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By Eli SEgall | STAFF WRITER

With blue-lit booths, nightclub-style music, a sleek bar and an hourlong wait for a table, the weeks-old Gen Korean BBQ House seems like it belongs in a flashy casino on the Strip. Music plays outside, and the restaurant is steps from a

steakhouse with a $55, 16-ounce rib eye and a new Italian eatery. ¶ The dining spots are nowhere near the resort corridor, though: They’re in suburban Henderson’s Galleria at Sunset mall, part of a big-money effort by shopping cen-

ters to boost business and, in many cases, stay alive. ¶ “You can’t just have five department stores and 140 retail stores anymore and expect to dominate the market,” said Heather FitzGerald, marketing director for Galleria.

mallS, ContinuEd on pagE 15

$15MPrice Wynn Resorts is

willing to pay to cut ties

with NV Energy, accord-

ing to company filings

with the state Public

Utilities Commission.

12%Vacancy rate of office

space in downtown Las

Vegas, compared with

18.5 percent valleywide,

according to Colliers

International.

What’s going on with the mall?the space at the south end of Boulevard Mall, formerly Dillard’s, is being renovated. (STEVE MARCUS/STAff)

Some say enclosed shopping malls are relics of a bygone era, but owners are invested in bringing them back

05 06 18Q&A WITH CHARLES VAN GEELThe vice president of leas-ing and sales at American Nevada Company, who also serves as Southern Nevada chapter president of NAIOP, talks about the status of commercial real estate in the Las Vegas Valley, his predic-tions for the future and two presidents he admires.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P4

MEET: BIKINI.COMDirector Shannon Follans-bee hit the reset button on the business when Remark Media bought the company. The team streamlined the website and focused on creating a relaxed, luxury shopping experience for its customers.

TALKING POINTSRise of residential construc-tion will lift all boats, P7

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bank-ruptcies, bid opportuni-ties, brokered transac-tions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P17

The List: Chambers of com-merce, P22

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VINTAGE VEGAS: NORTH STRIP LANDMARK MAKE S FULL CIRCLE

Once owned by Howard Hughes, the New Frontier in 1942 was the second property to open on the Strip . Originally named the Last Frontier, it featured headline r performers such as Elvis Presley and Ronald Reagan .

Pictured here is the hotel’s marquee in 1983 advertising magicians Seigfried & Roy .

The New Frontier was imploded Nov . 13, 2007, to make way for a multibillion-dollar

megaresort that never materialized because of the recession. The 34.6-acre parcel has remained vacant .

But Australian casino mogul James Packer recently fi led plans with Clark County to build a two-tower, 1,100-room resort called Alon Las Vegas. Packer’s group acquired the land in 2014.

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Marvin Chandler is a project manager at Burke Construc-tion Group.

Moe Rayner is quality assur-ance/quality control superinten-dent, Joseph Miller is training director and project executive, Eve Jones is project engineer and document controller, and Michelle Mickelson is project engineer at Penta Building Group.

Jeff Wood is vice president of operations at McCarthy Build-ing Cos. Wood oversees com-pany initiatives and employee development.

Eric Larkin, a partner at NAI Vegas, is a candidate member of the Southern Nevada SIOR chapter.

James Griffis is a senior associ-ate at CBRE Las Vegas. In addi-tion, Kevin Higgins and Garret Toft, who headed the Higgins and Toft team at Voit Real Es-tate Services, joined CBRE Las Vegas, along with Zac Zaher, Sean Zaher, Jake Higgins and Brittany Kemer.

DC Building Group Director of Preconstruction Services Char-lie Stewart is president of the American Society of Profes-sional Estimators, Chapter 72. In addition, chapter members elected Chuck James, vice president; Mary Fisher, secre-tary; and Terry Barnes, trea-surer. Jim Oberndorfer, Glenn Viloria, Jim Hall, Mike Cox and Karie Lawson are directors at large.

Chris Connell is vice president and Seth Limon and Amanda Palmer are associates in the of-fice division of Colliers Inter-national. Since joining Colliers in 2011, Connell has relocated more than 100 firms and has closed more than 250 transac-tions totaling roughly 1 million square feet of space and more than $50 million in sales. Limon will handle pros-pecting and market research for the office team of Ryan Martin, Taber Thill and Patti Dillon. Palmer will manage day-to-day operations and work with clients and property owners. Additionally, Court-ney Goffstein is marketing project manager.

Jennifer D’Alessio is account-ing administrator and Eli Cox is preconstruction and market-ing coordinator at DC Building Group. In addition, Nathan Penticoff is an estimator and Ted Tetreault is project man-ager at the contracting firm.

Eddie Castaneda is a project manager at Roche Construc-tion.

Las Ventanas at Summerlin is adding the Ronald Reagan Memory Support Suites. The reconstructed area will provide residences for seniors diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of demen-tia.

Nicole Williams is project and

tenant coordinator at Grand Canyon Development Part-ners.

DC Building Group is complet-

ing the renovation of the Mis-sion Pines skilled nursing facil-

ity and Goldring Neurology.

The projects have a combined

value of approximately $1.4 million.

CBRE Las Vegas is the adviser for the sale of the

Stirling Club, a 78,000-square-foot private club

on 3.2 acres within Turnberry Place, 2827 Paradise

Road, Las Vegas.

Roche Construction won an Eagle Award from As-sociated Builders and Contractors in the Institu-

tional — $5 million-$10 million category for its work

on The Crossing, A Christian Church Auditorium

expansion. Helix Electric was a Pyramid Winner in

the Electrical: Commercial — $2 million-$10 million

and Less than $2 million categories for its sales at

Congress WIP Phase III and its work on Downtown

Container Park.

McCarran International Airport received

$16,350,000 from the Department of Transpor-tation. The funds will be used toward runway and

taxiway rehabilitation.

Security Properties bought Verona Apartment Homes, a 275-unit, Class A multifamily property in

Henderson, for $40 million.

More than 1,000 Penta Building Group employees participated in the company’s Safety Stand Down event. Penta safety experts spoke about the causes of hand injuries, preventive measures and glove and safety precautions.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic De-velopment Administration awarded $1.25 million to Expertise Inc. for the construction and acquisition of equipment for a cosmetology and barber training facility in North Las Vegas. The $2 million project is expected to create 552 jobs.

Burke Construction Group finished work on the Bed, Bath & Beyond Harmon Distribution Facility at 5402 East El Campo Grande Ave., North Las Ve-gas. The project modernized and enhanced the ex-isting 180,000-square-foot distribution warehouse developed by the Thomas and Mack Development Group. The $5.2 million project included approxi-mately 120,000 square feet of office space and a buildout of the shipping and receiving departments. It also entailed the demolition and construction of new dock levelers and the installation of new me-chanical, electrical and plumbing systems.

