your voice, but make sure you’re not aggres-sive,” Miles said. “You don’t want to bring antago-nism to your site.”

In a world where click-bait is king, a catchy head-line can make engagement soar. But you don’t want to risk the integrity of your brand for a few extra shares.

Be consistentHaving a blog (and keeping busy on social media)

lets customers know your lights are on. Not only can regular blogging drive search engine optimization, it can build a regular audience that returns to your site because it knows something new will be available.

Levin posts five or six times a week, or more if there’s a big event to promote.

talk aBout what you knowIf you sell skateboards, talk about the best skating

spots in your city. Use your expertise to your advan-

tage. If you’re feeling ambitious, forge partner-ships with known industry experts and get them to guest post.

test your iDeasUse your blog to test new products. Blogging,

combined with social media, is a perfect format for low-cost research and development. Float new ideas or products to see how your followers respond.

Be short anD sweetBlogging is not a long-form essay. You want to be

entertaining but also make your point before your reader clicks away. Goal No. 1: Make your post inter-esting enough that people share it on social media.

“Your blog needs to be easy to engage with,” Miles said. “Think about the most memorable interac-tions you have in a day.”

Blog like you text, Miles suggested. “People get their point across quickly in an amus-

ing, engaging way,” he said.

show, Don’t tellPeople love something to look at. Photos on Face-

book receive 53 percent more likes than text alone, a 2012 study by Hubspot found. So include photos, memes, gifs and videos in your blog posts.

A picture can get your message across in seconds. Reading text requires a much longer investment.

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Don’t have a blog yet? Here’s what you need to get started.

FinD your voice

Before you start publishing, decide on the tone of your blog. Do you sell life in-surance and want a serious tone to put your customers at ease? Or does your brand market to teens who enjoy jokes and memes?

choose talking pointsFigure out what your brand can speak

about to gain credibility. SBE’s five talk-ing points are food, drink, art, design and travel, and the blog aims to serve as a “lifestyle guide” for customers.

Once you’ve decided on topics, create an editorial calendar and write sample posts to show stakeholders. Plan how often you’ll post and whom your writers will be.

reach out anD partnerCreate a social plan. Build partnerships

with industry leaders who can promote your brand.

SBE, for example, works with guest blog-gers, such as chef Jose Andres, who have a large number of social media followers. A post authored by an industry leader or recognizable name and shared to his fol-lowers can go viral, increasing visibility of your brand dramatically and bringing an avalanche of hits to your site.

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Calendar of eventsMonday, January 12

UNLV Third Annual STEM Summit

Time: 3-4:30 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Stan Fulton Building Ballroom, UNLV,

4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: RSVP to 702-895-1345

Panelists will discuss retention and recruitment,

working with federal entities, how to use program-

ming opportunities and approaches for recruiting

minorities in STEM and health sciences. Program

continues 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday, January 13 Henderson Chamber of Commerce network-

ing breakfast: “Strategic Planning for Your

Business – Why You Need to Do It”

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members; $45 for

nonmembers; additional $10 for walk-ins

Location: Wildhorse Golf Club, 2100 W. Warm

Springs Road, Henderson

Information: Call 702-565-8951

Bruce Ford, an executive at City National Bank, is

the featured speaker.

Society for Marketing Professional Services

luncheon: Economic Outlook 2015

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members;

$50 for nonmembers (includes lunch)

Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, Fashion Show,

3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit smpslasvegas.com

Journalist Jon Ralston will moderate a discussion

about the economic outlook for 2015.

Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce

policy committee meeting: Insurance

Time: 10-11:30 a.m. Cost: Free

Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce,

575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas


Explore issues relevant to health, property and

casualty insurance, and how each affects Nevada’s

business community.

Wednesday, January 14 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce

policy committee meeting: Health care

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free; RSVP request-

ed

Location: Roseman University College of Medi-

cine, 10530 Discovery Drive, Las Vegas


Chamber members and their employees can learn

about health care topics.

Thursday, January 15 “Forecast 2015 Southern Nevada’s Commer-

cial Market Recovery: Are We There Yet?”

