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When Booker T. Evans came to Las Vegas in 1970 to work as a counselor at UNLV, he had no idea his career was about to make a sharp and rewarding turn. ¶ After discovering that legal issues often were the root of the problems he encountered as a counselor, he decided to seek a law degree in hopes of becoming more adept at helping sort them

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Booker T. Evans, a trail blazer in Nevada, earned special recognition from the National Bar Association

05 06 18Q&A WITH DR. ARTHUR CAMBEIROThe plastic surgeon and owner of SurgiSpa Cost-metic and Plastic Surgery talks about his experience as a volunteer working in Honduras, the most common procedures per-formed at his practice and his love of Spartan races.

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MEET: FANTASTIC INDOOR SWAP MEETDoug Kays, Sam Present and J.R. Lamensdorf’s business has been a part of the Las Vegas retail landscape for more than 25 years and, they say, has helped launch more than 4,000 businesses in Southern Nevada.

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DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bank-ruptcies, bid opportuni-ties, brokered transac-tions, business licenses and building permits.

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VINTAGE VEGAS: ‘A PLACE IN THE SUN’ REMEMBERED

Established in 1952, the Sands Hotel and Casino was iconic for its big-name entertainers who performed at the Copa Room, and for the mobsters — including crime boss Meyer Lansky — who overran the resort. Pictured here is the hotel’s marquee in January 1963, boasting performers Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

The property was sold fi ve times before it

was imploded in 1996 to make way for the Venetian.

Other notable items in the image include Coast to Coast Budget Rent-A-Car advertising $5-per-day car rentals and Frank Musso’s restaurant, which was regarded as one of the best Italian dining establishments in Las Vegas at the time.

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Kim Sonerholm is vice presi-dent of sales and marketing at UnitedHealthcare. She has been with the company for 23 years and most recently served as vice president of key ac-counts.

Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, was appointed to the Brand USA board of directors. Brand USA is the destination marketing organization for the United States.

Henderson Mayor Pro Tem Debra March won the 2015 LIFRES Award from the UNLV Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies. The award is present-ed to people who contribute considerably to the growth and sustainability of the Lied Institute. March was a founding board member of the institute and later served as executive director.

Retired Clark County Credit Union President and CEO Wayne Tew won the Distin-guished Service Award at the California and Nevada Credit Union League’s Reach Confer-ence. Brandi Stankovic, human resources executive at Boulder Dam Credit Union and senior partner at Mitchell Stankovic and Associates, won the Tomorrow’s Star Award. Wally Murray, president and CEO of the Greater Nevada Credit Union, was named board chair-man of the league. Eric Estes, president and CEO of Boulder Dam Credit Union, is vice chair-man. Rounding out the execu-tive committee are secretary/treasurer Dennis Flannigan, president and CEO of Great Basin Federal Credit Union; Rick Schmidt, president and CEO of WestStar Credit Union; and Matt Kershaw, president and CEO of Clark County Credit Union.

Evelyn Connors is the lifestyle director for DK Las Vegas, LLC, owner of five condominium de-velopments in Las Vegas: The Ogden, One Las Vegas, Juhl, Loft5 and Spanish Palms. Con-nors oversees social program-ming, activities and events for residents of all DK Las Vegas properties with special focus on the Ogden and One Las Vegas.

Dan Eckles is a communica-tions, marketing and publish-ing specialist for the Nevada Association of Realtors.

MountainView Hospital is the first in Nevada to offer bron-chial thermoplasty to help alleviate symptoms of severe asthma in adults. A portion of the surgery was performed by Dr. Arnold Chung, a cardiothoracic surgeon at MountainView’s Car-diovascular and Thoracic Surgery Associates. Prior to bronchial thermoplasty, doctors had only medi-cations to offer severe asthma patients temporary relief from symptoms.

Stacy Lewis is an aesthetician and laser technician

at SurgiSpa Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery.

Dr. Nnamdi Otuwa specializes in anesthe-siology at Southwest Medical’s Rancho/Charleston Health Cen-ter, 2450 W. Charleston Blvd. Amy Pfeiffer is a nurse practioner in Southwest Medical’s Care Plus division. Dr. Julie Lynn Swanson specializes in adult medi-cine and Monique Turner is a nurse practioner who specializes in adult medicine at Southwest’s Medical’s Nellis Health Center, 540 N. Nellis Blvd. Sherry Cobb is an advanced practice registered nurse who specializes in inpatient/skilled nursing care with Southwest Medical.

Jamie Lamphere is a market-ing manager at Town Square Las Vegas.

Michael Kenny joined commer-cial real estate brokerage firm NAI Vegas. He works with Eric Larkin.

Wendy Gibson is executive vice president of global mar-keting at Global Experience Specialists.

Nicole Stuart is the director of marketing for Eastside Can-nery.

Mark LaVoie, vice president of food and beverage for Boyd Gaming, joined the Las Vegas Business Academy board of directors.

Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison received an award from the Southern Nevada Homebuilders Association for his work to strengthen Nevada’s economy.

Nevada Volunteers and the Governor’s Com-mission on Service recognized Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada medical oncologist Dr. Mary Ann K. Allison as a Governor’s Point of Light Awards finalist. Allison was honored in the “Indi-vidual Volunteer: Southern Nevada” category for her work with clinical trials, community involve-ment and her co-founding the Caring Place, a local nonprofit organization and program of Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation that provides no-cost adjunctive therapies, programs and services to support, educate and empower those affected by cancer. The Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce honored CCCN with a 2015 Business Excellence Award. CCCN was distinguished as a “Trailblazer” for its engagement and support of the local community, as well as improving the quality of life for Southern Nevadans. The Nevada Society for Human Resource Management named CCCN one of its Best Places to Work in Southern Nevada. CCCN placed second in the medium-sized business category. Las Vegas HEALS (Health, Education, Advocacy and Leadership of Southern Nevada) celebrated CCCN medical oncologist Dr. Oscar Goodman, Jr., with its Inspired Excellence

in Healthcare Award. Goodman was recognized for his dedication to treating patients with cancer, his commitment to research pertaining to prostate cancer, as well as his ongoing work with Roseman University of Health Sciences. Goodman is an as-sociate professor of internal medicine at Roseman and is part of its Cancer Research Program. The UNLV College of Sciences honored CCCN radia-tion oncologist Matthew Schwartz as its Alumnus of the Year. A 1996 graduate of UNLV, Schwartz serves as a member of the Radiation Executive Committee of the US Oncology Network and the Clinical Pathways Committee. He also serves as chairman of the board of managers of Las Vegas Cyberknife at Summerlin.

Amber Stidham is the Hender-son Chamber of Commerce’s director of government affairs.

Dan Palmeri is senior direc-tor at Cushman & Wakefield/Commerce. Palmeri currently represents HealthCare Part-ners of Nevada and maintains its 475,000-square-foot Ne-vada portfolio, which consists of 65 locations.

Multiple physician practices received 2015 Health-Insight Quality Awards. They include: Cambridge Family Health Center, Eastern Family Medical & Dental Center, First Person Care Clinics, Las Vegas Outreach Clinic, Martin Luther King Health Center and the North Las Vegas Family Health Center.

Creel Printing acquired New Jersey-based Glo-balSoft Digital Solutions, an integrated marketing and digital enterprise with specializations in the retail, medical and financial markets.

HealthCare Partners Medical Group acquired Community Family Doctors.

Cadence, a 2,200-acre community in Henderson, was named “Redevelopment Project of the Year” by the Henderson Chamber of Commerce and City of Henderson at the 16th Annual Economic Development and Small Business awards.

Planet Fitness opened its seventh Southern Ne-vada club at the Decatur Crossing Center, 230 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite B-100, Las Vegas.

Valley hospitals were recognized for their car-diac care by the American College of Cardiology. Receiving the college’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Silver Performance Achievement award was Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Hospital’s Si-ena campus. A gold award went to Desert Springs Hospital. UMC received a platinum award.