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BKM Capital Partners secured 16 leases in the Patrick Commerce Center, near McCarran International Airport. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BKM acquired the Cheyenne Technology Center with plans to implement significant capital upgrades. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BKM Capital brought the Wind River Industrial Complex from 71 percent occupied to 95 percent occupied in nine months. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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What is the most challenging part of your job?

The awareness that every tenant, lawyer, lender, architect, general contractor, etc., conducts business differently and every transaction is negotiated by different personalities with different goals and objectives. Understandably, the most challeng-ing part of my job is to maintain hon-est, effective communication while preserving my strategy to achieve my client’s goals.

What’s the status of commercial real estate in the valley these days?

Our industrial developers are touting that industrial real estate in Southern Nevada is well into the recovery mode, and that trend will continue as the U.S. economy contin-ues to improve and as retailers and manufacturers make shortening the supply chain their top priority for the foreseeable future.

In terms of new development, warehousing is a clear favorite with approximately 1.5 million square feet under construction and another 6 million square feet in the planning and entitlement stage.

In talking with our retail brokers, Southern Nevada’s retail industry feels healthy, with vacancy rates at less than 10 percent. That being said, certain pockets around large power centers and master-planned commu-nities are faring well, while some in-line retail developments left without strong anchors still are struggling. Big-box retail is a casualty of the re-cession and an ever-changing land-scape, which is why we are excited to see creative adaptive reuses of these spaces.

The office market is a tale of two locations. If you own an office build-ing along the 215 Beltway, you’re experiencing strong occupancy and rent growth. If you own a building east of I-15, north of Patrick, south of East Charleston or in the Northwest parts of the valley, you’re seeing very little absorption with little to no rent growth. And it will be a tough go for

another year or two.

What changes have you made since becoming president of NAIOP?

I’m not looking to implement any dramatic change, only to better dem-onstrate to our members that there is a real return on their investment in their commitment to this organiza-tion, now and in the future.

How did you get interested in real estate?

I was attending UNR, following my older sister’s lead to be a teacher. I was paired with a teacher at an at-risk school for a semester, essentially play-ing the role of a teacher’s aide while completing required, university-driv-en assignments. I watched my parents sell a couple homes throughout their lifetime, and in each case, they made a nice profit that allowed them to re-tire and buy beautiful homes in Reno and Arizona. My experience with my parents’ home sales showed me there was money to be made in real estate. I changed my major to finance and tar-geted a career in real estate.

What do you predict for the valley’s real estate market?

I see strong growth in the industrial

sector, both in terms of construction of new buildings, as well as larger footprints and higher ceilings.

I see steady growth in the retail sector in that although the current vacancy rate should remain static, rents should increase. I’m also seeing a trend that grocery-anchored cen-ters are getting smaller, retailers are needing less square footage per site, and unless you are Wal-Mart or Home Depot, there’s a gradual footprint de-cline in many of our big-box retailers.

As for office space, the efficiency trend continues with all office users trying to do more with less, packing more bodies into less space since the recession.

What are you reading right now?

“Unbroken.” It tells the story of Louis Zamperini, a World War II prisoner of war who spent 47 days on a raft in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific Ocean. He was captured by the Japanese navy, was sent to three POW camps and was a frequent target of brutal attacks in camp.

What do you do after work?

It’s all about my family. So, a typi-cal night is helping my two boys (ages 8 and 10) complete their homework.

If time permits, you’ll find us in the backyard playing basketball, swim-ming or throwing a football, baseball or Frisbee around the yard.

Describe your management style.

Hire someone who has a great at-titude, great morals and ethics, who wants to be part of a positive team experience, who wants to be versatile. Train for performance and provide employees with the tools and resourc-es necessary to achieve success. And don’t micromanage.

What is your dream job, outside of your current field?

Playing shortstop for the Los Ange-les Dodgers.

Whom do you admire and why?

Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Yes, they are politi-cians, but they also are negotiators, educators and patriots. And they are husbands and fathers. On top of that, they are the faces of the American people with the weight of much of the world on their shoulders.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

People talking during a movie.

What is something people might not know about you?

I was born and raised in Northern Nevada. I grew up in rural Nevada — Fallon — eating pretty much what we grew or raised in our gardens. We canned and raised cows, pigs and chickens. And I’ve never ridden a horse.

Anything else you want to tell us?

Commercial real estate develop-ment is the most boom-or-bust indus-try in our economy. Therefore, where we are in the cycle must drive our strategies. Although we are excited to see the industrial development enter an expansion phase, we must be care-ful not to overbuild. Overbuilding will always hurt the industry, it’s just a question of when.

Q&A with chArles vAn geel

Industry rebounding, but let’s not go overboard

Charles Van Geel, president of NAIOP, says warehousing stands out as the stron-

gest prospect for investment and development in 2015. (mikayla whitmore/Staff)

Charles Van Geel, vice president of leasing and sales at American Nevada Company, is a well-known problem solver in a complex industry. His experience negotiating lease and sales transactions, contributing ideas and insights for development, and analyzing the real estate landscape made him a strong candidate for president of the Southern Nevada chapter of NAIOP, a commercial real estate development association. He was voted into the position by his peers and is serving this year.

by the numbers

$216 MillionEstimated amount the Las

Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority expected tourists to spend during the Labor Day weekend, almost

6 percent more than last year.

$9.5 MillionFines Caesars Entertain-ment Corp. will pay for

violating money laundering rules at Caesars Palace.

$220,000Median price in August of previously-owned single-

family houses in the valley, unchanged from July but up 10 percent year over year, according to the

Greater Las Vegas Associa-tion of Realtors.

$1.88Average office rent per

square foot in downtown Las Vegas, compared with $1.91 valleywide, according

to Colliers International.

18,000Number of Berkshire Ha-thaway shareholders who signed a petition asking Warren Buffett and NV

Energy to ease what some perceive as opposition to

rooftop solar development.

$1 BillionAmount for which Hag-gen is suing Albertsons.

Haggen officials claim the supermarket giant tried to

eliminate it systematically in five states.

$2 MillionDonation the UNLV School of Medicine received from Dr. Anthony Marlon to hire faculty for a new depart-

ment of orthopedic surgery.

4,000Number of jobs electric

vehicle company Faraday Future could bring to North Las Vegas, according to a report commissioned by

the city.

$90 MillionCost of an expansion to

MountainView Hospital that will take place over the next

18 months.

Describe your business.

Bikini.com is a luxury beach life-style site with a multimedia plat-form, including a new video channel. The site also sells 30-plus curated brands of swimwear, resortwear, accessories, beauty products and more.

We know shopping for swimwear can be challenging online, so we take the guesswork out of it by offering a shop-by-body-type section. And our in-house “Bikini Whisperer” is available at our pop-ups and 24-hour VIP shopping expe-rience at our showroom in Las Vegas, as well as through email and phone calls.

Who are your customers?

The global, luxe nomad with an appetite for travel. We ship internationally.

