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The casino at the Cosmopolitan looks much different today than when the Blackstone Group took over the resort in late 2014. ¶ In just the past few months, the casino debuted a high-limit slot space, a chic cocktail lounge called

Clique, a relocated race and sports book, and a revamped Bond lounge. And there are more changes to come. ¶ For cosMopolitan, continueD on page 15

7.3%Increase in arriving and de-

parting passengers at McCar-

ran International Airport from

January 2015 to January 2016,

according to the Clark County

Department of Aviation.

5.3%Increase in the amount of

tangible goods sold in Ne-

vada from December 2014 to

December 2015. Spending in

bars and restaurants jumped

6 percent to $760.7 million.

Rebirth of the Cosmopolitan

the new high-roller gaming area at

the cosmopolitan of las Vegas is part

of a larger overhaul of the resort’s

gaming operations. (STEVE MARCUS/STAff)

New ownership has refined some aspects of the resort, and the results are showing

05 06 18Q&A WITH WHIT SELERTSenior of counsel at the law fi rm Fisher & Phillips talks about the importance of cultivating talent in South-ern Nevada’s arts com-munity, one of his most interesting slip-and-fall cases and his admiration of Leonardo da Vinci.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P4

MEET: SADDLE N SPURSBobby and Melissa Kingston didn’t want their bar to be just a sports bar, or just a gaming bar, or just a water-ing hole. They wanted to at-tract an array of customers. For them, live music was the way to reach everyone.

TALKING POINTSFrustrations at the pump fueled by gas stations, 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: Private schools, P22

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CORRECTION

The Vintage Vegas feature in the Feb. 28 issue of VEGAS INC contained an error. It should have read: Pictured from left to right are Frank Kerestesi, Tom Kerestesi, Mark McKinley and Jim Burns at the 1987 groundbreaking of Cragin & Pike’s headquarters at 2603 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas.

AS SUMMERLIN LAND GROWS MORE EXPENSIVE, FEWER BUILDERS BUY IN

Summerlin is a lucrative market for

homebuilders, whose sales volume in 2015

rose faster in that community than it did

valleywide .

But the area might prove too lucrative :

Land sales keep falling amid rising prices.

Summerlin developer Howard Hughes

Corp. sold 219 acres of mostly residential

land last year in the master-planned

community, the largest in Las Vegas.

The price per acre rose to $542,000 , up

4.6 percent from 2014, for the second

consecutive annual increase, company

offi cials reported.

At 22,500 acres, Summerlin is one of

the more popular and affl uent places

to live in Las Vegas, with parks, trails,

upscale homes and proximity to Red Rock

Canyon National Conservation Area.

Builders sold 600 new homes there

in 2015, up 38 percent from 2014. By

comparison, builders sold 6,800 new

homes in Clark County in 2015, up 13

percent, according to Home Builders

Research.

Sales totals in Summerlin will slide

eventually if builders keep cutting back

on land. For now, though, Howard Hughes

Corp. doesn’t appear to be worried,

as the company is in for the long haul:

Summerlin has a projected completion

date of 2039.

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nicole Ward is multifamily re-gional manager at Virtus Resi-dential, a property manage-ment and brokerage company.

Maggie Arias-Petrel joined the Dignity health-st. Rose Dominican board of directors.

John necs is a project man-ager at Burke Construction Group.

Mariesa Bergin is director of communications at the nevada Farm Bureau.

Ryan Cu-persmith, managing partner at ernst & Young, and UnLV Athletic Di-rector tina Kunzer-Murphy are on the board of directors of After-school All-stars Las Vegas.

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Karie hall, vice president and general manager of the Cromwell, received the 2015 Hotelier of the Year award from the Boutique and Lifestyle Lodg-ing Association.

Jennifer Dehaven joined the Las Vegas Global economic Alliance board of directors.

holly Welborn is the American Civil Liberties Union of ne-vada state policy director.

Josh hirsberg and steve thompson are executive vice presidents at Boyd Gaming. Hirsberg oversees financial affairs. Thompson oversees the company’s Nevada operations. Ex-ecutive Vice President and Chief Business Devel-opment Officer Robert Boughner will retire this summer but will remain a member of the board of directors.

Peggy Kearns is director of the Department of Veterans Af-fairs’ Southern Nevada Health Care System.

The Association of Gaming equipment Manufacturers elected a new board of direc-tors under the leadership of President thomas Jingoli, chief compliance officer at Konami Gaming. One-year terms were approved for First Vice President Dan savage, chief administration officer, scientific Games; Second Vice President David Lucchese, executive vice president of games, everi; Secretary Mark Dunn, executive vice president and general counsel, Aristocrat Leisure Limited; Treasurer tom nieman, vice president of sales and market-ing, JCM Global; Vice President of Government Relations steven DiMasi, vice president of global government relations, IGt; Co-General Counsel harper Ko, deputy general counsel, Scientific Games; Co-General Counsel Daron Dorsey, general counsel, North American operations, Ainsworth Game technology.

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Deirdre strunk was named Spa Director of the Year by the Las Vegas spa Association. Jody Corpuz, spa director at south Point, won the Bill Ochoa Hu-manitarian Award for her sup-port of the spa association and for hosting her third annual “Tough Love” exercise class to benefit nextstep Fitness. Frank Kennedy of Ready Care won the vendor Award for Out-standing Member, and Jennifer Barker of sahra spa at the Cosmopolitan won the Spa Manager

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Bobby and Melissa Kingston didn’t want their bar to be just a sports bar, or just a gaming bar, or just a watering hold. They wanted to attract an array of customers who could appreciate all the tavern has to offer. For them, live music was the way to reach everyone. Bobby Kingston answered questions from VEGAS INC about their business, Saddle N Spurs Saloon.

Describe your business.We are a local, family-owned and

-operated bar that offers gaming, food and reasonable drink prices. We have two pool tables, a TouchTunes juke-box, 15 high-definition TVs, including a 150-inch projection system for spe-cial events, and free Wi-Fi.

Football is a big deal to us, and we will soon be expanding into other sports, such as NASCAR. Our real niche, and where the real magic occurs, is with our licensed night club element, with live music every night.

We primarily stick to the “Ameri-cana” musical genres. I define that as real people, playing real instruments, about real life in America. This is char-acterized most completely in the clas-sic country, new country, blues, classic rock and jazz stylings of music.

Who are your customers? We have diverse patrons from all

walks of life and skin tones. Retired folks come in during the day on week-days. Blue- and white-collar working folks come in for our 3-7 p.m. daily happy hour. Bikers come in for our bike nights. Basically, down-to-earth American folks, with a few tourists looking for a honky-tonk bar.

What is your business philoso-phy?

We strive to provide a down-to-earth bar with great service, reasonable costs, supportive regular customers and spectacular music with no cover charge.

There was a time when places like ours were practically on every street corner, but now only the best and most popular have survived.

is it difficult to find musical acts?Finding the acts to fill the roster is

easy because few places today offer the opportunity at all, let alone every night. We are always looking for new talent. The cream eventually will rise to the top, and it is our goal to become the premier small, live-music club

in the Entertainment Capital of the World.

Did business dictate that you expand your music lineup?

It is more of a personal decision than a business decision. I have been disap-pointed with the decline of live-music venues.

Instead of becoming a full-time mu-sician at a young age, I waited until I was in my later 20s to get into it. My father, Jack Kingston, was a Canadian country music pioneer who is under consideration for induction in the Ca-nadian Country Music Hall of Fame. He steered me away from music as a career and encouraged me to pursue my engineering education.

I have worked hard and now am in a position to build something that chal-lenges my business experience and fulfills my desire to support live music and perform myself.

What’s the most important part of your job?

The people — connecting with cus-tomers and making their experience the best it can be. Second is making

sure the staff can carry the torch when owners are unable to be there. When you are open 24/7, you simply can-not be there for everyone all the time. Third is our entertainment, as we have to provide the best we can afford with-out compromise. After the people, it doesn’t matter so much because every place is just four walls with a bunch of technology inside it. Quality people serving quality customers always wins.

