From the monthly archives:

January 2009

5 Star Accommodations in Las Vegas

by admin on January 30, 2009

As hard as it is to imagine, until 2007 Las Vegas did not have a Five Star rated hotel! That changed when the Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas was awarded the honor from the Mobil Travel Guide. Another hotel has just made the list, the Sky Lofts at MGM Grand (not to be [...]

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Monterey Condos Back in the News

by admin on January 27, 2009

The Monterey condos community located in the Las Vegas Country Club was back in the news last week. A cleverly disguised article (ad) in the RJ announced “special pricing” over the weekend. The article went on to tout the various features of the community which are actually very nice. The community has five pools and [...]

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Fontainebleau Going Forward

by admin on January 20, 2009

In a town of long odds, completing a construction project isn’t a safe bet. Several projects around the valley have stalled or went bankrupt due to the inability to gain financing. However, it looks like the Fontainebleau Resorts will not be one of them. The resort is planned to open in October of this year. [...]

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CityCenter loses some Condos

by admin on January 7, 2009

CityCenter, long thought to be the one bullet proof project in Las Vegas announced that one of the component towers, the Harmon Hotel & Spa will not have any condominiums as originally planned.

Citycenter CEO Robert Baldwin said stated that by removing the condos it removed “the need for substantial redesign…resulting from contractor construction errors.”

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Manhattan West’s Future is Uncertain

by admin on January 3, 2009

Manhattan West has stalled, suspending construction until new financing can be secured. It’s kind of ironic, considering what the developer, Alex Edelstein stated in the press last year to another developer when his project was cancelled.
Gemstone Development who developed the Manhattan condos community on south Las Vegas boulevard has lost funding for the $350 million [...]

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