What do your pop-up shops consist of?

Our pop-ups at the Wynn are designed to complement twice-weekly parties at the resort. We offer personalized service for each guest in our bikini cabanas. It’s an inter-active and fun way to browse the swimwear we showcase on our website.

What is your business philosophy?

Stay nimble and listen to your instincts. We knew the market for bikini.com was huge, as we had plenty of in-terest globally in beach lifestyle. Did you know the word “bikini” is the same in every language?

What’s the most important part of your job?

Bringing on the best talent to support our vision to ex-

pand. We have the best of both worlds in that our team thinks like a lean startup but also has access to rich re-sources on the technology side.

What is the hardest part about

doing business in Las Vegas?

Overcoming assumptions about Las Vegas. Vegas supports many ex-citing new companies like ours, and it’s an international destination. With all the conventions happening year round, we get plenty of valuable face

time with our contacts from L.A., New York and globally.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

When our parent company acquired the URL, we had to hit the reset button and execute our vision of a luxury beach lifestyle destination from scratch. Working with a small but talented team, we were able to get the site to the streamlined experience you see today. Shopping online is a leisure activity, and we want our customers to feel re-laxed and welcome from the first visit.

How can Nevada improve its business climate?

By providing more incentives for startups to thrive and by putting resources into training and education for a more tech-savvy workforce. We have been fortunate to hire some great talent locally, but a greater pool of re-sources would benefit Nevada.

What lessons have you learned since your launch?

To stay true to your course — it’s all about long-term growth, not necessarily immediate sales or traffic. It takes time to build a brand, especially a fashion and life-style one.

Online shopping with a personal touch

Staffers at Bikini.com, including director Shannon Follansbee, second from left, use office studio space to photo-graph products. The online retailer has “pop-up” shops on the Strip. (l.e. baSkow/STaFF)

bikini.comAddress: 3930 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400, Las Vegas

Phone: 866-843-2454Email: [email protected]

Website: bikini.comHours and days of operation:

24/7, online and by appointment; plus twice-weekly pop-ups at the

Wynn through OctoberOwned/operated by: Remark Media

In business since: 2014

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Smith’S world

Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las

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

archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

reader commentSWe want to hear

from you. Visit

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post your opinion.

on daniel roth-

berg’s lasvegassun.

com story “tesla’s

response to angst

over lithium deal

pleases nevada

lawmakers”:

Chances are Tesla

will try to get lithium

from a Nevada

source, assuming the

price is competitive.

The real issue is the

lawmakers didn’t ad-

dress this upfront.

— CollierMinerich

on Kyle roerink’s

lasvegassun.com

story “Berkshire

hathaway sharehold-

ers sign petition

supporting rooftop

solar”:

People who have

solar should pay for

it themselves and

not get tax breaks or

subsidies from any

company.

— Las Vegas Badger

No one should dic-

tate consumption.

The state must put a

stop to NV Energy’s

abuse of the people

and businesses

of Nevada.

— livinglasvegas

on the lasveg-

assun.com story

“haggen sues

albertsons for

$1 billion over

grocery deal”:

Haggen came in,

knew the risk in buy-

ing up failing stores,

failed too, and now

it’s someone else’s

fault. — AlRogers

It’s easy to under-

stand how these

grocery guys fight

each other; they’re

competing for little

tiny pieces of pennies

on the dollar.

— JoeLamy

Rise of residential construction will lift all boats

D C Building Group recently moved into a new, expanded hybrid open office space. The layout is beautiful and

functional, and it came just in time.As a general contractor, we have watched the residential

construction industry become stronger, a sign that our commercial sector industry’s growth was coming. Progress in residential construction naturally precedes growth in commercial, and that’s what we’ve seen in the valley the past five years.

There has been a steady increase in both single- and multifamily residential construction. Single-family home construction has risen more than 50 percent and multifamily home construction has risen more than 100 percent over the past five years. This residential growth ultimately lifts other markets.

As commercial general contractors, we pay attention to these indicators, and as it happens, we’re seeing increases in our sector. In fact, commercial construction increased by almost 15 percent in 2014, according to a recent story published by AIA Architect. With that growth comes new projects and the need to hire employees, hence the reason for DC Building Group’s expansion (67 percent in terms of staffing, and more than 100 percent in financial growth).

Overall, the construction market is improving in almost all sectors. Over the past five years, construction in office

building, single-family homes, multifamily homes, hotels, retail and warehouses has increased considerably — 82 percent in office, 154 percent in hotel construction, 47 percent in retail and 156 percent

in warehouse construction. In fact, the sheer size of warehouses has risen from an average of 40,000 square feet per project in 2010 to an average of just over 120,000 square feet per project in 2014.

The only areas not seeing such strong increases in the commercial construction industry are religious, nonprofit and educational, but even educational buildings have grown 14 percent over the past two years. The Clark County School District bond rollover will only add to this metric.

Even with these slower-growth sectors, the overall industry is expanding, and there’s a clear correlation between the growth of the residential market and that of the nonresidential market.

The growth of nonresidential buildings is not sudden, as we saw in 2013, but is a slow build as it follows the trend of its predecessor. We are seeing the fruit of that residential growth provide more opportunities for commercial and nonresidential today and are doing our best effort to capitalize.

Let’s hope this tide keeps rising.Charlie Stewart is director of preconstruction services at

DC Building Group.

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By conor shineStaff Writer

With Southern Nevada’s first dis-pensary open, medical marijuana cultivators are facing growing pains as they grapple with the state’s strict testing standards.

Laboratory tests are required be-fore medical marijuana can be sold, and failed tests have led to pounds of marijuana being destroyed, con-stricting supply and delaying at least one dispensary from opening.

Dispensaries report several batch-

es of cannabis failing to meet the required levels for pesticides, myco-toxins or heavy metals, although the Division of Public and Behavioral Health did not provide specific data.

While the lost crops are painful to growers who can lose tens of thou-sands of dollars for each failed batch, industry advocates say it’s a sign Ne-vada’s toughest-in-the-nation stan-dards for quality are working.

“This is medicine. It is going to the people who are the highest of risk — the elderly, cancer patients, people

who have compromised immune sys-tems,” said Kathy Gillespie, co-owner of the cultivator Nevada Pure. “Why shouldn’t it be similar standards to what you would feed your kids?”

In Nevada, independent laborato-ries check the quality of the canna-bis.

In California, no law requires medical marijuana testing, although some growers have cannabis tested because of customer demand, said Savino Sguera, lab director of DB Labs in Las Vegas.

“No one’s ever done this with can-nabis before. We’re breaking new ground,” he said of the eight types of tests his office runs, looking for molds, funguses, fertilizers and bac-teria such as salmonella.

Many of the failed batches have been disqualified for excessive pesti-cide use.

Testing standards for the months-old industry are shifting as regula-tors and a panel of marijuana busi-ness representatives meet regularly to fine-tune the rules.