What is the hardest part about doing business in Las vegas?

Las Vegas is a transient town with a lot of service industry workers just barely getting by, so they cannot afford to go out much. It is expensive and hard to market to the tourist element. We rely on a lot of word-of-mouth adver-tising, and with the turnover of folks through town, it can be frustrating building a consistent local following.

Coupled with this is the competition with any of the lounges that offer live entertainment, as the larger corpo-rates generally don’t have cover charg-es and sell their drinks at a competitive rate because their core business is the casino floor and they can sustain the lounge to operate at a loss; we cannot. People get spoiled easily with cost and quality, while musicians get spoiled with casino lounge pay scales that small clubs simply cannot afford.

What is the best part about do-ing business here?

Las Vegas offers customers 24 hours a day and the ability for a small club like ours to pull revenue from gaming to subsidize food and beverage and help offset the lack of a cover charge.

Las Vegas has world-class musicians who often will play with acts on a part-time basis that we can book into our club. The average level of musicianship on any given weeknight can far exceed most every other city in North Amer-ica. Many touring acts come through town, and we are starting to see some well-known musicians from those acts sit in with the bands we have. That helps build excitement and buzz for a small club.

What obstacles has your busi-ness overcome?

One of the biggest was performing a complete makeover without closing the bar and risking the regular cus-tomers going somewhere else.

Performing professionally over 20 years myself, I have learned how to make shows at our club more appeal-ing and less cumbersome for bands by providing a quality back line of equip-ment that all the acts can use when they perform at our place.

How can nevada improve its business climate?

As jurisdictional entities have be-come more tapped out financially, costs to small-business owners have increased during a time of depressed revenue. If the state were to make op-erating fees and licenses lower or adopt funding formulas based on revenue rather than flat fees, small businesses would become more financially secure and keep more people employed. I be-lieve that when times get tougher, the easy fix is to levy the surviving busi-nesses to the point of putting them un-der. When that happens, nobody wins.

What did you learn from the re-cession?

People have learned more about spending because they have had to. People don’t have the disposable in-comes they once did and, if they do, they are more careful with what they do with it.

People always will want to socialize, so bars will always be there to provide that opportunity, but only the ones that offer the most value and amenities to the customer for their hard-earned dollar will survive. Successful busi-nesses have learned this and are rein-venting themselves to offer more.

Sometimes I catch my business mind questioning my passion. When I do, I remind myself that I am in this for the long haul and to make a difference in the community.

Passion for live music is the bar’s baseline

Melissa and Bobby Kingston own and sometimes perform at Saddle N Spurs

Saloon, which offers live music nightly. (l.e. baSkow/Staff)

saddle n spurs saloonaddress: 2333 N. Jones Boulevard,

Suite 108, Las VegasPhone: 702-646-6292

email: [email protected]

Website: snssaloon.comHours of operation: 24/7

Owned/operated by: Bob Kingston Productions Inc., locally owned by

Melissa and Bobby Kingstonin business since: Nov. 1, 1984,

and under current ownership since July 1, 2014

by the numbers

$737 millionScientific Games’ revenue in the fourth quarter, 10 per-cent more than the third quarter and 4.2 percent

more than a year ago. The company will report a com-

parable three months for the first time since its acqui-sition of Bally Technologies

was finalized.

429Yahoo employees laid off in February. More cuts are

expected as the com-pany works to decrease its workforce by 15 percent, or

roughly 1,600 jobs.

3,000Employees that informa-tion technology company

HP plans to lay off this year. HP let an additional 51,000

people go before the company split with Hewlett

Packard Enterprise.

21 percentWeight Watchers Interna-tional’s drop in revenue in the fourth quarter, which

ended Jan. 2. The company lost 4.8 percent of active subscribers, despite part-nering with medial mogul Oprah Winfrey to try to

boost sales.

$6.8 billionAmount nuclear energy

giant Exelon plans to spend to take over Pepco Hold-ings. Exelon has to create new terms for the acquisi-

tion after the District of Columbia’s Public Service Commission rejected an

earlier merger settlement.

$835 millionSettlement Dow Chemical

agreed to pay to resolve an antitrust case being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The likelihood of the court overturning a $1.06 billion jury award narrowed after the death of Justice Anto-

nin Scalia.

$119.6 millionAmount Apple wanted

Samsung Electronics to pay for alleged patent infringe-ments. But Apple lost its

appeal, meaning Samsung can continue using phone features such as slide-to-

unlock technology.

What is the most interesting case you’ve han-dled?

Years ago, I represented a nationwide department store chain in a slip-and-fall claim brought by a wonder-ful 94-year-old woman who had shopped with that store every Tuesday for years. I ended up resolving the case by agreeing that the woman could enter the store a half-hour early every Tuesday for the rest of her life. She was so excited that her friends would have to watch through the window as she received this special privilege.

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

I would accelerate the pace of change and investment in the downtown and Arts District corridors. There is such a high concentration of talent in this community. Building an authentic urban environment where that talent can flourish is exciting, and experiencing it on foot is one of my favorite things to do.

What has been your most exciting professional project?

Wading into the often-contentious public-sector labor-relations arena is always exciting, and we’ve had several significant recent successes helping public-sec-tor employers rein in and save hundreds of millions of dollars in long-term costs and liabilities.

What do you do after work?I like to go to Frankie’s Tiki Lounge, walk my dog, build

things in my garage and goof around with geometry.

Describe your management style.

Give responsibility, and reward those who can effec-tively and efficiently discharge that responsibility.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?I assume we will still be one of the top labor and em-

ployment firms in the country, and I hope I’m still giving advice and guidance to help good businesses and good people do the right thing.

What is your dream job, outside of law? It’s a toss-up between race car driver and beachside

paddle board rental agent — because why not?

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

Southern Spain or northwest Africa, because the lay-ers of culture upon culture upon culture over such a long period of time makes for very complex and interesting communities.

Whom do you admire?Leonardo da Vinci, because why wouldn’t you admire

a multitalented vegetarian genius who mastered math, engineering, art and philosophy?

What is your biggest pet peeve?People who drive and text. I don’t want to die while

you try to type “lol” with your thumb.

What is something people might not know about you?

I was an Arabic linguist, interrogator and counter-in-tel agent for the U.S. Army.

Q&A with whit selert

In life and business, encourage talentAttorney Whit Selert advises businesses in matters of employment. (l.e. baskow/staff)

Whit Selert is senior of counsel at the law firm Fisher & Phillips, which helps clients navi-gate the rules and regulations that govern the employer-employee relationship: hiring, fir-ing, workplace safety, discrimination, harassment and union issues. The firm is coordinating with Las Vegas to provide free HR training to downtown businesses.

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Smith’S world

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

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Frustrations at the pump fueled by gas stations

O n behalf of all the drivers in Las Vegas, here’s a modest proposal to Shell and Sin-clair, 76 and 7-Eleven, Mobil

and Maverick, even Fab Freddy’s and Fast Eddie’s. In other words, pretty much every gas station but Costco: Knock it off.

Not the nozzle, of course. That could lead to a gas station conflagration straight out of “The Birds,” or “Christine,” or if you can’t remember back that far, pretty much any movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger or directed by Michael Bay.

No, instead, you must cease the senseless Q&A sessions at the pump. Do you have a membership number? Is this a credit card? Is this a debit card? What’s your PIN? Do you want a 10-cent fuel award today? Do you want a receipt? What’s your ZIP code? Would you like a car wash? What kind of car wash?

Hillary Clinton didn’t get grilled this badly at the Beng-hazi hearings.

How many times have you stood there, like a chump at the pump, squeezing and squeezing, wondering why nothing’s coming out? What is this, 1972 all over again? But it’s not an oil embargo making your hose flaccid; rather, you haven’t fully completed your questionnaire.

