Cannery Casino Resorts Tops Off the Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel

Cannery Casino Resorts topped off its Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel at the Nevada Palace Casino & Hotel site located near Boulder Highway and Harmon Avenue. The topping-off commenced with a Christmas tree hoisted to the top of the building.

The new Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel will be the latest addition to the Cannery Casino Resorts family and will have 65,000 sq ft of casino space that will house 2,000 slot machines, 26 table games, a 400-seat bingo hall, a live keno lounge, poker room and a race & sports book.

In addition to the casino, the Eastside Cannery Casino & Hotel will have various amenities to draw locals and tourists to the property. There will be 307 hotel rooms, five restaurants, an ultra-lounge atop the 16-story hotel tower, three bars, an upscale live entertainment lounge, resort spa, Jacuzzi and a half-acre pool area complete with cabanas.

For meeting planners, the Eastside Cannery will have 20,000 sq ft of ballroom and meeting space to service a variety of meeting and convention needs.

Cannery Casino Resorts continues its long-time relationship with Las Vegas-based Klai Juba Architects to create Eastside Cannery. The inspiration of the design comes from buildings of the industrial age of the early 20th Century. The most prominent feature to the property will be a bronze hotel tower that will have heavy steel structural and decorative elements, which will have a saw tooth roofline reminiscent of buildings of that era. There will be an abundance of visual references to the burgeoning industrial era with the use of brick and steel in various aspects along with cross-braced steel facades and heavy steel open trusses. The 40’s theme of Cannery Casino & Hotel in North Las Vegas will evolve into an early-60’s theme at the new Eastside Cannery.

The project’s general contractor is M.J. Dean Construction. Harry Kimbler is the project manager and John Thomason is the project superintendent for the contractor.

TWC Construction Awarded New Contract by Blackstone Capital Group

TWC Construction has commenced work on its second project for Blackstone Capital Group. The new Durango Centennial Retail Center is valued at $6.5 million for site improvements and shell structures and is composed of four, one-story wood frame/stucco buildings totaling 72,000 sq ft and includes a 55,000-sq-ft underground parking structure. It is located on 3.63 acres at the corner of Durango Drive and Centennial Parkway in the growing northwest sub-market of Las Vegas. The project is scheduled for completion at the beginning of the third quarter.

Meanwhile, work is proceeding as planned at the Blackstone Retail Center on Fort Apache Drive, TWC Construction’s first project with the California-based developer with an anticipated opening date of July 10.

Blackstone Capital Group’s real estate investments include commercial office buildings, condominiums developments, retail / grocery anchored shopping centers and hospitality projects throughout the West. At this time, Blackstone has six projects in different stages of development with a completed value in excess of $170 million.

Crisci Builders Announces Tule Springs Village Contract

Crisci Builders has contracted with Arizona-based Vertical Holdings Co. to build a retail and office complex named Tule Springs Village at Durango Drive and Farm Road.

The two-story, 56,000-sq-ft complex will be anchored by Tuesday Morning, a discount home accessories and gifts store. Another 17,000-sq-ft space is still available for occupancy. Twenty-two individual spaces measuring 1,000 sq ft each are available for lease.

Construction of the $5.2 million project began on Jan. 8 and completion is scheduled for July. Dekker/Perich/Sabatini is the architect of record, with Crisci Builders’ Paul Carrico serving as project manager. 

Helix Electric Completes Work on UNLV Dental Facility

Helix Electric Inc. has completed the electrical sub-contracting work on a 44,000-sq-ft dental education facility on the Shadow Lane Campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. A design-build project that started construction in 2006, the new dental facility consists of 60 dental chairs, an oral surgery center, student viewing facilities and administrative offices.

Sletten Construction was the general contractor and PGAL was the architect on the project.

Helix Electric was responsible for design and installation of all utilities, back-up systems, fiber optic and Cat 6 phone lines, lighting and dimming systems, fire alarm, distribution systems, site and street lighting and powered microscopes.

SR Construction has completed construction on the tenant improvements for City National Bank located at 10801 Charleston Blvd. in Las Vegas. 

The 21,837-sq-ft project consists of their corporate headquarters, the City National Bank Summerlin branch and the City National Wealth Management offices. Estimated construction costs were approximately $2.8 million. Parker Scaggiari served as the architect on the project.

SR Construction Awarded Construction Contract for Varian Medical Systems Project

SR Construction was awarded the contract for the construction of the LV-5 Test Cell project for Varian Medical Systems located at 6811 Spencer St. in Las Vegas. 

The 85,754-sq-ft project consists of four concrete test cell vaults, production area and administrative offices. The project is slated for completion in the second quarter.

Estimated construction costs for the project are approximately $12 million. Hoover Associates will serve as the architect for the project.

Korte Completes Walgreens Store at Shadow Mountain

The Korte Company recently completed a 14,725-sq-ft Walgreens retail store, which is located at the Shadow Mountain Marketplace on 6495 N. Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas. The $2 million project began in May 2007. Korte has worked on several Walgreen Co. projects since the early 1990’s, including distribution centers and other retail stores.

Panattoni Las Vegas Announces New Tenant for Civic Center Corporate Park

The Las Vegas division of Panattoni Development Co. announced a 100,000-sq-ft build-to-suit has been leased by CertainTeed Gypsum Finishing Products in the Civic Center Corporate Park, located on the southeast corner of Civic Center Drive and Alexander Road in North Las Vegas. The transaction is valued at $7,756,890.

CertainTeed Gypsum Finishing Products is a national manufacturer of building materials.

Patti Dillon and Dan Doherty of Colliers Intl. Las Vegas represented the lessor, and Donna Alderson and Greg Tassi of CB Richard Ellis represented Panattoni Development Co.

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