Time: Registration begins 7:30 a.m.; program

ends 11:30 a.m. Cost: $80

Location: Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las

Vegas

Information: Visit naiopnv.org

The Southern Nevada chapter of the Commercial

Real Estate Development Association and the Lied

Institute for Real Estate Studies present a panel

discussion about Southern Nevada’s commer-

cial real estate market and a look at national real

estate trends.

Henderson Chamber of

Commerce: Foundations for Success

Time: 9 a.m.-noon Cost: Free, for Henderson

Chamber members only

Information: RSVP to Nancy Aquino at 702-992-

7200 ext. 0 or

[email protected]

Location: Henderson Business Resource Center,

Wells Fargo Building, 112 S. Water St., Henderson

Brian Mell, assistant marketing manager of

BannerView.com, will discuss search-engine op-

timization and social media and explain elements

crucial to companies that want to compete online.

Southern Nevada Association

of Women Attorneys January

luncheon and CLE: Ethics in 2015

Time: 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $32 for members;

$52 for nonmembers

Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W.

Brown Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected] or visit

snawa.org

Dennis Kennedy of Bailey Kennedy will present a

one-hour ethics seminar.

saTurday, January 17 League of Women Voters of Las Vegas Valley

monthly meeting

Time: 9:30 a.m. breakfast; 10 a.m. presentation

Cost: $20 breakfast with reservation; $5 admission

Location: Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane, Las

Vegas

Information: Call 702-464-7887 or visit lwvlasve-

gasvalley.org

David Byerman, former secretary of the Nevada

Senate, will talk about advocacy and the upcoming

legislative session.

Tuesday, January 20 Henderson Chamber of Commerce new

member briefing

Time: 8-9 a.m. Cost: Free

Location: HBRC Seminar Room, Wells Fargo

Building, 112 S. Water St., Henderson


For new members looking to increase their organi-

zation’s visibility through member benefits.

“The Great American Business Mixer”

Time: 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Blue Martini, Town Square, 6593 Las

Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit dannyvegaslive.com

Network with local business leaders and entre-

preneurs in a friendly, professional environment;

geared toward getting name and brand exposure.

Wednesday, January 21 American Institute of Architects Las Vegas

January membership meeting

Time: 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: Free for AIA members;

$30 for nonmembers; RSVP required

Location: 5th Street School auditorium, 401 S. 4th

St., Las Vegas

Information: Contact Kelly Lavigne at 702-895-

0936 or [email protected]

Now that the Interstate 11 corridor connecting Las

Vegas and Phoenix is a reality and the Nevada

Department of Transportation designated U.S. 95 a

proposed route between Las Vegas and Interstate

80, what will come for growth and development in

Southern Nevada?

Thursday, January 22 Henderson Chamber of Commerce

Roadmap to Success: “The Amazing

Secrets to Networking in the Chamber”

Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson

Chamber of Commerce members; $25 for non-

members; additional $10 for walk-ins; RSVP by

Jan. 20

Location: HBRC Seminar Room, Wells Fargo

Building, 112 S. Water St., Henderson


David Dassow, director of the Las Vegas Marketing

Association, will be the featured speaker.

QuickBooks advanced class

Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $299

Location: 10777 W. Twain Ave., Suite 225, Las

Vegas

Information: Call 702-457-9800 or visit

davehallsba.com

QuickBooks users can gain a better understanding

of payroll, inventory and reports.

Asian Chamber of Commerce

monthly luncheon

Time: 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $35 for members; $45

for nonmembers

Location: Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road,

Las Vegas

Information: Visit lvacc.org

Rossi Ralenkotter, president of the Las Vegas Con-

vention and Visitors Authority, will speak.

Friday, January 23 Urban Chamber of Commerce coffee mixer

Time: 9-10 a.m.

Location: Coffee, Tea or Me? Espresso Bar, 2600

W. Sahara Ave., Suite 121, Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-648-6222 or email info@

urbanchamber.org

Guests will receive complimentary coffee.


