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Remark Media CEO Kai-Shing Tao, left, and Chief Technology Officer Jason Wei have overseen the rollout of the company’s KanKan Data Intelligence Platform, which aggregates users’ digital footprints and analyzes behavior based on their social media use, travel and shopping habits. (christopher devargas)
Remarkable growth Emphasis on millennials and the Chinese market fuels Remark Media’s rise By Danielle Birkin | Special to VEGAS INC
Since moving its headquarters from Atlanta to Las Vegas in 2013, global digital-media technology conglomerate Remark Media Inc. has grown its technology portfolio while setting its sights on millennials and reinforcing its reach into the lucrative Chinese market. ¶ Many diverse properties reside under its umbrella — including websites and applications remark, Continue d on page 15
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Number of companies that have applied to trademark “Fake News,” including the animation team behind “The Simpsons” and the creators of Cards Against Humanity.
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Tax that will be placed on properties selling for more than $25 million in San Francisco. The money collected will be placed in a fund to provide free tuition at San Francisco community colleges.
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NOTEWORTHY STORIES
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The managing director of the RedFlint Experience Center at the University of Phoenix talks about civic apathy and the difference between introverts and shy people, and offers a sparkling way to get revenge on an office prankster. THE NOTES People on the Move, P4
MEET CYCLEBAR
Gregorio and Maria Serrata recently opened the 60th U.S. location of CycleBar, a boutique cycling studio that features a theater with 50 bikes that is designed for riders of all levels. TALKING POINTS How to prevent violence in the workplace, P7
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A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits. MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P17 The List: Engineering firms, P22
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VINTAGE VEGAS: MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE AT THE SAHARA On Aug. 25, 1964, a work crew using welding equipment on the roof of the Sahara resort sparked a fire, sending gamblers running out onto the streets. Guests in the main hotel and pool area were not affected by the event, but the casino, executive offices, coffee shop, lounge and showroom were evacuated. Damage to the property was estimated at $1 million.
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Aleem Dhalla, Margaret Foley, Alexandria Layton, Jennifer McBee and Adam Tully joined Snell dhalla & Wilmer’s Las Vegas offices. Dhalla focuses on business and commercial litigation, as well as layton labor and employment. Foley, Layton, McBee and Tully focus on commercial litigation. The firm’s Brian tully Blaylock and Kade Miller are founding board members of the NevadaUtah chapter of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors. The Alliance is an international organization serving the educational and transactional support needs of middle market mergers and acquisitions professionals. Carlos Blumberg joined De Castroverde Law Group focusing on personal injury, real estate, family law and other business-related cases. Blumberg is a founding member of the Nevada Dispensary Association and has become an expert in Nevada’s marijuana laws.
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Three Square Food Bank promoted Andrea Martimartinez nez, Kate McLaughlin and Regis Whaley. Martinez is programs manager, McLaughlin is logistics manager and Whaley is business support manager. Ellen Whittemore is a shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Her practice focuses on gaming and compliance.
ment in building effective family-school partnerships. They are among only four schools in Nevada and 173 schools across the United States to receive the designation. Brady, a full-line janitorial supply, equipment and food service distributor based in Las Vegas, opened branches in California, Arizona and Maryland. mclaughlin
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Kelli Little is community services supervisor at the Nevada Donor Network. Lauren Sasso is a senior PR specialist at the Firm Public Relations & Marketing. blaylock
Marc Turner is CEO of Desert Hope Treatment Center.
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Marc Comella is an independent member and chairman of the compliance committee at GameCo. Jared Banes is shareholder and director of risk management at LP Insurance Services.
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Karl Rutledge of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie is chairman of the Gaming Law Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section. He previously served as the committee’s director of programs. rutledge Christopher Bentley is the executive vice president in the multifamily division of Colliers International – Las Vegas. He was principal of the Bentley Group Real Estate Advisors.
The Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association honored Nevada Supreme Court Justice Michael L. Douglas with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Fisher Phillips formed a Pay Equity Practice Group, launched in response to legisladouglas tive and regulatory initiatives and subsequent employer concerns over pay equity issues. The group is national in scope and is led by Kathleen McLeod Caminiti in New Jersey, Cheryl Behymer in Columbia, and Cheryl Pinar-
Yes! Air Conditioning and Plumbing earned four awards at the annual manager’s meeting for American Residential Services, its parent company. banes They were Safety Branch of the Year — West, Most Improved Branch Profit Dollars, Highest Margin Branch, and Most Profitable Branch in Dollars. Lance Fernandez was named general manager of the year. Andre’s Bistro & Bar, owned by Stacked Hospitality, is open at 6115 S. Fort Apache Road. Scott Sampson is the executive chef. Patrick Trundle is the general manager. The Latin Chamber of Commerce Board Installation Gala recognized Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison as Champion of Nevada, Randy Garcia as LCC Philanthropist of the Year and Radioactive Productions as LCC Member Business of the Year. The 2017 board of directors is made up of Chairman Daniel J. Tafoya, Clark County School District; Vice Chairman Norberto Madrigal; Lunas Inc., Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Patino, NV Energy; Assistant SecretaryTreasurer Andres Estrada, Lamar Advertising Co., Immediate Chairperson Maggie Arias-Petrel, Global Professional Consulting; two-year directors Chris Roman, MundoMax & Roman Communications Group; Debbie Holleran, CenturyLink; Frank Canales, Happy Tours; Jose Valenzuela, city of North Las Vegas; Sam Loya, Lotus Broadcasting; Sandy Colon-Peltyn, Foundation for Excellence & Distinction; and one-year directors Alex De Castroverde, De Castroverde Law Group; Arturo Castro Jr., Hispana Comunicación Integral; Daniel Johnson, Station Casinos; Jose Luis Melendrez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Vidal Gonzalez, MGM Resorts International Richard H. Bryan, William and Mary Scherkenbach and John C. Vanderburg elementary schools have been selected as National PTA (Parent Teacher Association) Schools of Excellence for their achieve-
The Urban Chamber of Commerce celebrated its Annual Green Tie Awards for 2016. Honorees were: n Small Business of the Year: Love Engineering n
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The Hard Rock Hotel unveiled the first phase of a $13 million refresh of its Casino Tower. The property has renovated 575 standard rooms, and a second phase of the remodel will upgrade the remaining 65 luxury suites. Upon completion, 640 rooms and suites will have been renovated. Ground was broken on the Henderson Unmanned Vehicle Range, a test site for drones. The range is the result of a partnership with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Nevada State College. Henderson broke ground on Fire Station 91 at 2901 Democracy Drive, the community’s 10th fire station and the first new station to open in 15 years. The station was designed by Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects and is being built by Core Construction. ACS Marketing is representing Geberit Plumbing in Southern Nevada. The NuMale Medical Center offers a sonic treatment for erectile dysfunction. The Nathan Adelson Hospice and Montevista Behavioral Health Hospital were recipients of the Southwest Alliance for Excellence’s 2016 Performance Excellence Program. Richmond American Homes purchased nearly 31 acres in Cadence to build Encore and Sonatina. Encore’s 49 single-story homes will range from 2,050 to 2,550 square feet. Sonatina will have 151 two-story homes ranging from 1,800 to 2,300 square feet. Several local companies received perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index. They are Caesars Entertainment Corp., the Cosmopolitan, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts. The index ranks corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality. Luken Communications launched the Action Channel and The Heartland Network on KMCC, a station owned and operated by Cranston II. Las Vegas-area viewers can find Action over-the-air on channel 34.1, as well as on Cox channels 14 and 1014, on DirecTV channel 34, on Prism channels 32 and 1032 and on Dish Network channel 32. Heartland is available over the air on channel 34.2 and on Cox channel 97. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors broke ground on its headquarters near Rainbow Boulevard and the 215 Beltway. Boyd Gaming Corp. finished a sweeping redesign and renovation of the California. GlowZone Las Vegas is open at 6630 Arroyo Springs St., Suite 1200. The facility offers family friendly activities under black lights and other effects.