Tight Nevada testing rules constrict supply of medical marijuana

High-end office complex could rise downtown By eli segallStaff Writer

Across the street from Las Vegas City Hall, near Goodfellas Bail Bonds (“Free ride home, free T-shirt, free hug”) and Desert Manor apartments (“No guns, knives or weapons allowed on premises”), a cluster of pricey, high-quality office buildings might rise from the ground.

Forest City Enterprises has drawn up plans to de-velop three office buildings on what are now fenced-off lots between City Hall and a Regional Trans-portation Commission transit center. The roughly 507,500-square-foot project is called “The Grid.”

The buildings would be six to nine stories and of-fer “abundant” natural light and on-site retail and restaurants, according to a marketing brochure. The surrounding area, it says, has housing, eateries, pub-lic transit and entertainment all “within walking dis-tance.”

“It’s the full package,” the brochure says. For now, the plans exist only on paper, and it’s far

from certain that Forest City will build anything. Also, most office users downtown flock to cheaper buildings, and unlike other big cities, Las Vegas doesn’t have a large crop of big office users or a downtown-centered market.

Brokers and industry analysts expect Forest City to build in phases and to break ground only if it signs tenants in advance. Still, some questioned why the company was considering such a big project in an office market that, overall, remains badly bruised by the recession.

“I don’t know what the thinking is on 500,000 square feet of this stuff,” said John Stater, Las Vegas research manager for brokerage firm Colliers Inter-national. “But then again, I’m not a billionaire.”

Downtown has the lowest vacancy rate of any sub-market in the valley, due to its cluster of law firms and government agencies. And since investors haven’t built space there through the years, some tenants might jump to the nicer, albeit more expensive, new property, insiders say.

Meanwhile, Forest City isn’t the only developer considering an office project downtown. The Mo-lasky Group of Cos. is pursuing plans to construct at least 250,000 square feet of space in Symphony Park,

just west of City Hall.No project plans have been submitted to the city,

and no permits have been issued, said Jace Radke, city spokesman.

Cleveland-based Forest City has close ties to the valley. It developed Las Vegas City Hall, owns the Galleria at Sunset mall in Henderson and manages Town Square, the 93-acre retail and office complex south of the Strip.

The company is “actively marketing to prospec-tive tenants and/or outright purchasers, but I don’t have any additional information to share on the pro-cess,” spokesman Jeff Linton said of the Grid.

The project’s timeline “will be dictated by the mar-ket,” he said, as the company will push ahead “when there are firm commitments from tenants or buy-ers.”

Downtown — which has 12 percent of the valley’s office space — has a 12 percent vacancy rate and av-erage monthly asking rents of $1.88 per square foot, compared with an 18.5 percent vacancy rate and $1.91 in average rents valleywide, according to Col-liers.

But Class A — or highest quality — space is 20 per-cent vacant downtown, with average rents of $2.61. That compares with 9.9 percent vacancy for Class B offices, which have average rents of $1.47, and 9.6 per-cent for Class C, with rents at $1.45, Colliers says.

The Grid and Molasky’s project are both Class A.

There wasn’t as much office development down-town the past few decades as there was in the rest of the valley, but if the Grid opens, existing tenants in the area might vacate their space for the new build-ings, said broker Brad Peterson, a senior vice presi-dent with CBRE Group.

However, with asking rents for the Grid hovering around $3.25 to $3.50 per square foot, tenants will be those who “really want to be downtown in a Class A image,” he said.

“There’s a few of those tenants, but I don’t know how many,” Peterson said.

Developers flooded the valley with office buildings during the boom years last decade, and properties emptied during the recession as companies laid off workers en masse or shut down. There are plenty of empty offices these days and, overall, a relatively small number of users who gobble up whole build-ings or other large amounts of space.

All told, the number of tenants willing and able to pay top-dollar for the Grid is small, RCG Economics founder John Restrepo said.

“I don’t think there’s a demand for it,” said broker Dan Palmeri, a director with Cushman & Wakefield Commerce Real Estate Solutions. “If they built it, would people be more interested in moving down-town? A little bit more.”

Investors last decade bought the majority of five blocks downtown and then sold a 60 percent stake to Forest City. The group reached an agreement with the city to build City Hall on a portion of the site; to develop a 1,000-room resort in what’s now called Symphony Park; and to develop 900,000 to 1 mil-lion square feet of Class A offices and up to 300,000 square feet of retail on the remainder of the holdings, city documents show.

The developers traded the land underneath City Hall for the city-owned parcel in Symphony Park.

Radke, the city spokesman, said there are no pend-ing applications or permits for the resort. He also confirmed that the Grid, despite being smaller than what the development agreement previously called for, comprises the third aspect of that deal.

Forest City may not stop there, however. The mar-keting brochure for The Grid labels a block just south of the project site as “future development.”

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After lawmakers expressed frustration that Tesla, recipient of a $1.3 billion tax incentive that helped bring the state its battery factory, was planning to source an important metal for its bat-teries from a northern Mexico mine rather than from Nevada deposits, company CEO Elon Musk tweeted that it was “definitely” pursuing sources of lithium in Nevada.

Musk also said the “lithium deal is not exclusive (and) has many contingencies. The press on this matter is unwarranted.”

During the legislative session that approved the tax breaks, some lawmakers presumed the Tesla Gigafactory would spur Nevada’s lithium indus-try, which includes the United States’ only active mine and several other projects in various stages of development.

One senator caught off guard was Democrat Tick Segerblom, who lamented Tesla’s sourcing from a Mexico site. Responding to Musk’s tweets, Segerblom said, “If it’s true, it’s fantastic. Hope-fully, it was already in the works.”

A spokesperson for Tesla clarified Musk’s com-ments, saying that “not all our lithium will come from these suppliers who made news earlier this week,” which leaves the door open to Nevada mines, as well as others in North America. Tesla declined to specify how much lithium from the Mexico mine would make up the company’s total supply chain. Tesla also declined to discuss projec-tions of how much lithium the factory would con-sume, but independent estimates have suggested it could require 15,000 tons or more of the metal.

Tesla is aiming to start operations in 2017 and be fully operational by 2020.

The Silver Peak mine, owned by the Albermarle Corp., one of the world’s primary lithium suppli-ers, is several hundred miles away from the Giga-

factory. Officials at Albemarle said they would be able to meet the needs of Tesla and other manu-facturers from sources including Nevada and other holdings, adding that Tesla’s deal with the Mexico mine does not obviate the ability of Albe-marle to sell lithium to Tesla.

“We are confident that the quality and security of supply for our lithium derivatives is a key dif-ferentiation for Albemarle in the marketplace to-day,” said David Klanecky, a vice president for the firm. “Based on Tesla’s demand for these materi-als, we will be able to meet their needs.”