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Records and TransactionsBanKRUPTCIESChaPteR 11Flamingo-Pecos Surgery Center LLC4275 Burnham Ave., Suite 101Las Vegas, NV 89119Attorney: Zachariah Larson of Lar-son & Zirzow at [email protected]

BID OPPORTUnITIEStUeSdaY, JaNUaRY 132 p.m.Chiller maintenanceUniversity Medical CenterVeronica Kammler at [email protected]

thURSdaY, JaNUaRY 153 p.m.Annual requirements contract for full-coverage maintenance ser-vices for elevators and escalators located on pedestrian bridges lotClark County, 603474Adriane Garcia at [email protected]

3 p.m.Current production model 12-pas-senger prisoner transport vanClark County, 603554Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

BROKERED TRanSaCTIOnSSaLeS$8,200,000 for 73,455 square feet, retailCraig Valley Plaza, 4180-4280 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89032Seller: Omninet Craig LLCSeller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and Ashley Kolaczynski of CBRE Las VegasBuyer: Marker Craig LLCBuyer agent: Jeff Chain of Millen-nium Commercial Properties

$7,506,450 for 69,173 square feet, office building and eight residen-tial homes2975 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89146Seller: CMA Industries LLC and Solutions Holdings LLCSeller agent: Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Jessica Cegavske and Roy Fritz of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.Buyer: STORE Capital Acquisitions LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$5,200,000 for 57,359 square feet, retail3640 Swenson St., Las Vegas 89169Seller: 820-860 Twain LLCSeller agent: Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Jessica Cegavske and

Roy Fritz of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.Buyer: Swenson Properties LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$5,000,000 for 100,095 square feet, retail202-209 S. Decautur Blvd., Las Vegas 89118Seller: Wells Fargo care of Situs HoldingsSeller agent: Joe Bonifatto of Col-liers InternationalBuyer: Brixton CapitalBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$1,890,000 for 15,118 square feet, industrial6655 and 6659 Schuster St., Las Vegas 89118Seller: CPI Six LLC and CPI Seven LLCSeller agent: Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Jessica Cegavske and Roy Fritz of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.Buyer: Premium Produce LLCBuyer agent: Justin Michaels of The Cornerstone Co.

$1,325,000 for 7,000 square feet, retail2010 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas 89156Seller: 2010 E. Lake Mead LLCSeller agent: David Frear and Pat Marsh of Colliers InternationalBuyer: Carmar LLCBuyer agent: Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Jessica Cegavske and Roy Fritz of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.

$600,000 for 2.3 acres, landOlsen Street and Eagle Rock Road, Henderson 89011Seller: Did not discloseSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Blue Bell Creameries LPBuyer agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

$455,000 for 4,744 square feet, industrial3985 E. Patrick Lane, Las Vegas 89120Seller: Joyce LaGrangeSeller agent: Suzette LaGrange, Brian Riffel and Tyler Jones of Col-liers InternationalBuyer: CIRTAP LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$125,000 for 2,400 square feet, industrial2147 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89108Seller: CXA Corp.Seller agent: Chris Lexis and Joe Leavitt of Avison YoungBuyer: Jose Ramon Topete and Leticia TopeteBuyer agent: Martha Arriola of General Realty

LeaSeS$6,642,000 for 64,795 square feet, retail for 144 monthsRainbow Promenade, 2051 N. Rain-bow Blvd., Las Vegas 89108Landlord: CW Capital Asset Man-agementLandlord agent: Liz Clare and Jackie Young of Avison YoungTenant: Hobby Lobby StoresTenant agent: Bill Dunbar of Dunbar Commercial

$5,502,000 for 40,013 square feet, retail for 120 monthsRainbow Promenade, 2051 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 51E, Las Vegas 89108Landlord: CW Capital Asset Man-agementLandlord agent: Liz Clare and Jackie Young of Avison YoungTenant: American Multi-CinemaTenant agent: Did not disclose