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Q&A with Shavonnah Collins
‘Love who you are and constantly improve yourself’ As managing director of the RedFlint Experience Center at the University of Phoenix, Shavonnah Collins’ mission is to make sure entrepreneurs have the support, tools and resources they need to reach their goals, whether it’s starting a business from the ground up or adding new elements, such as marketing or social media, to an established company. “What we do is not easy,” she said, “but it is worthwhile and fulfilling knowing you are helping someone else have an easier journey.” What is the best business advice you’ve received? Somewhat ironically, the best business advice I have received is “never take just one person’s advice.” I was attending the University of Miami at the time and was taking refuge in a local business after a hurricane had hit the city. The power was out from the storm and I struck up a conversation with an investment banker who was there waiting out the storm. I asked him for investment advice, but instead received the advice that has stuck with me to this day. What it means to me is that not everyone knows everything. People see the world differently and have a wealth of different experiences. If you have questions or need advice on a subject, ask a lot of people. You’ll learn how to Shavonnah Collins calls herself “a practitioner of intention,” meaning that if she approach your problem from multiple has a dream, she follows it. Her dream has led her to the RedFlint Experience Center angles, which can help point you in the at the University of Phoenix. (Mona shield payne/special to vegas inc) best direction. who thought he would capitalize on need some help? my irrational fear of bugs and left a What’s the biggest issue facing RedFlint offers access to meeting dead creature on my desk. After a full Southern Nevada? or coworking spaces, networking freak-out, I left him a shining remindThe biggest issue I’ve experienced events, the latest tech or just access er of how much of a joy I can be by fillis people not participating in the city/ to free Wi-Fi. ing his tissue box, file folders and even state — like voting or being involved n Location: 300 S. Fourth St., his entire volume of Nevada Revised in city events. People like to complain Suite 180 in downtown Las Vegas Statutes with the finest glitter I could when there are issues or aspects of the n Phone: 702-408-3200 find. I’m pretty sure he’s still finding city or state that they don’t like, but n Email: redflint@phoenix.edu glitter nearly 10 years later. they do nothing to voice their opinions or be the change. Get out there, If you could change one thing build community and get involved. about yourself, what would blazers in both my personal and prothat be? fessional lives. It’s empowering to see What has been your most Part of my philosophy is to love who people I work with be faced with chalexciting professional project? you are and constantly improve yourlenges and decide that what they want Hands down, RedFlint has been the self. I do have a goal for 2017 to help is much bigger and better, so they surmost exciting project for me. What improve who I am. I want to become mount those obstacles. we’re doing at RedFlint through Unimore fluent in Spanish and Japanese. versity of Phoenix is unprecedented. I’m planning to spend a month vacaWhat is your biggest pet peeve? RedFlint is a first-of-its-kind center tion in Japan and I vacation a lot in People who don’t know how to comthat provides the technological and Mexico, so I want to be able to better municate properly. We’ve all seen or career resources to help people adspeak those languages. experienced those people who, when vance their careers and businesses they’re angry or excited or frustrated, grow. I have been involved in the What is something people might just yell rather than stating why they startup scene in Las Vegas for half a not know about you? feel the way they feel and what they decade and help facilitate Startup A lot of people think that because hope to get out of an interaction. Weekends. I’ve worked with countI run RedFlint and am always out at less entrepreneurs and startups, and events and at the forefront of a lot What is your funniest or most all of those experiences culminate in of initiatives that I’m very outgoing, embarrassing work story? RedFlint. but I’m actually an introvert. People One of my first jobs out of college have this misconception that being was at a local law firm. I had a pretty Whom do you admire? an introvert means you’re shy or don’t solid bond with one of the attorneys I respect and admire many trail-
like being around people, but really it means instead of drawing your energy from groups or tons of human interaction, you recharge through self-introspection and deep conversations with small groups. You seem to have a passion for business as well as educating. Which one came first? My passion for business came first, but it evolved into a passion for education. In high school, I took a military career aptitude test, and the results said I should become a teacher. At the time, I didn’t want to be a teacher. I went to college to study business and, over time, as I became more involved with startups and helping other people start their businesses, I realized that the two complemented each other so well. Business is still my passion, but I understand the importance of teaching and education. I even became an instructor at UNLV, so in some ways that test was correct in my future career. How important is tech literacy for upcoming generations? Do you think programming and advanced computer-related classes are getting enough attention in schools? It is crucial that today’s youth have a tech advantage growing up, and it’s up to us as educators and business leaders to ensure they are prepared. What we’re seeing with the advancements in technology is that tech literacy is the next currency in business. That is something Dennis Bonilla, one of the co-founders of RedFlint, says often. Tech is only going to become more important for people’s careers and in everyday life. I don’t think programming and advanced computer-related and tech classes are being taught enough, but we’re working on it. There are a lot of great programs and organizations that focus on exposing students to tech at younger ages so they are prepared for the future. We’re getting there, but more needs to be done.
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Cycling studio’s aim: Build a fitness community VEGAS INC STAFF
Gregorio and Maria Serrata recently opened the 60th U.S. location of CycleBar, a boutique cycling studio that features a theater with 50 bikes that is designed for riders of all levels (though they must be 5 feet tall to fit on the equipment).
CycleBar Henderson Address: 2280 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 160, Henderson Phone: 702-550-0459 Email: henderson@cyclebar.com Website: henderson.cyclebar.com Hours of operation: Varies Owned/operated by: Gregorio and Maria Serrata
Describe your business.
CycleBar is an indoor cycling experience, offering a sense of community in state-of-the-art studios, concierge-level service and premium amenities. What is your business philosophy?
It’s not just about awesome exercise, it’s about building a community and an environment where all feel welcome and embraced to work out in a luxury, boutique fitness studio. We want to take away the intimidating feeling of boutique cycling while still being exhilarating and having a fun workout. What obstacles do you expect your business will need to overcome?
There are so many people who have never tried boutique cycling, or they’ve only tried it in the bigbox gym environment. We need to make sure we always have a steady stream of new riders. CycleBar is a national cycling brand, but it is locally owned and operated. People appreciate local businesses with the quality of a national brand. How can Nevada improve its business climate?
When the state takes time-consuming requirements off owners’ hands, we can spend more time taking care of customers and providing a better experience. What has been your hardest lesson in business?
Time management. Maria and I have four kids under age 11, and I still have a day job to take care of. Luckily, we get a lot of support from the franchise and our staff, who help us sleep well at night. Why is your business called CycleBar? Do you sell special workout drinks?
We offer water bottles (chilled or room temperature), fresh fruit, cycling shoes, towels, lockers and two private showers among a couple-dozen other amenities, all complimentary. We use a weighted bar for an upper body workout portion of the 50-minute ride, hence the name CycleBar. The name also associates with a fun, social atmosphere. How do your instructors keep everyone motivated?
All of our CycleStars underwent a four-day, all-day intensive boot camp with one of CycleBar’s master CycleStar instructors. Training included technology mastery, playlist building, proper form, tempo and CycleStats training. We do not try to change the instructors. We want them to be unique. We give them a format to follow, but we never try to change their style or personality. We encourage theme rides that accentuate their unique personalities such as genre rides, mashups, throwbacks, etc. These rides help riders really see the CycleStar’s personality shine. Fitness tech has exploded in popularity. In what ways does CycleBar combine fitness and technology?
Regardless of class type, riders get an email after each ride with their stats and music playlist for free download. Flat-screens are used to create in-class competitions and team competitions. How does a beginner get involved with CycleBar or indoor cycling in general? Any tips on getting started?
We are holding free rides until March 5. Go to our website and view the schedule. Any class that is available on the schedule is open for you and your friends to try us out.
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by the numbers
$2.5 million
Amount Vizio agreed to pay to settle allegations of unauthorized tracking. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Vizio smart TVs collected viewing data from 11 million users without consent. The firm was accused of selling this information to third parties for targeted advertising.
$167 million
Amount Twitter lost in the fourth quarter of 2016. The number of active users, though, increased by 4 percent to 319 million.
150,000
Number of printers around the world that a high school student hacked in a single night. The hack was harmless, but the teen wanted to show how easily devices could be hacked.
$1 billion
45 percent
260,077
Number of jobs in the solar industry, according to 2016 data from the National Solar Jobs Census. Last year, 2 percent of all new jobs were in the solar industry. Two-thirds of solar jobs can be obtained with just a high school diploma.
90 percent
Number of human workers who have been replaced by robots in a Chinese factory that reduced its workforce by 590 employees and has seen a 250 percent increase in production. It plans to reduce the number of employees to 20 eventually.