Nevada has other sources Tesla might be able to tap. Since 2009, Western Lithium has been devel-oping a project in Nevada that could produce up to 26,000 tons per year, including the particular type of lithium Tesla requires. Jay Chmelauskas, Western Lithium’s CEO, said the company would not comment on corporate activities but said the company was open to talk to any firm “looking for long-term and sustainable lithium supplies.”

Chmelauskas estimates the project could be-gin to produce lithium around 2019. The project’s next phase is permits and final engineering. He said it would be highly unlikely that a company such as Tesla would buy lithium from a single source: “We’re open for business and we’re look-ing for good partners to work with.”

Although Western Lithium and Silver Peak are the highest-profile projects here, since 2008, at least three companies have acquired lithium proj-ects in the state, according to Brian Jaskula, a be-ryllium, gallium and lithium commodity special-ist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Republican Assemblyman Jim Wheeler of Min-den said his vote for the Tesla deal was not predi-cated on the use of Nevada lithium. Asked his reac-tion to Musk’s assertion that Tesla was exploring in-state sources, Wheeler responded: “I’m really happy to hear that. More jobs in Nevada.”

Berkshire Hathaway shareholders support solarBy kyle roerinkStaff Writer

More than 18,000 people have signed a petition asking Warren Buffett and NV En-ergy to ease what it calls their opposition to rooftop solar. The petition, released by climatetruth.org, includes more than 400 sig-natories who are investors in Buffett’s hold-ing company, Berkshire Hathaway, which in-cludes NV Energy.

Lobbyists for Berkshire Hathaway have pushed to eliminate a credit or add new costs for rooftop solar customers in Nevada, Utah, Washington and other states, arguing the pol-icy is a burden on nonsolar customers.

In the past decade, Berkshire Hathaway has invested $15 billion in utility-scale solar projects across the country. The company re-cently signed on to the White House’s Ameri-can Businesses Act on Climate Pledge, prom-ising an additional $15 billion investment in renewables.

For the petition signers, what Berkshire is doing isn’t enough. “They’ve made a great commitment, but what’s happening in Ne-vada and Utah runs contrary to it,” Brant Ol-son, campaign director for climatetruth.org, said.

Roger Levine, 77, is a Berkshire sharehold-er who has solar panels on his home in Las Vegas. He signed the petition despite his fi-nancial interest in Buffett’s company. “I want him to leave net metering alone,” Levine said. “There are people ignoring climate change and we are seeing the results of it.”

Faith Frank, a Las Vegas solar customer and Berkshire shareholder, also signed the pledge. “I am sure Warren Buffett is a per-fectly nice man, but I am so tired of American corporations trying to squeeze out the last penny of profit at the cost of the environ-ment,” she said. “It’s driving me crazy.”

Berkshire has a diverse set of interests aside from the billions it has invested in re-newables; it also has a large stake in the fos-sil fuel industry. Recently, Berkshire paid $4.5 billion to become the largest sharehold-er in one of the United States’ largest oil re-finers, Phillips 66.

Buffett’s role in Nevada’s rooftop solar de-bate has been making headlines this year, but that should be over by 2016.

After the state’s cap on new net metering customers was reached months prior to ex-pectations, the state Public Utilities Commis-sion issued rules in August that froze the rate structure for the net metering program until a more permanent solution can be reached before 2016.

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Deteriorating conditions can lead to a death spiralLong a staple of American suburbia,

enclosed shopping malls have for years faced increased competition from on-line retailers and open-air, urban-style centers such as Town Square and Tivo-li Village. Higher-end enclosed malls remain healthy and are growing stron-ger, analysts say, but older, lower-end ones are falling behind.

Las Vegas Valley malls haven’t been forced to lock up, but some are doing better than others. The Forum Shops at Caesars is an “A++” mall with $1,616 in sales per square foot, and “A++” Fashion Show books $1,185 in sales per square foot, according to research firm Green Street Advisors.

Meanwhile, Meadows Mall at U.S. 95 and Valley View Boulevard is a “B” mall with $390 in sales per square foot, and Boulevard Mall, a once-thriving retail hub a few miles east of the Strip, is a “C” property with just $270 in sales per square foot, accord-ing to Green Street.

Nationwide, when conditions at malls deteriorate markedly, prop-erties can enter a “death spiral” in which sales slump, stores close and shoppers leave due to a thinning selection — all of which cause even more stores to close and more shop-pers to go elsewhere.

There “undoubtedly” are too many malls in America, said Green Street analysts, who tallied about 1,000. That includes more than 200 lower-quality properties, which are “the most at risk to close over the next sev-eral years,” Green Street says.

Many media reports this year have focused on the death of American malls, and the website deadmalls.com chronicles their demise. But in gener-al, the gloomy outlook is “completely exaggerated,” said industry analyst Rich Moore, of RBC Capital Markets.

More than other types of real es-tate, healthy malls get “significantly better” with higher rents and more stores and shoppers, while “bad re-tail goes away,” Moore said.

Las Vegas, with its abundance of strip malls and shopping hubs, is the most saturated retail market in the country, mail-services and software company Pitney Bowes found.

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Built in the 1960s, Boulevard Mall was hugely popular through the ’70s but eventually lost its standing with shoppers, who fled for the suburbs and

Fashion Show, which opened in 1981.Southern Nevada developer Roland

Sansone bought Boulevard in 2013 for $54.5 million from lenders who listed it at a price of “best offer.”

“It was a bargain,” he said.Fashion Show and other malls on

the Strip are almost fully occupied, but Boulevard was just 75 percent leased when Sansone bought it. The most notable vacancy was a two-lev-el, roughly 200,000-square-foot de-partment store that had been empty since Dillard’s moved out several years earlier.

Last year, Sansone launched what he said would be a $25 million over-haul to upgrade the mall and make Boulevard more of an entertainment destination with restaurants, a bowl-ing alley and a farmers market with a playground. He said he wanted to restore Boulevard to its former glory.

Sansone, head of Henderson-based Sansone Cos., said Boulevard looked “like a prison” when he bought it, with subpar landscaping, lighting and paint, and a backlog of repairs.

The previous owners were under-water, and they spent practically no money or effort trying to sign more tenants, general manager Timo Kuu-sela said.

The former Dillard’s store — which now is being renovated for John’s In-credible Pizza, Goodwill and Suther-land — “looked like a bomb had gone off and people had disappeared,” San-sone said. “It felt eerie to walk into a store (that) had been abandoned.”

Sansone said he still is working to

bring more entertainment options to Boulevard — he’s in talks with a mov-ie-theater group — and that he might “make a run” at Meadows, adding, “I like fixing things.”

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On a recent Thursday night, Gal-leria felt busier than it was. The mall, which opened in 1996, is well-lit and has an open feel. Music plays, depart-ment stores and shops look new and inviting, and the food court has a stylish design.