Fuku Burger opened at 3429 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas.

F. Pigalle opened at 508 Fremont St., Las Vegas.

Remark Media provides marketing and community relations for Lyft in Las Vegas.

Sutton Watkins Advertising & Marketing is the agency of record for Dynamic Minds Consulting Inc., a hospitality technology consulting and pro-fessional services firm.

Lyft is the preferred transportation network at 15 AEG Live-owned or affiliated venues, including the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Las Vegas Endoscopy is open at 7315 S. Pecos Road, Las Vegas.

Michael’s at South Point Casino is the only South-ern Nevada restaurant on OpenTable’s 100 Best Restaurants in America.

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Do you have any recent news you’d like to share?

Minimally invasive procedures are a rapidly growing trend and are my specialty at SurgiSpa. Patients who receive these types of treatments ex-perience little to no down time and minimal pain. The newest nonsurgical treatment is Kybella, small injections under the chin that melt the fat away.

What is the best business advice you’ve received?

It was not necessarily business advice, but my fa-ther always told me, “Knowledge, perseverance and dedication will open any door.” He was absolutely correct. You can accomplish any goal if you put your mind to it.

You volunteered as a general surgeon in Honduras. How does health care here compare and contrast?

There is no comparison. The United States has state-of-the-art medicine, facilities and programs. We are so far advanced with patient outcomes, safe-ty and satisfactions that it’s hard to correlate.

What inspired you to choose cosmetic surgery as your medical specialty?

It was the only specialty that really captured my imagination and intrigued me. There are so many options to treat similar needs, and it’s up to the plastic surgeon’s experience and perceptual skills to determine what will work best for each client.

What are the most common procedures you perform?

The most common surgeries are breast augmenta-tion and SmartLipo Triplex. My most common pro-cedures are Botox and facial fillers such as Juvederm. It’s popular because you deserve to look your best. Sometimes age and genetics are not on our side.

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

I would like to see the educational system im-proved. I believe every level, from our elementary schools to the universities, could be dramatically better.

What has been your most exciting profes-sional project to date?

Building our office facility in Henderson. We house more than $1 million in laser technology. It’s the dream clinic that I’ve always wanted.

What are you reading right now? “Spartan Up! A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to

Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Perfor-

mance in Life,” by Joe De Sena.

What do you do after work? Before work, I train at the gym every morning so

that after work I can spend time with my children. Whether I’m going to football practice, dance re-hearsal or doing homework with them, I tend to de-vote my afternoons to my family.

Describe your management style. I treat my staff like family. We have a cohesive

group of employees who work well together. They all understand that our common goal is to do what’s best for the patient.

Where do you see yourself and your com-pany in 10 years?

I would like to open another office on the west side of the valley. That would include expanding and hiring another plastic surgeon or two.

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

On a beach. Any beach, just pick one.

Whom do you admire and why? My father overcame so many obstacles to become

one of Las Vegas’ most prominent and respected ar-chitects. It’s amazing what one’s drives and ambi-tions can lead them to. I try to emulate his charac-

teristics in everything I do.

What is your biggest pet peeve? Laziness. I do not like it when things are done

with half the effort. Do it right or don’t do it all.

Where do you like to go for business lunches?

I typically operate or work through lunch. But when I have lunch delivered, it’s typically some-thing healthy from Daily Kitchen & Wellness Bar or Greens and Proteins.

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

I wish I was a bit more free-spirited at times. My type A personality combined with my perfection-ism can be a little overbearing at times. But I guess you want your plastic surgeon to have some OCD qualities.

What is something people might not know about you?

I’m an avid Reebok Spartan Obstacle Course rac-er. I travel the country doing races in the mountains from 5 to 30 miles with over 60 obstacles. Some of these races take up to 10 hours to complete. I usu-ally place in the top five for my age group.

I entered the Reebok Spartan Obstacle Course race last year and finished second in my age group.

Q&A with Dr. Arthur cAmbeiro

‘Sometimes age and genetics are not on our side’

Plastic surgeon Arthur Cambeiro poses in the lobby of SurgiSpa Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery in Hender-

son. (Steve marCuS/Staff)

Dr. Arthur Cambeiro, one of the few plastic surgeons in Southern Nevada who is a native of Las Vegas, owns SurgiSpa Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery. He studied at the Mayo Clinic and donated his time and skills to global organizations, working in Honduras and Vietnam before setting up his practice here.

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$22.2 MillionYelp’s net loss in the fourth

quarter of 2015. The com-

pany’s chief financial officer,

Rob Krolik, said he will step

down by Dec. 15.

150 MillionBags of coffee bought in

2014, when only 143 million

coffee bags were produced.

Demand for coffee is rising

faster than the supply.

91 percentShare of UPS ground pack-

ages delivered on time

during the 2015 holiday sea-

son. In 2014, 97 percent of

packages arrived on time.

The drop is a result of an

increase in online shopping.

6Number of basis points the

risk premium on the Markit

CDX North America Invest-

ment Grade Index increased

as of Feb. 8, the most since

2012. The rise is a result of

increasing concern in the

financial market that global

growth is slowing.

$3.99Price Wired Magazine plans

to charge readers for four

weeks of ad-free access to

its website. Many custom-

ers have turned to ad-free

software to speed web

browsing or prevent being

tracked online.

$14 MillionValue of the media ex-

posure Anheuser-Busch

InBev, the company that

makes Bud Light, received

thanks to Peyton Manning

mentioning the beer twice

after the Denver Broncos’

Super Bowl victory, ac-

cording to Apex Marketing

Group Inc.

8,600Expected square footage

of a new poker room at

Wynn Las Vegas. The room

will feature 28 tables and

35 televisions to showcase

live sporting events.

Describe your business.

Fantastic Indoor Swap Meet has more than 600 vendor booths offering only new or made-to-order merchandise, in-cluding clothing, jewelry, exotic plants and home décor.

What makes your business

unique? It is all about the small-business person. Businesses

in Fantastic are owned by local businesspeople trying to get a start or grow their businesses.

What is your business philosophy? All of our business decisions are focused on trying to

optimize opportunities for every vendor while creating an exciting, uniform market for the consumer.

How have you managed to keep business steady for

almost 30 years?

We have to constantly find fresh, new and exciting ven-dors so the market is never stale. The fact that we always have new vendors setting up shop is what keeps our cus-tomers coming back.

It is exciting, fun and rewarding. We have helped over 4,000 businesses launch in Las Vegas. Throughout our existence, we have never required contracts with our vendors. We want to help entrepreneurs start and grow their business.

What is the hardest part about doing business in Las

Vegas?

There are a couple of challenges. First, the economy for the locals isn’t always robust and can be challeng-ing. Second, there is a huge amount of competition for

consumer attention.

What is the best part about

doing business here?

The city of Las Vegas’ support has been strong. City officials have been supportive of our changes over the years. There is a constant influx of entrepreneurs in Las Vegas, and that makes it ex-

citing for a business like us.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

Economic downturns and a massive flood from a bro-ken sprinkler pipe that damaged 40,000 square feet of our building in July 2012. Another obstacle that we con-tinuously deal with is educating the public about what the term “swap meet” means. When consumers hear “swap meet,” they may assume that all the products are used and it is a bartering system when it comes to pric-ing. We want people to know that we sell only new or made-to-order brand-name merchandise, just like at a regular store, although we have a much larger variety of products.

How can Nevada improve its business climate?

Keep the barriers to entry low. Business taxes and li-cense fees have to be reduced for these mom-and-pop-style businesses.

What did you learn from the recession? It reinforced the need to be consistent, be diligent in

our plans and be innovative. Additionally, we learned that our business plan must evolve with our business. To be successful, we had to expand our marketing to niches and be more proactive.