This game of 20 questions is especially annoying come July or August. Question: How is it possible that all of these stations are constructed in such a way that no matter where the sun hangs in the sky, there’s never any shade?

We’re motorists, not masochists. None of us enjoys shielding our eyes from the ultra-violent ultraviolet rays as we peck key after key, like a one-fingered man hacking into NORAD.

Even better are those stations that don’t have individual credit-card acceptors. Instead, they make everyone queue up at a single, centrally located kiosk. Perfect. Scarcity meets competition. It’s a nice twist straight out of “The Hunger Games.”

And finally, who decided to blast that TV six inches from our ears? The Marquis de Sade? Equipping gas stations with the world’s cheapest speaker system and cranking the vol-ume up “Spinal Tap” style was an especially tortuous touch.

Elon Musk, take me away!The time has come, you fuelish franchisees, to quiet down

and speed up. You can find oil reserves in the ground under the ocean; you should be able to figure out if my Visa is debit or credit. Yes, we want our fuel reward today. What do you think? We want to save it for later, like leftovers from a Chi-nese restaurant? Unless you’re going to send us a fruit basket, stop bugging us for our ZIP code. Mute that TV and, oh, when it comes to the car wash, don’t ask. We’ll tell. Besides, our cars wouldn’t be so dirty if they weren’t stuck here so long.

There, just saved us all a lot of time and aggravation. And one more thing: Get rid of that nine-tenths of a cent

nonsense. You’re not fooling anyone.Roger Snow is a senior vice president at Scientific Games.

guest column: roger snow

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Warren Buffett discusses NV Energy, solar rates and Elon Musk in CNBC interviewBy daniel rothBergStaff Writer

Since Nevada utility regulators decided to increase bills for rooftop solar customers, Warren Buffett has found his name at the center of the debate over the rates.

Media reports have depicted Buf-fett — the chairman of Berkshire Ha-thaway, NV Energy’s parent company — as locked in a battle with SolarCity Chairman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over the future of the grid. Solar ad-vocates have been critical, and politi-cians have been outspoken about him on the campaign trail.

Meanwhile, the billionaire investor remained largely quiet. But recently, Buffett has broken the silence, includ-ing Feb. 29 to CNBC.

He said the new rate structure would shield NV Energy’s over 1 mil-lion nonsolar customers from cost shifts. He also discussed his relation-ship with Musk, detailing a conver-sation they had about the solar issue and subsidies for Tesla’s new battery plant in Northern Nevada.

Debate over rooftop solar reached a peak in December, when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted to raise a fixed service charge for so-lar customers and slash the value of credits those customers could earn by generating excess electricity under a program known as net metering. In the wake of the decision, several solar companies, including SolarCity, laid off hundreds of employees and ceased installations here.

Buffett says rates protect nonsolar customers

“We do not want our million-plus customers who do not have solar to be buying solar at 10.5 cents when we can turn it out for them at 4.5 cents or buy it for them at 4.5 cents,” Buffett told CNBC during a wide-ranging inter-view. “So we do not want the nonsolar customers, of whom there are over a million, to be subsidizing the 17,000 solar customers.”

At the center of the issue is how rooftop solar customers, who produce energy and purchase electricity from the grid, should be integrated with the utility. The commission determined that rooftop solar customers were not paying their fair share for the grid and shifting costs to other ratepayers.

That conclusion led regulators to cut the rate NV Energy reimburses solar customers for the excess electricity their rooftops generate.

Large solar plants typically charge utilities about 5 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity, significantly lower than the rate — about 11 cents — that NV Energy had been paying to purchase electricity from rooftop so-lar customers.

Under the new rates, phased in over 12 years, solar customers would be reimbursed at a lower rate, about 2.6 cents. But solar advocates say the low-er rate undermines the economics of net metering, noting that most states, including some where Berkshire utili-ties operate, reimburse customers at the higher rate.

Advocates of the solar industry and the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the state agency that represents all ratepayers before the Public Utilities Commission, also have said the cost shift is overstated, arguing that the subsidy had been improperly calcu-lated and contextualized. The com-mission relied on an NV Energy study the bureau said was flawed in that it did not consider the benefits of solar.

Buffett vs. muskIn January, Bloomberg Business-

week ran a cover photo depicting Buf-fett putting Musk in a stranglehold. Asked about the reported battle be-tween the two billionaires, Buffett said Musk had called him about the

rate structure.“He was unhappy,” Buffett said of

Musk. “He’s being subsidized with his battery plant big-time.”

In September 2014, the Nevada Legislature extended to Tesla a tax-incentive package estimated at $1.3 billion in tax incentives to build a 5.5 million-square-foot factory near Reno. As part of the package, Tesla was authorized to receive eight years of discounted NV Energy electricity rates. At the time, Northern Nevada power customers were expected to see their utility bills increase by about $1.50 a year.

Asked whether Musk was upset on the phone call, Buffett said: “Well, he would like the million people to subsi-dize the 17,000 (solar customers) just like the rest of Nevada is subsidizing his battery plant.”

Musk has often fought back against criticism of the incentives, which he says represent about a 1 percent dis-count on the factory, known as the Tesla Gigafactory.

He added the incentives are rela-tively minimal, given that the battery factory would be the largest-footprint building once completed.

“It makes sense that if something is the biggest thing on Earth, it’s prob-ably going to have incentives that are big in the absolute, but small in rela-tive terms,” Musk said.

Around the same time, Musk’s com-pany waded into the net-metering debate, with one of Tesla’s top execu-

tives urging the utilities commission to reconsider its decision to increase bills for solar customers.

the effect of solar and wind

The Buffett vs. Musk narrative re-flects a larger debate about the future of the electric grid.

On one hand, Buffett’s utilities have invested heavily in renewables. His company has invested about $16 billion in clean energy, and Buffett has said his company would take part in a White House climate pledge.

In a recent letter to shareholders, Buffett said the company’s future commitments to renewable energy investments “make great sense, both for the environment and for Berk-shire’s economics.”

But renewable energy may pose a threat to utilities, especially those that are inefficient.

Buffett wrote that, in the past, “util-ities were usually the sole supplier of a needed product and were allowed to price at a level that gave them a pre-scribed return upon the capital they employed.” That dynamic is chang-ing, he said, as the government pro-vides incentives for renewables, a move that “may eventually erode the economics of the incumbent utility, particularly if it is a high-cost opera-tor.”

Rooftop solar advocates argue that NV Energy supports investment in large-scale solar plants but not cus-tomer-generated solar because regu-lated utilities are allowed to profit on infrastructure investments. When customers generate their own elec-tricity through private investments, it cuts into the utility’s revenue because it reduces the utility’s need to invest in infrastructure for electricity.

Before the utilities commission ruling, NV Energy CEO Paul Caudill said the utility would not profit from a proposed rate structure similar to what the commission adopted.

“We stand in no way to benefit from the proposals we make,” he said. “These are all cost-based decisions. It is not about Berkshire Hathaway and Berkshire Hathaway Energy and what they want. The solution we fashioned was designed for our cus-tomers’ needs in the state. This is all about how you allocate costs.”

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is interviewed

Feb. 29 on CNBC. NV Energy is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. (CNBC)

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By Eli SEgallStaff Writer

A few decades ago, when Mark Paris was helping develop the mas-sive new community of Summerlin, a newspaper headline dubbed the newly opened Summerlin Parkway the “freeway to nowhere.”

Today, he’s in charge of developing another minicity, but this time he’s not building in the boonies.

Paris is CEO of the LandWell Co., developer of Cadence, a 2,200-acre master-planned community near the intersection of Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway in Henderson. Project plans at the former industri-al-waste dump call for 13,250 homes, 1.1 million square feet of commer-cial property, 30 acres of trails, six schools and a casino-resort.

Cadence is expected to take 10 to 15 years to complete, and homes range from about 1,800 to 3,200 square feet, costing $200,000 to $500,000.

