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VEGASINC.COM | NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 7, 2015 BY VALERIE MILLER | SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY You are 60 miles west of Las Vegas and 60 miles east of Death Valley. Where are you? Answer: In Pahrump, exactly where Arlette Ledbetter wants you to be. Ledbetter, Pahrump’s tourism director, spearheaded a campaign in 2010 to publicize the town smack in between Death Valley and Las Vegas. Until then, Pahrump had been largely a well-kept secret. The town had no visitors’ website; promotional brochures encouraged tourists to call a 1-800 number PAHRUMP, CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 97 Number of stores Fresh & Easy is closing in California, Arizona and Nevada after struggling to attract custom- ers. The closings means 3,000 employees will be laid off. $75M Amount Caesars Enter- tainment Corp. will pay to renovate the Roman Tower at Caesars Palace, de- spite being in the midst of bankruptcy reorganization. Word is out about Pahrump Jetpack America is a popular attraction in Pahrump that simulates flight for riders, who are connected to a personal watercraft as they “fly” above a man-made lake. (MIKE STOTTS/SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY) Marketing efforts are starting to pay off for small town between Las Vegas and Death Valley

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By Valerie Miller | Special to the Sunday

You are 60 miles west of Las Vegas and 60 miles east of Death Valley. Where are you? ¶ Answer: In Pahrump, exactly where Arlette Ledbetter wants you to be. ¶ Ledbetter, Pahrump’s tourism director, spearheaded a campaign in 2010 to publicize the town smack in between Death Valley and Las Vegas. Until then, Pahrump had been largely a well-kept

secret. The town had no visitors’ website; promotional brochures encouraged tourists to call a 1-800 numberpahruMp, Continued on page 15

97number of stores Fresh &

easy is closing in california,

arizona and nevada after

struggling to attract custom-

ers. the closings means 3,000

employees will be laid off.

$75Mamount caesars enter-

tainment corp. will pay to

renovate the Roman tower

at caesars palace, de-

spite being in the midst of

bankruptcy reorganization.

Word is out about Pahrump

Jetpack america is a popular attraction in

Pahrump that simulates flight for riders, who

are connected to a personal watercraft as

they “fly” above a man-made lake.

(mike stotts/sPecial to the sunday)

Marketing efforts are starting to pay off for small town between Las Vegas and Death Valley

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05 06 18Q&A WITH RICHARD JUSTIANAThe senior private banking offi cer of Private Bank by Nevada State Bank discuss-es fi nancial planning for affl uent people, volunteer-ing for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the power of a positive attitude.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P4

MEET: HEATHER ALLEN CONCEPTSSisters Heather Campbell and Samantha Lucas, Las Vegas natives, aim to create striking store-fronts that can capture the attention of potential customers from 40 feet away.

TALKING POINTSMillennials are all the rage in gaming industry, 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: Specialty care hospitals, P22

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VINTAGE VEGAS: SILVER SLIPPER KNOCKED OFF ITS FEET

The Silver Slipper, originally named the

Golden Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall,

operated from September 1950 to Nov . 28,

1988.

The resort’s iconic Silver Slipper sign was

designed, built and installed by YESCO in

1958.

At 6:50 a.m. May 17, 1978, the Strip

landmark was sent crashing to the ground

by high winds that thrashed the valley for

two days. Luckily, no one was injured .

The gaming establishment was

demolished 10 years later, but its famed

marquee and slipper were restored and live

on today at the Neon Museum.

— REBECCA CLIFFORD-CRUZ

(LAS VEGAS SUN ARCHIVES)

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A number of health care provid-ers joined Southwest Medical Associ-ates. Nurse practitio-ner Jeana Beavers special-izes in adult medicine at the Nellis Health Cen-ter, 540 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas. Dr. Casey Burchill, a podia-trist, works at the Rancho/Charleston Health Cen-ter, 2316 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas. Dr. Candance Leaphart-St. Cloud specializes in obstet-rics/gyne-cology and Dr. Ruby Bhullar special-izes in adult medicine at the Siena Health Cen-ter, 2845 Si-ena Heights Drive, Henderson. Dr. Tanisha Powell, a pediatrician, also works at the Siena Health Center. Advanced practice registered nurse Susan Tanner, who specializes in inpatient care and skilled nurs-ing, and nurse practirioners Joselito San Jose, Cori Saville and Alvin Uncab work at the Home Care Plus division, 2704 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas. Dr. Mirit Avram specializes in internal medicine at the Pahrump Health Center, 2210 E. Calvada Blvd., Pah-rump. Dr. Daniel Nguyen specializes in adult medi-cine at the Montecito Health Center, 7061 Grand Montecito Parkway, Las Vegas. Physician assistant Carlos Vasquez specializes in urgent care at the Rancho Urgent Care Center, 888 S. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas. Physician assistant Elena Zalan special-izes in urgent care at the Valle Verde Convenient Care Center, 75 Valle Verde Drive, Henderson.

Vince Telles, senior vice presi-dent of Bank of Nevada, was appointed chairman of the Bish-op Gorman Advisory Council. Telles has been a member of the council since 2006.

The Nevada Association of Reators officers for 2016 are David R. Tina, president, owner and managing broker of Urban Nest Realty; Greg Martin, president-elect; Mark

Ashworth, vice president; Leroy “Buck” Schaef-fel, treasurer; and Kevin Singstad, immediate past president.

Jacob Gal-legos, Julia Lopez, Shahab Zargari and Kevin Sanders launched the Higher Ground creative agency.

Dr. Bard Coats is market president at HealthCare Partners Nevada. He previously was executive vice president of clinical operations at HealthCare Partners Nevada.

Nina Radetich is director of marketing and communications at the Animal Foundation.

Eloy Martinez is senior director of government relations at the American Gaming Association. Martinez worked as director of outreach and staff director for the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee under Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. The AGA also hired former Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford as a strategic com-munications consultant.

Caitlyn Belcher is a media relations specialist at Vegas PBS. Belcher assists with public relations, social media and marketing.

Geoff Edlund is president of Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters and Jake Tomlin is president of Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines. Edlund will continue to serve as general manager of Nevada helicopter operations and Tomlin will maintain his position as general manager of Nevada fixed-wing operations. Edlund is the grandson of Elling Halvorson, who founded the company. Tomlin is the nephew of CEO Brenda Halvorson and part of the family’s third generation of company leadership.

Kayla-Jo Rosoff is develop-ment and marketing coordina-tor for the Las Vegas Philhar-monic.

Joe Lopez is sales manager at the Ogden and Mark Bunton is sales operations manager for all DK Las Vegas properties. DK Las Vegas owns five condomini-um developments: the Ogden, One Las Vegas, Juhl, Loft5 and Spanish Palms.

The South Point Arena and Equestrian Center partnered with Star Nursery to create a custom en-trance for 1,200 climate-controlled stalls. The Star Nursery Walk of Stars leads into the main arena, as well as two new arenas in the Priefert Pavilion. Up-grades to the facility include new lighting, murals, trees, bushes, artificial grass and railroad ties.

BMM Testlabs, a gaming testing laboratory and

technical consultancy, partnered with Gambling Indaba, a trade conference and expo in Africa, to provide training.

Meadow Valley Contractors Inc. is building the Exit 118 Interchange on Interstate 15. It includes a diamond interchange at Milepost 118 and an exten-sion of Lower Flat Top Drive.

Gaudin Porsche opened near the 215 Beltway and Rainbow Boulevard.

Zuu Fitness opened at 4985 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas.

The Keep Memory Alive Event Center won a Venue of Excellence award from the Wedding Industry Professionals Association.

Inna Gadda di Pizza and Pawn Donut & Coffee are tenants at Rick Harrison’s Pawn Plaza.

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and UNLV received $11.1 million from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to fund a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence. The five-year funding commitment is the first COBRE grant awarded in Southern Nevada and will pay for three resource cores and three research projects related to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

The International School of Hospitality launched a Certified Hotel Concierge credential, which establishes a global professional standard for hotel concierges. The credentialing program is the result of a joint effort among the school, Les Clefs d’Or USA and the American Hotel and Lodging Educa-tional Institute.

UNLV tied for second place in U.S. News and World Report’s annual Best Ethnic Diversity listing, a jump from sixth last year. UNLV has placed in the top 10 for the past five years.