Constant turnover keeps business fresh

Doug Kays is co-owner of Fantastic Indoor Swap Meet, where a collection of more than 600 vendors sell their wares

to shoppers looking for new or made-to-order merchandise. (MIkayla whItMore/StaFF)

Fantastic indoor swap meetAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas

Phone: 702-877-0087Website: fantasticindoorswapmeet.com

Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday through Sunday

Owned/operated by: Doug Kays, Sam Present and J.R. Lamensdorf

In business since: 1988

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Want a better business in Nevada? Get involved

F or our economy to grow and diversify, for our children to stay here and get good- paying jobs and for our state to be attractive

to businesses seeking to expand, we need an educated workforce.

You may wonder what you can do about that. Quite a bit, in fact. If you own or manage a business or will be in a posi-tion to hire employees, it is worth your time to get involved. An education summit — the Business + Education (BE) Engaged Summit 2016: Accelerating a New Nevada — is planned for March 7 at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, and business leaders are encouraged to attend.

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If you or your company want to make a difference in de-veloping a workforce ready for future job needs in Nevada, attend the education summit. Then, get involved.

John Guedry is CEO of Bank of Nevada and board chairman of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Bank of Nevada, the Las Vegas Metro Chamber and the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance will host the Business + Education (BE) Engaged Summit 2016: Accelerating a New Nevada on March 7 at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts to encourage greater involvement in education by the Southern Nevada business community. Tickets are available at thesmithcenter.com.

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Ruffin: Trump would be a ‘brilliant’ presidentCasino owner discusses his friend’s campaign, the NFL in Las Vegas and paid parking on the Strip

By j.d. morrisStaff Writer

Two years ago, Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin told his longtime friend and business partner Don-ald Trump not to run for president.

They were having dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., when the subject came up, according to Ruffin. For Ruffin, there was one vital question: Why would Trump want to subject himself to a potentially bruising political campaign given all he had accomplished?

Trump responded that the country was broken and he knew he could fix it, Ruffin said in a recent interview. Despite Ruffin’s initial advice against the campaign, he vowed to give $1 million to his friend’s presidential run, if it ever came to pass — a promise he said he fulfilled after Trump’s campaign launched last year.

“He immediately sent it back,” Ruffin said. Trump reiterated a standard campaign bragging point — that he’s a self-funded candidate — and said he wouldn’t budge on that, even for Ruffin.

While Trump would not accept a big campaign contribution, according to Ruffin, the candidate did accept help in another way. This month, Ruffin and his wife donated $1 million at a Des Moines, Iowa, fundraiser for veterans that Trump staged instead of participating in a debate.

Ruffin said he made the donation because “it was a good cause” and was in line with his other chari-table interests. He said the donation was more about charity than supporting Trump as a candidate.

Still, Ruffin’s donation and presence at the Des Moines event made him a crucial supporter during a key moment in his friend’s controversial campaign. Ruffin’s contribution was among about $6 mil-lion raised at that event, including $1 million from Trump and $500,000 from investor Carl Icahn, owner of the mothballed Fontainebleau Las Vegas project, according to media reports.

Ruffin and Trump have a long history together. They were partners in developing the Trump In-ternational Hotel, which opened in 2008 next to the New Frontier property that Ruffin had recently sold. Ruffin said the hotel has been “a great invest-ment” despite initial headwinds from the recession, calling Trump an “absolutely brilliant” partner.

In fact, their friendship is strong enough that Trump was the best man at Ruffin’s 2008 wedding, which was held at Mar-a-Lago. Trump, not knowing what gift to offer, decided to pay for the whole thing — except the cost of hiring Lionel Richie as the en-

tertainer, according to Ruffin.“That’s the kind of friend he’s been,” Ruffin said.Back then, Trump was known more for his real

estate empire and his television show, “The Appren-tice,” than for being a serious contender for the na-tion’s highest office.

Now, he’s most often in the headlines due to his unconventional, personality-driven presidential campaign. Trump also has become known for mak-ing incendiary remarks, particularly about immi-grants and Muslims.

Ruffin said he and Trump “differ on a few things” — though he declined to detail specific issues — and that Trump would generally listen to Ruffin, then do “what he wants to do.”

Any particular political differences have not stopped Ruffin from being a strong supporter of his friend’s campaign, however. And Trump held a rally at Treasure Island last year.

“He would be a very good president. I think he’s brilliant,” Ruffin said. “Usually, you don’t get that quality of person running; a lot of those guys are Class B lawyers. I wouldn’t hire any of those guys to run any of my companies.”

Trump, who has tied much of his campaign to the idea of being a winner, suffered a damaging defeat in the Iowa caucus, the first round of voting in the 2016 presidential primary. Ruffin attributed Sen. Ted Cruz’s strength there to his appeal to evangelical Christians, noting that the Iowa caucus was “maybe not Donald’s cup of tea.”

Asked whom he would support if Trump were not in the race, Ruffin ruled out Cruz, whom he said was “not a pleasant person” and would likely not work well with Congress.

Aside from politics, Ruffin also told VEGAS INC that he supported the idea of bringing an NFL team to Las Vegas. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is backing a plan to build a 65,000-seat stadium on land recently pur-chased by UNLV, and Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson recently met with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Da-vis.

Las Vegas Sands has suggested that some of the stadium’s price tag of about $1 billion would be covered by public funds, including, potentially, ho-tel room taxes. That idea was met with strong op-position by MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren, who said the priority for room-tax dollars should be funding the expansion and renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Ruffin did not weigh in about the particulars of room tax dollars but said he valued the convention center expansion more than a stadium project — un-less an NFL team was definitely part of the equation.

Additionally, the most controversial change on the Strip — MGM Resorts’ move to start charging guests for parking — is not off the table at Treasure Island. Ruffin said his decision about whether to institute a similar policy at his resort depended on whether other operators would follow suit.

“If it spreads throughout the city and everybody does it, we’ll probably do it,” he said.

Treasure island owner Phil ruffin and his wife donated $1 million to veterans groups at a recent Donald

Trump campaign event. (sTeve marcus/sTaff)

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“usually, you don’t get that quality of person running; a lot of those guys are

class B lawyers. I wouldn’t hire any of those guys to run any of my companies.”

— Phil ruffin, owner of treasure island

8feb. 14 - feb. 20vegas inc

By J.D. MorrisStaff Writer

Downtown Grand CEO Jim Simms is gone after less than a year on the job, the casino announced this month.

Simms was named to the position in June, replacing Seth Schorr, who became the Grand’s chair-man. The resort said in a statement that Simms was leaving because he had “com-pleted his one-year plan ahead of sched-ule.”

Simms came to the Grand in part to ex-pand its gaming operations, the statement said, while furthering the “full casino re-sort experience” and building on success of the existing room and restaurant offer-ings. The Grand introduced a tiered re-wards program during his tenure, as well as changes to the casino floor and a com-petitive video game lounge.

The resort also has plans to feature skill-based games on its casino floor.

Simms said in an interview with VEGAS INC last year that the Grand wanted to compete for core casino customers while also being a technological leader.

“We’re looking at building a model here that is going be a little more technology-savvy, maybe more cutting-edge than some of our competition,” he said at the time.

Schorr said in an interview that Simms was hired on a one-year contract, and that he had a “very specific mission” that in-cluded helping to right-size some expenses and improving the resort’s finances.

“We thought that would take the course

of a year or so, and it ended a little earlier than we expected. We’re not replacing him, so it’s not a termination,” Schorr said. “He helped us rebuild our team, and we’ve got great things going on.”

Before coming to the Grand, Simms was president and general manager of Miami Valley Gaming in Ohio. He held various other hospitality and gaming positions pri-or to that, including at businesses in West Virginia, Chicago and Las Vegas.

Schorr said the decision not to replace Simms would not hinder the resort’s prog-ress.

“My daily responsibility, in terms of the oversight and strategic direction, actually never changed,” Schorr said of his transi-tion to chairman last year. “My direction has always been one from a strategic posi-tion, and I am still there. From that sense, there aren’t any changes in leadership.”