Manufacturers and government agencies poured waste at the project site, legally, for years. They used un-lined evaporation ponds until 1976, and at least one company switched to lined ponds and dumped waste there until 2005. More than $120 million was spent on cleanup efforts.

About 400 acres contained poten-tially dangerous amounts of met-als, pesticides, asbestos and other contaminants. Work crews began hauling off polluted soil in 2008 to a waste-management site a few miles away. Virtually all of it had been removed by 2010, according to LandWell affiliate Basic Remedia-tion Co., which was formed to oversee the cleanup.

The company in late September received its final official acknowl-edgement from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection that it met its cleanup goals, said Ranajit “Ron” Sahu, project manager for Ba-sic Remediation.

LandWell postponed developing Cadence after the housing market crashed but started selling land to homebuilders by 2013, when Lennar Corp. acquired property for a 55-and-over community.

Cadence isn’t the only master-planned community in the valley that stalled during the recession and now is back in business. Others include 1,900-acre Inspirada in Henderson, which was forced into bankruptcy in 2011; 1,700-acre Skye Canyon in northwest Las Vegas, which was seized through foreclosure in 2008

before anything was built; and 2,700-acre Park Highlands in North Las Ve-gas, which went bankrupt twice and, after being split into two projects by sep-

arate groups last year, is still waiting for its first homes.

Paris spoke with VEGAS INC about his project.

Which builders are at Cadence?Lennar has purchased 208 acres

for an age-restricted, active-adult community. They’ll build about 950 homes, and they have about half of those lots graded. They’ve started construction on a 28,000-square-foot recreation center. They’ve added a man cave to it; should be real popular. The other builders are Ryland Homes, Richmond American Homes and Woodside Homes. We will probably add one more builder in the next few months, but our plan is to not have too many.

Why not bring in more build-ers? What’s the disadvantage to doing that?

You have more control over the planned community. We’ve been careful to make sure they have seg-mented areas in the market, so they aren’t directly competing with each other. The idea is to have a lot of prod-uct diversity but have a limited num-

ber of builders.

Who are the buyers? are they people who already live in the valley and this is a new house, or newcomers to the area?

Generally, we get people from this part of the valley, but it’s a mix. This is an infill property; we’re surrounded by development. The Galleria mall is five minutes away, the new Hender-son Hospital opens this year, that’s five minutes away. We just signed an agreement with Smith’s; they’re building a grocery store in Cadence, at Warm Springs and Lake Mead. They’ll break ground in probably the second or third quarter.

When you go along Boulder Highway, it looks like there’s space for commercial property.

We have 150 acres; we’re permitted through the city and state for a hotel-gaming property.

That’s the site Boyd gaming Corp. was in talks to buy from your company several years ago.

We’re still in discussions with Boyd, but there’s no demand now for a neighborhood casino. It’s years down the road, as soon as we get more homes built here. We’re permitted for 1,500 rooms, but I don’t think you’ll see that.

What are the pros and cons of living in an infill project?

We have the same amenities, the same housing, everything that you’d

find in Inspirada or Skye Canyon, but we’re close to everything. When I was working on Summerlin, I used to tell people if they were out there and they wanted to go buy groceries, they’d have to pack their lunch first. The other thing that I think sepa-rates us from other master-planned communities is that some were un-der multiple ownership and heavily in debt. We’re under one ownership group, we have no debt, and it gives us more stability. When people move in here, they don’t have to worry about the bank coming in and foreclosing on the developer.

Do you ever hear concerns about being so close to the industrial plants?

There’s a misconception about those industries. Titanium producer Timet has made a huge investment in their property; chlorine and hy-drochloric-acid maker Olin has made a big investment in upgrading and modernizing its facilities. If you go to major cities, you’ll find places with industrial complexes surrounded by residential housing.

Do you think more master-planned communities will pop up in the valley?

I think you’ll see it, but the chal-lenge, of course, is drive time and traffic. There have been rumblings that Coyote Springs (the 43,000-acre community an hour’s drive north of Las Vegas) is starting again, but for that, you do have to pack your lunch. Still, people commute here from Mes-quite, people commute here from St. George, Utah, so I think eventually you’ll see another planned commu-nity out in Logandale or somewhere, but I don’t think the market could sustain it at this point.

What persuaded you that the timing was right to bring back Cadence? Obviously the real estate market got wiped out, but what got you thinking it could work now?

We did some research that showed the market was coming back, there was more job creation on the Strip, and at the time, there was so much upheaval with other master-planned communities, with infighting and fi-nancial problems with their lenders. Given our independence, we were in a position to move forward when oth-ers didn’t have the capital or the coop-eration among the owners.

Convenient location adds luster to Cadence community

Cadence, a master-planned community being developed in Henderson, features a

50-acre park, 100-acre sports park and 30 acres of trails. (mikayla wHitmore/staff)

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Lyft files lawsuit against city, says driver fee is ‘illegal tax’By jackie valleyStaff Writer

Ride-hailing company Lyft is suing the city of Las Vegas, alleging a new business license fee is too vague and defies state law.

The lawsuit stems from a fee the Las Vegas City Council approved that charges ride-hailing companies based on their number of “active drivers.” Companies like Uber and Lyft must pay a semiannual fee of $50 for each active driver — defined as anyone who provided transportation to a customer within a given 30-day period.

The city will determine how much money is owed based on the number of active drivers reported each month by the companies. The average for each

six-month period will be calculated and then multiplied by $50.

The lawsuit alleges the fee is an “illegal tax” that goes beyond limits placed on local jurisdictions by the Legislature.

Assembly bills 175 and 176, as well as Senate Bill 376, which were enact-ed last year, created a framework for regulating and taxing transportation network companies.

“The Legislature adopted an express pre-emption clause, making it clear that local jurisdictions cannot impose additional taxes or fees on TNCs and drivers who use TNC platforms, other than a very specific and narrow excep-tion for imposing a business license fee that is ‘generally applicable to any

other business,’ ” the lawsuit states.The complaint also asserts the fee is

“unconstitutionally vague” because it is based on active drivers without any geographic limitations.

“The city of Las Vegas is trying to levy an outrageously high tax on ride-sharing that it doesn’t have the legal authority to collect,” Lyft spokes-woman Chelsea Wilson said in a state-ment. “When state leaders passed AB176 last year, they prohibited sin-gling out ride-sharing with fees that restrict competition and limit con-sumer choice. As the city has refused to reconsider its illegal tax, we are forced to take action.”

City officials declined to comment on the lawsuit. Uber, which also opposed

the fee, has not taken legal action.“We remain concerned about the

city of Las Vegas ordinance, which we believe directly conflicts with state law,” Uber spokesperson Taylor Pat-terson said in a statement. “We are closely reviewing Lyft’s complaint, and we are considering all of our op-tions.”

Ride-hailing companies have been operating under temporary business licenses in Las Vegas, and Lyft’s is set to expire March 23.

After the fee was approved Jan. 20 by the City Council, Lyft filed an ob-jection with the city clerk, city spokes-man Jace Radke said. The objection will be heard by the City Council dur-ing its March 16 meeting.

By j.d. morrisStaff Writer

A big decrease on the Strip drove statewide gaming revenue down near-ly 3 percent in January, but the rest of Southern Nevada generally had a bet-ter month, the state reported.

The Gaming Control Board said Ne-vada’s gaming revenue was $925.3 mil-lion in January, down 2.87 percent from last year. For the fiscal year, which began July 1, statewide gaming revenue was up 0.59 percent.

On the Strip, revenue fell 7.72 per-cent to $532.3 million. Baccarat rev-enue there declined 26.3 percent to $101.4 million and total table games

and sports book revenue was down 14.46 percent. Slot machine revenue, meanwhile, grew 0.67 percent to $258.5 million.