2015 HealthInsight Quality Award recipients include MountainView and Southern Hills hospitals in Las Vegas and North Vista Hospital in North Las Vegas. HealthInsight Quality Award recipients are selected for demonstrating high-quality health care and excellence in performance on publicly re-ported Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quality-of-care measures and patients’ perception of care measures.

The Governor’s Office of Energy awarded prop-erty tax incentives to 11 Caesars Entertainment resorts for introducing energy and water savings measures. The resorts received the incentive after meeting state regulations and receiving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver or Gold equivalencies from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Las Vegas properties that received incentives are Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Harrah’s, Paris, Linq, Planet Hollywood and Rio.

FirstService Residential provides HOA manage-ment services for Chapel Hill Homeowners’ As-sociation. The gated community has 280 condo-minium units at Fort Apache and Russell roads.

ChiAm, a fast casual Chinese restaurant that spe-cializes in dim sum, opened at 6010 W. Craig Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas.

Raising Cane’s opened at 3535 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas.

Panattoni Development Co. and Hillwood Invest-ment Properties partnered to develop a specula-tive bulk warehouse facility at South 15 Airport Park. The 480,000-square-foot building will be on a 28-acre site. The South 15 Airport Center, directly east of the Henderson Executive Airport, already is home to a 320,000-square-foot FedEx Ground facility.

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What is the best business advice you’ve received, and from whom did it come?

When I first started my career in western New York with Marine Mid-land Bank, my branch manager told me, “Treat every customer as you would want your mother treated, with kindness and respect.” That applies whether you work in a retail branch or in private banking. Clients expect and appreciate that level of courtesy and service. It’s a step in building a long-term client relationship.

If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be?

I would improve the quality of our educational system and the way our communities view their role in this area. Parents and extended family members must play a more active role in children’s education. Teachers can only do so much.

A few years back, I might have added the arts. But today, I’m excited with the continued growth of cultural activities in our community, like the downtown Arts District and the phenomenal Smith Center for the Performing Arts. The addition of a major art museum would be ideal.

What has been your most exciting professionalproject to date?

Prior to my new role, I had the op-portunity to help introduce a private bank to another institution in Las Ve-gas. It was exciting to introduce a new brand to the market. I learned quite a bit from that experience — everything from building construction to product creation for a wide range of affluent people. I built some amazing relation-ships, and many of those people are still with me today.

What is the most commonmistake people make inmanaging their finances? The biggest mistakes I see are from those who do nothing to manage their finances, even at the simplest level, including not seeking professional

advice as they grow their wealth. Many times, people end up missing out on some great investment opportunities and long-term estate planning services.

Is it more difficult to assistclients who have high incomes?

Not at all. We just know that these people are very busy earning this high income and might require additional attention from their banker. Building a relationship with our clients is based on trust, and they need to know that they can count on us to provide the personal attention and professional expertise they require. Many times, it’s as simple as having someone they can call directly when they have an im-mediate need.

What are you reading?I am re-reading “Cutting For Stone”

by Abraham Verghese and “A Course Called Ireland” by Tom Coyne.

What do you do after work?I have always tried to find a balance

between work and play. I have real-ized as I’ve gotten older that playtime has to include exercise. My wife intro-duced me to hot yoga about a year ago, and while at first I was apprehensive, I found it to be one of the best, most

intense workouts you could imagine, coupled with the most relaxing and spiritual feeling. The people who at-tend the classes are from all walks of life, but they all are there for one rea-son, which is to be healthy and relaxed.

I also enjoy winter sports. I gave up skiing and switched to snowboarding a few years ago to enjoy more time with my sons. I hope to be able to continue that for a few more years before I have to switch back to skiing.

Blackberry, iPhone or Android?I was a Blackberry guy for the lon-

gest time, but my kids eventually con-vinced me to change to an iPhone a few years back.

Describe your management style.

I learned a long time ago that you cannot be an expert in every area, nor should you want to be. The idea is to have a team that can help to identify the needs of clients, pull together the right resources to serve them and pro-vide results.

What do you enjoy most about volunteering with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Nevada?

Seeing the immediate results of your

work. The joy in the faces of the kids and their families is overwhelming. You can be having a tough day, but the moment you switch gears and focus on a Make-A-Wish task, it all goes away. There are so many kids in our commu-nity who are struggling with some sort of illness; giving them the chance to smile and maybe forget the bad things for a moment is priceless.

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

I like to be around people, so I have always thought about owning a little supper club, where people could enjoy good food, great wine and listen to jazz music any night of the week.

I also like to care for people, so a ca-reer in medicine has always been in the back of my mind.

If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be?

It would have to be near the ocean — a nice, quiet beach community. Or somewhere in wine country.

Whom do you admire and why?There is no one person who comes

to mind, but I admire anybody who is dealing with a life-altering, difficult circumstance but gets up every day and puts a smile on their face. Maybe they mask the pain, but they find a way to forge ahead and treat everyone they meet with kindness.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Gosh, where do I start? I would still want to have the head of hair I had when I was in my 20s. Also, maybe to be inspired to be more athletically driven, like one of those guys compet-ing on “American Ninja Warrior.”

What is something peoplemight not know about you?

I am a handyman around the house. Some of my projects have turned out quite well; others, maybe not so well. My father taught us to know how to do the simple things so we don’t have to pay someone else to do them.

Q&A with richArd justiAnA

Private banker’s interests go beyond the wealthy

Richard Justiana recently started a new chapter in his long banking career,

joining the private banking team at Nevada State Bank. (mikayla whitmore/Staff)

As a child, Richard Justiana was in awe of the professional atmosphere in old-fashioned banks. As an adult, Justiana has spent nearly 30 years working in the banking industry and recently became vice president and senior private banking officer at the Private Bank by Nevada State Bank. Justiana works to establish private banking relationships with affluent members of the community but spends much of his personal time helping families in need through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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by the numbers

$51 MillionAmount Inland Private

Capital Corp. paid for the once-abandoned Life Time Athletic facility near Red

Rock Resort.

$300 MillionAllegiant Travel Co.’s rev-enue for the quarter that

ended Sept. 30, up 13.2 per-cent from the same period

last year.

7 PercentDecrease in Allegiant’s aver-

age ticket price from last year.

6Months McCarran Inter-

national Airport’s longest runway will be closed due to a $67 million renova-tion. The runway is used

for about one-third of the airport’s annual traffic but is used less during cooler months making fall and

winter a good time to start replacing its asphalt with more durable concrete.

7.5 MillionVehicles Toyota Motor Corp.

sold during the first three quarters of the year, making

it the world’s top-selling automaker. Toyota overtook

Volkswagen, which was No. 1 for the first half of the

year.

5Health insurers created

under the Affordable Care Act that are shutting down

in Nevada.

$546.3 MillionBoyd Gaming Corp.’s third-

quarter earnings, up 3.3 percent from last year.

$1 BillionMicrosoft’s most recent

quarterly advertising reve-nue from Bing, marking the first time the search engine

produced a profit.

$20.4 BillionMicrosoft’s revenue from

the quarter ending Sept. 30, a 12 percent decrease from

a year earlier.

Describe your business.

Heather Allen Concepts works with clients to maximize brand exposure and revenue potential through creative merchandising and custom fixtures. Our displays and fixtures combine an assort-ment of metal, wood, acrylic, light-ing, storage, security and graphic elements to create a one-of-a-kind package. Services offered include store planning, fabrication, logo and branding, large-for-mat printing, merchandising and more.

Why are visuals essential for retail storefronts?

First impression is everything. It is important to cap-ture your audience from about 40 feet away, given that people generally tend to walk at a fast pace through a shopping center. The way to capture them is to entice them with a strong visual story. We create powerful dis-plays by using many layers mixed with a punch of color, a theme, propping, lighting and marketing elements.

What is your favorite part of the job?

The best part is having a vision and seeing it come to fruition. There is no greater satisfaction than to have an idea, watch it come to life and then see the excitement on the client’s face when it is finished.

What’s the most important part of your job?

Listening to the client. It is essential to understand their product, their business philosophy and what au-

dience drives their sales. That is the key to a successful design and how to market their product.

What is the best part about

doing business in Las Vegas?