Location poses a challenge to the fledg-ling Grand, which opened in 2013 as a ren-ovation of the former Lady Luck. Unlike some of the other resorts in downtown Las Vegas, the Grand’s situation at Third Street and Ogden Avenue is a bit more removed from the heavy foot traffic on the Fremont Street Experience.

But the Grand’s statement emphasized its “strong operating performance” last year, noting that it reported an average 90 percent hotel room occupancy, “steady growth” on the gaming side and “contin-ued popularity” in the main restaurant and bar offerings on its property.

Schorr said in the statement that the Grand was prepared for another strong year of “elevating the casual sophisticated resort experience in Downtown Las Ve-gas.”

By J.D. MorrisStaff Writer

Valets at many Strip properties owned by MGM Resorts International will soon start working for a new employer as the casino company outsources its parking operations to a third-party contractor.

MGM Resorts announced that SP Plus Corp. will take over the management of its parking facilities within 60 days, and the new operator will employ nonunion valets as part of the change.

SP Plus will match the compensation, seniority and benefits received by valets when they were MGM Resorts employees, according to a company statement.

Unionized valets at Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus will remain MGM Resorts employees when the transition happens, but “pending discussions with union representa-tives will determine whether operational changes will be made,” the statement said.

About 400 nonunion valet staff members will be affect-ed, according to MGM Resorts spokesman Gordon Absher.

The shift is happening as part of MGM Resorts’ previ-ously announced $90 million parking initiative, which includes a much-criticized plan to start charging guests for parking. Under the new policy, expected to be imple-mented in the second quarter this year, guests will pay $10 or less for overnight self-parking, the company has said.

Guests also will be charged a fee for valet parking.MGM Resorts will build a $54 million, 3,000-space garage

near Excalibur that will help accommodate demand for the T-Mobile Arena and the Park dining and entertainment dis-trict, both set to debut in April. The company also will spend $36 million to upgrade its existing parking facilities.

SP Plus, a Chicago-based parking company, counts more than 22,000 employees among its ranks, and it runs more than 2 million parking spots at 3,900 facilities in North America. It offers valet and self-parking services for hotels and has expertise in parking operations management for such large-scale events as the Olympics, the World Cup and the Super Bowl.

By eli segallStaff Writer

In another sign that housing in-vestors are clearing out of Las Vegas, such buyers picked up a larger share of homes nationally than in Southern Nevada in 2015, a reversal from re-cent years.

Just 2.2 percent of home sales in the Las Vegas area last year went to “institutional” investors, or non-lenders who buy at least 10 homes per year. That’s down from 7.6 percent in 2014 and 14.1 percent in 2013, accord-

ing to RealtyTrac.Such investors accounted for

2.7 percent of U.S. home sales last year, compared with 5.8 percent in 2014 and 7.6 percent in 2013.

Last year’s national tally was the lowest since 2000, the earliest year for which RealtyTrac has data, the company said.

Las Vegas had the 13th-highest share of investor purchases in the country in 2013 among metro areas. It fell to 33rd in 2014 and tied for 91st last year, RealtyTrac reported.

Investors flooded Las Vegas and other cities after the housing bubble burst to buy cheap homes, often in bulk, to turn into rentals. The buying spree helped revive Southern Nevada’s housing market, pushing up prices at some of the fastest rates nationally and raising fears of another bubble.

Faced with higher prices and a crowded rental market, investors have been pulling back, triggering a slowdown in Las Vegas’ resale market.

Meanwhile, the market ended 2015 with a jump in December sales but a

dip in prices, which had been flat for months.

Single-family homes sold for a me-dian $217,000 in December, down 1.4 percent from November but up 6.4 percent from a year earlier, ac-cording to data from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors’ resale-heavy listing service.

Before December, the median price of single-family homes had been the same since August, at $220,000, and sales of such homes had dropped each of those months, GLVAR data show.

Mission accomplished for ex-Downtown Grand CEO

MGM Resorts will outsource parking and valet services

Investor interest in Las Vegas homes continues to drop

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By eli segallStaff Writer

Barry Fieldman is known in Las Ve-gas for developing Showcase mall, the retail property decorated with a gi-ant Coke bottle and M&M’s along the Strip.

Now he’s on another mission: Over-haul the bartending business with rap-id-fire, machine-made cocktails.

Fieldman’s company Smart Bar USA makes the Smartender, a $25,000, touch-screen bar on wheels that holds 16 liquor bottles and 15 pounds of ice and can make at least 600 different drinks. A modular, bar-top unit sells for $22,500, with an additional $1,500 for installation and training.

The machine makes a beverage in six seconds and pours within 1/16th of an ounce on “every single drink,” Fieldman said.

As he sees it, the Smartender can serve more people faster, and with precise control, letting a bar sell more drinks and a server make more tips.

“The idea of being able to do some-thing quickly, inexpensively and effi-ciently is very valuable,” he said.

Fieldman and business partner Juanita Wasserman, both of Hender-son, took control of Smart Bar after battling in court with the company’s founder, and they plan to move its manufacturing and assembly opera-tions from Illinois to Las Vegas in the coming months.

The local bartenders union isn’t exactly thrilled at the idea of seeing Smartenders making drinks, saying automated-cocktail makers can wipe out bartending jobs. But, it seems, patrons who enjoy chatting with bar-tenders at neighborhood watering holes shouldn’t worry that their drink slingers will be replaced by machines anytime soon.

Fieldman’s target customers include movie theaters, casinos, restaurant chains and stadiums, not local bars. He’s going after clients that can easily afford his product and might want it to serve a few thousand drinks a day, whether it’s helping order-slammed bartenders out front, making drinks in the kitchen for servers to pick up, or wheeling it poolside at a hotel.

“We’re not everything to all people,” he said.

Smart Bar has distributed about 100 units nationwide. Locally, Smartend-ers are in Downtown Summerlin’s Re-gal movie theater, the Cosmopolitan,

the Tropicana and the California Pizza Kitchen in the Mirage, Fieldman said.

He expects to sell more than 100 units this year, including more than 50 to the Regal movie-theater chain. He recently received an order to send Smartenders to Sugar Factory loca-tions throughout the country, includ-ing in New York and Miami, he said.

Despite being able to pour hundreds of drinks, the Smartender has limita-tions.

It can’t make frozen drinks or com-plicated, labor-intensive concoctions, and servers still have to put in ice cubes and limes, cherries or other garnishes by hand. And even though it holds 16 bottles of booze, a typical bar may have “16 different brands of vodka” alone, said Terry Greenwald, secretary-trea-surer of UniteHere Bartenders Local 165 in Las Vegas.

The machine makes one drink at a time, whereas bartenders can line up several glasses at once to fill up, said Aria bartender Nick Houck, a member of Local 165’s executive board.

Bar guns dispense water, soda and juice, letting bartenders quickly make a wide range of drinks. Such guns are “more efficient” than automated-drink makers, he said.

“Rum-and-Cokes don’t slow me down; it’s the complicated drinks that slow me down that these machines can’t make,” he said.

Meanwhile, Smart Bar marketing materials say its product “saves money on labor costs.”

“No need for a professional bar-

tender because now any staff member can pour drinks during peak times, happy hours, sporting events, etc.,” a brochure says. “The staff no longer has to wait for the bartender to fill each or-der. They can do it themselves.”

Fieldman said the Smartender can-not replace all bartenders. However, he said it could “eliminate some labor costs in certain environments,” such as replacing a back-of-house service bartender or an extra bartender who’d be out front on busy nights to help fill orders.

But, he said, “usually when you eliminate one job, you create another,” including in manufacturing, sales and repairs.

“All of those things create other jobs, and some of them may be union, some of them may not,” he said.

Last year, the Beau Rivage hotel-ca-sino in Biloxi, Miss., started using au-tomated-cocktail makers, said Houck, who was trying to organize bartenders at another casino in Biloxi at the time.