Those declines came despite some big events in January, notably New Year’s and the CES technology show — both of which reliably draw large numbers of visitors to the Strip every year. But Michael Lawton, senior re-search analyst for the gaming board, said there were some major events in January 2015 that were not repeated this year, including an additional UFC fight and a championship boxing match.

“I think the event calendar was

heavier last January,” Lawton said. Plus, he noted, the Super Bowl last year was Feb. 1, meaning the buildup to it happened at the end of January, driving a lot of gaming revenue then. This year, the Super Bowl was played Feb. 7.

In downtown Las Vegas, casinos won $42.1 million, an increase of 8.83 percent from January 2015. Slot ma-chine revenue grew 17.37 percent year over year.

Casinos in North Las Vegas won $22.8 million for the month, up 10.57 percent from the year before. And Laughlin, the Boulder Strip and Mes-quite reported year-over-year in-

creases of 6.92 percent, 16.09 percent and 1.81 percent, respectively.

Overall, Clark County’s gaming rev-enue dropped 3.3 percent to $810.5 million.

Up north, Washoe County gaming revenue dropped 1.87 percent to $58.8 million, as revenue in Reno declined 2.64 percent to $42.6 million. Sparks gaming revenue also fell 2.98 percent, but North Lake Tahoe saw its revenue grow 22.35 percent from January 2015.

The state said it collected $81.7 mil-lion in taxes on January’s revenue, up 19.59 percent from the same month last year.

By j.d. morrisStaff Writer

Three global firms in the financial services sector want federal regula-tors to clear a cash investment to re-ceive clean-energy tax credits from a thermal solar plant near Tonopah.

If the Federal Energy Regula-tory Commission approves the deal, subsidiaries of Capital One Finan-cial Corp., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corp. could invest in the Crescent Dunes project, which sells its electricity to NV Energy. In return for their invest-ment, the firms would receive tax

credits they could apply to discount their own taxes.

The transaction is expected to close within two months.

Bloomberg first reported the pro-posed deal.

The Crescent Dunes project, led by renewable developer SolarReserve Inc., completed its synchronization with the utility grid last fall. Over the next year, the plant will reach its full annual output of 110 megawatts, which it will sell to the utility for the next 25 years. SolarReserve says the plant is unique because it can gener-ate power at night, relying on energy

storage technology that allows it to produce electricity when the sun is not shining.

Crescent Dunes is seen as an eco-nomic development success. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a $737 million loan to fund the proj-ect. At the time, it was expected to create 600 construction jobs. Accord-ing to the Department of Energy web-site, 45 permanent jobs are projected to result from it.

In the regulatory document filed, the financial firms did not disclose the size of their investments. Selling tax credits, however, is not unusual

for renewable energy projects. Such deals are among the primary financ-ing options for clean-energy projects, which do not always have the large tax base necessary to take full advantage of some tax credits.

In addition to SolarReserve, renew-able manufacturer ACS Cobra, whose affiliate built Crescent Dunes, and the financial services firm Santander are also investors. Under the deal pend-ing before the federal energy com-mission, these three investors would maintain most of their original in-vestment with the three new firms playing a largely passive role.

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It’s all part of a new strategy led by McBeath, who was named CEO in Decem-ber 2014 as the C osmopol it a n was changing owners. Black-stone bought the resort from Deutsche Bank

for $1.7 billion.McBeath spearheaded the develop-

ment of a business plan that included about $200 million in investments in areas such as the casino and the resort’s food and beverage offerings. The goal was to bring those areas more in line with the “cool, hip Cos-mo brand” the resort already had es-tablished, McBeath said.

“In a lot of areas, we weren’t deliv-ering on that expectation — specifi-cally in the casino,” he said.

Slots, in particular, left a lot of room for improvement before Mc-Beath took over.

The resort used to have high-limit slots and table games all in one place on the casino floor. Now, high-limit

slots and tables have distinct spaces.

“Through the years, we’ve discovered that that’s not the same custom-er,” said Kevin Sweet, the Cos-

mopolitan’s vice president of slot op-erations and marketing. “They really don’t want to be in the same room. To truly provide great guest service for both ends of the spectrum — tables and slots — each one of them needs its own address.”

Even before segmenting the high-end gaming areas, the Cosmopolitan already had made significant prog-ress growing its gambling revenue.

Compared with 2014, gambling revenue rose 13 percent through the first nine months of 2015, resort of-ficials reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Slot revenue

grew 20.4 percent, and table games revenue increased 9.8 percent. The Cosmopolitan’s strong casino perfor-mance bolstered two straight quar-terly profits, a major accomplish-ment given the resort consistently had been unprofitable since it opened in December 2010.

Casino revenue growth alone wasn’t responsible for the profit. Net revenue actually was down slightly during the first nine months of 2015. Operat-ing expenses, however, fell sharply year over year, with depreciation and amortization expenses showing a particularly significant drop, from $125.6 million in the first nine months of 2014 to $83 million in 2015.

Depreciation expense declined be-cause of a revaluation of the fixed as-sets related to the Blackstone sale, Cosmopolitan officials said. In other

words, the purchase price of the Cos-mopolitan was lower than what the resort had been valued at by its previ-ous owner.

“It’s difficult to maintain a case that the value of an asset is X, if it sold for .8 of X,” Union Gaming Group an-alyst Christopher Jones said.

The Cosmopolitan also reduced operating expenses for the hotel, food and beverage, entertainment, sales and marketing, and corporate operations.

That the Cosmopolitan was able to grow casino revenue so strongly is noteworthy because gaming rev-enue on the Strip was relatively flat in 2015.

Jones said the resort had been “un-dershooting its potential” in the past. He said he was confident about how the casino had changed since Black-

stone and McBeath entered the pic-ture.

“Moving into the higher end and ultimately more profitable side of gaming requires investment into quality facilities and the willingness and ability to handle the sometimes volatile nature of the high-limit gam-ing business,” Jones said. “One only needs to walk the floor of the Cosmo, especially on the weekend, to see that they have made positive improve-ments to their gaming business.”

The casino at the Cosmopolitan is smaller than many other Strip resorts’, and with much of the Cos-mopolitan’s nongaming amenities located on higher floors, customers easily can bypass tables and slots. But McBeath said the layout is beneficial in important ways.

“The corporate meetings love the Cosmo because of how compact it is and how easy it is for their delegates to move up and down and through the space,” McBeath said. “You don’t have to traverse three-quarters of a mile to get to your meeting room, and we think that’s an incredible posi-tive.”

The impact of Blackstone and Mc-Beath has not been limited to the ca-sino floor.

During the first nine months of 2015, the Cosmopolitan’s revenue from entertainment, retail and other areas dropped 21 percent as the re-sort held fewer entertainment events than it did the previous year. But re-lated expenses fell 32.8 percent over the same period.

McBeath said revenue often was less than expenses for the resort’s en-tertainment bookings in the past. Ac-cordingly, resort officials have taken a more judicious approach to enter-tainment costs.

“We put as many offers out there for acts; we just modified what we were willing to spend based on what the public was willing to consume at a price that allowed us to make mon-ey,” McBeath said.

McBeath said he expected to have more entertainment events in 2016.

And moving forward, the Cosmo-politan is scheduled for even more physical changes. Restaurants Egg-slut and Beauty & Essex are set to debut this year, and McBeath said the resort is working on plans to create “Manhattan penthouse-type” suites on the top floors of its east tower.

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Revamp intended to give areas ‘cool, hip’ vibe

the new high-limit slot area at the cosmopolitan features redesigned restrooms

and big jackpots. (photos by steve marcus/staff)

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Location: Four Seasons

Hotel, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas


Deans from Southern Nevada universities,

including Barbara Atkinson, dean of the UNLV

School of Medicine, will discuss how their institu-

tions are expanding medical education in South-

ern Nevada and how the business community

can help improve health care in the valley.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18 Latin Chamber of Commerce luncheon

Time: 12-1 p.m. Cost: $45 for members, $50 for

nonmembers, $55 for walk-ins

Location: Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane,

North Las Vegas

Information: Visit lvlcc.com

Officials from Faraday Future will outline their

plans to build an electric vehicle factory at Apex

Industrial Park.