It is an ever-changing city that is constantly evolving. There are always new opportunities avail-able. Being Las Vegas natives, we are always up to speed on new

projects happening.

How do you come up with designs?

The design team meets weekly in our creative cor-ridor. Everyone is encouraged to discuss new ideas, trends and inspirations. The team is trained in the essential elements incorporated in all of the designs, including themes, color theory, merchandising prin-ciples, etc.

You are in the process of expanding. Why?

This expansion will ensure that we are able to ser-vice all clients, including those who have smaller retail spaces or do not have the budget for a custom design and build. The expansion will include a 3,000-square-foot store, which will sell standard retail fixtures, includ-ing display cabinets, mannequins, jewelry displays and hardware. In addition, we will offer unique color display options and seasonal props. We want to be able to give all clients a high-end retail store, even when the budget may be limited.

Before any purchase, a customer must be sold on whether to enter the store

Heather Campbell, left, and Samantha Lucas own Heather Allen Concepts. They worked to redesign the Regis

Galerie at the Grand Canal Shoppes. (l.e. bASkow/STAff)

heather allen ConCeptsAddress: 5480 S. Valley View Blvd.,

Suite 160, Las VegasPhone: 702-547-1616

Email: [email protected]: heatherallenconcepts.comHours of operation: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday through FridayOwned/operated by: Heather Campbell

and Samantha LucasIn business since: 2007

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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.

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“caesars Palace

getting $75 million

update despite

bankruptcy”:

Any other for-profit

business would not

be allowed to sneeze

until all debts are

corrected. How is this

possible? — jokersmile

on Julie ann

Formoso and eli

Segall’s lasvegassun.

com story “Fresh &

easy closures are the

latest change in las

Vegas’ turbulent

grocery industry”:

Fresh & Easy never

built up the loyal

clientele it needed to

carve a niche in Las

Vegas. — tooshy

on ian whitaker’s

lasvegassun.com

story “here’s what is

changing in health

insurance for

thousands of las

Vegas teachers”:

The problem is a

sharp rise in premium

costs, especially for

single teachers with

two or more depen-

dents. Just one more

reason teachers can’t

afford to work here.

— V_K

The United States is

the only developed

country without

national health care.

Why? — OrangeBlurr

on J.d. morris’

lasvegassun.com

story “despite ruling,

draftKings allows

some customers in

nevada to play”:

This is clearly some-

thing people like … to

play. There is abso-

lutely no reason it

should be illegal.

— SteveSimpson1

Millennials are all the rage in gaming industry

O ne of my colleagues, just for shiggles, played a little game with himself at this year’s Global Gaming Expo.

Whenever he heard the word “millennials,” he drank a shot.

The convention doors swung opened at 10 a.m. and by lunchtime, his blood-alcohol level was higher than Doogie Howser’s grade-point average. From the owner of a small-time startup to the CEO of a big-time casino operator, everybody was talking about, or talking about somebody else talking about, this coveted demographic of 21-to-34-year-olds.

With all due respect to Puff Daddy (or Weird Al), it’s clearly not all about the Benjamins (or Pentiums). It’s all about the millennials. This group of adults that has less money than any other demographic; that has a third of its population living at home with mom and dad; and that has reached the requisite age to vote for president but not to run for it, was the focus of our attention and our resources.

OMG. No wonder these kids have such high self-esteem.“It’s tough to make predictions,” Yogi Berra said,

“especially about the future.” Well, undaunted and undeterred, and hopefully unremembered if I’m wrong, here are a few prognostications about the millennial crowd:

#SameOldSame: Sorry, iconoclasts and daydreamers, but millennials will not trigger a radical diversion in casino gambling. True, most young people spend most of their waking hours wired into their wireless devices. But does

that mean they want to live life through a touch screen? I don’t think so.

Explain Airbnb, Uber and Electric Daisy Carnival. Technology facilitates the experience. Even Facebook, Instagram

and Twitter are social, not solitary. So if you ask me, the only gambling millennials will be doing on their iPhones in the foreseeable future is swiping right on Tinder.

#ByeBadBets: Millennials are the most knowledgeable generation when it comes to gambling. That’s what happens when you’ve had all the world’s information in your pocket for as long as you’ve had pockets.

A recent media report posited that high hold percentages are driving down slot play. Maybe yes, maybe no. That’s an opinion, but so is this: Millennials are going to find a good gamble, or they’re going to find something else to do.

#ChChChChanges: Be careful when taking aim at this target market, because the target is moving. Heed the words of Wayne Gretzky, who attributed his athletic virtuosity neither to size nor strength nor speed nor skill, but rather to his antici ... pation. Gretzky says good players go where the action is, but elite ones go where the action will be.

Great advice, Great One. And it’s something all of us should follow. Well, not follow. Stay in front of.

Test. Try. Experiment — trial and error may not be sexy, but it works. How do you think we slithered out of the ocean and started walking erect?

Roger Snow is a senior vice president at Scientific Games.

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Fresh & Easy closures are the latest change in Southern Nevada’s turbulent grocery industryBy eli segall and

julie ann formosoStaff WriterS

Fresh & Easy employee Krystal Fox knew something was wrong at her store in Green Valley when she no-ticed the dwindling meat supply.

Also, the place was usually empty. Having six shoppers was considered a “rush day,” Fox said.

Now, her employer is shutting down and Fox is looking for a new job.

Southern Nevada is getting hit by waves of grocery-store closures. In addition to Fresh & Easy reportedly planning to shutter all 14 locations in the area, Haggen is closing its seven outposts. That follows the closures of eight Food 4 Less locations less than a year ago and some Albertsons stores in 2014.

Not everyone in Las Vegas is con-tracting — Trader Joe’s opened in Downtown Summerlin last year, its fifth location in the valley, and Save-A-Lot debuted a store in August on Charleston Boulevard at Maryland Parkway, with plans for two more in town by early next year.

But the closures, which come amid heightened competition for shoppers, are putting grocery employees out of work and possibly causing painful ripple effects for others.

A grocery store usually is the an-chor tenant in a shopping center, and if it shuts down, foot traffic to the plaza drops off, potentially crimp-ing sales for other retailers there. A vacant big-box scares off prospective new tenants, as well, keeping empty storefronts unoccupied and further hurting the plaza’s chances of a turn-around.

Haggen, for instance, opened this year in Southern Nevada in the shells of former Vons and Albertsons loca-tions it had acquired as part of a mas-sive, Western U.S. expansion. Months later, Haggen filed for bankruptcy protection, and now it’s closing stores in Las Vegas and elsewhere.

“It’s sad for the centers,” said real estate broker Liz Clare, a retail spe-cialist with Avison Young.

U.S. retailers have been ramping up competition in the grocery aisles for years, offering discounted food, pric-ey organic fare, grab-and-go meals and ethnic specialty items. South-ern Nevada is no exception; options

include Smith’s, Vons, Albertsons, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Costco, Win-Co, Glazier’s, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Target, La Bonita, Cardenas, El Super and 99 Ranch Market.

“It’s a very competitive business with very low (profit) margins, and that means people are going to fail,” said real estate broker Matt Bear, of CBRE Group.

Fresh & Easy failed to attract big volumes of shoppers. It sold prepack-aged food, including some fruits and vegetables, which meant shoppers couldn’t touch or customize what they were buying, Clare said. The grocer also entered Southern Nevada and “expanded way too fast,” perhaps without testing the market, she said.

Moreover, the company didn’t es-tablish a clear identity as, say, a dis-count or an upscale grocer, Bear said.

“When you walked in, you were re-ally disappointed because it wasn’t re-ally either,” he said.

British grocery powerhouse Tesco brought Fresh & Easy to Nevada, Cali-fornia and Arizona starting in 2007, and grew rapidly from the begin-ning. But the U.S. economy went into a tailspin the next year, and coupled with the chain’s limited popularity in the three states, the venture flopped, costing the company nearly $2 billion by 2013.

Grocery mogul Ron Burkle’s Yu-

caipa Cos. acquired Fresh & Easy in 2013. The new owners closed stores and tried new formats, according to reports, but business still slumped.

“It’s so hard to turn around con-sumer sentiment once they’ve made up their mind,” Bear said.