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How to prevent violence in the workplace
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Request information from hile you cannot guest column: employees who seek protective accurately predict Travis Vance orders. If an employee has requested a everyone who may protective order against someone, ask present a risk of for a photograph of the person. Provide workplace violence, perhaps you can the photo to on-site security, reception employees anticipate and head off some incidents. Many workplace and management. If the individual arrives at your violence episodes are related to nonwork issues and may workplace for any reason, have the designated company include family or marital conflict, divorces and child representative approach the individual in a calm custody disputes. manner, isolate the individual in a designated area, and Rather than react to workplace violence, consider request that security respond to the situation. being proactive to stop these incidents before they Recognize your responsibility. Once you ask occur. or require employees to alert you to requests for Pay attention if an employee is served with legal restraining orders or concerns about domestic violence, process. If a sheriff arrives to serve legal process on you are taking on a duty to respond to this knowledge. an employee, watch for more red flags. You may want A Missouri court recently found an employer liable to ask the employee if he or she desires counseling, because it was on notice of threats from an employee’s although this may be an inflammatory move — you will ex-boyfriend and offered to form ad hoc groups of be the best judge of that. Offer administrative leave if a employees to walk her to her car instead of using cooling-off period is appropriate. If the employee storms professional security. An incompetent or incomplete off prior to an opportunity to meet with him or her, response to workplace violence concerns or to an active ensure that security staff are aware of the situation. If shooter may be used as evidence that you failed to meet you receive any threats, call the police. Don’t wait for the your duty. irate employee to return. If necessary, retain a private Travis Vance is of counsel at the law firm Fisher & armed security service. Phillips’ office in Charlotte, N.C. A version of this column Unfortunately, local law enforcement is often limited originally appeared at the Fisher & Phillips Workplace in how it can respond to threats and bad behavior. The Safety and Health Law blog, which can be found at prudent course may be to retain security until the workplacesafetyandhealthlaw.com. situation has cooled.
Approximate investment Ford Motor Co. is making in Argo AI, an artificial intelligence startup focused on self-driving technology.
Share of American children, ages 3 and under, who are living in low-income families, according to the National Center for Children in Poverty. Low-income is defined as a family income below two times the federal poverty threshold. This percentage equates to about 5.2 million children.
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Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las Vegas Sun. His work is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate. See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.
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Inside a hot new industry, from seed to weed By chris kudialis Staff Writer
Extend your arms wide and you can almost touch both walls of an allwhite, fluorescent-lit hallway inside Desert Grown Farms Cultivation Facility in the central Las Vegas Valley. Jump with your hands up and you’ll almost touch the ceiling. The narrow walkway feels like a set piece from “The Matrix,” except in place of sunglasses and a leather overcoat, you’re wearing a hairnet, surgical mask, black rubber gloves, booties and a disposable, navy-blue bodysuit not unlike hospital scrubs. “The idea is that the environment is sterile and clean,” says Armen Yemenidjian — who co-owns Desert Grown Farms with philanthropist Armen Yemenidjian cares for marijuana plants at a Desert Grown Farms Camille Ruvo and Brian Greenspun, Cultivation Facility. (steve marcus/staff) CEO and publisher of Greenspun ing racks. A humidifier roars in the Media Group, the parent company of marijuana strains — many with fanbackground, nearly drowning out this magazine. “We take care to make ciful names such as Grape Stomper conversation. sure nothing from outside that could and Black Gorilla No. 3 — are as wide The harvested plants will sit two to infect our plants is brought inside.” as an ear of corn. THC crystals on the three weeks in the pitch dark, hangMedical marijuana facilities like buds glisten under high-pressure soing upside down so their nutrients this have been popping up around dium lights, which fill the room with move from their stems to their buds. town since late 2015, when dispenvarying levels of artificial sunlight When the dried-out trees are ready saries in Nevada began opening their for 12 hours each day, before they’re for shucking, Furtado hand-cuts the doors. The demand for grow houses switched off for 12 hours each night. remaining leaves and puts them in should only increase once the Legis“Go ahead,” Yemenidjian says, enairtight plastic bins. lature works out details on institutcouraging us to touch the live buds Though he’s cultivating 60 strains, ing Ballot Question 2, which passed with our gloved hands. Blue Frost Yemenidjian plans to sell only 15 at a in November and legalized up to flowers smell like freshly baked bluetime to dispensaries across the valley. one ounce of marijuana flower or an berry muffins, Strawberry Cough The rest will be preserved in the bins, eighth of an ounce of marijuana conlike newly picked strawberries. They to be sold when Desert Grown Farms’ centrates for recreational use. leave a sticky, sweet-scented nectar clients “get bored and want some“The number of people who qualify on our fingertips. thing new,” he says. to purchase cannabis will increase “We’re just hunting for the best gedramatically,” Yemenidjian says. netics right now, so we’re growing a nnn “The industry expects clientele to little bit of everything,” says Yemeni(increase) three or four times from djian, who also co-owns a neighborWith medical-marijuana facility medical.” ing edible production facility called license-holders set to get first dibs Desert Grown Extracts, and the valon a new batch of recreational facilnnn ley’s three Essence Cannabis Dispenity licenses that could double the saries, also with partners Ruvo and number of dispensaries and cultivaInside one of seven plant-filled Greenspun. tion, production and testing facilities rooms at the 54,000-square-foot DesBeneath the plants, a fertigation over the next 18 months, Yemenidjian ert Grown Farms, about 1,200 lush, system — that’s fertilization plus irsays recreational legalization will unskunky-smelling “trees” as tall as 4 feet rigation — feeds them a nutrient-rich doubtedly mean more business for have spent up to 18 weeks growing to mix of liquid fertilizer up to five times him. maturity. The process starts from the a day. The feed gets funneled in from Ditto for Kevin Biernacki, head time they’re clipped as a 3-inch branch six 1,600-gallon tanks in another cultivator at the Grove medical from one of the facility’s 400 mother room. “This place is way too big to marijuana cultivation facility, a plants — a process known as cloning. hand-water,” he says matter-of-fact32,000-square-foot grow house just The plants are raised in ground-up coly. “It would take way too much time.” south of the Strip. Biernacki, too, conut husks, a hydroponic substitute Back in the all-white hallway, C.J. passes his visitors a pair of booties, a for soil and Rockwool. Furtado, Desert Grown Farms’ ashairnet, a disposable face mask and a Half of this particular flower room’s sistant director of cultivation, opens bodysuit — white this time — to preadult plants were cut from their stems a door to a room of total darkness. vent common parasites such as thrips and taken to dry in a Desert Grown Yemenidjian activates the flashlight and spider mites from getting near Farms darkroom earlier in the week. on his cellphone and reveals some his plants. He leads to another sterThe remaining 600 trees are getting 70 marijuana plants — recently harile, all-white hallway leading to three close to being harvest-ready. Some vested and hanging from metal dryrooms home to more than 4,000 marof the thickly budded branches’ 60
ijuana plants. Each 1,600-square-foot room features double-deck growing racks, which allow Biernacki to produce twice as much marijuana in the same amount of space. This place cranks out 6,000 pounds of medical marijuana annually, later sold in its own Las Vegas- and Pahrump-based dispensaries, along with about 50 other medical dispensaries statewide. Across the hall, three more 1,600-square-foot rooms sit empty, waiting for recreational marijuana’s legal framework to kick in next summer, which could double the facility’s output. “We’re probably not looking until July 1 to expand, until we know how the Legislature is going to implement rec,” Biernacki says. “It’s hard to say right now how they’re going to fulfill that.” Unlike Yemenidjian, Biernacki uses only water to hydrate his facility’s plants, which grow 2 1/2 to 3 feet at their maximum height. Instead of fertilizers, the Grove’s marijuana trees get their nutrients from peatblended natural soil. New clones spend two weeks spreading their roots in the soil before vegetating two more weeks under 18 hours of sunlight and six hours in darkness, and finally, nine weeks flowering in 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness. The Grove is the only facility in the valley using all-LED lighting as sunlight for its plants, part of Biernacki’s mission to be “as energy-efficient as possible. We’re trying to produce the best carbon footprint we can produce and eliminate the amount of power usage that we draw,” he says. “LEDs are more efficient with power consumption; they’re also more efficient in heat mode, so we can cut back on our AC costs.” Instead of hanging and drying his marijuana plants after harvest, Biernacki cuts the buds off immediately, and places up to 200 pounds worth on baking racks in a dark, humidified drying room. The buds dry for up to seven days before they’re placed in small, air-tight glass jars — up to one pound apiece — where they’re cured for a month. During that time, a cultivation staff of 15 typically opens the jars once a day to air out the buds. After that, the buds stay shut in the jars, which are packed with nitrogen to remarijuana, Continued on page 9
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duce harmful oxygen that breaks them down. If preserved properly, they’ll be good for up to a year, Biernacki says. nnn
Edibles-only facility Silver State Wellness doesn’t have to worry about crop-destroying insects coming in from the outdoors to ruin its inventory, which means we don’t need to wear bodysuits here. Visitors to this 17,000-squarefoot production facility, which creates marijuana-infused chocolates, coffee, lotions, breath mints and more are required only to wear a hairnet, face mask and gloves. “It’s literally just to prevent hair,” marketing director Jacob Silverstein says. “The production floor is a clean environment, so we make sure that when we’re handling specialty food products, everybody is wearing those. It’s like lunch ladies in the school cafeteria.” Inside Silver State Wellness, Kristal Chamblee — a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef — pours hot, THC oil-infused milk chocolate into molds. The hardened product will eventually become powerful, 100-milligram THC- and CBD-loaded chocolate bars, a single square of which can give users a “relaxing high,” Chamblee says. Those chocolate bars are among nearly 50 products made on these premises, where $250,000 worth of machinery is used to press, filter and preserve gallons of highly concentrated THC oil from hundreds of pounds of marijuana flower each month. The oils are then infused into the products and packaged on-site. Since Silver State opened in October, its Relaxation Peppermint and Orange Zest Awakening pill-size mints have been its hottest sellers to local dispensaries. Thousands of its root beer-infused elixirs, which feature 100 milligrams of THC per 8.5-ounce bottle, have left the production facility for valley shelves, Silverstein says. Other drink flavors include fruit punch and an Arnold Palmer-style lemonade/ iced tea hybrid. Where growers at Desert Grown Farms and the Grove expect similar requests for their flower from soon-to-be recreational users, Silverstein says recreational and medical users will likely have significantly different preferences for his edible and infused marijuana products. Topical lotions and suppositories currently available to medical cardholders in Nevada aren’t likely to appeal as widely to recreational users choosing products for their psychoactive effects. So Silver State is preparing for an increase in demand for tinctures and coffee, along with its hot-selling mints, chocolates and elixirs, and has a new line of baked goods set to hit the production line soon. Here, as at Desert Grown Farms and the Grove, it’s all about gearing up for another major growth spurt by an industry that pairs especially well with its surroundings. “Las Vegas has the Sin City connotation, and people are comfortable doing things here maybe they wouldn’t do otherwise,” Silverstein says. “We just want to make sure we have everybody’s needs covered.”