Luncheon on transparency in government

Time: 11:45 a.m. Cost: $35 for state, county and

city attorneys, $35 for students, $45 for the

public

Location: Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Can-

yon Gate Drive, Las Vegas


Tuan Samahon, a professor at Villanova Univer-

sity’s Charles Widger School of Law, will discuss

the Obama administration’s efforts to be trans-

parent.

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Conventions ExPECTED shOW LOCATION DATEs ATTENDANCE

Western Veterinary Conference Mandalay Bay March 6-10 14,500

Nightclub and Bar show Las Vegas Convention Center March 8-9 39,000

National Association of Pizzeria Operators

Annual International Pizza Expo Las Vegas Convention Center March 8-10 12,000

Travel Goods show Las Vegas Convention Center March 8-10 4,000


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Records and TransactionsBankruptciesCHAPTER 7Onyx LLC7065 W. Ann Road, Suites 130-125Las Vegas, NV 89130Robert Atkinson at [email protected]

Bid OppOrtunitiesTHURSDAY, MARCH 103 p.m.Audio-visual systems for District Attorney Family Support DivisionClark County, 603995Chetan Champaneri at [email protected]

FRIDAY, MARCH 112:15 p.m.Desert Inn Road, Sir George Drive and Winterwood Boulevard im-provementsClark County, 603873Tom Boldt at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Hollywood Boulevard and Sahara Avenue roundaboutClark County, 603966Tom Boldt at [email protected]

3 p.m.Lead-reclamation project at Clark County Shooting ComplexClark County, 603907Adriane Garcia at [email protected]

BrOkered transactiOnsSALES$15,600,000 for 268 units, resi-dentialAddress: 3655 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89014Seller: 268 Vegas Apartments LLCSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Las Vegas Residential Properties LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$7,150,000 for 72,164 square feet, industrialAddress: 1841 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89030Seller: 1031 Services, Inc. as QI for CJPSeller agent: Greg Pancirov and Mike DeLew of Colliers InternationalBuyer agent: ATAAP Co. Inc.Buyer agent: Did not disclose

$6,500,000 for 155,476 square feet, schoolAddress: 2100 Olympic Ave., Hen-derson 89014Seller: LSI-Nevada LLCSeller agent: Charles Moore, Mar-

lene Fujita-Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBREBuyer agent: American Heritage AcademyBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$1,250,000 for 11,140 square feet, industrialAddress: 6645 W. Badura Ave., Suites B-1 & B-2, Las Vegas 89118Seller: Castillo LLCSeller agent: Suzette LaGrange and Kara Walker of Colliers InternationalBuyer agent: Peter Lik Badura LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

Business LicensesL.M. EnterprisesLicense type: Maintenance servicesAddress: 5140 Canary Island Court, North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Leonel Mejia

La Libertad Multi ServiciosLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 2415 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Ana Moran

Lanet Parker License type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: Did not disclose Owner: Lanet M. Parker

Larry P. Powell Jr. License type: Bail agentAddress: 1819 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 102, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Hollywood Bail Bonds LLC

Las Vegas Mobile Bike Repair License type: Maintenance servicesAddress: Did not disclose Owner: Cyclepath LLC

Las Vegas Premier Soccer Club License type: Community servicesAddress: 4630 W. Post Road, Las Vegas 89118Owner: James Rasmussen

Las Vegas Snow License type: Instruction servicesAddress: Did not disclose Owner: Daniel Hawk

Law Offices of Anthony F. Demar-tino License type: Professional servicesAddress: 400 S. Fourth St., Suite 500, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Anthony F. Demartino Ltd.

Lawn for Less License type: Property maintenanceAddress: 400 Elizabeth Ave., Las Vegas 89030Owner: Luis Rendon Salazar

Learn to Dance With Ian LLCLicense type: Interjurisdictional businessAddress: 2637 Los Palos St., Hen-derson 89108Owner: Learn to Dance With Ian LLC

Lianna Nelson License type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Lianna K. Nelson

Lien Services License type: Business supportAddress: 2926 Brookspark Drive, Las Vegas 89030Owner: Lien Services Inc.

Life by Design License type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 7906 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Life by Design Solutions LLC

Liquid Courage License type: Event servicesAddress: 910 Fremont St., Suite 900, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Jobo Enterprises

Lirio Lugo License type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: 2649 Donna St., Suite A, Las Vegas 89030Owner: Lirio Lugo

Lisa Pinto License type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Lisa Pinto

Lowry’s Catering Inc. License type: Catering servicesAddress: 4125 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Robert W. Lowry

Luxury Luggage License type: General retail salesAddress: 875 S. Grand Central Park-way, Suite 43, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Luis E. Palacios-Hernandez

LV-Lockouts License type: Automotive servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Geronimo A. Cortes-Garcia

LVL Up Expo License type: MultivendorAddress: 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Colten Thomas Pipkin

Magic Auto Spa Inc. License type: Car washAddress: 4450 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas 89110Owner: Mihran M. Furnchyan

Manpower Inc. of Southern Nevada License type: Employment agencyAddress: 231 S. Third St., Suite 285, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Andrew Katz

Mas Tax Services License type: General servicesAddress: 1212 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas 89104Owner: Karina Arana

Mauro Tax Service License type: Business supportAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Joan Mauro

Michael Kors License type: General retail salesAddress: 875 S. Grand Central Park-way, Suite 1620, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Michael Kors Retail Inc.

Modern Mantiques License type: General retail salesAddress: 1300 S. Main St., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89102Owner: R&L Service LLC

Nationwide Actuarial Search License type: Employment agencyAddress: Did not discloseOwner: James Coleman

Nava Dental Lab License type: LaboratoryAddress: 3100 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 104, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Alma Calderon

NEPPS (Nevada Estate Planning & Probate Services) License type: Professional servicesAddress: 519 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Rebeccah Murray

Nerdy Girl License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Debra Bricher

Nevada Ear, Nose & Throat CenterLicense type: Medical centerAddress: 1905 McDaniel St., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Daniel H. Kim

Nevada Preferred Home Health Care LLC License type: Residential home care providerAddress: 5600 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Antonio Buna Jr.

Nevada Wholesale Sports Inc.License type: Professional servicesAddress: 30 W. Pacific Ave., Las Vegas 89015Owner: Nevada Wholesale Sports Inc.

No Lines by Design License type: Professional services - medicalAddress: 7906 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Lucas Enterprise Inc.

NRT Technologies Inc. License type: Professional servicesAddress: 200 N. Main St., Las Vegas 89106Owner: John Anthony Dominelli

Nuclear Fuel Analysis Services LLC License type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 1350 E. Flamingo Road,

Las Vegas 89119Owner: Charlotta Sanders

Pearl of the Caribbean License type: Property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Elsa Oliver-Perez

Pearson Motorsports License type: Temporary merchantAddress: 425 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Earnest Pearson

Perfect Credit Solutions License type: Business supportAddress: 5450 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 140, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Fusion Professional Ser-vices LLC

Personal Visit LLC License type: Residential home care provider Address: 3481 E. Sunset Road, Suite 104, Las Vegas 89120Owner: Rick Click

Petroleum Logistics Inc.License type: Sales/servicesAddress: 6288 E. Tropical Parkway, North Las Vegas 89115Owner: Petroleum Logistics Inc.

Pinky’s Pet SittingLicense type: Pet sitting servicesAddress: 1672 Black Fox Canyon Road, Henderson 89052Owner: Julie Anne Osborn

Pioneer Locksmith & Key Co. License type: Locksmith and safe mechanicAddress: 5835 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas 89103Owner: Sammy Inc.