The 1 million-square-foot mall, owned by Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises, pulls in more business than Boulevard and Meadows. It’s an “A-“ property with 94 percent oc-cupancy and $475 in sales per square foot, according to Green Street.

The owners have spent millions over the past few years to lure more tenants and customers, with a heavy focus on dining and on sprucing up Galleria’s appearance. In 2013, the mall launched a $7 million renova-tion, the first since it opened. Last year, it broke ground on a $24 mil-lion, 30,000-square-foot expansion that included new restaurant space, an outdoor plaza and a valet area.

Galleria management removed water features and palm trees from inside the mall, creating more space for shoppers and events. And they renovated the food court, where sales increased by double digits after the overhaul, FitzGerald said.

Store sales also are up this year, helped in large part by the im-

proved housing market and economy FitzGerald said.

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At Meadows, Maude Curry sifts through clothes on the second floor of Dillard’s. The department store has been converted into a clearance center, with the first floor closed to shoppers.

Curry is there because clothing is discounted up to 65 percent, but it’s the first time she has been to Meadows in about a year.

“I don’t like this mall at all,” says the retiree who has lived in Las Vegas since 1988.

Meadows, which opened in 1978, is 97 percent occupied, according to Green Street — and appears in good shape. It was renovated in 2003, ac-cording to its owner, Chicago-based General Growth Properties. But walk-ing around, it looks like a typical mall from the ’90s.

It’s also short on shoppers. Mead-ows, at 945,000 square feet, gets busier on weekends, but even then, it’s not packed, clothing-store worker Esteban Hernandez said.

“It’s pretty slow,” he said.Galleria and Boulevard have put a big

focus on luring sit-down restaurants, but Meadows has only a food court.

“I know I would go get a drink after work if there was something here, defi-nitely,” Hernandez said.

Janet LaFevre, senior marketing manager for General Growth’s Las Vegas malls, said at least six retail-ers have renovated, expanded or re-located inside Meadows this year; three others opened in the past year; a 10,000-square-foot shoe store is be-ing built; and management is close to making an announcement about the Dillard’s building.

She also said Meadows has a new general manager, Chris White, who brings a breath of fresh air to the mall, and that Meadows hosts community events with charities and other groups.

Luring sit-down restaurants, LaFe-vre said, is “absolutely one of our wish-list priorities.”

General Growth also owns Fashion Show, which is getting 22,000 square feet of new restaurant and retail space. LaFevre said the 1.8 million-square-foot mall is never stagnant and never dull and is one of the company’s most dynamic properties.

“You have to be when you’re on the Strip,” she said.

meadows mall opened in 1978 and was renovated in 2003. It has no sit-down restau-

rants, though that is “one of our wish-list priorities,” said Janet LaFevre, senior marketing

manager for General Growth Properties, which owns the mall. (steve marcus/staFF)

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Urban Land Institute Nevada

Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: $15 for members,

$25 for nonmembers

Location: Molasky Corporate Center, 100 N. City

Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Visit nevada.uli.org

Assemblyman Erv Nelson of Las Vegas, attorney

David Jennings of D.R. Horton and Alisa Nave-

Worth of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck will

discuss outcomes of the 2015 legislative session.

Rebecca Miltenberger of Brownstein Hyatt Far-

ber Schreck will moderate.

The Economic Club of Las Vegas:

Gen. Wesley K. Clark dinner and presentation

Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $135

Location: Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las

Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Gen. Wesley K. Clark, Presidential Medal of Free-

dom recipient, will speak about his experiences

in the military, in politics and in business. He also

will sign copies of his book, “Don’t Wait for the

Next War.”

Wednesday, sepT. 16 LeTip regional Power Event

Time: 7-9:30 a.m. Cost: $20

Location: Orleans, Mardi Gras Room, 4500 W.

Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas

Information: Call 800-538-4715

Mingle with more than 300 guests. Tom Warden,

senior vice president of the Howard Hughes

Corp., will be the keynote speaker.

Las Vegas’ Largest Mixer

Time: 5-9 p.m. Cost: $20

Location: Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Road, Las

Vegas

Information: Visit largestmixer.com

Meet members of local chambers of commerce

and business organizations and learn how they

can help your business grow.

The Risk Management Association: “Cheers

with Peers” mixer

Time: 5-6:30 p.m. Cost: $10

Location: Carlyon Law Group, 3333 E. Serene

Ave., Suite 110, Henderson


Network with members of the Risk Management

Association and Turnaround Management Asso-

ciation. A school supply drive will be conducted.

Thursday, sepT. 17 Henderson Chamber of Commerce Roadmap

to Success

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

$25 for nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins

Location: Wells Fargo Building, HBRC Seminar

Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson

Information: Email bbokelmann@henderson-

chamber.com

Gary Johnson of Johnson Advisors will discuss

commerce tax, how businesses should prepare

to report and pay the tax and other tax changes

that may affect Nevada businesses.

Nevada Society of CPAs September luncheon

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

$40 for nonmembers

Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard

Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas


Julio Rendon, vice president of operations at

Cornerstone Merchant Services Inc., will discuss

a liability shift to business owners.

Vegas Young Professionals Fusion mixer

Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $10 for members, $15 for

nonmembers and members at the door, $20 for

nonmembers at the door

Location: Caesars Palace, Vista Cocktail Lounge,

3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit lvchamber.com

Connect with young professionals and grow

your network early in your career.

FrIday, sepT. 19 WordCamp Las Vegas: Website Education

Dates: Sept. 19-20 Cost: $20 for a one-day

pass, $40 for a two-day pass

Location: The InNEVation Center, 6795 S. Ed-

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Information: Visit vegas.wordcamp.org

Website and technology experts from across

the country will present seminars on WordPress

websites and content-management systems.

Ben Fox, co-founder of Sidekick.pro and WPUni-

versity, will be the keynote speaker.

Tuesday, sepT. 22 Asian Chamber of Commerce

networking mixer

Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $10 for members,

$15 for nonmembers

Location: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las

Vegas

Information: Call 702-737-4300

Meet chamber of commerce members and

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Wedding MBA Convention Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 15-16 2,400

National Recreation and Park

Association Congress and Exposition Mandalay Bay Sept. 15-17 8,000

Interbike Expo Mandalay Bay Sept. 16-18 25,000

Las Vegas Souvenir and Resort Show Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 16-19 6,000

International Vision Expo West Sands Expo and Convention Center Sept. 17-19 23,000

EMS World Expo Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 17-19 5,000

Building Industry Consulting

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Chapter 77916 Violet Dawn LLC339 Hollins Hall St.Las Vegas, NV 89145Attorney: 7916 Violet Dawn LLC

Chapter 11Gold Leaf Land Investments LLC9067 W. Post Road, Suite ALas Vegas, NV 89148Attorney: Jason M. Gerber at [email protected]

Rebel Land LLC9067 W. Post Road, Suite ALas Vegas, NV 89148Attorney: Jason M. Gerber at [email protected]