Fresh & Easy had more than 20 lo-cations in Southern Nevada at one point. It now has 14, according to its website, and reportedly plans to close all 97 of its remaining stores in Cali-fornia, Arizona and Nevada.

Meanwhile, Haggen ran into problems after a massive expansion soured.

The Bellingham, Wash.-based chain grew overnight from 18 locations and 2,000 employees to 164 stores and more than 10,000 workers.

It did this by acquiring 146 stores from Albertsons and from Vons own-er Safeway Inc. Albertsons had signed a deal to buy Safeway for about $9 bil-lion, and to get the Federal Trade Commission’s approval, the compa-nies agreed to sell 168 stores nation-ally.

Haggen bought most of them, re-portedly for $300 million, but busi-ness quickly went south.

In July, Haggen said it was laying off employees locally and in Cali-fornia and Arizona; in August, news reports said the company planned to close or sell 27 stores, including

in Nevada; and in a 10-day span in September, Haggen sued Albertsons for more than $1 billion in damages, filed for bankruptcy protection and announced that, given its need to slim down and save money, its Pacific Southwest regional CEO had “left the company” amid a corporate consoli-dation.

Haggen spokeswoman Deborah Pleva said all of its Las Vegas-area stores would close by the end of this month.

An employee at Haggen’s Anthem location — who worked there since the store was an Albertsons — said the news was upsetting.

“They didn’t even give us a chance,” said the employee, who asked to re-main anonymous. “You’re just stuck in this nightmare.”

He blamed the stores’ fate on a fail-ure to offer competitive prices.

“They don’t offer any specials,” he said. “You go to Vons and (others) and they always have deals.”

Anthem resident Monique Moulton agreed.

“The prices here are very high,” she said of Haggen. “I didn’t even re-ally see a change in what they offered when it was an Albertsons to now.”

Because of the price difference, Moulton says she only shops at Hag-gen when it is absolutely necessary and buys all of her meat and dairy products at the Vons down the road.

Since the news came out, the Hag-gen employee has since found a job at Vons, but he said others on the 20-member staff had not been so lucky.

“Staff morale is pretty low,” he said. “They already laid off about 20 em-ployees over the summer.”

Elton Ebarb, a loyal customer of Fresh & Easy, says he has shopped at just about all of the grocery chains in the valley, including Smith’s, Vons and Albertsons. All of them pale in comparison to Fresh & Easy for him.

“It’s the cleanest. It’s the tastiest,” he said. “The employees are also re-markable.”

Fox, who is leaving the grocery in-dustry, is optimistic she’ll find a job eventually but sympathizes with her colleagues, a staff of about 18.

“If I had one word to sum this all up, it would be unfortunate,” she said. “For a lot of us, this is our only job.”

fresh & easy markets throughout Southern Nevada, Arizona and California are

closing. The grocery chain, brought to the area by Tesco in 1997, was sold in 2013,

but a new format could not save it. (ChriSTopher devArgAS/STAff file)

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By ian whitakerStaff Writer

State Treasurer Dan Schwartz re-cently announced proposed changes to Nevada’s education savings account program that would allow more parents to qualify for subsidies to send their children to private schools.

Schwartz proposed exempting kin-dergartners and children of active-duty military personnel from the require-ment of attending public school for 100 days before becoming eligible for the program.

Schwartz and his staff also revealed that they expected the first payments to be disbursed to families as early as Feb-ruary. The original plan was to fund ac-counts in April.

The announcements came at a public meeting to iron out regulations for the program.

Patricia Showers, an active-duty Air Force member, said military life can be overwhelming, and the ESA “provides the opportunity for my children’s needs to be met.”

Under the program, families can re-ceive upward of $5,000 from the state for such uses as private school tuition and tutoring. Nevada’s program is simi-lar to a voucher system, but the state puts money in a bank account and al-lows parents to spend it on approved educational services.

The program’s proposed regulations have been the subject of scrutiny from parents, mostly due to questions about whether families with children already enrolled in private schools would qual-ify for the ESA.

Parents packed previous hearings, demanding Schwartz find a work-around for a rule requiring families en-roll their children in a public school for at least 100 days before qualifying for the program.

The stipulation was included in origi-nal legislation governing the program because the state allocates education funds only for students counted on offi-cial school district count days, said Grant Hewitt, the treasurer’s chief of staff.

That is pushing the political battle over the program into the next legisla-tive session, as private school admin-istrators like Catherine Thompson, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Las Vegas, seeks to broaden the program’s scope.

“These were three wonderful gifts,” she said of the regulations announced by Schwartz. “But it’s still very difficult that not all of our kids can use the pro-gram.”

Other questions remain, such as

Money could flow to education savings accounts in February whether families can use ESA money to pay for private schools outside Ne-vada. That was the concern of one par-ent from Incline Village, near the Cali-fornia state line at Lake Tahoe, who said there were no other viable private school options near her in Nevada.

Hewitt said the Treasurer’s Office would address that and other concerns

in time for the next hearing.More than 3,000 families have ap-

plied for the ESA since open enroll-ment began.

The program is set to go into ef-fect next year, but all eyes are on an impending court battle involving the American Civil Liberties Union of Ne-vada and the Nevada Attorney Gener-

al’s Office over whether the program is legal. A second lawsuit challenging the law was filed by a group of parents.

Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt says the lawsuit, which centers on the use of public money to fund edu-cation at private religious schools, does not violate the state Constitution as the ACLU claims.

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Sandoval appoints retired judge to fill Mulroy’s seat on Gaming Commission

Henderson Hospital, set to open next year, names CEO

Report: Las Vegas new-home sales, prices up

By j.d. morrisStaff Writer

Gov. Brian Sandoval has named a retired federal judge to fill a recently vacated seat on the Nevada Gaming Commission, his office an-nounced.

Sandoval’s office said he appointed Philip Pro, a former U.S. District Court judge, to the post that former Southern Nevada Water Authority chief Pat Mulroy left recently to join the board of a major casino company. Pro’s term on the five-member commission, which is the state’s top regulatory body for the casino industry, takes effect Dec. 1 and lasts until April 2019.

In a statement, Sandoval described Pro as a “well-respected member of our community” with a lengthy legal career in Nevada.

“His 35 years of experience on the bench dem-onstrates his ability to make well-reasoned and fair decisions,” Sandoval said. “I know he will serve with integrity, and we are fortunate that he has accepted this new position.”

Pro joined the federal district court in Nevada in 1987 after he was nominated by then-Presi-dent Ronald Reagan. Pro was chief judge for the district of Nevada from 2002 to 2007. Before be-coming a district court judge, he served as U.S. magistrate judge from 1980 to 1987.

Pro also was co-chairman of the advisory board that founded UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law.

His Gaming Commission predecessor, Mul-

roy, gave up her spot on the commission Oct. 15 to join the board of Wynn Resorts Ltd.

The move raised some eyebrows given that state law requires former gam-ing regulators to wait one year before going to work for a casino company. However, Mulroy wrote in a letter to the governor that she received guidance from the state Commis-sion on Ethics “because preserving the high ethi-cal standard of the Gam-ing Commission was of

utmost importance to me.”State Sen. Tick Segerblom, a Las Vegas Demo-

crat, recently told KNPR that he thought Mul-roy’s transition from gaming regulator to casino company board member was inappropriate and that the Ethics Commission did not fulfill its duty.

Las Vegas attorney Peter Bernhard, though, told KNPR that the Ethics Commission acted properly in allowing Mulroy’s appointment to the Wynn board. Bernhard, who represented Mulroy before the Ethics Commission and is himself a former gaming regulator, also said Mulroy wouldn’t participate in any Nevada gaming issues for one year.

By jackie valleyStaff Writer

Sam Kaufman, the CEO of Desert Springs Hospital, will lead Henderson Hospital when it opens next year, officials announced.

Kaufman, who has worked for the Valley Health System since 1992, will serve as CEO for both hospitals. He hopes the 142-bed, $168 mil-lion facility under construction on the corner of Gibson Road and Galleria Drive will open by the end of next October.

Valley Health System also announced con-struction of an 80,000-square-foot medical of-fice building, which will be called Henderson Medical Plaza, adjacent to Henderson Hospital. The office building is projected to open toward the end of 2016.