Professional Pest Control LLCLicense type: Property maintenanceAddress: 167 Enloe St., Henderson 89074Owner: Professional Pest Control LLC

Professional Wholesale Drugs LLC License type: DrugstoreAddress: 71 N. Pecos Road, Suite 103, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Patrick Eidemiller

Purchase Green South Las Vegas/HendersonLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 1010 N. Stephanie St., Suite A8, Henderson 89014Owner: Compound Effect LLC

Reclaimed Secrets License type: General retail salesAddress: 2912 Highland Drive, Suite G, Las Vegas 89109Owner: Simply Moore LLC

Red Rhino of Southern NevadaLicense type: ContractorAddress: 2222 Armacost Drive, Henderson 89074Owner: FFLV Inc.

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Records and TransactionsRedline Aerospace LLC License type: General servicesAddress: 2807 Strathallan Ave., Las Vegas 89044Owner: Frederick Vasquez

Redmond Advisors LLCLicense type: Consulting servicesAddress: 2470 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 106, Henderson 89074Owner: Redmond Advisors LLC

Rickey Crest LLC License type: Business space rent or leaseAddress: 5151 N. Tee Pee Lane, Las Vegas 89149Owner: Darrow Kent Peterson

Robot Swingset LLC License type: General servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Richard Harrison

Rongyue Guan License type: Reflexology Address: 600 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Rongyue Guan

Rooster Boy Granola LLC License type: Restaurant Address: Did not discloseOwner: Sonia El Nawal

Ross & Phillips Tax Services and More License type: Business supportAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Ross & Phillips Tax Ser-vices LLC

RPM Retail 1License type: Sales/servicesAddress: 9975 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Henderson 89074Owner: RPM Sales & Staffing LLC

RT1 Renovation Services LLC License type: Contractor Address: 5725 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite 10, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Did not disclose

Sanam’s Eyebrow Threading & Henna Tattoos License type: CosmeticsAddress: 8370 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89129Owner: Ausia Dastagir

Sara’s Threading and Henna Art License type: General servicesAddress: 7570 Norman Rockwell Lane, Suite 170, Las Vegas 89143Owner: Sara Akrami

Seehusen Talent Services LLC License type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Andrew Seehusen

ServedLicense type: RestaurantAddress: 1770 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson 89012

Owner: Matthew Meyer

Seven Hills CounselingLicense type: Professional servicesAddress: 2470 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 106, Henderson 89074Owner: Carol Conti

Shaggy’s Shave IceLicense type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 439 Rock Quarry Way, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Brek LLC

SHALC GC Inc.License type: ContractorAddress: 3753 Avondale Breeze Ave., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: SHALC GC Inc.

Sherlock Estate Sales LLC License type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 1010 Legato Drive, Las Vegas 89123Owner: Ashley D. Hoppe

Simon Pauers - Landscaping License type: Property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Eliseo Simon-Agustin

Solex Eke License type: Real estate salesAddress: 1127 S. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Solex Eke

Southern Tire Mart LLCLicense type: Automotive servicesAddress: 3420 Losee Road, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Southern Tire Mart LLC

Star Ice Cream License type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 1100 Searles Ave., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Rashpal Singh

Starla Jordan License type: Real estate salesAddress: 6628 Sky Pointe Drive, Suite 200, Las Vegas 89131Owner: Starla Jordan

Sunrise Personal Care LLC License type: Residential home care providerAddress: 336 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Miriam Perdomo-Aguilar

Sweet Simple CakesLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 321 Gusty Sands St., Henderson 89015Owner: Princessangel LLC

Switch Rig LLC License type: Contractor Address: 7135 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89118Owner: Did not disclose

Syer Metal WorksLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 3640 N. Fifth St., North

Las Vegas 89030Owner: Paul Harnum

Techcore Concepts License type: General servicesAddress: 911 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 208, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Techcore Concepts LLC

The AF GroupLicense type: Professional servicesAddress: 170 S. Green Valley Park-way, Suite 300, Las Vegas 89012Owner: Ken Finegood

The Atomic License type: BarAddress: 917 Fremont St. and 910 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Atomic Liquors LLC

The Best Doggone Bookkeeping Co. LLC License type: Instruction servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Fred Roxbury

The Flyer DistributorLicense type: SolicitorAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Flyer Distributor LV LLC

The Helping Hand License type: Personal servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Tanisha George

TheSilentDJ License type: General servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Mike Briggs

Thrive Therapies LLCLicense type: Therapy servicesAddress: 1546 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 110, Henderson 89014Owner: Thrive Therapies LLC

Tiabi Coffee and WaffleLicense type: RestaurantAddress: 6320 Simmons St., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Tiabi LLC

Tim Searcy License type: Real estate salesAddress: 800 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Tim Searcy

Timothy Evans License type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Timothy Evans

Top 10 Golf License type: Rental and leasingAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Sandy Smith

Trident Landscape Management LLC License type: Contractor Address: 2885 E. Quail Ave., Las Vegas 89120Owner: Did not disclose

Tumbleweeds

License type: ContractorAddress: 11 S. Water St., Suite C, Henderson 89015Owner: TumbleweedsNV LLC

U.S. Apparel USA LLCLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 1726 Summerwood Circle, Henderson 89012Owner: U.S. Apparel USA LLC

Uptown Designers DeliveryLicense type: Furniture businessAddress: 1131 Wigwam Parkway, Suite 17105, Henderson 89074Owner: Willie Lefthand

Us Maintenance License type: Maintenance servicesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 320, Las Vegas 89149Owner: Us Maintenance LLC

Vacation Hotpads License type: Short-term residen-tial rentalAddress: 1765 Montessouri St., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Vacation Hotpads LLC

VIP Pilates Las VegasLicense type: Pilates classesAddress: 2510 Anthem Village Drive, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89052Owner: VIP Pilates LLC

W-T Communication Design Group LLCLicense type: Engineering firmAddress: 8560 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 220, Henderson 89123Owner: W-T Communication De-sign Group LLC

BUILDING PErmITS$4,049,998, apartment1525 Wigwam Parkway, HendersonWigwam Parkway SR Develop-ment LLC

$3,704,600, medical1525 Wigwam Parkway, HendersonWigwam Parkway SR Develop-ment LLC

$1,845,376, apartment x21445 Stonelake Cove Ave., build-ings 6 and 15, HendersonStephanie Wigwam Apartments LLC

$1,592,967, apartment x61445 Stonelake Cove Ave., buildings 3, 5, 7, 12, 13 and 16 , HendersonStephanie Wigwam Apartments LLC

$1,198,725, residential - new4008 Carla Ann Road, North Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$1,135,172, apartment x71445 Stonelake Cove Ave., buildings 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14, HendersonStephanie Wigwam Apartments LLC

$1,000,000, demolition330 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las VegasSletten Construction of NV Inc.

$943,850, assembly building3 Ascaya Blvd., HendersonAscaya Inc.

$710,750, assembly building1525 Wigwam Parkway, HendersonWigwam Parkway SR Develop-ment LLC

$686,526, residential - custom750 Dragon Ridge Drive, Hender-sonMichael Huhn and Linda Huhn

$600,000, tenant improvement - apartment9103 Alta Drive, Suite 1801, Las VegasTiburon Construction

$528,004, commercial - building remodel35 E. Horizon Ridge Parkway, HendersonHorizon Village Square LLC

$491,342, residential - custom2610 Matrino Circle, HendersonMall Family Trust

$391,900, assembly building1445 Stonelake Cove Ave., Hen-dersonStephanie Wigwam Apartments LLC

$342,000, reroofing1209 Trader Drive, North Las VegasR&B Roofing LLC

$317,279, single-family residential - production7145 N. Grand Canyon Drive, Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$265,327, single-family residential - production9942 Mountain Foothills Ave., Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC

$255,790, residential - custom1036 San Eduardo Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$214,757, residential - production x21052 and 1057 Via Della Costrella, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$203,258, single-family residential - production489 Paso De Montana St., Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$200,623, single-family residential - production9610 Widgeon Court, Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$199,980, tenant improvement - store

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Records and Transactions2000 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite C08, Las VegasDC Building Group LLC

$199,096, single-family residential - production89 Navarra Canyon Court, Las VegasToll South LV LLC

$194,097, single-family residential - production8442 Canyon Sun Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$190,639, single-family residential - production210 Tarragona Breeze Ave., Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.