Bid OppOrtunitiesMONDaY, Sept. 142 p.m. Specticle floState of Nevada, 8368Sharon Knigge at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Hacienda Avenue, Durango Drive to Rainbow BoulevardClark County, 603766Tom Boldt at [email protected]

WeDNeSDaY, Sept. 162 p.m. Wildlife tracking equipmentState of Nevada, 8370Teri Becker at [email protected]

thUrSDaY, Sept. 172:15 p.m.Clark Place parking garage: struc-tural wall improvementsClark County, 603735Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

3 p.m.Current production model dump trucksClark County, 603811Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

3 p.m.Hotline and processing of wild desert tortoisesClark County, 603785Sherry Wimmer at [email protected]

FrIDaY, Sept. 183 p.m.ARC for janitorial services at 333 S. Third St. buildingClark County, 603790Deon Ford at [email protected]

BrOkered transactiOnsSaLeS$5,630,021 for 28 acres, industrial South 15 Airport Center, Hender-son 89044Seller: South 15 Partners LLCSeller agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst,Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers InternationalBuyer: Panattoni Development Corp.Buyer agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

$2,500,000 for 3.75 acres, land Southwest corner of Rainbow Boulevard and Windmill Lane, Las Vegas 89113Seller: Rainbow Structures LLCSeller agent: Jeff Berg and Mica Berg of the Berg TeamBuyer: Global Realty LLCBuyer agent: Riaz Rohani of Global Realty LLC

$1,190,000 for 14,013 square feet, industrial 1850 Whitney Mesa Drive, Suite 180, Henderson 89014Seller: WM Capital LLCSeller agent: Dean Willmore of Colliers InternationalBuyer: Sentus Land Management LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$570,000 for 1.86 acres, land 4790 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 89119Seller: Hope Shines Bright Holding Co. Inc.Seller agent: Will Chaffee and Paul Chaffee of NAI VegasBuyer: Grateful Hearts Investment LLCBuyer agent: Will Chaffee and Paul Chaffee of NAI Vegas

LeaSeS$250,850 for 3,460 square feet, office for 84 months5915 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89118Landlord: W.H. Properties LLCLandlord agent: JC Yeh and Chuck Witters of Gatski CommercialTenant: Sunrise Behavorial Health LLCTenant agent: Michael Vesely of U.S. National Commercial

$223,399 for 2,990 square feet, retail for 60 months3310 Sandhill Road, Las Vegas 89121Landlord: Mer-Car Corp.Landlord agent: Laramie Bracken of Gatski CommercialTenant: Los Planes De Renderos LLCTenant agent: James Mori of Key Realty

$197,366 for 1,800 square feet, retail for 60 months9975 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 115, Las Vegas 89183Landlord: SAAC LLCLandlord agent: Jeff Mitchell and Preston Abell of Virtus CommercialTenant: California Pools of Las VegasTenant agent: Michael Hawkes of First Federal Realty DeSimone

$148,295 for 1,688 square feet, office for 88 months7915 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117Landlord: Winner Properties LLCLandlord agent: Bob Hawkins of Cushman and Wakefield Tenant: Ace PharmacyTenant agent: Stacy DeBie of Gatski Commercial

$22,860 for 1,600 square feet, retail for 60 months505 E. Windmill Lane, Suite 1E, Las Vegas 89123Landlord: Las Palmas LLCLandlord agent: Chris Emanuel and Kammy Bridge of Virtus Com-mercialTenant: Bank of AmericaTenant agent: Did not disclose

Business LicensesTeresa M KeyesLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Teresa M. Keyes The American Society of Interior Designers CaliforniaLicense type: Community servicesAddress: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite A3304, Las VegasOwner: California Central/Nevada Chapter 49 American Society The Glam Closet NVLicense type: General retailAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Shuntell M. Burrows The Web Mastered LLCLicense type: Web design Address: 2500 Berwick Court, HendersonOwner: The Web Mastered LLC Tori Contracting LLCLicense type: Contractor Address: 3575 W. Post Road , Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose Tow GuysLicense type: Automobile towing serviceAddress: 1414 Industrial Road, Las VegasOwner: Mai Niv Enterprises Inc. Turn-Turn-Turn WoodturningLicense type: Mail order/Internet sales

Address: 4637 Charger Ave., North Las VegasOwner: Jack N. Parker Jr. and Donna J. Parker USA Centennial HillsLicense type: DelicatessenAddress: 8490 Farm Road, Las VegasOwner: YSR Inc. USA Craig & DecaturLicense type: DelicatessenAddress: 4800 W. Craig Road, Las VegasOwner: YSR Inc. Varius MarketingLicense type: AdvertisingAddress: 6656 Johnny Love Lane, North Las VegasOwner: Edward A. Saba Vegas Dog Walkers and Pet SittersLicense type: Dog sitting serviceAddress: 1010 Rose River Court, HendersonOwner: Michael Anthony Rodriguez Vegas Market 3License type: Convenience storeAddress: 6711 W. Alexander Road, Suites 103 and 104, Las VegasOwner: Bidi Inc. VibtechLicense type: Online sales - mo-torcyleAddress: 731 Mall Ring Circle, Suite 210, HendersonOwner: Don Richardson Villa’s Cleaning CompanyLicense type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 2936 Harewood Ave., North Las VegasOwner: Jhajaira Villa William Hill Race and Sports BookLicense type: GamingAddress: 120 Market St., HendersonOwner: William Hill Nevada Inc. Williams & Company LLCLicense type: Insurance agencyAddress: 7465 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Williams & Company Nevada LLC Xeusmedia Technology LLCLicense type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 1810 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Ilhan Volkan 007 HandymanLicense type: Carpentry serviceAddress: 59 Blaven Drive, Hen-dersonOwner: Mauricio Flores 101 Wireless WorldLicense type: General retailAddress: 3214 N. Rancho Drive, Las VegasOwner: Varun Chadha

1st Class MotorsLicense type: Auto salesAddress: 4326 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las VegasOwner: BTO Unlimited Inc. 702 Property ServicesLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 6479 Scotch Pine Circle, Las VegasOwner: Scbridges Inc. 702 RC RacewayLicense type: General retailAddress: 2901 Highland Drive, Suites 7A 7B, 7G and 7H, Las VegasOwner: Battie Enterprises Ltd. 901 Fremont LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 261 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: DTP Mgmt LLC A Beauty in the BeastLicense type: Pet groomingAddress: 928 Wagon Train Drive, HendersonOwner: Kim Pease A New Day Adult Daycare and Outpatient Treatment CareLicense type: Adult daycare facilityAddress: 3672 N. Rancho Drive, Las VegasOwner: John Oshifoduhrin Accomplished Claims Services LLCLicense type: Insurance agency or adjusting firmAddress: 72 Huntfield Drive, HendersonOwner: Accomplished Claims Services LLC Adhere ElectronicsLicense type: General retailAddress: 3400 W. Desert Inn Road, Suite 15, Las VegasOwner: Adhere Agency LLC Affairs to Remember CateringLicense type: Alcohol beverage catererAddress: 7101 N. Buffalo Drive, Las VegasOwner: Michael G. Whitesides Aimlee Photography LLCLicense type: Photography business Address: Did not discloseOwner: Amy L. Hybarger Aire BoutiqueLicense type: General retailAddress: 3000 W. Ann Road, North Las VegasOwner: Jessenia Abrego and Leticia Madrigal Alain CohenLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Alain Cohen

