VEGASINC.COM | APRIL12-18, 2015
Today, 48,500 people work in construction locally, up 39 percent from the depths of the Great Recession. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)
Las Vegas’ Reconstruction In the southwest valley, building projects are popping up again after years of delays and defaults BY ELI SEGALL | STAFF WRITER
When Las Vegas’ construction industry was white hot last decade, few places grew as fast as the southwest valley. ¶ Buoyed by new freeway access and Wall Street’s easy money, investors flipped land for profit and built subdivisions, strip malls, office buildings and hospitals, with even more plans for an area that years earlier was largely open desert. ¶ But business plunged with the recession. SOUTHWE ST, CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Nevada’s rank nationally for economic competitiveness, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council’s “Rich States, Poor States” study. Nevada ranked No. 8 in 2014.
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Size, in square feet, of a new Hooters scheduled to open next month near the pool of the Palms. It will be the largest Hooters in the world.
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