$1,895,957 for 25,254 square feet, industrial for 65 months1181 Grier Drive, Las Vegas 89119Landlord: The Realty Associates Fund IX, LP Landlord agent: Did not discloseTenant: U.S Telepacific Corp.Tenant agent: Mike Dunn and Paula Lea of Cushman and Wakefield Commerce

$1,087,700 for 11,515 square feet, office for 63 months6830 W. Oquendo, Suite 102, Las Vegas 89118Landlord: Sanmar Investments LLC and Healthinsight Corp.Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesTenant: Did not discloseTenant agent: Did not disclose

$388,800 for 4,800 square feet, retail for 60 months9640 W. Tropicana Ave., Suites 123-126, Las Vegas 89147Landlord: Teepee Development LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesTenant: Studio Salons Tropicana LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$348,618 for 3,648 square feet, retail for 60 months3882-3836 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas 89107Landlord: Earl M Morimoto TrustLandlord agent: Justin Michaels and Elmore Bacon of he Cornerstone Co.Tenant: Great Clips Inc.Tenant agent: Mike Dunn and Paula Lea of Cushman and Wakefield Commerce

$195,465 for 2,075 square feet, retail for 66 months450 E. Silverado Ranch, Las Vegas 89123Landlord: Silverado Partners LTD

and Michael D Tarandy Revocable TrustLandlord agent: Todd Manning and Dan Hubbard of Cushman & Wake-field CommerceTenant: Sang Im Lee, Alan Harmon Lee and Lillian HyojinTenant agent: Stacy L. Inness of Bershire Hathaway Home Services

$86,862 for 1,188 square feet, of-fice for 40 months9121 W. Russell Road, Suite 112, Las Vegas 89148Landlord: Beltway Development Group LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesTenant: Kindred Nevada LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$56,484 for 4,000 square feet, industrial for 24 months3210 W. Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas 89102Landlord: Fisher Brothers Las Vegas LLCLandlord agent: Leo Biedermann of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: Pebble Stone Coatings Inc.Tenant agent: Did not disclose

$54,168 for 2,280 square feet, of-fice for 24 months1081-1091 S. Cimarron Blvd., Las Vegas 89145Landlord: CIMM81 LLCLandlord agent: Pete Janemark of Cushman and Wakefield CommerceTenant: Aristotle Electric LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$45,072 for 1,963 square feet, industrial for 36 months3021 Rigel Ave., Las Vegas 89102Landlord: Fisher Brothers Las Vegas LLCLandlord agent: Leo Biedermann of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: Desert Sun Entertainment LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$41,184 for 4,832 square feet, industrial for 12 months3206 W. Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas 89102Landlord: Fisher Brothers Las Vegas LLCLandlord agent: Leo Biedermann of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: Affinitylifestyle.comTenant agent: Did not disclose

$39,714 for 1,182 square feet, retail for 39 months9640 W. Tropicana Ave., Suite 114, Las Vegas 89147Landlord: Teepee Development LLCLandlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesTenant: Luxurious Living LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$31,904 for 622 square feet, retail for 40 months

Bianca Plaza, 2967 Industrial Road, Las Vegas 89109Landlord: Leonardi Properties Inc.Landlord agent: Lauren Tabeek of Voit Real Estate ServicesTenant: AAA Finger PrintsTenant agent: RG Boniella Real Estate

$29,640 for 2,016 square feet, industrial for 24 months2907 Meade Ave., Las Vegas 89102Landlord: Fisher Brothers Las Vegas LLCLandlord agent: Leo Biedermann of Cushman & Wakefield CommerceTenant: JRW Services LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

BUSInESS LICEnSESA2 Auto Repair Business type: Automotive garageAddress: 1721 N. Decatur Blvd., Las VegasOwner: William Mananquil

Adams House Apartments Business type: Apartments Address: 305 N. 10th St., Las VegasOwner: Gateway LV LLC

Adriana’s Tax Services LLCBusiness type: Business supportAddress: 929 N. Pecos Road, Las VegasOwner: Jorge Vidaurre

Adrianna Wechsler Zimring Business type: Professional medical servicesAddress: 7341 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 170, Las VegasOwner: Adrianna Wechsler Zimring

Advantage Massage Business type: MassageAddress: 7380 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Lisa Agnew

Alex Mejia Business type: Real estateAddress: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Alex Mejia

American Crane Business type: RentalAddress: 3756 E. Flamingo Road, Las VegasOwner: Bobstar Enterprises

Amerigas Propane Ltd. Partnership Business type: Express delivery serviceAddress: 4420 McGuire St., Las VegasOwner: Amerigas Propane Inc.