The Beau Rivage, owned by Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts Interna-tional, ended up laying off bartenders, according to Houck.

“The bartenders down there called it ‘The Terminator,’ ” he said.

MGM Resorts spokesman Gordon Absher said four positions were elimi-nated at the Beau Rivage, and he indi-cated the property is using the Easybar brand.

“Like most businesses, we continu-ously evaluate our operations and seek opportunities through technology and

other resources to improve how we de-liver guest service,” he said in a state-ment.

He noted, however, that company officials have not decided whether to expand its use.

Fieldman said he learned about the Smartender in 2012 through the Trop-icana’s food and beverage director, who introduced him to its inventor, William Metropulos.

He said he was intrigued by its “total control over quality, that drinks would be made the same way every single time.”

Fieldman and Wasserman put $3 million into the company. But the investors and the inventor ended up in court.

Metropulos sued Fieldman and Wasserman in late 2013 in Illinois state court. He alleged in court filings that Wasserman wrongly interfered with a potential sale of his stake in the company and tried to steer the deal to one of her own investors at a cheaper price. He also alleged that Fieldman made “intentional false statements” about his “connection to juggernauts in the hospitality and beverage indus-tries.”

The dispute went to arbitrator Mitchell Marinello, who sided with Fieldman’s group.

Marinello wrote that Metropulos “had significant credibility problems” and paid himself and some associates “six-figure salaries” and “personally took additional payments totaling at least $350,000” from funds provided by Fieldman and Wasserman, accord-ing to a copy of the findings provided by Fieldman.

Marinello wrote that, after spending “well over $2 million” of the investors’ money “and having little or nothing to show for it,” Metropulos “refused to abide by even modest and typical con-trols on travel spending,” even though his investors had the right, under their operating agreement, to curtail spend-ing if sales quotas were not met.

Fieldman said he and his investors have put $5 million into Smart Bar — including $1 million in legal fees.

But he has big plans. For instance, he’s working to move company opera-tions to Southern Nevada.

There are seven people working for Smart Bar in Illinois. After the com-pany relocates to Las Vegas, Fieldman said, that number “will go up signifi-cantly.”

Las Vegas investors’ innovation mixes cocktails, worries bartenders who say it could kill jobs

Real estate developer Barry Fieldman’s new venture, the Smartender, is an

automated cocktail maker. (l.e. baSkow/Staff)



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He wants to show that race is immaterial in lawout. Nearly 40 years later, after a trailblazing career as an attorney in Las Vegas, the 68-year-old still is go-ing strong.

Evans is part of the Ballard Spahr national law firm, commuting be-tween its Arizona and Las Vegas of-fices. A co-founder of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Associa-tion, he recently received a lifetime achievement award from the orga-nization.

“I get to do what I want to do ... I get to practice law,” Evans said. “Why stop?”

VEGAS INC recently spoke with Evans about his career.

How were you able to get a job at the District attorney’s office?

The district attorney at the time was running for sheriff. When I first walked in for an interview, he didn’t want to hire me. Bob Miller was run-ning for the office, and I realized that (George) Holt was not going to be the district attorney. I cold-called Miller. He answered the phone. He told me he’d call me back. He appar-ently called the office and convinced them to hire me.

I went to work at the juvenile divi-sion. I worked there for three months and then, when Miller was elected district attorney, he had replace-ments sent in for me and brought me downtown and let me prosecute adult cases.

Did miller tell you why he hired you?

I think he was probably impressed that I called him, that I was so as-sertive. I don’t think with Bob that my race had anything to do with it. I don’t think he was looking for black lawyers. I think it happened that my personality and the way I did things struck a chord with him.

Was race an issue with your colleagues?

I got to be very good at the job very quickly. I think because of that, peo-ple didn’t focus on my race. My place was that I was a very good prosecu-tor, as opposed to being a very good black prosecutor.

Was it your goal to be looked at as just a prosecutor instead

of a black prosecutor?No, it wasn’t, because I believed

that part of my being a lawyer and doing this was to create a pathway for people who would come after me. I wanted people to notice that I was a black person. I didn’t want it be a hindrance to progress, but I wanted people to notice it because that would give the next person who came after me an opportunity. They’d be more willing to give black people a chance.

Were you relieved not to be judged based on your race?

It made me feel good, I guess be-cause I believed that I had earned their respect. I earned my way and continued to do that every morning.

Who did you look up to at the time?

Oscar Goodman had a lot of influ-ence. I would watch him in court, and he was a pro. I learned a lot watching him.

What advice do you have for aspiring minority lawyers?

I tell them all the time that if you’re a minority and you’re in court and you screw something up, they’re go-ing to always remember that you did it and what it was. If a majority lawyer does the same thing, they’ll remember what it was but they won’t remember who did it.

I tell people to be prepared, to do their very best each day and not put yourself in a position where you could be treated in that fashion.

How did your family react when you told them you wanted to be a lawyer?

My father and mother didn’t gradu-ate high school. I think in some ways, they were just amazed. My mother took my diploma back to Mississippi, and she must have shown it to ev-erybody in Hattiesburg. Everybody

must have seen it at least once.About four or five years after I

graduated law school, I visited. My dad said to her, “Rose, why don’t you give him his diploma?” She gave it to me, but I knew she didn’t want to. I called my law school and found out how to order (a copy of my diploma). I had one framed and I gave it to her for Christmas. She thought that was just the best thing.

Did your parents try to push you to do well?

When I got home from school, be-fore I could go out and play, I had to do my homework and finish it. It was a routine.

I’m not sure that they knew some of the stuff they were checking, but they were checking to make sure it was done.

In the summers, my father would take us to the library. We would check out a book, and we had to fin-ish the book before the next Friday and be able to give him a summary.

How has the law profession changed since you started practicing?

Of course, the body of law contin-ues to grow because of appeals, and the Supreme Court keeps taking cases and interpreting laws in a dif-ferent fashion.

From a human standpoint, the thing that’s changed the most is that the lawyers on either side think of it as “us versus them,” as opposed to advocates trying to reach a solution to a problem.

In the criminal sector, people once got along really well. Prosecutors back when I started didn’t intend on staying prosecutors. Now, you have career prosecutors who have no rea-son, in my mind, to treat a defense lawyer well because they’ll never be defense lawyers. You always treat people better when you see yourself in their position.

Was it difficult for you to adapt to the changes?

I don’t think there’s anything dif-ficult about practicing law for me. I don’t know how I found it, but it’s al-most like I was born to do it. I don’t get upset about the things that hap-pen around me.

What is the case that’s had the most impact on you?

I did a case that involved a kid who was convicted of murder. One of the investigative reporters went to the managing partner of my firm and said, “Do you have anybody who can go down and look at the case and can understand it? I don’t believe this kid is guilty, and he’s about to go to prison for the rest of his life.” I went down. The kid didn’t have any money, so I did the case pro bono. I got the conviction reversed.

The reason why this had an im-pact on me is this kid never got into another day’s trouble. He went out and started a pest control business. Now he has six or seven trucks with his name on them. He’s done so well. He calls me regularly. We’re Face-book friends. When I got the lifetime achievement award, he wrote a note on Facebook that said I was his law-yer for life.

speaking of the award, what was it like receiving the life-time achievement award from the national Bar association?

My wife did the introduction. I was kind of, for once, speechless. I struggled through and thanked ev-eryone. It was a very emotional and humbling experience for me. I never thought of my part as anything spe-cial. I thought that this is what I’m supposed to do. This is what I was born to do. I just do the best I can. I didn’t anticipate being honored for doing my work.

Were you named after Booker T. Washington?

My father was. I’m named after my father. It’s a rare name, and when you’re a kid, you get a lot of grief about it.

When I grew up, people would say, “That is a unique name.” I would think, “Where have you been all my life? People have been calling me all kinds of things.”

