LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — There are plans to deliver huge enterprise to the Historic Industrial Middle District off of Maryland Parkway and Sahara Avenue.
Enterprise house owners have invested tens of millions of {dollars} into the once-bustling shopping plaza, hoping to deliver it again to life.
“That is the place to be,” stated Derek Stonebarger, who’s planning to open up Arty’s Steakhouse within the Industrial Middle District subsequent fall. Stonebarger owns Davy’s and ReBAR in Las Vegas’ Arts District.
“There’s simply a lot historical past right here and it’s actually in my view, a diamond within the ruff,” Stonebarger stated.
The 30-acre property sits simply east of the Strip on Sahara Avenue and was the valley’s first main procuring heart again within the Nineteen Sixties. As a long time handed, storefronts closed.
Right this moment, the vast majority of the areas are vacant, however Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom says he believes it received’t keep like that for lengthy.
“There’s no larger piece of property most likely that near the strip that’s accessible,” Segerblom stated.
Segerblom added that he sees potential and is working alongside enterprise house owners to offer the getting old buildings a brand new life.
“Vegas is on fireplace in all places, so that is simply part of that complete course of,” Segerblom stated.
Whereas full redevelopment will take at the least a number of years, Stonebarger and Segerblom agree that when it’s full, it’ll be a preferred attraction as soon as once more.
“I imagine the County actually needs its personal pseudo arts district, so while you put all of the equations collectively, do the mathematics, it simply is smart,” Stonebarger stated.