Anaya & Anaya LLCBusiness type: Rental propertyAddress: 3545 Rio Robles Drive, Suite A, North Las VegasOwner: Anaya & Anaya LLC

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Records and TransactionsAngelo’s Pizza KitchenBusiness type: Restaurant Address: 5861 W. Craig Road, Suite 103, Las VegasOwner: Zardana LLC

Ann Evans Creative CostumesBusiness type: SalesAddress: 5025 Blue Rose St., North Las VegasOwner: Charlotte Miller-Evans

Barbara Kay Snyder Business type: Real estateAddress: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Barbara Kay Snyder

Beaute Supplies On The GoBusiness type: Beauty suppliesAddress: 1323 Reverend Wilson Ave., North Las VegasOwner: Rosario Deniz

Boy Meets UniverseBusiness type: Education retailAddress: 2733 Tarbert St., Hender-sonOwner: Boy Meets Universe Ltd.

Bratton Enterprise LLCBusiness type: WebsitesAddress: 1349 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 316, HendersonOwner: Bratton Enterprise LLC

Brookstone Stores Inc. No. 990Business type: RetailAddress: 2225 Village Walk Drive, Suite 191, HendersonOwner: Brookstone Stores Inc.

Centurylink Communications LLCBusiness type: Public utility tele-phoneAddress: 6700 Via Austi Parkway, Las VegasOwner: Kay C. Buchart

Charnel Spa Business type: CosmetologyAddress: 820 Rancho Lane, Suite 60, Las VegasOwner: Nelly Scheer

Chase Insurance Agency Inc.Business type: InsuranceAddress: 1990 Village Center Circle, Suites 7 and 8, Las VegasOwner: James Cecil

Chase Insurance Agency Inc. Business type: InsuranceAddress: 761 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las VegasOwner: Gregory Quental

Citrus Apartments Business type: ApartmentsAddress: 60 N. Pecos Road, Las VegasOwner: Omninet Southwest LP

Collette’s Consultants Business type: Professional services Address: 325 S. Third St., Suite 6, Las VegasOwner: Collette Putnam

Cricket Wireless Business type: RetailAddress: 1020 W. Owens Ave., Las VegasOwner: Wireless & Beyond NV LLC

Crosby & Fox LLCBusiness type: Professional services Address: 710 S. Eighth St., Las VegasOwner: David M. Crosby

CS Autohaus LLCBusiness type: Automotive salesAddress: 3170 Polaris Ave., Suite 34, Las VegasOwner: Curt Schmalz

Culichi SushiBusiness type: RestaurantAddress: 2462 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las VegasOwner: Culichi Inc.

Dax Jones Business type: InsuranceAddress: 9555 Hillwood Drive, Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Dax Jones

Dischbein Motor SportsBusiness type: Automobile garageAddress: 2926 Brookspark Drive, North Las VegasOwner: Dischbein Motor Sports

Doty OriginalsBusiness type: TruckingAddress: 4718 Magic Peak Court, Las VegasOwner: Luanne Strauser

Dynamic Fit ClubBusiness type: MiscellaneousAddress: 720 Center St., Suite 100, HendersonOwner: Raul Villavicencio-Robles and Roxana Bello-Cisneros

EBL Landscape LLCBusiness type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 2010 Stanley Ave., Las VegasOwner: Esteban Ballinas

El Pueblo Tax Services Business type: Business supportAddress: 5636 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite A, Las VegasOwner: El Pueblo Tax Services Inc.

