The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $365 million construction contract to build a new veterans hospital and medical center in North Las Vegas. It’s the largest construction contract ever granted by the VA. The long-planned facility located at the Northern 215 Beltway and Pecos will include a 790,000-square-foot hospital, medical treatment clinics, and [...] [...more]
Having spearheaded a number of million-dollar projects in Las Vegas, Michael Nigro has thorough knowledge of the thousands of things that can thwart construction. A key challenge to real estate development now is financing, the president of Nigro Construction said. Credits: Review Journal [...more]
Martin-Harris Construction is building the first phase of Desert Blue, a 19-story, 281-room time share project by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts on Twain Avenue, west of Interstate 15. It will be Wyndham’s flagship time share property with one- and two-bedroom units and Presidential Suites. Amenities include a lobby, outdoor pools, fountains and spas. The initial phase is [...] [...more]
When Stefanie Robinson and her husband, Paul, began searching for a new home, she was also looking for a new career. “I graduated from the Art Institute of Las Vegas and told the career placement department I was interested in working for a builder. At the same time, we were looking for a new home and [...] [...more]
Despite lacking a complete playground, students at Gordon McCaw Elementary School still seemed ecstatic to walk into the door of their brand new building during the first week of school. Gordon McCaw and Robert Taylor elementary schools, both built in 1954, experienced several changes during the summer, courtesy of funding from Clark County School District’s 1998 [...] [...more]
Developer Jim Letchinger is “proceeding cautiously” with construction of the $50 million Mercer condominium project on Tropicana Avenue west of the Las Vegas Beltway. Letchinger, president of Chicago-based JDL Development, said the 113-unit midrise condo project is about 60 percent sold and scheduled to open by the middle of next year. Even as the Las Vegas housing [...] [...more]