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Lawmakers scold state treasurer over handling of education programs By thomas moore Staff Writer
A recent Senate Finance Committee hearing to review education programs morphed into a critique of the office and of the seeming willingness of Treasurer Dan Schwartz to ignore the Legislature. Created by the Republican-controlled 2015 Legislature with Senate Bill 302, education savings accounts were intended to give parents a percentage of the average amount Nevada spends on education per student. Parents could use the money to pay for children to be educated in part or entirely outside the public school system. Despite legal challenges to ESAs, including the Nevada Supreme Court ruling that the funding mechanism for ESAs was unconstitutional, the Treasurer’s Office has continued working on the program. That work, as well as continued work on the College Kick Start Program, which the Legislature also had issues with last session, drew the ire of committee members. The program established college savings accounts for students in rural communities. “So it was an end-around what we intended and what was in the governor’s budget,” Sen. Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, said about a public information officer whom Ford said the treasurer was using to convince parents to use the ESA program. “We didn’t reject the enhancements (the increased funding the treasurer requested),” said Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno, voicing similar concerns with the Kick Start Program. “We said we would talk about it in the next session. Again, you can’t spit in the Legislature’s face and expect a warm handshake in return.” Because the hearing was a budget review and not a general discussion about ESAs, the committee’s questions were about logistics: what the treasurer’s employees were doing, how and when ESAs would be funded and how forthcoming the office had been with statistics about who was applying for ESAs. “I’m a little confused,” Ford said, speaking to Grant Hewitt, the chief of staff for the Treasurer’s Office. “A couple of weeks ago, someone from your office ... sent out to a newspaper in Las Vegas information about demographics. ... We’ve been asking this office for a year and a half for that demographic information.” Hewitt said he could not have provided the data sooner because it only recently became available, and he gave it to the committee as soon as it was compiled. “We have no interest in hiding the football here,” Hewitt said. “We are interested in providing clear and concise data.” Ford was even harsher in his questions when
asking about Kick Start. “This office abuses its discretion too often,” he said. “The treasurer was not to fund Kick Start, and you’ve done it anyway. Please offer me an explanation.” Schwartz said he wouldn’t get into a constitutional debate over who has the power to do what. But he admitted that he worked on Kick Start despite having been told by the Legislature not to. “As far as College Kick Start goes, the answer is, yes, you’re right,” Schwartz said. “You were opposed to our expanding the program. But had we followed that directive, we would have been back here with nothing to show. ... It’s up to you to decide if that’s right or wrong.” Ford was not placated. “This is entirely out of the scope of what you were supposed to do,” he said. “We have to make the decisions about what we allocate. ... We are the Legislature, Dan Schwartz. You’re not the Legislature.” While the specifics of the treasurer’s work on ESAs and on Kick Start generated conflict, the committee found time to hear testimony about whether ESAs were generally good or bad for education in Nevada. At the beginning of his testimony, Schwartz said school choice was needed to improve education in Nevada. “I’m a product of the Chicago public school system, and I couldn’t be happier with my education,” Schwartz said. “But both you and I believe that our standing as 51 out of 50 is unacceptable. It should be the (parents’) decision, not ours, that determines the best school and the best environment for our children.” None of the senators expressed an opinion on ESAs, but the committee heard several witnesses, residents and representatives from interested groups. Sylvia Lazos, the policy director for Educate Nevada Now, a group that has fought against the ESAs, told the committee that the program should be dead already. “When we take money out of education to fund vouchers, that’s unconstitutional,” she said. “When the Legislature sets money aside for education, you have to leave it alone.” The committee also heard from representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Nevada Education Association, a group called Honoring Our Public Education and several private citizens, all of whom were against the funding of ESAs. Other than employees of the Treasurer’s Office, only two people — mothers testifying from Las Vegas — offered testimony in support of the ESA program.
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Gaming execs discuss ways to keep downtown vibrant By thomas moore Staff Writer
Five leading gaming executives recently discussed the state of downtown Las Vegas’ gaming industry and how to keep its recent successes going during a panel discussion hosted by the Downtown Alliance. The panel talk included Derek Stevens, owner of the D, Golden Gate, and Downtown Las Vegas Events Center; Jim Sullivan, vice president and general manager of the Fremont; Seth Schorr, chairman of Downtown Grand; Joe Woody, chief financial officer of El Cortez, and Jonathan Jossel, CEO of Plaza Las Vegas. On the event’s invitation, the Downtown Alliance boasted about downtown’s recent success by quoting Nevada Gaming Control Board statistics on gaming revenue and increases in occupancy rates. During the discussion, the panelists echoed that praise. “It’s undeniable in downtown Las Vegas that there has been consistent growth,” Schorr said. “Eight or nine or 10 years ago, there were people who felt it was a fad.” “My perspective is that, you know, we’ve seen two years now of over 5 percent-plus growth of gaming revenue,” Woody said. “And it’s been a
Signs glow over Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. (associated press)
long time coming.” The panelists offered a number of reasons for that success, including investments each has made in their respective properties, the number and variety of special events staged downtown, and cooperation between casino operators. But to keep the momentum going, they said, downtown would have to enhance transportation, work harder to improve safety and help promote the area as a place to live. Currently, getting downtown can be
a challenge because of Project Neon — the Nevada Department of Transportation’s revamp of the Spaghetti Bowl, where U.S. 95 and Interstate 15 meet — and other challenges. “We know there are issues with the highway and traffic and cabs and Uber,” Stevens said. “Being able to get people into the area, that’s very important.” In addition, the operators continue to worry about the effect homeless people and buskers have on visitors’ perception of downtown.