Eldorado Valley Development Company Inc.Business type: Consulting business for land developmentAddress: 145 E. Warm Springs Road, Las VegasOwner: Eldorado Valley Develop-ment Company Inc.

Elegante Banquet Hall Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 3020 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Bonanza Mojave LLC

Erin Camp Business type: Real estateAddress: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Erin Camp

Events With A Twist LLCBusiness type: Alcohol beverage catererAddress: 233 S. Fourth St., Las VegasOwner: Jennifer K. Colacion

Eyebrows R Us Business type: Office servicesAddress: 5861 W. Craig Road, Suite 102, Las VegasOwner: Marketing Gurus Inc.

Fix8 Fitness Café & GrillBusiness type: RestaurantAddress: 650 E. Horizon Drive, Suite 1, HendersonOwner: Fix8 Fitness Restaurant LLC

Furniture World Business type: RetailAddress: 300 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., Las VegasOwner: RJV Consulting Inc.

Gabriel GarciaBusiness type: Real estateAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las VegasOwner: Gabriel Garcia

Gillett Construction LLCBusiness type: ContractorAddress: 980 American Pacific Drive, Suite 106, HendersonOwner: Gillett Construction LLC

Glenn K. SmithBusiness type: Real estateAddress: 614 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Glenn K. Smith

Grosvenor Tax ServicesBusiness type: BookkeeperAddress: 6416 Bright Morning St., North Las VegasOwner: Richard Grosvenor

Hejmanowski & McCrea LLCBusiness type: Professional servicesAddress: 520 S. Fourth St., Suite 320, Las VegasOwner: Malani L. Kotchka

Ipswich Clambake LVBusiness type: Nonfarm product vendorAddress: 1600 N. Rampart Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Ipswich Clambake LLC

JUSTICE International Church Of DeliveranceBusiness type: Office servicesAddress: 1532 H St., Las VegasOwner: Delores Collins

Jasam Cleaning ServicesBusiness type: JanitorialAddress: 27 Sunny Day Ave., North Las Vegas

Owner: Nancy Hernandez

JBT LLCBusiness type: Online salesAddress: 149 N. Gibson Road, Suite D, HendersonOwner: JBT LLC

Johnny’s Mattresses & FurnitureBusiness type: Mattresses and furni-ture salesAddress: 1419 N. Boulder Highway, Suite B, HendersonOwner: John and Melinda Leake

Kandace FischerBusiness type: Real estateAddress: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Kandace Fischer

Kaules Fine ArtBusiness type: PhotographyAddress: 341 Faulkner Court, HendersonOwner: Stanley Kaules

BUILDInG PERMITS$20,000,000, tenant improve-ment-detention facilities330 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las VegasSletten Construction of Nevada Inc./Clark County Detention Center

$20,000,000, tenant improve-ment-detention facilities330 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las VegasSletten Construction of Nevada Inc./Clark County Detention Center

$20,000,000, tenant improve-ment-detention facilities330 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las VegasSletten Construction of Nevada Inc./Clark County Detention Center

$2,400,000, tenant improvement-medical offices888 S. Rancho Drive, Suite 200, Las VegasSR Construction

$2,200,008, commercial-new360 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las VegasCambridge Builders Inc./Republic Silver State Disposal

$806,756, commercial-addition4335 Arcata Way, North Las VegasBixby Land Co.

$704,322, fire protection3700 Bay Lake Trail, North Las VegasVegas Valley Fire Protection

$630,430, commercial-alteration2542 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las VegasKalb Industries of Nevada Ltd./Silver Nugget Gaming$580,592, commercial-remodel

280 N. Gibson Road, HendersonYoungblood Architecture

$434,726, wall fence-block or retaining9724 W. Deer Springs Way, Las VegasFrehner Masonry Inc.

$425,000, tenant improvement-casino banquet hall demolition129 Fremont St., Las VegasThe Penta Building Group Inc.