“From a human standpoint, the thing that’s

changed the most is that the lawyers on either side

(think of) it as ‘us versus them,’ as opposed to

advocates trying to reach a solution to a problem.”

— Booker T. evans, attorney


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Calendar of eventsTuesday, Feb. 16

Southern Nevada Forum - Transportation

and Infrastructure Committee

Time: 8-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free; RSVP requested

Location: Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St.,

Las Vegas

Information: Email bmcanallen@lasvegasne-

vada.gov

Discuss concerns and needs related to transpor-

tation and infrastructure. The forum is open to

government and community members.

Wednesday, Feb. 17 “How to turn your customers into raving fans”

Time: 11 a.m.-noon Cost: Free for Henderson

Chamber of Commerce members

Location: Online at bit.ly/1KIy5ix

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

A webinar presented by business coaching

company Smith Durant. Tim Welc, co-founder of

Masterpiece Cuisine, will discuss how developing

systems and defining goals allow business op-

erators to create a consistent customer experi-

ence and increase sales.

Thursday, Feb. 18 City and county managers panel

Time: 7-9:15 a.m. Cost: $25 for NAIOP mem-

bers, $40 for nonmembers

Location: Orleans, second-floor convention area,

4500 W. Tropicana Road, Las Vegas

Information: Visit naiopnvevents.org

Meet the managers of Las Vegas, North Las Ve-

gas, Henderson and Clark County at this break-

fast and panel discussion.

Roadmap to Success

Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson

Chamber of Commerce members, $25 for non-

members, $35 for nonmember walk-ins

Location: Henderson Business Resource Center

Seminar Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson

Information: Call Bill Bokelmann at 702-565-

8951

Patty Davidson of Profit Boosters will discuss

embezzlement and how common it is in small

businesses. She will offer suggestions on checks

and balances for business owners, and tips on

how to oversee bookkeepers.

Boulder City Republican Women’s meeting

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $21; open to the

public but reservation required

Location: Railroad Pass, banquet room, 2800 S.

Boulder Highway, Henderson

Information: Call Maraya Evans at 702-393-1228

Guests will include three candidates for Con-

gress: Kerry Bowers, Danny Tarkanian and An-

nette Teijeiro.

StrikeSplitMix Vegas charity bowl

Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Orleans Bowling Center, 4500 W.

Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Creative Classic Agency will host this industry

mixer and charity fundraiser. The winning bowl-

ing team’s charity will receive half of the money

raised; the other half will be split among the

remaining charities.

Vegas Young Professionals fusion mixer

Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $10 online for VYP mem-

bers, $15 online for nonmembers; $15 for mem-

bers at the door, $20 for nonmembers at the

door. Nonmembers must be 21-39.

Location: Cantina Laredo, 430 S. Rampart Blvd.,

Las Vegas

Information: Email Danica Torchin at info@

vegasyp.com

Make connections, build business relationships

and mingle with like-minded young profession-

als.

Friday, Feb. 19 Latin Chamber of Commerce luncheon

Time: Noon Cost: $45 in advance for members,

$50 for nonmembers, $55 at the door

Location: Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-385-7367

Members and guests can gather to network and

learn about the community from business lead-

ers and officials.

Wednesday, Feb. 24 North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee Vision

Symposium

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for pre-regis-

tered members, $40 for walk-in members; $40

for pre-registered nonmembers, $45 for walk-in

nonmembers

Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 S. Joe

W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Contact James Lamb at 702-499-

3291

Lee will present his vision for North Las Vegas,

including the development of Apex Industrial

Park and the Faraday Future plant.

Construction Financial

Management Association luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30 for CFMA and

Associated General Contractors members; $40

for nonmembers

Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard

Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Contact Anne Gilroy at 702-493-

1066

February chapter meeting for CFMA members.

Those who renew their membership by Feb. 14

will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Lawry’s

gift card.

Thursday, Feb. 25 Foundations for Success

Time: 9, 10 or 11 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson

Chamber of Commerce members

Location: Henderson Business Resource Center,

112 S. Water St., Henderson

Information: To schedule an appointment, call

Bill Bokelmann at 702-209-3967

Spend 45 minutes with an industry expert for a

professional consultation. Topics include law, hu-

man resources, finance, marketing and technol-

ogy. Time slots are limited.

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debt Buyers Association International Annual Conference Aria Feb. 9-11 1,200

off-Price Specialist Show Venetian Feb. 14-17 11,500

SHoW: Accessories the Show Sands Expo and Convention Center Feb. 15-17 2,000

MAGIC Marketplace Spring Show Las Vegas Convention Center Feb. 16-18 85,000

AVMA 2016 Show - American Wholesale

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brokered transactionsSALES$11,950,000 for 130,446 square feet, industrialAddress: 551 Courier St., Hender-son 89011Seller: Henderson BTS LLCSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Did not discloseBuyer agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

$9,500,000 for 34,244 square feet, retailAddress: 1000-1152 W. Sunset Road, Henderson 89014Seller: SunLife Assurance Co.Seller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBREBuyer: JR Generations LLCBuyer agent: Brendan Keating and Sean Margulis of Logic Commercial Real Estate

$8,750,000 for 150,213 square feet, industrialAddress: 4375 and 4385 N. Pecos Road and 4339,4345, 4351 and 4357 Corporate Center Drive,

North Las Vegas 89030Seller: Westland Enterprises LLCSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: MCA Realty Inc.Buyer agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane, Jerry Doty and Phil Dunning of Colliers Interna-tional

$4,000,000 for 13,718 square feet, retailAddress: 7250 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas 89113Seller: Sortino Asset Management Co. LLCSeller agent: Gino Vincent and Brendan Keating of Logic Com-mercial Real EstateBuyer: J3 Generations LLCBuyer agent: Sean Margulis of Logic Commercial Real Estate

$3,400,000 for 68,191 square feet, residentialAddress: 4810 Judson Ave., Las Vegas 89115Seller: KW Loan Partners IISeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Birdie Asfoura LLCBuyer agent: Craig Summers and Mel Koich of Gatski Commercial

$3,350,000 for 1.95 acres, retailAddress: 4266 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas 89147Seller: IPTV-B-L6-188 LLCSeller agent: Chris Richardson and Jason Otter of Logic Commercial Real EstateBuyer: Durango Rochelle LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$1,400,000 for 10,711 square feet, officeAddress: 600 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89104Seller: State Bar of NevadaSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Hellfire Media LLCBuyer agent: Mel Koich and Craig Summers of Gatski Commercial

$854,980 for 3.15 acres, landAddress: 1160 W. Pioneer Blvd., Mesquite 89027Seller: Shapiro Trust Etal and Sha-piro David and Ilana TrustSeller agent: Eric Berggren of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankBuyer: BHF LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$496,000 for 5,319 square feet, industrialAddress: 2535 E. Washburn Road, North Las Vegas 89081Seller: Teeples Investments LLCSeller agent: Salina Ramirez of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesBuyer: Win Hsia Revocable Living TrustBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$345,000 for 4,200 square feet, officeAddress: 3600 Cambridge St., Las Vegas 89169

Seller: Don L. & Virginia Starling Revocable Family TrustSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesBuyer: 4J Farid LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$340,000 for 3,168 square feet, NNN investment Address: 4411 S. Pecos Road, Las Vegas 89121Seller: Wells Real Estate Nevada LLCSeller agent: Jennifer Lehr and Chuck Witters of Gatski Com-mercialBuyer: Roberts Law GroupBuyer agent: Greg Pancirov of Col-liers International

LEASES$3,378,387 for 19,981 square feet for 127 months, NNN investment, retailAddress: 5780 Centennial Center Parkway, Suite A, Las Vegas 89149Landlord: TAG Centennial LLC Brendan KeatingLandlord agent: Chris Richardson and Jason Otter of Logic Commer-cial Real EstateTenant: Down East Corp.Tenant agent: Did not disclose