“Customers have to feel safe in the morning, they have to feel safe in the day and they have to feel safe at night,” Sullivan said. “We have to have a safe, clean environment, and it’s incumbent on us as operators to have that same feeling in our own properties.” Some of the operators said the success of downtown casinos was in part a result of developments on East Fremont Street, outside the traditional tourist area. “I want to say that residential development is important,” Schorr said. “Having more people live downtown will not only add more wallets to the area but also an energy.” “I’ve lived downtown for 10 years,” Jossel said. “And I remember people saying to me, ‘What are you doing down there? Are you crazy?’ Now, people are saying we need more residential development.” Schorr said that despite downtown’s success, the industry still needed to let people know it was a viable alternative to the Strip. “I still think we have a ways to go in general awareness,” he said. “We can’t take that for granted. There are people in the valley who hear a general buzz and they know something’s happening down here. But they really don’t know the experience.”
Why Raiders are so confident about stadium financing in Las Vegas By adam candee Staff Writer
Oakland Raiders officials insist they will acquire the $650 million needed to finance the proposed $1.9 billion stadium in Las Vegas. Exactly who will put up that money has been a mystery since billionaire Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson withdrew his financial commitment to the project. Members of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board and Raiders representatives attempted to calm concerns about the franchise’s proposed move at a recent board meeting. Raiders President Marc Badain told board members that “financing will not be an issue” following Adelson’s decision to abandon the project. Once thought to be a backup option, Goldman Sachs indicated through representatives that its interest was contingent upon Adelson’s involvement. “We’re in an industry where we’re
used to plugging along, and we’re used to having starts and stops,” Badain said. “(Raiders owner) Mark Davis made a commitment to Gov. (Brian) Sandoval, and we intend to see that through.” Badain said “multiple financial institutions” have called to express interest in joining the stadium project, which includes a $750 million public financing component generated by room tax revenue and a $500 million commitment from the Raiders. Badain did not name the companies or indicate how far into discussions the team had progressed with any of them. “You’d be surprised how many people are interested in funding this project,” Badain said. Badain declined to comment after the meeting, saying he needed to catch a flight. Eight to 10 potential investors contacted Stadium Authority board Chairman Steve Hill after Adelson
stepped away from the project. Hill characterized about half of those contacts as potentially serious backers. “We’ve heard from a broad variety of people,” Hill said. “It’s the Raiders’ job ... to develop that component.” Hill reaffirmed the group’s commitment to bringing an NFL team to Las Vegas within the 18-month time frame allowed by Senate Bill 1, which expires in April 2018. The Legislature passed the bill last year to provide the public financing piece requested by Adelson and the Raiders. “This is a significant opportunity for Las Vegas, and we’re excited by that and we’re thrilled to be a part of that,” Hill said. “We are fully committed to working with the Raiders.” For the Raiders, that timing is much more compressed. The team submitted its relocation application to the NFL last month, and league owners could vote on the move in March. The two sides need to
demonstrate to the league some progress on the draft lease agreement submitted by the team to the board at the group’s last meeting, Badain told Hill. If the Raiders want to use Sam Boyd Stadium as a temporary home until a new stadium is built, UNLV President Len Jessup said the university would consider upgrading the facility to make it suitable for the NFL. Such enhancements could include increasing the temporary capacity of Sam Boyd to 50,000 seats and improving the outdated locker room facilities. Jessup also affirmed UNLV’s commitment to building its own smaller stadium if the NFL did not bring a team to Las Vegas. He expressed confidence he could raise the $200 million required by SB1 as the university’s contribution to such a facility. Jessup pointed out that suite sales and stadium naming rights could be counted toward the $200 million in addition to any donations.
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‘The younger the demographic, the more visual the consumer is said to be’ that target the personal finance, travel, entertainment, sports, young-adult lifestyle, social media and health care industries. The publicly traded company owns and operates brands such as bikini.com, banks.com, Roomlia, FansTang, Tax Extension, U.S. Tax Center and vegas.com. (Remark Media purchased vegas.com from the site’s founding company, The Greenspun Corporation, in September 2015.) This portfolio allows Remark to provide digital-media experiences in multiple verticals with a consistent focus on the millennial market, according to Remark Chairman and CEO Kai-Shing Tao. “Millennials are the most soughtafter demographic because of their purchasing power, so we’ve created a global ecosystem to target this demographic,” said Tao, who assumed his current post in 2012. “The company has evolved from being a media-content business to being a technology company where our data platform allows us to expand into any industry.” Remark Media’s future lies in its KanKan Data Intelligence Platform, Tao said. The platform aggregates users’ digital footprints and analyzes behavior based on their social media use, travel and shopping habits. KanKan has been gathering, analyzing and organizing global content for less than three years, resulting in 1.3 billion active user profiles; 22 billion posts; 14 billion images; 130 billion comments and reviews; 50 million business profiles; and 40 million point-of-interest profiles. Jason Wei, Remark’s chief technology officer, said KanKan targeted millennials, which aligned with target demographics for other business units within the company. “KanKan is the data hub of all Remark Media’s businesses, current and future, that will connect all Remark customers and provide valuable customer analysis and insights, and data solutions to internal businesses,” Wei said. “For KanKan itself, with partners, it will also build various data solutions for
KanKan has been gathering, analyzing and organizing global content for less than three years, resulting in 1.3 billion active user profiles; 22 billion posts; 14 billion images; 130 billion comments and reviews; 50 million business profiles; and 40 million point-of-interest profiles. global business customers based on its advanced data and artificial intelligence technologies.” In January, Remark announced its collaboration with Chinese investment holding company Tencent to develop marketing solutions powered by KanKan and Tencent Cloud, a high-performance cloud computing service. Tencent Cloud is developing a data platform that can help businesses in several verticals solve marketing challenges, Remark officials said. Also in January, Remark announced a partnership with China-based Alibaba Cloud, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies, to provide customers with the new Enterprise Data Services Solution, which includes data on tens of millions of businesses in China. Tao said the partnership underscored KanKan’s value and monetization opportunities. “We believe this is just the beginning for our KanKan platform,” he said. “Our data resources and technology expertise represent a tremendous opportunity for additional partnerships with some of the world’s largest companies.” In 2016, Remark acquired FansTang, which provides Western sports and entertainment digital video content, international live event broadcasts and social media content into China. The integration of China Branding Group’s U.S. content and production assets and the FansTang subsidiary will enhance Remark’s millennial appeal in both the U.S. and China, Tao said. “The Chinese digital market is experiencing explosive growth and will continue to do so over the next five years, and we intend to be a part
of that growth,” Tao said. “We’ll be able to use the sales team that China Branding Group has in place to sell across all the different assets for Remark Media.” He noted FansTang’s portfolio of celebrity, sports and entertainment content; its social media community of more than 130 million followers in China; and proven distribution and monetization strategies — all of which would help Remark generate traffic and grow revenue, Tao said. Back on the home front, KanKan is helping Remark’s internal businesses, such as vegas.com and bikini.com, provide useful information to help target the 18- to 34-yearold age bracket, while also generating revenue and keeping ahead of technology trends. The acquisition of vegas.com, Remark’s biggest moneymaker, was a milestone, Tao said. “Vegas.com is our crown jewel,” Tao said. “When we acquired it, we saw a much bigger opportunity to expand it from just ticketing into a media platform, and capitalize on the traffic we generate from producing original content.” Vegas.com President Michael Reichartz said the company had been working on mobile migration as well as striving to improve the user experience. “We’ve been doing a lot of A/B testing, where we build a product and test it on a limited audience to gauge the response before releasing it site-wide,” said Reichartz, who cofounded hotel-booking site Roomlia, which Remark acquired. “Last year, we ran almost 200 tests, and we are on pace for even more in 2017, which allows us to be incredibly nimble,” Reichartz said.
“We’re also seeing the colonization from desktop to mobile devices in the new phone-first kind of environment. The focus on millennials is certainly there for us, too, so we’re trying to present more image-driven content, because the younger the demographic, the more visual the consumer is said to be.” Bikini.com, a luxury lifestyle destination encompassing exotic travel, health and fitness, social consciousness, and designer swimwear and accessories, also is a significant component of Remark’s portfolio, and focuses on an even narrower niche: female millennials. “Bikini.com is about tapping into the daydreamer that’s inside every girl and celebrating that sense of wanderlust,” said Shannon Follansbee, company president. “We celebrate natural beauty and acceptance of all body shapes, and want women to feel confident that bikinis are for everyone.” With more than 3 million social media impressions, bikini.com recently launched its Brand Brand Ambassador program with more than 100 social influencers. In September, it introduced The Wanderlust, a $75-a-quarter subscription series which features a themed discovery box inspired by beach destinations around the world. The box contains beauty, style, travel and fitness essentials such as jewelry, body scrubs, water bottles and beach accessories. Bikini.com also recently rolled out video content on its site. Remark’s 2016 third-quarter results reflect the recent enhancements to its portfolio, as well as the success of KanKan. Its net revenue in the third quarter was $15.1 million, compared with $800,000 for the same period in 2015. For the nine-month period ending Sept. 30, its net revenue was $44.4 million, compared with $2.4 million for the same nine months in 2015. “As we look ahead, we are more excited than ever about our ability to expand our leadership position in global consumer data intelligence and monetize our offerings in that arena,” Tao said.