$350,000, tenant improvement-nursing homes3100 N. Tenaya Way, Las VegasHospitality Renovation Service

$248,342, residential-new9732 University Ridge Ave., Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC


$186,273, residential-new8900 Kenzie Cove St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$186,257, residential-new803 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$186,257, residential-new877 Via del Cerchi, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$185,647, residential-new12241 Olivetta Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada


$175,008, residential-new3281 Grayson Lake Court, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC

$173,448, residential-new2815 Shining Sun Way, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$173,448, residential-new2816 Grand Helios Way, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC


$167,685, residential-new12220 Olivetta Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$167,685, residential-new350 Evante St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$163,189, residential-new185 Elk Cove Court, HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

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Records and Transactions$162,302, residential-new1949 Galleria Spada St., HendersonToll Henderson LLC



$158,900, tenant improvement-assembly hall1550 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite E, HendersonTrident Construction Corp./Brent-wood Horizon Ridge LLC

$158,404, residential-new3636 Corte Bella Hills Ave., North Las VegasJF Shea Co. Inc.

$157,019, residential-new346 Evante St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$152,067, commercial-remodel2475 Village View Drive, Suite 200, HendersonNevada General Construction/Re-sort at Green Valley Ranch

$150,000, tenant improvement-nursing homes3100 N. Tenaya Way, Las VegasLayton Construction Co. Inc.

$143,616, residential-new192 Leaf Tree Ave., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

$142,396, residential-new2323 Bonate Sorro St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$141,198, residential-new10747 Hammett Park Ave., Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$140,919, residential-new12225 Argent Bay Ave., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.


$137,784, tenant improvement-store620 Shadow Lane, Las VegasAffordable Concepts Inc.

$132,996, residential-new6991 Comiskey Park St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$132,764, residential-new3640 Corte Bella Hills Ave., North Las VegasJF Shea Co. Inc.

$125,553, residential-new5004 Alejandro Way, Lot 8, North Las Vegas

William Lyon Homes Inc.

$122,500, mechanical-HVAC9900 Isaac Newton Way, Las VegasRocky Mountain Mechanical Inc.


$117,368, residential-new5012 Alejandro Way, Lot 10, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.


$113,865, residential-new10748 Knickerbocker Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes

$113,728, residential-new802 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC


$113,173, residential-new3115 Paladi Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$113,173, residential-new3113 Paladi Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$107,731, residential-new5008 Alejandro Way, Lot 9, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.

$107,296, residential-new189 Elk Cove Court, HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

$107,296, residential-new188 Leaf Tree Ave., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

$106,000, commercial-remodel490 N. Stephanie St., HendersonGalileo Galleria LLC/Galleria Com-mons

$103,442, residential-new9032 Savvy Seam Court, Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC

$102,527, residential-new3179 Biccari Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$102,355, residential-new5717 Clear Haven Lane, North Las VegasBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.




$100,000, tenant improvement-assembly hall220 N. 14th St., Las VegasRafael Construction Inc.

$99,747, residential-new5634 Bishop Flowers St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada


$99,435, residential-new3927 Deluge Drive, Las VegasRyland Homes




$90,495, residential-new5845 Radiance Park St., North Las VegasJF Shea Co. Inc.



$90,000, residential-new5663 Balsam St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$90,000, residential-new5667 Balsam St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada


$86,662, residential-new5849 Radiance Park St., North Las VegasJF Shea Co. Inc.

$85,942, residential-new7566 Whitman Colonial St., Las Vegas

Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$70,000, tenant improvement-offices9010 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasTucker Construction

$60,000, commercial-nightclub or restaurant tenant improvement4420 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasDavaco

$59,940, retaining wall2771 Sacred Court, HendersonHirschi Masonry LLC/Greystone Nevada LLC


$54,326, commercial-remodel1205 W. Warm Springs Road, HendersonLM Construction Co. LLC/Warm Springs Promenade LLC

$50,000, residential-utility structure5038 E. Monroe Ave., Las VegasCimarron Development Inc.

$49,988, solar2621 Cliff Lodge Ave., North Las VegasRenewable Energy Electric

$48,221, solar11533 Sleepy Heaven Place, Las VegasSummerlin Energy Las Vegas LLC

$47,624, residential-addition9704 Killymoon Ave., Las VegasReliabuilt Construction Co.

