LAS VEGAS — LaPour Cos. and G2 Capital Development, both based in Las Vegas, have broken ground on Narrative, a Class A office building located in Las Vegas. Situated in the southwest portion of the valley near the 215 Beltway and South Durango, Narrative will feature 100,184 square feet of office space in a four-story building. Slated for completion in fourth-quarter 2020, the development is the first of its kind in the area since the recession, according to the developers. Upon completion, Narrative will become the headquarters of Colliers International | Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS — Mystic Sands has completed the sale of Inspirado Apartments, a 247,072-square-foot multifamily property in Las Vegas’ Centennial Hills neighborhood. NNC Apartment Ventures acquired the asset for $52 million. Located at 6885 W. Lone Mountain Road, Inspirado Apartments features 116 one-bedroom/one-bath, 120 two-bedroom/two-bath and 16 three-bedroom/two-bath units. Built in 2010 on 11.1 acres, the property offers a European-style swimming pool, hot tub, cabana area with built-in grill, fitness facility and business center. At the time of sale, the property was 95.6 percent occupied. Taylor Sims, Carl Sims, Brady Cleary of Cushman & Wakefield’s Nevada Multifamily Advisory Group represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — CIM Group is expanding Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino with the addition of an eight-story, 495-room building in downtown Las Vegas. The extra rooms will increase the total number of rooms by more than 75 percent, bringing the total from 629 to 1,124 rooms. The new building is being constructed atop a reconfigured porte-cochere (a covered entrance large enough for vehicles to pass through), and guests will have direct access to the third-level pool deck, the hotel’s casino, ground-level retail and entertainment options. Furthermore, CIM Group is developing a new public casino entrance. Of the new rooms, 90 are suites, including 67 studio units, 20 one-bedroom suites and three Presidential Suites each totaling nearly 1,500 square feet of living space. Downtown Grand Hotel also offers DJs on the casino floor every Friday and Saturday, six meeting rooms ranging from 814 to 10,625 square feet, and six restaurants. Upon completion of the expansion, Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino will comprise three buildings that span two city blocks between Casino Center Boulevard, North 4th Street, East Ogden Avenue and East Stewart Avenue. CIM Group originally opened Downtown Grand Hotel in 2013. The Los Angeles-based developer expects to complete the …
LAS VEGAS — Dream Hotel Group has unveiled plans to open a 450-room luxury hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Dubbed Dream Las Vegas, the project is slated to open in 2023. Local developers Contour and Shopoff Realty Investments plan to break ground in early 2021. Designs call for a rooftop pool deck, bar and lounge; three restaurants; two additional bar and lounge concepts on the gaming floor; a grab-and-go café on the street level; 12,000 square feet of meeting and event space; a full-service spa; and a fitness center. “There is no shortage of mega-resorts in Las Vegas, but there is a lack of boutique hotels that offer a more intimate curated experience,” says David Daneshforooz, CEO of Contour. “A ground-up Dream hotel with its world-class food and beverage offerings was an obvious choice for a boutique execution on this site and will be a great addition to the Las Vegas Strip.” Located across the street from Mandalay Bay Resort and Bali Hai Golf Club, Dream Las Vegas will be one of the first hotels seen from the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. The property will be situated two blocks from the new Allegiant Stadium, future home of …
NORTH LAS VEGAS — Portland, Ore.-based Harsch Investment Properties has completed the development of Speedway Commerce Center IV, a 168,000-square-foot industrial building located at 6101 N. Hollywood Blvd. in North Las Vegas. The facility is the latest addition to the existing 2.6 million-square-foot Speedway Commerce Center. This development brings Harsch’s holdings in North Las Vegas to 4 million square feet. Speedway Commerce Center IV features office build-outs in each unit, 32-foot minimum warehouse clear heights, 1.4/1,000-square-foot parking ratio, 50-foot concrete aprons and LED warehouse and office lighting. The property also offers ample dock-high and grade-level loading, ESFR sprinklers with K17 rating, 60-foot speed bays and energy-efficient evaporative coolers. Jason Simon, Rob Lujan and Xavier Wasiak of JLL negotiated three leases, totaling 76,926 square feet, for the property, bringing it to 46 percent occupancy. Q Corp. will occupy 37,918 square feet, Proslat will utilize 15,738 square feet and Vogue Tyres will take 23,270 square feet at the facility.
TOLEDO, OHIO — Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has agreed to sell a portfolio of seniors housing properties in California, Nevada and Washington for more than $740 million. The announcement was made on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Very few details have been released, however, with Welltower not disclosing the names, locations, buyers or number of properties. The portfolio was 97 percent occupied with a net operating income of $36.7 million in 2019.
LAS VEGAS — Positive Investments, a Southern California-based real estate investment and management company, has completed the sale of Bonneville Square, a five-story office building in downtown Las Vegas. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $14.9 million. Located at 411 E. Bonneville Ave., the property features 92,402 square feet of office space and is within walking distance of more than 40 law firm offices, 16 government offices and six courthouses. The Federal Public Defender’s office anchors the building, which was 79 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mark Schuessler and Mike Tabeek of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Next Wave Investors has acquired Villaggio Di Murano, an apartment community located at 9475 W. Tompkins Ave. in Las Vegas. A Southern California-based multifamily investment group sold the asset for $14.5 million in an off-market transaction. Built in 2005, Villaggio Di Murano features 88 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a business center, fitness center, swimming pool and spa/hot tub. Next Wave plans to implement a series of capital upgrades, including exterior paint and signage, new landscaping, interior unit enhancements and pool area improvements. Additionally, the new owner plans to add new community amenities including collaborative outdoor barbecue and gathering spaces.
LAS VEGAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a restaurant asset located in Las Vegas. A private family trust acquired the asset from a private investor for $3.8 million. Todd Manning of Marcus & Millichap’s Las Vegas office represented the seller in the deal. IHOP occupies the 4,700-square-foot building, which is located at 9480 W. Sahara Ave., on a net-lease basis.
LAS VEGAS — Dermody Properties has acquired two logistics centers in Las Vegas for an undisclosed price. The properties are Pama Distribution Center I at 1385 E. Pama Lane and Lone Mountain Distribution Center I at 2628 E. Lone Mountain Road. The two multi-tenant, concrete tilt-up buildings offer a combined total of 158,166 square feet, ample dock-high and grade-level doors, and abundant parking. At the time of acquisition, both buildings were fully leased. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.