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Calendar of events MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Pay It Forward Awards & Lunar New Year Celebration Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $45 for Chinese American Citizens Alliance members; $60 for nonmembers Location: KJ Kitchen at the Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-688-0951 The Chinese American Citizens Alliance hosts this inaugural event featuring a 10-course dinner, lion dancing, Chinese entertainers and a VIP mixer with local professionals and federal and state legislators.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Business Alliance Network mixer Time: 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: Free for Women’s Chamber of Commerce members; $20 for nonmembers Location: Ethel M Chocolates, 2 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson Information: Visit womenschamberofnevada.com This professional business referral exchange will feature chocolate tastings, photos on the Wall of Chocolate and a tour of Ethel M. Keystone Corp. annual breakfast Time: 7:30-9 a.m. Cost: $30 in advance; $35 at the door Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-952-2456 Join the Keystone Corp., a political action organization for the Nevada Conservative, for networking and breakfast. State Sen. Michael Roberson will give an update on his plans this legislative session.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Construction Financial Management Association luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30 for CFMA members; $40 for nonmembers
Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-493-1066 Russell Price, senior vice president of UBS Financial Services, will present “Improving Enterprise Value.” The Miss Nevada United States calendar release party and networking event Time: 7-9 p.m. Cost: Free, plus drink specials Location: Hearthstone Kitchen & Cellar inside the Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Information: Visit Eventbrite.com Presented by Yvette Auger’s Cosmopolitan Connections, this mixer offers personal and business networking opportunities over the course of a fun, social evening with businesscard prize drawings.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Henderson Chamber of Commerce networking mixer Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: $15 for Henderson Chamber members; $25 for nonmembers; $10 additional for walk-ins Location: Big B’s BBQ, 3019 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 This mixer offers professionals a chance to grow their network and business by sharing contacts, referrals and ideas. Business power luncheon Time: 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $50 for Metro Chamber members and elected officials; $65 for nonmembers Location: Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-586-3851 U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto will present her first address to the business community since being elected in November. She will discuss a range of business issues on the federal level as well as provide insight into the federal policylandscape.
The Philip Pro Lecture with Ajay Mehrotra Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Thomas & Mack Moot Courtroom, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-895-2489 Mehrotra, executive director and research professor at the American Bar Foundation, will present “Making the Modern American Fiscal State: Law, Politics and the Rise of Progressive Taxation, 1877-1929.” The lecture will cover the intellectual, legal and administrative foundations of how the modern fiscal state came to be. Register in advance to attend. Chinese New Year Gala and Community Achievement Awards Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $88 Location: Gold Coast, Nevada Ballroom, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-737-4300 Connect with Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce members and local business professionals in celebration of the Chinese New Year. There will be a cocktail reception and silent auction.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 February CommunityCation Luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., third floor, Las Vegas Information: Visit Eventbrite.com Vincent Dignan will share tips and resources on how to successfully get the first 1,000 sign-ups or customers for your small business/startup.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Nevada Women’s Business Center Workshops Time: 11 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson Information: Call 702-492-7252 This workshop will focus on business plans, and what is needed to start a business and become successful.
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Feb. 19-22
11,500
MAGIC Marketplace Spring Show
Las Vegas Convention Center
Feb. 21-23
85,000
MRket Trade Show
Mandalay Bay
Feb. 21-23
7,500
American Society of Pension Actuaries
Caesars Palace
March 3-8
2,210
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Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES CHAPTER 11 Hartland MMI LLC 265 East Warm Springs Road, Suite 104 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Attorney: David J. Winterton at david@davidwinterton.com KHWY Inc. 101 Convention Center Drive, Suite P109 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Attorney: Matthew L. Johnson at annabelle@mjohnsonlaw.com
Bid Opportunities February 23 2:15 p.m. Alexander Villas Park improvements Clark County, 604344 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov
February 24 3 p.m. Government center — commission chambers preventive maintenance and repair services of the audio/ visual system Clark County, 604303 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions Sales $3,500,000 for 18,334 square feet, Industrial 5230 W. Patrick Lane, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: 5230 LLC Landlord agent: Mike DeLew, SIOR, and Greg Pancirov, SIOR, of Colliers International Tenant: 5230 Patrick LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $775,000 for 2.5 acres, land Gomer Road and Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89178 Landlord: Wiener 1989 Trust Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: Mosaic Seven LLC Tenant agent: Vince Schettler of Colliers International $500,000 for 7,800 square feet, retail 5110 Washington Ave., Las Vegas 89110 Landlord: David M. Gherig & Associates Landlord agent: Salina Ramirez, CCIM of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Did not disclose Tenant agent: Did not disclose
Lease $547,376 for 6,767 square feet,
office 9121 W. Russell Road, Suite 210, Las Vegas 89148 Landlord: Beltway One Development Group Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker, CCIM, SIOR, and Bobbi Miracle, CCIM, SIOR, of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Guarenteed Rate LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose
BUSINESS LICESNES B&B House Keeping License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Jose Salazar Banfield Pet Hospital #1896 License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 6980 N. Fifth St., North Las Vegas Owner: Medical Management International Bazaar Nayarit License type: Storage facility large Address: 3853 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Rosa Ma Del La Torre BF Micavn License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Seung Eun Yang Big Ern’s Essentials License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Big Ern’s Essentials Bir Azam License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Bir Azam BLR License type: Property maintenance Address: 1012 Via Stellato St., Henderson Owner: Mundi LLC Bolmer Restoration License type: Contractor Address: 5 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson Owner: Cat Detailing LLC Bongiovi Law Firm License type: Law firm or law office Address: 2831 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson Owner: Bongiovi Law Firm Bowlersmart License type: Bowling equipment sales and services Address: 1301 W. Sunset Road, Henderson Owner: Bowlersmart
Bransen Ruiz License type: Real estate sales Address: 1333 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Bransen Ruiz Brent Taylor License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Brent Taylor Brookside Senior Home Care License type: Group care facility Address: 1134 Galangate Ave., Henderson Owner: Brookside Senior Care Homes Brutal Glass License type: Manufacturing, light assembly and fabrication Address: Did not disclose Owner: Bryon Acevedo
Las Vegas Owner: MBS Clothing Compassion Crest Home Care License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 1312 S. Eighth St., Las Vegas Owner: Compassion Crest Control Transportation Services License type: Merchandise broker Address: 6255 S. Sandhill Road, Las Vegas Owner: Jill Remick, Donald Staniszewski, Patrick McCluskey and Kathy Bruce Corli Photos License type: Photography Address: 8148 Hometown Hero Drive, Las Vegas Owner: James C. Snyder and Elizabeth Aller
Bryan Chan License type: Real estate sales Address: 7674 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 109, Las Vegas Owner: Bryan Chan
Cosmetique License type: Professional services - medical Address: 1601 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Rebekka Juveland
Cannapunch of Nevada - Production License type: Outside MME - MME Address: 5425 Polaris Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Integral Associated
Crosscountry Mortgage License type: Mortgage lending Address: 10424 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200, Henderson Owner: Crosscountry Mortgage
Carrie Scott License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 4659 Nocera St., Las Vegas Owner: Carrie Scott
CXD Restoration License type: Trucking Address: 6813 Painted Morning Ave., Las Vegas Owner: CXD Restoration
Casino Party Agency License type: Marketing and consulting Address: 2400 Greens Ave., Henderson Owner: Joey Saccavino
Design & Dine License type: Restaurant Address: 3175 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Design & Dine
Centennial Foot and Ankle License type: Professional services - medical Address: 6200 N. Durango Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: David P. Biesinger, DPM Chacharitas Wireless License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 3416 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Chacharitas Wireless Chamucos License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Victor Hugo Gomez Christian Jimenez License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Christian Jimenez Chung’s Sports Wear License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 4512 Andrews St., North
Didittt Strategies License type: Management or consulting service Address: 7152 Indian Head Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Kristin Guthrie DLS2009, Quiet Breeze Series License type: Short-term residential rental (PM) Address: 3016 Quiet Breeze Court, Las Vegas Owner: DLS2009 Durango Taco Shop License type: Food services or cafe Address: 7785 N. Durango Drive, Suite 105, Las Vegas Owner: Yangar Foods Unlimited Dysphagia Experts of the West License type: Professional services - medical Address: 150 N. Durango Drive, Suite 230, Las Vegas Owner: Dysphagia Experts of Utah Eastbiz Com License type: Business space rent