$2,605,365 for 12,866 square feet for 65 months, officeAddress: 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Las Vegas 89135Landlord: The Shops at Summerlin North LPLandlord agent: Did not discloseTenant: Security National Mort-gage Co.Tenant agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services

$869,281 for 14,199 square feet for 42 months, retailAddress: 2310 Corporate Circle, Las Vegas 89074Landlord: Tech Park 5 LLCLandlord agent: Mark Moser of Savills-StudleyTenant: IMAC Medical Systems Inc.Tenant agent: Chuck Witters of Gatski Commercial

$401,235 for 9,000 square feet for 120 months, NNN investment, retailAddress: 570 E. Windmill Lane, Las Vegas 89123Landlord: Mema Properties LLCLandlord agent: Chris Richardson and Jason Otter of Logic Commer-cial Real EstateTenant: BB Holdings NV LLC dba Dutch Bros.Tenant agent: Brian Sorrentino and Angelica Lopez of ROI Commercial

$363,300 for 2,100 square feet for 96 months, NNN investment, retailAddress: 8090 Blue Diamond Road, Las Vegas 89178Landlord: Sunstone Diamond LLC

Landlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Babystacks Café 5 LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$144,366 for 1,000 square feet for 63 months, retailAddress: 6520 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas 89156Landlord: Sannik LLCLandlord agent: Laramie Bracken of Gatski CommercialTenant: VIP NailsTenant agent: Did not disclose

$132,482 for 1,400 square feet for 60 months, retailAddress: 2401 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89102Landlord: Did not discloseLandlord agent: Laramie Bracken of Gatski CommercialTenant: Maria Del Rosario ParraTenant agent: Did not disclose

business LicensesW/C Maintenance Services LLCLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Carlos A. Huezo

Water Smart Landscape LLCLicense type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 5368 Winning Spirit Lane, Las Vegas 89113Owner: Guillermo Garcia

Welkin LimitsLicense type: PhotographyAddress: 9970 Brasada St., Las Vegas 89178Owner: Aerial Enterprise LLC.

Wenjie LiangLicense type: Reflexology practi-tioner Address: 2228 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Wenjie Liang

Wireless ToyzLicense type: Secondhand dealer class II Address: 5891 W. Craig Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89130Owner: BMT LLC

World’s Best CorndogsLicense type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 439 Rock Quarry Way, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Connie Graham

1 Detail LLCLicense type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 1901 Solana Del Norte Way, North Las Vegas 89031Owner: 1 Detail LLC

1 Percent Listing Realty LLCLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas 89128

Owner: Jay W. Sanderson

1 Step Innovative Solutions LLCLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 2375 E. Tropicana Ave., Suite 163, Las Vegas 89119Owner: Mothana R. Jumaili

1617 Decatur LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC

2101 South Jones Holdings LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 2101 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89146Owner: David Ting

4750 Lake Mead LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC

6060 Elton LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 6110 Elton Ave., Las Vegas 89107Owner: William Jackson III

A1 Mitchells Heating & Cooling LLCLicense type: Contractor Address: Did not discloseOwner: Cody Mitchell

A Home 4 Spot Animal RescueLicense type: Community servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Diana England

Abbott ServicesLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 595 Lou St., Las Vegas 89040Owner: Michael Abbott

Ace Analytical LaboratoryLicense type: Clinic or laboratoryAddress: 7151 Cascade Valley Court, Suite 210, Las Vegas 89128Owner: ERP LLC

Ad Storageone LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC

Affairs to Remember CateringLicense type: Catering serviceAddress: 818 S. Main St., Las Vegas 89106Owner: Michael G. Whitesides

All American Granite LLCLicense type: Contractor Address: 5365 Cameron St., Las Vegas 89118Owner: Did not disclose

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Records and TransactionsAll Lit Up Lighting, Fans and DesignLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: All Lit Up Lighting, Fans, and Design LLC

Alpha Wheel Inc.License type: General retail salesAddress: 3111 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Michael Constantin

Alqarrous Professional Services LLCLicense type: Business supportAddress: 3776 Bacolod Court, Las Vegas 89147Owner: Mohammed Al Qarrous

Alta Decatur Shopping LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC

Appleone Employment ServicesLicense type: Administrative office spaceAddress: 8330 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 250, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Howard Wright Employ-ment Agency

Arias Music Co.License type: Phonograph storeAddress: 1002 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Richard M. Garcia

Artefaqs Corp.License type: PhotographyAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Wayne V. Lorentz

At Your Service Catering Inc.License type: Catering serviceAddress: 800 Brush St., Las Vegas 89107Owner: Kathleen Frances Depatta

Atomic MassageLicense type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: 1040 Tabor Hill Ave., Las Vegas 89074Owner: Brent Bornemeier

Attention To Detail 702 LLCLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Aisha Hill

Aurora Services LLCLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Dawn Faron-Ardine

Autotrucksports LLCLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 1521 W. Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Glenda Douglas

Bailey’s Sweeper ServiceLicense type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 4430 E. Alexander Road, Las Vegas 89115Owner: Bailey & Son Enterprises Inc.

Bait & TackleLicense type: Internet adult enter-tainmentAddress: 3296 Meade Ave., Suite 4D, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Bait & Tackle LLC

Bank of AmericaLicense type: BankAddress: 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 2, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Al Welch

Becker Office LLCLicense type: Business space, rent or leaseAddress: 50 S. Jones Blvd.. Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC

Bespoke Development LLCLicense type: Contractor Address: Did not discloseOwner: Michael Carrison

Bliss Home Health Care LLCLicense type: Residential home-care providerAddress: 8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 210, Las Vegas 89129Owner: Adam Bustios

Bloss Bar & Event Consulting LLCLicense type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 5593 Trooper St., Las Vegas 89120Owner: Richard Bloss

Bob May Golf AcademyLicense type: Instruction servicesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: BMGA LLC

Bodhi TreeLicense type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Deshaun Damon Tellez

Body MechanixLicense type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: 2606 S. Durango Drive, Suite 285, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Vincent L. Medina

Brookhollow Management Co.License type: Business supportAddress: 7310 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite H, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Gregory Knapp

Built Right Contractors Corp.License type: Contractor Address: 1240 S. Commerce St., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Sean Butler

Casa BlancaLicense type: Banquet hall

Address: 1401 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Daniel Leon

Chaldean Manor Banquet HallLicense type: Banquet hallAddress: 4514 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas 89107Owner: St. Barbara Mission

Cheeky PhotographyLicense type: PhotographyAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Amanda Cheek

Christina Ezzo GonzalezLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 8400 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117Owner: Re Solutions LLC

City Wide JanitorialLicense type: Janitorial serviceAddress: 707 Carlitos Ave., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Hugo Montes

Classic Party RentalsLicense type: Rental and leasingAddress: 5525 Wynn Road, Las Vegas 89118Owner: CP Opco LLC

Claudia’s CreationsLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 9347 Iceland Spar Court, Las Vegas 89148Owner: Claudia Belen

Color My NailsLicense type: CosmeticsAddress: 6716 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas 89108Owner: Nam Tran N Le

Container ParkLicense type: MultivendorAddress: 707 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Shipping Containers LLC

Copy ShoppeLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 3324 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Nerida Ginez-Linarez

Custom KingsLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 425 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Nevada Cell Inc.

Cycle VegasLicense type: Travel and ticket agencyAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Cycle Vegas LLC

Denise FredellaLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Denise Fredella

Desert SkyLicense type: Travel and ticket

agencyAddress: 3900 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 89119Owner: Desert Sky Transportation Inc.

Downtown Las Vegas Soccer ClubLicense type: MultivendorAddress: 7353 Eugene Ave., Las Vegas 89128Owner: Roger Tabor

Eagle Home MortgageLicense type: Professional servicesAddress: 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Universal American Mort-gage Co. of California

Ebonny Home Health AgencyLicense type: Residential home-care providerAddress: 3530 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 105, Las Vegas 89121Owner: Ebonny Home Health Agency Inc.