Kaufman has been meeting over the past year with physicians interested in occupying the of-fice space, officials said. Jacobs Medical Associ-ates, an internal medicine group with doctors Leslie Jacobs, Loring Jacobs, William Shoe-maker, Jeffrey Ng and Laura Addis, will house its practice there.

“We invite other primary care physicians and specialists to consider the benefits of having an office with nearby access to our hospital,” Kaufman said in a statement.

Interviews and hiring for health care provid-ers and administrative personnel at Henderson Hospital will begin early next year.

By eli segallStaff Writer

Las Vegas homebuilders had anoth-er boost in business in September, as sales and prices continued outpacing last year’s totals, a report shows.

Builders sold 686 new homes in Southern Nevada during the month, bringing the year’s total to 4,908. That’s up 13 percent from the same nine-month period in 2014, according to Las Vegas-based Home Builders Research.

The median sales price of Septem-ber’s closings was $320,184, up 7 per-cent from a year earlier. Builders also pulled 549 new-home permits in September, putting the year’s tally at 6,006, up 15 percent from the same period last year, indicating a jump in construction plans.

Last month’s permit total, however, was a “disappointment,” as it fell by 98 permits from August, Home Build-

ers Research founder Dennis Smith said.

Overall, despite the year-over-year growth in development plans, Smith

said he was “continually reminding those with short memories” that a normal tally is about 20,000 permits a year. That’s based on data from 1990

to 2002, before the bubble years, he said.

Smith expects builders to pull at least 7,500 permits this year.

In his report, Smith also said buy-ers cancelled 18 percent of gross pur-chases last month, down from 21 per-cent in September 2014, and that certain areas of the valley had faster year-over-year sales growth than oth-ers.

Excluding cancellations, buy-ers picked up 212 new homes in the southwest valley in September, up 16 percent from September 2014; 163 homes in the northwest, up 44 per-cent; 124 homes in Henderson, up 65 percent; and 76 homes in North Las Vegas, up 90 percent.

According to Smith’s data, the only area with a drop in sales was the east side. Builders sold 18 homes there last month, down 22 percent from Sep-tember 2014.

las vegas strip casinos can be seen behind new home construction Wednesday,

July 30, 2014, in Summerlin. (Steve marcuS/Staff file)

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City is focusing on family-oriented tourismthat went to the Pahrump Cham-ber of Commerce. Officials never tracked how many tourists came to town or what they did when they ar-rived.

Ledbetter’s marketing push, launched during the depths of the re-cession, was designed to boost tour-ism dollars and energize Pahrump’s economy.

A year ago, the outreach efforts in-tensified when town officials hired a Las Vegas marketing firm to get the word out about Pahrump. Billboards promoting the town went up in the Las Vegas Valley.

“That really got things heading in the right direction,” Ledbetter said.

Today, clicks on the town’s website, visitpahrump.com, have skyrock-eted, from 5,000 to 15,000 a month, and a social media campaign is in full swing. Ledbetter said Facebook has been an important tool in reach-ing tourists, as well. “Likes” on Pah-rump’s Facebook tourism page have increased from about 400 to more than 9,000.

“For the 10,000th ‘like,’ the person will win a package to Pahrump,” Led-better said.

On targetTourism and marketing officials

are gearing their message to reach Pahrump’s target market.

“We are family-oriented tourism,” Ledbetter said.

An outing to Pahrump can be a lot more affordable for a family than a weekend in Las Vegas, said Michael Coldwell of Braintrust, the company marketing Pahrump. “For example, the hot-air balloon festival in Pah-rump offers a great day of entertain-ment at a reasonable cost. A fam-

ily from Las Vegas can go for a day of entertainment for a fraction of the cost.”

Las Vegas locals are a huge por-tion of Pahrump’s visitors, along with tourists going to or coming from Death Valley, Coldwell said.

“The overall strategy was to rein-troduce all the things that Pahrump has to offer,” Coldwell said.

Another demographic the market-ers have zeroed in on: snowbirds, retirees from Canada and northern states who come to the Southwest to escape harsh winters. Pahrump is well suited for them because its RV parks are among the highest-rated in the nation, Coldwell said.

Pahrump has about 1,300 RV spac-es and 459 hotel rooms. A new Holi-day Inn Express recently added 104 rooms. Other local hotels include the Saddle West, Pahrump Nugget and a Best Western.

Tourism officials only recently began tracking room occupancy. Figures are expected to be available early next year, Ledbetter said. Ef-forts also are being made to start re-cording visitor trends, and Ledbetter expects the town’s tourism website to have hotel room-booking capabili-ties by the end of the year.

“We are in the process of creating visitor statistics and citywide occu-pancy,” she said. “We are in our in-fancy.”

Pahrump’s tourism budget for fis-cal year 2015 is about $220,000, gen-erated through room tax.

PahrumP grOwth

Pahrump, in Nye County, was home to more than 36,000 residents in 2010, according to Census data. Community leaders believe that

number is closer to 40,000 today.In fact, Pahrump was named a “city

on the rise” in 2014 by information service NerdWallet.

The town’s charms are starting to be noticed by tourists and would-be residents.

Chris Wilson, manager of Jetpack America Sales and Flight Center, started working in Pahrump a year ago before being transferred to Cali-fornia this past summer. He said he missed the town when he left.

“Pahrump is a small town, in a good way,” he said. “It’s not a small town that is suspicious of newcomers. It is welcoming, When I came back, the man I always get my coffee from said, ‘Where have you been?’ ”

Desert getaway

JetPack America, a watersport park that opened in late 2014, has been one of the biggest potential draws to land in Pahrump. Wilson es-timated about 1,000 visitors as of late October but expected that number to increase once warm weather returns in the spring.

“The demand is growing,” Wilson said. “It is just slow for the word to get out.”

Jetpack America operates on a 5-acre man-made lake created by John Morris, the original owner of Jetpack America and current owner of the adjacent Spring Mountain Mo-torsports Ranch racetrack. Custom-ers have to be at least 14 to operate a watercraft on their own; younger chil-dren can fly in tandem with an adult .

“We flew a man who was 85 years old, and we flew a quadriplegic,” Wil-son said.

Jetpack America plans to add beach volleyball this month. Custom-

ers also can peddle paddleboats and do stand-up paddleboarding.

Wilson says he believes Pahrump’s tourism campaign has helped the company, which was featured on a billboard. Visitors are split 50-50 between Southern Nevada residents and other tourists, he said.

“People come from all over,” he said. “We get Europeans and Japa-nese and Brazilians and Argentin-ians.”

Another draw for the town is the Front Sight gun range and training facility.

“We have ... members from all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries,” said Mike Meacher, vice president of the range. “They train on our 550-acre facility just 40 minutes from McCarran International Airport. We are building a complete resort at Front Sight, where students will be able to stay on the property in a hotel, condos or RV facilities.”

Front Sight also has classrooms, retail facilities and 50 shooting rang-es, from 30-yard handgun ranges to 1,000-yard rifle ranges.

“About 90 percent of our students are from outside Nevada,” Meacher said. “Approximately 5 to 7 percent of our students are from outside the United States”

Pahrump also is home to two of Nevada’s four wineries: the Sanders Family Winery, owned by Jack Sand-ers; and the Pahrump Valley Winery, founded by Sanders and owned by Bill Luken.

“Our visitors are now becoming younger, and they are millennials and they are Generation Xers,” Sand-ers said. “And we also get visitors from all over the world. Just coming from all over.”

lamar ODOm’s brOthel rOmP Puts sPOtlight On PahrumP, thOugh PrOstitutiOn is illegal in tOwn

Pahrump has been in the news a lot recently, in connection with an event town officials likely didn’t want publicity for: ex-NBA star Lamar Odom’s apparent drug overdose at a brothel in Crys-tal, about a half-hour drive from Pahrump.

Odom, 35, was found non-responsive Oct. 13 at the Love Ranch brothel after spending four days and about $74,000 there. He was taken to a Pahrump hospi-

tal for treatment, then moved to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Cen-ter, and eventually Los Angeles.

The town of Pahrump has no legal brothels, but two brothels sit in the outskirts. Prostitution is legal in parts of Nye County.

As much of America focused on the tiny town, the question arose: Is Pahrump starting to go through the same growing pains Las Vegas did in trying to brand itself a family friendly destination?