or lease Address: 5348 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas Owner: John Vanhara Eatrightlife License type: Personal services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Christopher Staefe and Tori Nakano Ebony Clayton Msw, LCSW License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Ebony A. Clayton Edwin Ganja License type: Watch repair Address: 1245 W. Warm Springs Road, Henderson Owner: Edwin Ganja Elite at Wildhorse Golf Club License type: Golf course, pro shop and restaurant Address: 2100 W. Warm Springs Road, Henderson Owner: Elite at Wildhorse Golf Club Embassy Services License type: General services (counter/office) Address: Did not disclose Owner: Embassy Holdings Emory License type: Apartment house Address: 5100 Obannon Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Brent Emory Fit Body Boot Camp License type: Recreation facility Address: 6475 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 175, Las Vegas Owner: Big Drive Fitness FSI Construction Inc. License type: Contractor Address: 5728 Teague Road, Las Vegas Owner: Anthony W. Whitaker G&F Pooper Scooper License type: Miscellaneous Address: 1110 Luna Eclipse Lane, Suite 2, Henderson Owner: Gaither Watkins III Gentlemen By Choice Community Development Corp. License type: Nonprofit community services Address: 1016 W. Owens Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Gregory Fields, Richard Jack III and Antonio Mosby Sr. Glitz N’ Pieces License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite F3, Las Vegas Owner: Gilt Trading GTT Americas License type: Public utility telephone Address: 7900 Tysons One Place,
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Records and Transactions Suite 1450, Las Vegas Owner: GTT Communications and Richard Calder Guiping Liu License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 9310 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Laguna Spa Guy Allen Cunningham License type: Real estate sales Address: 1930 Village Center Circle, Suite 5, Las Vegas Owner: Guy A. Cunningham Head Ass Clothing License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Joshua B. Wright and Daniel S. Gardner Hitt Contracting Inc. License type: Contractor Address: 2900 Fairview Park Drive., Las Vegas Owner: Gary Unthank, James Millar, Russell and Brett Hitt Imports R Us License type: Auto sales (new and used) Address: 2238 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Imports R Us Integrity Mobile Auto Service License type: Automotive garage/ service station (minor) Address: Did not disclose Owner: Integrity Mobile Auto Service Jackpot Joanie’s License type: Restaurant Address: 714 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Jackpot Joanies C R and Big Dogs Cafe & Casino Inc. Janitorial Specialists License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 10844 Franklin Hills Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Carl Pappalardo Jdog Junk Removal & Hauling License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 3125 Van Der Meer St., North Las Vegas Owner: TNB47 LLC Jerome Harkiewicz License type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Jerome Harkiewicz Jessperna.com License type: Cartoon ad illustration Address: 2096 Ramrod Ave., Suite 1114, Henderson Owner: Jess Perna JLG Industries
License type: Storage facility large Address: 4140 Frehner Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Imports R Us
License type: Professional services - medical Address: 5231 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Story of Success
LV Service Solutions License type: Contractor Address: 5000 W. Oakey Blvd., Suites B3 and B4, Las Vegas Owner: Brandon Stavros
License type: Wire service Address: 3290 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas Owner: Steven Piano and W. Alex Holmes
JS Landscape Services License type: Contractor Address: 4429 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Owner: JS Services of Nevada
Las Vegas Equine Assisted Learning and Healing Center License type: Nonprofit community services Address: 5820 W. La Madre Way, Las Vegas Owner: Mark Anton, Nanci Stone and Christopher Anton
Manuel Olivo Montelongo License type: Pro services - legal Address: 2516 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Manuel Montelongo
Mongaxi Consulting Services License type: Professional services Address: 3521 Gloucester Gate St., Las Vegas Owner: Clara A. Monarrez and Manuel Monarrez
Junk One License type: Secondhand dealer Address: 153 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Suite 1220, Henderson Owner: Junk One Just Pressure Washing License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 3017 Dotted Wren Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: James Spencer Kai’s Lash and Foot Spa License type: Cosmetology Address: 6340 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Kai’s Lash and Foot Spa Kayla M. Schwartz License type: Real estate sales Address: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas Owner: Kayla Schwartz Kennetha Houston License type: Residential home care provider Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kennetha Houston Kerry Suzanne Spalding License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 4760 S. Pecos Road, Las Vegas Owner: Kerry S. Spalding Kieya Sinclaire License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 760 Coronado Center Drive, Henderson Owner: Kieya Sinclaire Koenig Property Holdings II License type: Business space rent or lease Address: 7652 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Koenig Property Holdings II Kristi Alexander License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Kristi Alexander La Insurance Agency NV36 License type: Insurance agency Address: 1520 N. Eastern Ave., Suite 116, Las Vegas Owner: Basel Nafal Las Vegas Animal Emergency Hospital
Las Vegas Restoration License type: Property maintenance Address: 8809 Scenic Harbor Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Las Vegas Restoration LLC Lee Naturals License type: Food services or cafe Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suites E47B1 and E47B2, Las Vegas Owner: Kei Wen Lee Lee’s Discount Liquor License type: General retail sales Address: 7752 N. El Capitan Way, Las Vegas Owner: El Capitan & Lee Legacy Lenz Entertainment Corp. License type: General services (counter/office) Address: 8805 Jeffreys St., Suite 1075, Las Vegas Owner: Brandon Demasi, Olivia Cesena and George Clinton LG Carpentry License type: Contractor Address: 3808 Valley Drive, North Las Vegas Owner: LG Carpentry LH Cleaning Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Erika Loza Rodriguez Lisa Buzelli License type: Real estate sales Address: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Lisa Buzelli Los 3 Hermanos License type: General retail sales Address: 4425 Stewart Ave., Suite 108, Las Vegas Owner: Bessy Recinos Luft Heating & Air Conditioning License type: Air conditioning repair and installations Address: 5 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson Owner: Luft Heating & Air Conditioning LV Mobile Auto Detail License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Diana C. Mejia Reyes
Manuela’s Linen Closet License type: Tailor and/or dressmaker Address: Did not disclose Owner: Manuela Ketchum Maria Liza Debrei License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Maria L. Debrei Marita Michael License type: Residential home care provider Address: Did not disclose Owner: Marita Michael Mason’s Landscape Maintenance License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Christina L. Mason Matthew Franklin Fosnacht License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Matthew Fosnacht Meli’s Cleaning License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Melina Lopez Mental Giants Nutrition License type: Mail order/internet sales Address: 8230 San Mateo St., North Las Vegas Owner: Mental Giants Nutrition Microblading Permanent Makeup by Sophia License type: Permanent makeup Address: 9310 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Laguna Spa Mmax Investment Partners License type: Marketing and consulting Address: 2520 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 302, Henderson Owner: Mmax Investment Partners Mmm Services License type: Management or consulting service Address: 720 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Michelle Molley and Michelle Garcia Moneygram Payment Systems
Moreno and Sons Co. License type: Miscellaneous Address: 980 Mary Crest Road, Suite D, Henderson Owner: Moreno and Sons Co. Mountain View Bistro License type: Restaurant Address: 3250 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: KZ Restaurants Mr. Diesel Truck Repair License type: Garage-auto/truck garage service Address: 3451 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Leysam LLC
BUILDING PERMITS $8,597,394, commercial - new 4145 Corporate Center Drive, North Las Vegas TWC Construction $7,161,162, commercial - alteration 3330 E. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas Better Building Systems $5,434,182, commercial - new 4215 Corporate Center Drive, North Las Vegas TWC Construction $1,868,827, commercial - alteration 4660 Berg St., North Las Vegas Nu Tone $1,695,000, commercial 801 Upland Blvd., Las Vegas Apco Construction $1,465,720, commercial - addition 204 E. Mayflower Ave., North Las Vegas Fong Construction $750,000, tenant improvement 5639 Centennial Center Blvd., Las Vegas Savant Construction $500,000, tenant improvement 400 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Kalb Industries of Nevada $449,997, commercial - remodel 1301 W. Sunset Road, Henderson NP Sunset $394,875, fireproof 4490 Nexus Way, North Las Vegas
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Records and Transactions Aero Automatic Sprinkler Co. $390,000, electrical 15595 Apex Power Parkway, North Las Vegas Titan Systems $299,988, retail sales 65 N. Gibson Road, Suite 1, Henderson 27 Gibson LLC $274,987, commercial - remodel 10420 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Henderson 86021 LLC $271,406, single-family dwelling 11260 Ansel Court, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
2139 County Down Lane, Henderson Toll Henderson $213,443, single-family dwelling 464 Bosco Di Fiore St., Las Vegas Toll North LV $209,379, residential - custom 1035 San Ramos Court, Henderson Greystone Nevada $208,264, single-family dwelling 8383 Aspen Skye St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $203,466, single-family dwelling 9616 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada
$258,000, commercial - addition 3200 E. Gowan Road, North Las Vegas Bill Kaiser Erection Specialists
$200,119, residential - production x2 507 and 511 Via Garofano Ave., Henderson Century Communities Nevada
$250,000, electrical 2411 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Bombard Electric
$197,790, residential - production 733 Coastal Lagoon St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek
$250,000, electrical 801 Searles Ave., Las Vegas Delta Electric Co.