$46,690, pool and/or spa1084 Jesse Harbor Ave., HendersonDR Horton Inc.

$46,362, solar9717 Highridge Drive, Las VegasRenewable Energy Electric

$46,272, solar1212 Moselle Court, Las VegasRenewable Energy Electric

$46,000, fence6729 Fast Brook Court, North Las VegasHirschi Masonry LLC/Pardee Homes Nevada

$45,436, solar601 Edgebrook Drive, Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$41,861, solar6485 Gazania St., Las VegasSummerlin Energy Las Vegas LLC

$40,000, pool and/or spa12279 Lost Treasure Ave., Las VegasDesert Springs Pools and Spas

$40,000, pool and/or spa7721 Twin Tails St., Las VegasElizabeth Velasquez

$39,287, solar1925 Crown Lodge Lane, North Las VegasUS Renewable Energy Develop-ment

$39,275, solar1723 Leonard Lane, Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$37,368, perimeter retaining wall1095 College Heights Court, Hen-dersonDR Horton Inc.

$36,195, solar34 Diamond Circle, Las VegasSolarCity Corp.

$36,000, commercial-remodel10940 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 110, HendersonLegend Construction & Develop-ment

$35,000, tenant improvement-offices601 S. 10th St., Suite 205, Las VegasAlan Jeskey Builders Inc.

COnVEnTIOnSAssociation of Fundraising Distributors & Suppliers Annual Convention & Trade Show 2015Location: Paris Las VegasDates: Jan. 11-16Expected attendance: 700

Manheim Sales Meeting 2015Location: Red Rock ResortDates: Jan. 12-16Expected attendance: 700

Promotional Products Association International Expo 2015Location: Mandalay BayDates: Jan. 13-15Expected attendance: 20,000

International Cemetery, Crema-tion and Funeral Association Wide World of Sales MeetingLocation: Paris Las VegasDates: Jan. 13-17Expected attendance: 500

Sports Licensing & Tailgate Show 2015Location: Las Vegas Convention CenterDates: Jan. 14-16Expected attendance: 4,000

Army Navy Military Expo 2015Location: RioDates: Jan. 18-20Expected attendance: 3,000

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1 International CES

cesweb.org

160,000 Jan. 6-9

2 Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week

semashow.com

140,000 Nov. 3-6

3 National Association of Broadcasters

nabshow.com

98,000 April 13-16

4 Shooting, Hunting & Outdoor Trade Show

shotshow.org

67,000 Jan. 20-23

5 International Builders’ Show

buildersshow.com

55,000 Jan. 20-22

6a Las Vegas Market - Winter 2015

lasvegasmarket.com

50,000 Jan. 18-22

6b Las Vegas Market - Summer 2015

lasvegasmarket.com

50,000 Aug. 2-6

8 World of Concrete 2015

worldofconcrete.com

48,000 Feb. 3-6

9 ASD Las Vegas March 2015

asdonline.com

46,000 March 1-4

10 ASD Las Vegas August 2015

asdonline.com

44,000 Aug. 2-5

11 2015 Pack Expo Las Vegas

packexpolasvegas.com

43,000 Sept. 28-30

12 Super Mobility Week

supermobilityweek.com

40,000 Sept. 9-11

13 Nightclub and Bar Show 2015

ncbshow.com

39,000 March 30-April 1

14 JCK Annual Trade Show

jckgroup.com

37,500 May 29-June 1

15 RECon 2015

icsc.org

34,000 May 17-20

16 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

AAOS Annual Meeting 2015

aaos.org

33,000 March 24-28

17a National Hardware Show 2015

nationalhardwareshow.com

30,000 May 5-7

17b National Association of Convenience Stores Inc.

Annual Meeting & Exposition 2015

nacsonline.com

30,000 Oct. 11-14

19 Cosmoprof North America

cosmoprofnorthamerica.com

27,000 July 12-14


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