Pahrump, which still has a bit of a Wild West feel to it, is getting a taste of the sensational head-lines Las Vegas long has been accustomed to, Nevada historian Michael Green said.

“This will probably be good for the brothel industry, in that there will be people who will want to go to that brothel to see where Lamar Odom had such problems,” Green said.

It could be good for Pahrump

tourism in general, too.“Any celebrity who gets into

the news out here tends to inspire some people to be more curious ... whether it is Britney Spears’ 55-hour marriage or Prince Harry having some fun in a suite,” Green said. “So first, it is good that Lamar Odom lived and is get-ting well. But it could also be a conversation piece, if you will, to inspire some tourism.”

— Valerie Miller

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Construction Financial Management

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Large Vision Business Network Mixer

Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: Free

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Information: Call Paula Jackson at 702-563-6964

A job fair and education, training, health and

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ganizers’ hope to find 400 jobs for 400 vets.

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City of Henderson Water Street Rall-E

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American Marketing Association Las Vegas:

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Barbara Atkinson, planning dean of UNLV’s

School of Medicine; Vance Farrow, a health care

industry specialist for the Governor’s Office of

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UNLV alumni awards

Time: 5-7 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Greenspun Hall, UNLV, 4505 S. Mary-

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UNLV alumni who graduated between 1988 and

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Thursday, Nov. 6 American Institute of Aeronautics and

Astronautics Las Vegas chapter dinner meeting

Time: 6:45-8:30 p.m. Cost: $15 for members,

$10 for student members, $18 for nonmembers

Location: InNEVation Center, 6795 S. Edmond

St., Las Vegas

Information: Register at X-15.eventbrite.com

Michelle Evans, author of “The X-15 Rocket Plane,

Flying the First Wings into Space,” will discuss

what it was like to fly winged spaceships.

Tuesday, Nov. 10 U.S. Green Building Council Nevada

chapter: What’s best for buildings?

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $20 for members, $35 for

nonmembers

Location: InNEVation Center, 6795 S. Edmond

St., Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-952-2468

Stakeholders in the solar panel industry will

discuss the past, present and future of battery

technology for buildings.

Las Vegas Metro Chamber

of Commerce: Eggs & Issues

Time: 8-9:30 a.m. Cost: $40 for members and

board of trustee members, $55 for nonmembers

and walk-ins

Location: Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane,

North Las Vegas

Information: Call Maisie Rodolico at 702-586-

3846

Rep. Cresent Hardy, R-Nev., will make his first

address to the Metro Chamber and discuss fed-

eral issues that affect the business community

and the health of Nevada’s economy.

Conventions ExpECtEd SHoW LoCAtIoN dAtES AttENdANCE

Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week Las Vegas Convention Center Nov. 3-6 140,000

travel, Events and Management in

Sports - teams Conference and Expo Mandalay Bay Nov. 9-12 2,000

International pool/Spa/patio Expo Mandalay Bay Nov. 10-12 9,500

LRp publications - 24th Annual National

Workers’ Compensation and disability Conference Mandalay Bay Nov. 11-13 4,300

International Association of Emergency Managers Paris Nov. 13-19 3,000

American Academy of ophthalmology Annual Meeting Sands Expo and Convention Center Nov. 14-17 25,000

Kronos Inc. - WoRKS Customer Conference Aria Nov. 15-18 2,000

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Records and TransactionsBankruptciesCHAPTER 73334 King Elder LLC3334 King Elder St.Las Vegas, NV 89117Attorney: 3334 King Elder LLC

Bid opportunitiesMONDAY, NOV. 22 p.m.Control devices for motor fuel dis-pensing and security managementState of Nevada, 8380Nancy Feser at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Federal project No. CM-0003(185) & CM-0003(186), Durango Drive and Tropicana Avenue fiber optic interconnect systemClark County, 603763Tom Boldt at [email protected]

TUESDAY, NOV. 32 p.m.Marco Polo drawstring backpack with imprintState of Nevada, 8382Sharon Knigge at [email protected]

THURSDAY, NOV. 52:15 p.m.Circus Circus Drive from Industrial Road to Las Vegas BoulevardClark County, 603795Tom Boldt at [email protected]

Brokered transactionsSALES$6,200,000 for 47,623 square feet, officeAddress: 3059 and 3061 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas 89109Seller: JPNP InvestmentSeller agent: Barton Hyde and Aaron Goldberg of Avison YoungBuyer: JAZ InvestmentBuyer agent: Liz Clare and Jackie Young of Avison Young

$2,370,000 for 3,900 square feet, retailAddress: 5905 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89146Seller: Ten15 5959 Sahara LLCSeller agent: J Dapper and Andrea Catalano of Dapper Cos.Buyer: Shafer TrustBuyer agent: James Liberio of Liberio Realty and Investments

$1,900,000 for 3.08 acres, landAddress: 700 Grier Drive, Las Vegas 89119Seller: Sunset Grier LLC

Seller agent: Charles Creigh of New Market AdvisorsBuyer: Ten15 Development LLCBuyer agent: J Dapper of Dapper Cos.

$1,550,000 for 4,490 square feet, officeAddress: Did not discloseSeller: Sonrisa Venture LPSeller agent: Charles Moore, Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBREBuyer: Brilliance Holdings LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$1,225,000 for 3,528 square feet, officeAddress: Did not discloseSeller: Sonrisa Venture LPSeller agent: Charles Moore, Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBREBuyer: Luis M. Chibras Romero and Ivan E. Chibras RabellBuyer agent: Trent Billigsly of EBO Realty

$710,000 for 24,200 square feet, medical officeAddress: 106,108,110 E. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson 89015Seller: Did not discloseSeller agent: No representationBuyer: Did not discloseBuyer agent: Charles Moore and Fujita Winkel of CBRE

$407,000 for 2058 square feet, officeAddress: Did not disclose Seller: Sonrisa Venture LPSeller agent: Charles Moore, Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBREBuyer: Hung Nguyen and Hoa-Dao PhanBuyer agent: Hendry Dang of ML Consulting & Development

$290,000 for 5,200 square feet, officeAddress: 3860 W. Ann Road, North Las Vegas 89031Seller: Ying Tsz LeungSeller agent: Ron Branson of Realty One GroupBuyer: Annallen LLC and VVP OlsenBuyer agent: Ben Millis and Chris Beets of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

LEASES$154,432 for 1,200 square feet for 64 months, retailAddress: 5775 S. Eastern Ave, Suite 102, Las Vegas 89119Landlord: MCP Airport Center LLCLandlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Kassy Sharma dba Diya Eyebrows ThreadingTenant agent: Did not disclose

$99,000 for 1,202 square feet for 60 months, retailAddress: 3350 Novat St., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89129Landlord: Lone Mountain Village

WestLandlord agent: Liz Clare and Jackie Young of Avison YoungTenant: Tresja Christopher Agency Tenant agent: Deron Conway of ROI Commercial

Business Licenses7-ElevenLicense type: Convenience storeAddress: 302 S. Water St. and 84 W. Pacific Ave., Henderson 89016Owner: 7-Eleven of Nevada Inc. A&B Excavations IncLicense type: ContractorAddress: 2208 Perliter Ave., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: A&B Excavations Inc. Absolute Appliance Services LLCLicense type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 6655 Pendle Priory, Las Vegas 89011Owner: Romuel Castrence Accessory Gallery LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suites E38-E42, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Kim Le Aimee GrantLicense type: SolicitorAddress: 975 Seven Hills Drive, Suite 4026, Henderson 89052Owner: Did not disclose America’s Best Value Inn Down-town Las Vegas License type: InnAddress: 1000 N. Main St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Trex Industries LLC Americans Empowered License type: Community servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Americans Empowered For Sexual Violence Prevention Anthony Stokes License type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Anthony Stokes Apex Service World Inc. License type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 7538 Belgian Lion St., Las Vegas 89139Owner: Pierre Swart Ariadne BetancourtLicense type: Rental propertyAddress: 3601 Thomas Ave., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Ariadne Betancourt Attention to Care License type: Residential home-care providerAddress: 8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89129