$190,639, single-family residential - production12053 Vibrato Court, Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.

$189,101, single-family residential - production9723 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada

$187,920, residential - production2146 Katesbridge Court, HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$185,647, single-family residential - production12263 Lorenzo Ave., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$181,499, residential - remodel3151 Umbria Hills Walk, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$180,562, single-family residential - production8224 Serpentine Sands St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$180,427, single-family residential - production10437 Mount Mitchell Court, Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC

$179,335, single-family residential - production7030 Royal Antelope St., Las VegasToll North LV LLC

$177,968, single-family residential - production x212024 and 12047 Vibrato Court, Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.

$168,303, single-family residential - production9726 Blistering Sun Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$168,225, single-family residential - production x212021 and 12030 Portamento Court, Las VegasWilliam Lyon Homes Inc.

$167,685, single-family residential - production12246 Toselli Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$160,969, single-family residential - production10568 Pelican Island Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$158,404, residential - new3649 Greenbriar Bluff Ave., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. Inc.

$157,019, single-family residential - production x2303 and 305 Rezzo St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$148,699, single-family residential - production465 Cabral Peak St., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$147,940, residential - production394 Highspot St., HendersonRichmond American Homes Nevada

$145,837, single-family residential - production10447 Mount Mitchell Court, Las VegasGreystone Nevada LLC

$140,924, single-family residential - production68 Brigola St., Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$140,924, single-family residential - production x211840 and 11851 Spadari Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$140,919, single-family residential - production12242 Terrace Verde Ave., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$140,919, single-family residential - production466 Cabral Peak St., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$140,288, residential - produc-tion x21124 and 1129 Barby Springs Ave., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$138,815, single-family residential - production7470 Zonal Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$138,680, residential - production310 Divertimento St., HendersonRichmond American Homes Nevada

$138,306, single-family residential - production9668 Ashlynn Peak Court, Las Vegas

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$136,795, residential - production1069 Via Della Costrella, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$136,129, residential - production933 Via Gandalfi, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$134,760, single-family residential - production35 Berneri Drirve, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$134,743, residential - production x21125 and 1128 Barby Springs Ave., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$134,632, residential - production2151 County Down Lane, HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$134,002, single-family residential - production471 Astillero St., Las VegasRyland Homes

$131,315, single-family residential - production10572 Pelican Island Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$130,584, residential - production3146 Delilah Place, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$130,584, residential - production3162 Teaderman Walk, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$129,997, residential - remodel3153 Umbria Hills Walk, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$129,475, residential - production144 Littlestone St., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$129,475, residential - production1404 Overseer Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$128,880, residential - new5012 Cassia Tree Court, North Las VegasBerg Builders

$128,699, residential - produc-tion x2427 and 435 Fortissimo St., Hen-dersonAmerican Homes NV Inc.

$126,869, residential - production1140 Strada Pecei, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$125,317, residential - production x3369, 373 and 377 Taylor Springs St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$123,813, single-family residential - production

7852 Eastern Elk St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$123,091, single-family residential - production11845 Spadari Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$120,271, residential - production281 Via Del Duomo, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$120,231, single-family residential - production10741 Wrigley Field Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes

$119,872, residential - new3948 Carla Ann Road, North Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$117,886, residential - production1141 Strada Pecei, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$117,338, single-family residential - production7149 Flora Lam St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$116,659, single-family residential - production8041 Red Rock Crest St., Las VegasCentury Communities of Nevada

$114,802, single-family residential - production9965 Bighorn Bellows Ave., Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$114,802, single-family residential - production8133 Bear Canyon St., Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$114,171, residential - production x2423 and 431 Fortissimo St., Hen-dersonRichmond American Homes NV Inc.

$113,342, single-family residential - production6708 Pleasant Flower St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$113,227, single-family residential - production7870 Eastern Elk St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$113,173, residential - production3148 Del Terra Ave., HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$112,009, residential - production x2365 and 375 Taylor Springs St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$111,953, residential - production x2367 and 371 Taylor Springs St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.

$111,777, single-family residential - production8341 Nebula Cloud Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes

$110,955, residential - production1133 Strada Cristallo, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$110,125, residential - new4004 Carla Ann Road, North Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$109,847, residential - new x35004,5008 and 5016 Cassia Trea Court, North Las VegasBerg Builders

$109,668, commercial - alteration209 W. Mayflower Ave., North Las VegasLewis K Construction LLC

$109,307, wall/fence224 Antelope Ridge Drive, Las VegasCedco Inc.

$108,865, single-family residential - production10813 Faulkner Run Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes

$107,887, single-family residential - production7864 Eastern Elk St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$107,585, single-family residential - production7147 Stanley Frederick St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$107,585, single-family residential - production7148 Flora Lam St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$107,510, single-family residential - production x210547 and 10643 Forum Peak Lane, Las VegasRyland Homes

$103,549, single-family residential - production x27846 and 7858 Eastern Elk St., Las VegasD.R. Horton Inc.

$101,806, residential - production272 Via San Gabriella, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada

$100,413, perimeter retaining wall382 Lost Horizon Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$100,000, tenant improvement - banquet hall1901 N. Rancho Drive, Las VegasBaker Construction Inc.

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Category: private sChools(ranked by enrollment as of Jan. 1)

School Enrollment Grades Tuition for academic year

Year established locally

Principal/ top executive

1 Bishop Gorman High School5959 S. Hualapai WayLas Vegas, NV 89148702-732-1945 • bishopgorman.org

1,444 9-12 $11,300-$12,700 1954 John Kilduff, president

2 Las Vegas Day School3275 Red Rock St.Las Vegas, NV 89146702-362-1180 • lvds.com

835 PreK-8 $11,750-$16,550 1961 Neil H. Daseler, director

3 Lake Mead Christian Academy540 E. Lake Mead ParkwayHenderson, NV 89015702-565-5831 • lmca.org

680 Nursery-12 $7,150-$9,400 1986 Sue Blakeley, administrator

4 Green Valley Christian School 711 Valle Verde Court Henderson, NV 89014702-454-4056 • gvchristianschool.com

675 Infants-12 $5,736-$7,000 1991 Deborah Ingalls, principal K-5; Stephanie Smith, principal 6-12

5 St. Viator Parish School4246 S. Eastern Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89119702-732-4477 • stviatorschool.org

580 PreK-8 Varies 1964 Tracy Brunelle, principal

6 The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain10845 W. Desert Inn RoadLas Vegas, NV 89135702-949-3600 • adsrm.org

544 PreK-8 $15,700-$23,000 2000 Paul Wenninger, head of school

7 Calvary Chapel Christian School7175 W. Oquendo RoadLas Vegas, NV 89113702-248-8879 • cccslions.org

483 PreK-12 $3,964-$4,882 1994 Rick Martin, superintendent

8 Mountain View Christian Schools Leadership Institute3900 E. Bonanza RoadLas Vegas, NV 89110702-452-1300 • mvcs.vegas

450 K-12 $7,050-$8,850 1983 Crystal Van Kempen- McClanahan, superintendent

9 CornerStone Christian Academy & Tykes Preschool5825 Eldora Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89146702-939-5050 • ccanv.com

416 18 months-8 $7,350 1990 James E. Whiddon, principal

10 Faith Lutheran Academy2700 S. Town Center DriveLas Vegas, NV 89135702-921-2777 • faithlutheranacademy.org

316 K-5 $8,500-$8,840 2002 Matt Fischer, principal; Paul Brandt, director of educational ministry


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