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Records and TransactionsAll About You SalonLicense type: Barbershop and salonAddress: 848 S. Boulder Highway, HendersonOwner: All About You Hair And Nail Salon LLC America’s SecurityLicense type: Alarm systems busi-nessAddress: 6625 S. Valley View Blvd., Suites 114 and 116, Las VegasOwner: America’s Security American Cabinet SolutionsLicense type: ContractorAddress: 3990 W. Russell Road, Suite 3, Las VegasOwner: Southern Traditions LLC Amor Architectural Corp.License type: Architectural firmAddress: 5455 S. Durango Drive, Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Amor Architectural Corp. Andrea’s CleanLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Alma L. Tovar-Ayala Antojitos El CejasLicense type: Food services or cafeAddress: 4440 E. Washington Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Ismael Larios B & C Groups LLCLicense type: Contractor Address: 601 S. Rancho Drive, Suite D32, Las VegasOwner: Darryl Bradley Barb’s Bow Wow MeowLicense type: Pet store and grooming Address: Did not discloseOwner: Barbara Mundt Battleborn ElectricLicense type: ContractorAddress: 8455 Gagnier Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Battleborn Electric LLC BB Mechanical LLCLicense type: Contractor Address: 2208 Mistle Thrush Drive, Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose Beautiful Bones OrthopedicsLicense type: Medical officeAddress: 944 Everest Peak Ave., HendersonOwner: Laura M. Bruse

BUILDING peRMIts$1,778,702, commercial - alteration6210 E. Tropical Parkway, North Las VegasCEI Builders $1,000,000, commercial

197 E. California St., Las VegasEdward Homes Inc. $874,184, commercial - new2720 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las VegasKittrell Jensen Contractors LLC $850,000, tenant improvement - store6100 Vegas Drive, Las VegasLM Construction Co. LLC $770,000, tenant improvement - office1310 S. 3rd St., Las VegasAJB General Contractor $645,000, commercial4440 E. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasLM Construction Co. LLC $550,000, tenant improvement - banquet hall740 S. Decatur Blvd., Las VegasTrademaster Construction $393,988, commercial - alteration4524 Lawrence St., North Las VegasStoffer and Stoffer Inc. $250,412, residential - production901 Vegas View Drive, HendersonPaul P. Chao $238,827, residential - new6545 Becket Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada $238,827, residential - new6516 Becket Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada $228,651, wall/fence9711 Eagle Canyon Ave., Las VegasIntegrity Masonry Inc. $220,827, residential - new6521 Becket Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada $213,205, residential - custom1121 Harwood Hills Court, Hender-sonDR Horton Inc. $200,000, commercial197 E. California St., Las VegasEdward Homes Inc. $200,000, tenant improvement - office2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 650, Las VegasDenali Builders $198,944, residential - new6520 Becket Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada $189,000, commercial - alteration4280 N. Pecos Road, North Las

VegasYack Construction Inc. $180,000, tenant improvement202 Fremont St., Las VegasLogistical Solutions LLC $178,060, residential - new2505 Charmed Oasis Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $175,000, tenant improvement - store7930 W. Tropical Parkway, Suite 160, Las VegasElder Jones Inc. $171,070, single-family residential - production7937 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc. $168,731, residential - new6517 Becket Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada $168,731, residential - new6524 Becket Creek Court, North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada $156,323, single-family residential - production12240 Valentia Hills Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes $150,000, commercial407 Antelope Ridge Drive, Las VegasGothic Landscaping Inc. $149,022, residential - new7105 Solana Ridge Drive, North Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC $147,497, residential - production1315 Bear Brook Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $140,000, storage2055 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasEmbree Construction Group Inc. $139,900, residential - production1318 Bear Brook Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $138,306, single-family residential - production6824 Dayton Flyer St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $136,850, residential - production1315 Reef Point Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $136,850, residential - production1314 Bear Brook Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $136,699, single-family residential - production12234 Tempestad Ave., Las Vegas

Toll South LV LLC

$136,185, residential - production365 Gracious Way, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $135,177, single-family residential - production6985 Lakota Summit Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc. $134,002, single-family residential - production456 Astillero St., Las VegasRyland Homes $133,118, single-family residential - production11908 Fisterra Court, Las VegasRyland Homes $132,764, residential - new5717 Sagamore Canyon St., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. Inc. $129,039, residential - new3005 Chiefs Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $123,422, single-family residential - production7618 Pulpit Rock Court, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $122,821, residential - production367 Gracious Way, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $121,934, residential - production373 Gracious Way, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $119,834, single-family residential - production11923 Fisterra Court, Las VegasRyland Homes Nevada LLC $117,276, residential - production959 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC $117,276, residential - production947 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC $113,227, single-family residential - production7931 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc. $108,959, single-family residential - production10533 Thor Mountain Lane, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $108,959, single-family residential - production7926 Blue Lake Peak St., Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $108,485, residential - new7053 Solana Ridge Drive, North Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$106,774, single-family residential - production10529 Thor Mountain Lane, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $106,774, single-family residential - production7930 Blue Lake Peak St., Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $106,649, single-family residential - production9215 Robla Creek Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc. $106,108, residential - new4344 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $104,272, single-family residential - production7919 Blue Lake Peak St., Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $103,549, single-family residential - production7925 Saber Tooth St., Las VegasDR Horton Inc. $103,442, single-family residential - production7601 Reveal Court, Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC $102,527, residential - production720 Sea Coast Drive, HendersonKB Home LV Pearl Creek LLC $101,609, single-family residential - production9203 Robla Creek Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc. $100,355, single-family residential - production10542 Angels Rest Ave., Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $100,335, single-family residential - production7922 Blue Lake Peak St., Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $100,335, single-family residential - production7918 Blue Lake Peak St., Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $100,250, tenant improvement - medical office310 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Suite 110, HendersonLake Mead Crossing LLC $100,000, tenant improvement - office3620 W. Sahara Ave., Suite W02, Las VegasKenny’s Konstruction Kompany

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1 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100Las Vegas, NV 89106702-641-5822 • lvchamber.com

4,000 Anyone $599 Mixers, breakfasts, luncheons, trade shows, webinars, leadership programs, government affairs, Vegas Young Professionals

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Jill Rowland-Lagan, CEO

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82 Individuals, nonprofi ts, businesses, corporations

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