Owner: Adrienne Zamora Auction.com Inc. License type: Business supportAddress: 930 S. Fourth St., Suite 200, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Lee J. Leslie Bells Market License type: MarketAddress: 720 W. Owens Ave., Las Vegas 89106Owner: Sabah Shoshani Big B’s Texas BBQLicense type: RestaurantAddress: 3019 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 130, Henderson 89082Owner: NB Group LLC Big Ben Mobile Car Wash License type: Automobile detailingAddress: 4428 Via San Marco, Las Vegas 89103Owner: Benjamin Garcia-Flores Bob Gail Special Events License type: Rental and leasingAddress: 322 Karen Ave., Suite 1008, Las Vegas 89109Owner: Bob Gail Enterprises Inc. Bohne Engineering LLC License type: Professional servicesAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Ron Bohne Botanica NVO Milenio License type: General retail salesAddress: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suites F1 and F2, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Graciela Garcia Brand Name Makeup for Less License type: General retail salesAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite G60, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Wai K. Chung Brenda Bisgard License type: Real estate salesAddress: 8400 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Bbgothomes LLC Brian D. Tary License type: Insurance agencyAddress: 6873 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Tary Agency Inc. Bucky Security LLCLicense type: Detective/securityAddress: 770 W. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Bucky Security LLC Camino Constructors LLCLicense type: ContractorAddress: 3850 Rockbottom St., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Camino Contractors LLC Camping World RV SalesLicense type: RV salesAddress: 777 W. Lake Mead Park-

way, Henderson 89015Owner: Wheeler RV Las Vegas LLC Car Wash El LocoLicense type: Mobile auto detailingAddress: 2217 Heroic Hills Lane, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Sinaloa Tacos Inc. Card Player Cruises License type: Travel and ticket agencyAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Three Plus One Enterprises LLC Charles A. Gallagher License type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite G47, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Charles A. Gallagher Iii Cinnabar Glen LLC License type: Short-term residen-tial rentalAddress: 4210 Bossart Court, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Arthur Chan Come Walk With MeLicense type: Health studioAddress: 2645 Blue Reef Drive, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Airret LLC Core Pest ManagementLicense type: ExterminatorAddress: 2924 Anchorman Way, North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Danny P. Felix Cycle GearLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 344 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Cycle Gear Inc. D&T Design Contractors LLCLicense type: ContractorAddress: 4375 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite A, Las Vegas 89103Owner: Anthony Ypil David the Consignment Guy License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89129Owner: David Goldberg David’s General StoreLicense type: Online retail storeAddress: 1308 Quiet Fox Way, Henderson 89012Owner: Jon David Delicias De Michoacan License type: Food services or cafeAddress: 2021 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Ana Cortes Dharma Wireless License type: General retail salesAddress: 1725 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 9, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Maria V. Martorama

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Records and TransactionsDiamond Auto Sales License type: Automotive sales - minor repairAddress: 1385 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas 89110Owner: Diamond Enterprises Inc. Diamond DJ Services License type: General services - counter/officeAddress: 1010 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89106Owner: David A. Cunningham Doug E. Deals LLCLicense type: Seconhand dealerAddress: 1168 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson 89074Owner: Doug E. Deals LLC Eccentriqbydesign License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Tawana Davenport Ecobiochar Soil Systems Inc. License type: Environmental analysisAddress: Did not disclose Owner: Kash Kotera Electronic Funds Transfer Inc. License type: Automated teller operatorAddress: 5051 E. Bonanza Road; 7501 W. Washington Ave.; 4500 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89110Owner: David Bonsal Elwood Staffing License type: Employment agencyAddress: 500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 30, Office 314B, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Elwood Staffing Services Inc. Emergency Restoration Experts LLC License type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 2850 Synergy St., Las Vegas 89030Owner: Christopher Anderson Envision Contracting LLCLicense type: ContractorAddress: 1026 Astounding Hills Drive, Henderson 89052Owner: Envision Contracting LLC Everest Construction LLC License type: Contractor Address: 5032 W. Post Road, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Did not disclose Extra Space Storage License type: Mini warehouseAddress: 8501 W. Charleston Blvd.; 4851 E. Bonanza Road; 8501 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Extra Space Management Inc.

Facility Services - Nevada Inc. License type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 537 E. Brooks Ave., Suite D402, Las Vegas 89030

Owner: Chad Stout

Fatburger License type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 6965 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89113Owner: Fat Truck 88 LLC Fingerprint Xpress LLC License type: Business support serviceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Melencia Tolledo Firehouse Subs License type: Restaurant Address: 7290 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Lake Mead FHS 534 LLC Fisher & Phillips LLP License type: Professional servicesAddress: 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 1500, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Mark J. Ricciardi Ltd. FTK Innovations LLCLicense type: TruckingAddress: 4570 McMillan Road, Las Vegas 89121Owner: FTK Innovations LLC Galaxy GlassLicense type: Maintenance servicesAddress: 2509 Trustworthy Ave., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Josue Chavez-Jimenez Gamage & Gamage License type: Professional servicesAddress: 1775 Village Center Circle, Suite 190, Las Vegas 89134Owner: Gamage Enterprises Limited Garden Body Skincare License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Garden Body Skincare LLC General Concrete Inc.License type: ContractorAddress: 3850 Rockbottom St., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: General Concrete Inc. George EversaulLicense type: Aquatic exercise and wellness contractorAddress: 157 Fallon Drive, Hender-son 89074Owner: George Eversaul German Tech Electrical Services LLCLicense type: ContractorAddress: 3779 Bossa Nova Drive, Las Vegas 89129Owner: Stefan Schilling Gina De Photography LLC License type: PhotographyAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89130Owner: Gina Devirgilio Global C2 Integration Technolo-giesLicense type: Administrative office

Address: 1080 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson 89074Owner: Global C2 Integration Technologies LLC Grade A Paralegal & Notary License type: Business supportAddress: 1050 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 307, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Newhouse Brown Veronica Green Co2 Of Las Vegas LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Lisa Nylund Hallam LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Francis M. Hallam Harmony Habilitation Services License type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 1721 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Nevada Integrated Behav-ioral Services Inc. Honest Home Improvement License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Tony Aziz House Of Signs License type: Contractor Address: 5191 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 170, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Luis Antoni Cajueiro-Palacios HR Business PartnerLicense type: Consulting agencyAddress: 2226 Tedesca Drive, Henderson 89052Owner: Cornelius Eason Idealstaffing Inc. License type: Employment agencyAddress: 500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 300, office 333, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Idell Bailey Image Inkers LLCLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 3020 Tanagrine Drive, North Las Vegas 89084Owner: Image Inkers LLC Inknova Design License type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Cristina Malson Irenea Vences License type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Irenea Vences

Jaburritos License type: Restaurant Address: 2600 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 115, Las Vegas 89102

Owner: George LBY 2 Inc.

JDK SpecialtiesLicense type: ContractorAddress: 6040 Pele St., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: JDK Specialties LLC Jesus Ice Cream License type: Ice cream truckAddress: 2850 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Agustin Cespedes Jewelry City Inc. License type: General retail salesAddress: 875 S. Grand Central Park-way, Suite 94, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Frank Chelli Jimic General Services License type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 6415 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 145, Las Vegas 89113Owner: Jimic General Services LLC Jina’s Brow StudioLicense type: Personal servicesAddress: 55 S. Valle Verde Drive, Suite 230, Henderson 89012Owner: Aarya LLC Joanna Dacosta License type: Real estate salesAddress: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas 89144Owner: Joanna Dacosta Jobin ThomasLicense type: SolicitorAddress: 975 Seven Hills Drive, Suite 1721, Henderson 89052Owner: Did not disclose Judy Eberhart License type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave. 101, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Judy Eberhart JW Floor Covering Inc.License type: ContractorAddress: 3890 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: JW Floor Covering Inc. Kidshopyet.org License type: Instruction servicesAddress: 216 S. Seventh St., Suite 7, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Ocie Burton Ii Kora Shear ConsultingLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 7279 Summer Duck Way, North Las Vegas 89084Owner: Kora Shear

BUILDInG PERMITS$7,000,000, offices408 E. Clark Ave., Las VegasExecutive Homes Inc. $3,930,000, commercial - altera-tion