$181,244, single-family dwelling 12105 Hermesa Colina Ave., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada
$248,342, single-family dwelling 9620 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $246,272, single-family dwelling 11250 Ansel Court, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $225,000, multifamily dwelling 304 W. Cleveland Ave., Las Vegas J4 Development $222,665, single-family dwelling 11290 Ansel Court, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $222,289, single-family dwelling 440 Bosco Di Fiore St., Las Vegas Toll North LV $221,467, residential - production 929 Spring Tide Ave., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek $220,051, single-family dwelling 8230 Beldina St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $218,097, single-family dwelling 12109 Hermesa Colina Ave., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $215,811, residential - production 3147 Tronzano Ave., Henderson KB Home Inspirada
$181,244, single-family dwelling 12117 Paseo Terraza Lane, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $179,159, residential - production 3054 Echoed Rondel Lane, Henderson Century Communities Nevada $177,522, single-family dwelling 359 Valleggia Drive, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $175,000, tenant improvement 855 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas Arc Services $173,935, residential - new 2521 Splendid Manor Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $173,702, single-family dwelling 12169 Castilla Rain Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV $168,303, single-family dwelling 9717 Summer Bliss Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $167,685, single-family dwelling 12266 Lorenzo Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
$215,590, residential - production 729 Coastal Lagoon St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek
$161,914, residential - production 152 Fulgora St., Henderson KB Home Nevada
$213,871, residential - production
$160,969, single-family dwelling
10558 Pelican Island Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $159,308, residential - production 477 Sunrise Breeze Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $159,142, residential - production x2 400 and 404 Stetson Creek Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $158,479, residential - new 2521 Charmed Oasis Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $157,019, single-family dwelling 311 Rezzo St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $155,618, residential - new 7112 Whispering Falls Drive, North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $154,092, single-family dwelling 10586 Leroux Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $150,270, residential - production 25 Via Tavolara, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada $150,270, residential - production 5 Vicolo Bella, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada $150,000, commercial 630 S. 11th St., Las Vegas Master Built Construction $148,351, pool and/or spa 2672 N. Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas Paragon Pools $146,944, single-family dwelling 12242 Los Mares Lane, Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $146,699, single-family dwelling 6415 Matthew Hills Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton $140,170, single-family dwelling 8425 Aspen Skye St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $139,512, residential - production x2 473 and 481 Sunrise Breeze Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $138,815, single-family dwelling 7291 Zonal Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,815, single-family dwelling 9717 Yellow Shadow Ave., Las
Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,550, single-family dwelling 7307 Ellington Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV $138,514, residential - production 1354 Reef Point Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada $138,306, single-family dwelling 9683 Ashlynn Peak Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $137,294, residential - production 709 Silver Pearl St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek $135,132, residential - custom 266 E. Country Club Drive, Henderson Jason & Stephanie Lundblad $134,885, single-family dwelling x2 6400 and 6405 Matthew Hills Court, Las Vegas D R Horton $134,688, residential - production 3136 La Crema Court, Henderson Toll Henderson $133,118, single-family dwelling 11813 Barona Mesa Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada $133,118, single-family dwelling 448 Vigo Port St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada $131,315, single-family dwelling 10582 Leroux Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $131,315, single-family dwelling 6442 Dunns River St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $131,015, rehab 2615 Respectful Court, North Las Vegas Advantage Builders of Nevada $130,743, single-family dwelling 11814 Saverio Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $130,350, commercial - remodel 178 N. Pecos Road, Suite 120, Henderson Zrob Offices $129,476, residential - production x3 1405, 1461 and 1469 Overseer Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $129,476, residential - production 154 Sand Lake St., Henderson KB Home Nevada
$128,905, residential - new 6153 Turaco St., North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $126,204, residential - production x2 2572 and 2588 Ballatore St., Henderson Toll Henderson $126,204, residential - production 3095 Lucentezza Ave., Henderson Toll Henderson $126,197, residential - new 6133 Turaco St., North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $125,193, single-family dwelling 11808 Barona Mesa Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada $120,000, plumbing 801 Upland Blvd., Las Vegas Apco Construction $119,273, residential - production 396 Stetson Creek Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $119,273, residential - production 408 Stetson Creek Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada $118,437, single-family dwelling 363 Molinetto St., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $117,338, single-family dwelling 6636 Radiant Red Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $112,841, residential - production 3077 Sarsina Ave., Henderson KB Home Inspirada $108,411, residential - new 5738 Colbert St., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes $107,961, residential - production 133 Fulgora St., Henderson KB Home Nevada $107,961, residential - production 151 Fulgora St., Henderson KB Home Nevada $102,527, residential - production 3197 Brescia Bank Ave., Henderson KB Home Inspirada $102,527, residential - production 722 Bollons Island St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek
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Category: engineering firms Ranked by the number of professional staff as of Feb. 10
Year established
Number of professional staff
Number of local licensed engineers
Slater Hanifan Group 5740 S. Arville St., Suite 216 Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-284-5300 • shg-inc.com
2003
116
38
Skye Canyon Master Plan, Silverado Detention Basin, Nevada Department of Transportation Centennial Bowl CM Services
Ken Hanifan, president
2
JBA, an NV5 company 5155 W. Patrick Lane Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-362-9200 • jbace.com
1966
109
19
The Quad Remodel, Ainsworth Game Technology Manufacturing, Spring Valley Hospital Renovations
Dwayne Miller, chairman
3
Atkins 2270 Corporate Circle, Suite 200 Henderson, NV 89074 702-263-7275 • atkinsglobal.com
1987
88
35
Project Neon Design-Build; 215 Beltway; Craig to Hualapai, Construction Management; Las Vegas Wash Channelization Improvements Design
Harshal Desai, vice president
4
GeoTek Inc. 6835 Escondido St. Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-897-1424 • geotekusa.com
1998
60
18
Nevada State CollegeHenderson Campus, UNLV Mendenhall Activity Center, Faraday Future
Ryne C. Stoker, CEO
5
Lochsa Engineering 6345 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-365-9312 • lochsa.com
1995
48
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Mark L. Hedge, Credit One Bank Office Complex, Riviera Demolition principal and Exhibit Lot, T-Mobile Arena
6
Geotechnical & Environmental Services Inc. 7150 Placid St. Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-365-1001 • gesnevada.com
1992
40
7
Paradise Whitney Interceptor, Project Neon, Thomas & Mack
Gregory P. DeSart, president/ owner
7
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. 6671 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Suite 320 Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-862-3600 • kimley-horn.com
1991
34
15
IKEA, Resorts World Las Vegas, NHL Practice Facility
Ken Ackeret, principal
8
L.R. Nelson Consulting Engineers Inc. 6765 W. Russell Road, Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-798-7978 • irneng.com
1987
31
8
Chartan /Pioneer Elementary School, Rockpointe, Boulder Pines
Larry R. Nelson, president
9
MSA Engineering Consultants 370 E. Windmill Lane, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89123 702-896-1100 • msa-lv.com
1997
28
7
Park Theater - Monte Carlo, Nevada State College, Student Union and Nursing Education Building, Silverton Timeshare Towers
David Melroy, president
Firm
1
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