965 Trade Drive, North Las VegasCobblestone Construction

$1,750,000, tenant improvement - offices6605 Grand Montecito Parkway, Suite 304, Las VegasBurke Construction Group Inc. $1,414,495, commercial - addition13420 Grand Valley Parkway, Las VegasUNEV Pipeline-Butane Blending $1,000,000, commercial408 E. Clark Ave., Las VegasExecutive Homes Inc. $350,000, tenant improvement - banquet hall12 E. Ogden Ave., Las VegasLogic LLC $350,000, tenant improvement - offices1865 Village Center Circle, Las VegasBreslin Builders $345,000, tenant improvement - store8426 Farm Road, Suite 130, Las VegasJA Tiberti Construction Co. $306,007, solar3829 Champagne Wood Drive, North Las VegasSunrun Installation Services $293,441, residential - production2272 Horizon Light Court, Hen-dersonVernon Adam Hartung $280,522, commercial - alteration5570 Camino Al Norte, North Las VegasMS Whittington Construction $280,010, roof-mounted photovol-taic system7431 Dumbarton Oaks St., Las VegasSolarCity Corp. $213,443, single-family residential - production12019 Girasole Ave., Las VegasToll South LV LLC $203,258, single-family residential - production12125 Rojo Roma Ave., Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC $194,186, single-family residential - production5526 Fowler Plains Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $193,476, single-family residential - production9767 Mosaic Canyon Court, Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC $193,476, single-family residential

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Records and Transactions- production9773 Mosaic Canyon Court, Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC $185,647, single-family residential - production340 Rezzo St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $185,647, single-family residential - production12225 Olivetta Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $177,661, residential - production500 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $177,661, residential - production492 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $175,008, single-family residential - production3229 Grayson Lake Court, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $160,638, residential - production504 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $159,992, tenant improvement - medical office2845 Siena Heights Drive, Hen-dersonSiena V Holding LP $159,141, residential - production417 Honeybrush Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $158,749, residential - new3005 W. Gilmore Ave., North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $158,479, residential - new2404 Charmed Oasis Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $158,404, residential - new5709 Sagamore Canyon St., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. $157,019, single-family residential - production12225 Nasino Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $157,019, single-family residential - production12238 Nasino Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $150,741, single-family residential - production12222 Tempestad Ave., Las VegasToll South LV LLC $148,699, single-family residential

- production454 Port Reggio St., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $143,260, residential - new3009 W. Gilmore Ave., North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $142,050, residential - new105 Ave Marina Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $142,050, residential - new5109 Alejandro Way, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $142,050, residential - new5105 Alejandro Way, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $142,050, residential - new109 Ave Marina Ave., North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $142,050, residential - new5104 Alejandro Way, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $140,924, single-family residential - production107 Colantonio Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $140,919, single-family residential - production462 Port Reggio St., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $139,512, residential - production496 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $138,514, residential - production1318 Reef Point Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $138,306, single-family residential - production9644 Ashlynn Peak Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $138,306, single-family residential - production9652 Ashlynn Peak Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $137,904, residential - production2609 Marvel Astoria St., Hender-sonBeazer-Inspirada LLC $135,000, commercial - remodel2675 Windmill Parkway, HendersonPT Summit LP $134,440, single-family residential

- production3233 Grayson Lake Court, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $134,440, single-family residential - production3225 Grayson Lake Court, Las VegasAdaven Homes LLC $132,996, single-family residential - production10750 Fenway Park Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes $132,996, single-family residential - production10721 Red Badge Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes $132,921, roof-mounted photovol-taic system9500 Fox Forest Ave., Las VegasSunrun Installation Services $132,796, single-family residential - production123 Berneri Drive, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $132,491, residential - new4305 Red Fan Palm Court, North Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada $131,971, residential - custom1235 Gloria Mountain Road, Hen-dersonEdward Scott Moor and Mary Louise Moor $131,315, single-family residential - production6408 Dunns River St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $131,315, single-family residential - production6414 Dunns River St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $130,743, single-family residential - production111 Colantonio Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $129,000, commercial - alteration2815 W. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las VegasE&M Enterprises Inc. $128,644, residential - production32 Sadler Shore St., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $128,644, residential - production28 Sadler Shore St., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $128,644, residential - production900 Tasker Pass Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$125,728, single-family residential - production6777 Pleasant Flower St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $125,728, single-family residential - production6413 Dunns River St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $125,553, residential - new5112 Alejandro Way, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $125,338, residential - new4357 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $123,986, residential - production513 Heritage Bridge Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $121,327, residential - new2508 Charmed Oasis Court, North Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $117,368, residential - new5113 Alejandro Way, North Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc. $116,927, single-family residential - production110 Berneri Drive, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada $116,611, residential - production420 Honeybrush Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $116,112, residential - production509 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $115,779, residential - production413 Honeybrush Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $115,779, residential - production416 Honeybrush Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC $113,342, single-family residential - production6723 Pleasant Flower St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada $112,840, residential - production365 Monique Springs St., Hender-sonDR Horton Inc. $112,840, residential - production371 Monique Springs St., HendersonDR Horton Inc. $112,397, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 18105, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$112,397, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 18102, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $112,397, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 22104, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $112,397, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 22102, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $112,397, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 22102, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $112,175, residential - production517 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $112,175, residential - production505 Heritage Bridge Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC $111,399, residential - production273 Persistence Court, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $108,865, single-family residential - production10750 Wrigley Field Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes $107,295, residential - production373 Monique Springs St., Hender-sonDR Horton Inc. $106,108, residential - new4408 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $106,108, residential - new4405 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $106,108, residential - new4316 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc. $104,911, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 1804, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $104,911, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 1803, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC $104,911, townhouse - production1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 22103, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC To receive a complete copy of Data Plus every week in Excel, please visit vegasinc.com/subscribe.

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Category: speCialty Care hospitals(ranked By january-june operating revenue)

HospitalOperating revenue

Net income (loss)

Licensed beds

Inpatient days

Occupancy rate Top executive

1 Kindred Hospital Las Vegas - Flamingo Campus2250 E. Flamingo RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119

$22,058,676 $1,779,457 174 21,091 66.96 Minta Albietz, CEO

2 Complex Care Hospital at Tenaya2500 N. Tenaya WayLas Vegas, NV 89128

$20,238,835 $4,445,443 70 11,183 88.26 Michael Shaw, CEO

3 HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Henderson10301 Jeffreys St.Henderson, NV 89052

$16,541,933 $4,362,481 90 12,024 73.81 Samantha Billig, CEO

4 HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Las Vegas1250 S. Valley View Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89102

$14,713,036 $3,625,281 79 10,937 76.48 Michael Ward, CEO

Montevista Hospital5900 W. Rochelle Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89103

$13,674,438 $2,570,226 162 20,311 69.26 Rich Failla, CEO

6 Kindred Hospital Las Vegas - Sahara Campus5110 W. Sahara Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89146

$12,488,112 $1,128,250 52 6,725 71.45 Doug McCoy, CEO

7 Seven Hills Behavioral Institute3021 W. Horizon Ridge ParkwayHenderson, NV 89052

$11,419,172 $3,404,720 94 10,524 61.85 Rob Turner, CEO

8 HealthSouth - Desert Canyon Rehabilitation Hospital9175 W. Oquendo RoadLas Vegas, NV 89148

$10,844,023 $1,927,877 50 7,455 82.37 Andrea Davis, CEO

9 Spring Mountain Treatment Center7000 W. Spring Mountain RoadLas Vegas, NV 89117

$9,895,961 $1,544,899 110 13,640 68.50 Darryl Dubroca, CEO/managing director

10 Horizon Specialty Hospital - Henderson8550 S. Eastern Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89123

$8,105,045 $801,736 39 5,883 83.34 Darrin Cook, CEO

11 Kindred Hospital Las Vegas - Rose de Lima Campus102 E. Lake Mead Parkway, Third FloorHenderson, NV 89015

$6,030,729 $15,949 28 3,480 68.66 Doug McCoy, CEO

12 Horizon Specialty Hospital - Las Vegas640 Desert LaneLas Vegas, NV 89106

$3,896,466 ($382,068) 61 3,186 28.85 Darrin Cook, CEO

13 Spring Mountain Sahara Behavioral Institute5460 W. Sahara Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89146

$3,871,269 $919,705 30 4,544 83.68 Darryl Dubroca, CEO/managing director

14 Red Rock Behavioral Health Hospital5975 W. Twain Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89103

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