Envios Directos Inc.License type: General retail salesAddress: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suite O102, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Guillermo Vazquez

EnviseLicense type: Contractor Address: 4749 W. Post Road, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Did not disclose

Eugene W ScheffelsLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1925 Village Center Circle, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89134Owner: Eugene W. Scheffels

Evergreen Designer LawnsLicense type: Property mainte-nanceAddress: 1457 Morro Creek St., Las Vegas 89128Owner: Roger E. Guinn

Fashion XV BoutiqueLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 1829 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Dorado Hernandez and Mendez

Floyd ScottonLicense type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104Owner: Floyd Scotton

Gold CleaningLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 1918 Highland Ave., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Yadira Horta Ortiz

Gold Spike HotelLicense type: HotelAddress: 707 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: LFDTP LLC

Green Orchid EventsLicense type: General servicesAddress: 548 Mayfair Walk Ave., Las Vegas 89178Owner: Green Orchid Events LLC

Grigsby Law GroupLicense type: Professional servicesAddress: 624 S. 10th St., Suite A, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Aaron D. Grigsby

Hand It 2 RichLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Richard Rodriguez

Handpiece Club LLCLicense type: General retail salesAddress: 2101 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Chun-Yu Chen

Happy ChangesLicense type: Sales/servicesAddress: 2621 Magnet St., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Josefina Santana

HB Lawn MaintenanceLicense type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Abraham R. Hernandez

Head-2-Toe LLCLicense type: Instruction servicesAddress: 5155 S. Torrey Pines Drive, Suite 2093, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Courtney Garcia

Holliday Errand ServicesLicense type: Personal services Address: Did not discloseOwner: Kris Drake

Hong Sung Brakes Las VegasLicense type: General retail salesAddress: Did not discloseOwner: Gaesook Kim

bUILDING PeRMITS$6,450,000, commercial4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasNevada General Construction

$875,000, tenant improvement - store525 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 3301, Las VegasShawmut Design and Construction

$650,000, tenant improvement - store10950 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las VegasShaw Lundquist Associates

$500,000, tenant improvement - hotel301 Fremont St., Las VegasTRE Builders LLC

$500,000, tenant improvement - restaurant

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Records and Transactions518 Fremont St., Las VegasCustom Estates LLC

$425,000, wall/fence407 Antelope Ridge Drive, Las VegasHirschi masonry LLC

$404,230, residential - custom1687 Tangiers Drive, HendersonMark Thomas

$399,958, commercial - remodel1450 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 425, HendersonHorizon Foothills Market Place

$357,153, residential - custom13 Cloud Chaser Blvd., HendersonAscaya Inc.

$235,995, residential - production2807 Belmont Drive, HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$218,972, residential - production3005 Novellara Ave., HendersonPardee Homes Nevada


$209,379, residential - custom1040 San Eduardo Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC


$202,281, residential - production338 Mandarin Hill Lane, HendersonPardee Homes Nevada

$202,281, residential - production936 Pomander Point Place, Hen-dersonPardee Homes Nevada


$200,000, wall/fence7120 Sky Pointe Drive, Las VegasHirschi Masonry LLC

$188,985, single-family residential - production6840 Dayton Flyer St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$186,273, single-family residential - production8932 Kenzie Cove St., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$185,647, single-family residential - production12217 Olivetta Court, Las VegasPulte Homes of Nevada

$185,647, single-family residential - production342 Evante St., Las Vegas

Pulte Homes of Nevada


$179,547, residential - production2146 County Down Lane, HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$176,331, residential - production189 Strone St., HendersonD.R. Horton Inc.




$170,000, commercial3100 N. Tenaya Way, Las VegasSR Construction Inc.


$169,732, residential - production875 Via Serenelia , HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$169,732, residential - production872 Via Serenelia, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$168,235, residential - production1149 Hilside Peak ST., HendersonPN II Inc.

$168,235, residential - production124 Clouded Ave., HendersonPN II Inc.

$167,003, residential - remodel1186 MacDonald Ranch Drive, HendersonLaurie Nancy Walton Trust





$160,638, residential - production472 Wildflower Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$160,638, residential - production477 Wildflower Ave., Henderson

Greystone Nevada LLC


$155,315, residential5 Porto Malaga St., HendersonCentury Communities Nevada LLC


$153,374, residential7 Porto Malaga St., HendersonCentury Communities Nevada LLC

$150,000, commercial4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasNevada General Construction

$150,000, commercial - remodel1001 New Beginnings Drive, HendersonChurch Christian Central



$148,300, tenant improvement - store805 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1983, Las VegasHayward Builders LLC

$146,942, residential - production1064 Tropical Sage St., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$142,483, single-family residential - production10426 White Princess Ave., Las VegasRyland Homes



$138,815, single-family residential - production5640 Mackenzie Park Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$138,815, single-family residential - production9510 Desert Dog Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada

$138,626, single-family residential - production9241 Palmer House Ave., Las Vegas

Desert Wind Homes

$138,626, single-family residential - production9264 Long Grove Ave., Las VegasDesert Wind Homes

$138,626, single-family residential - production9328 Long Grove Ave., Las VegasDubs Family Trust

$138,347, residential - production476 Sterling Falls Ave., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC



$136,906, residential - production1145 Hillside Peak St., HendersonPN II Inc.


$126,758, residential - production136 Outcrop Ridge Ave., HendersonPN II Inc.




$120,000, electrical2000 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las VegasTRC Electric Service LLC

$119,272, residential - production692 Rose Apple St., HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC


$117,785, single-family residential - production9233 Palmer House Ave., Las VegasDesert Wind Homes






$114,615, residential - production3109 Berceto Court, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$113,173, residential3153 Umbria Hills Walk, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$113,173, residential - production3152 Del Terra Ave., HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC


$105,000, single-family residential - remodel7405 Silver Palm Ave., Las VegasArtisan Contractors

$103,232, single-family residential - production12237 Terrace Verde Ave., Las VegasKB Home Nevada Inc.

$102,527, residential - production2133 Emyvale Court, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$102,194, town - model2270 Lambro St., HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$100,475, residential3151 Umbria Hills Walk, HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$100,000, wall/fence4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasNevada General Construction

$80,568, town - model2268 Lambro St., HendersonKB Home Inspirada LLC

$63,000, demolition562 N. Eastern Ave., Las VegasQuality Construction LLC

$54,472, commercial - carport245 S. Gibson Road, HendersonBaja Construction Co. Inc.

$50,000, disaster1105 Freeman Ave., Las VegasVision Builders

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1 Stewart, Archibald & Barney LLP7881 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 250Las Vegas, NV 89117702-579-7000 • sabcpa.com

1972 39 1,200 70 Robert Worthen, CEO

2a Bradshaw, Smith & Co. LLP5851 W. Charleston Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89146702-878-9788 • bradshawsmith.com

1976 16 1,395 Did not disclose Douglas Winters, managing partner

2b Fair, Anderson and Langerman3065 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100Las Vegas, NV 89146702-870-7999 • falcpa.com

1987 16 541 11 Curt Anderson, CEO

2c Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern6100 Elton Ave., Suite 1000Las Vegas, NV 89107702-384-1120 • pbtk.com

1990 16 1,206 41 L. Ralph Piercy, president

5 Houldsworth, Russo & Company P.C.8675 S. Eastern Ave.Las Vegas, NV 89123702-269-9992 • trusthrc.com

1996 13 136 78 Dianna Russo, principal

6 Ovist & Howard CPAs7 Commerce Center DriveHenderson, NV 89014702-456-1300 • ohcpas.net

1981 11 620 6 Francis Howard, managing partner

7 Tompkins & Peters CPAs P.C.1880 E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 115Las Vegas, NV 89119702-456-4272 • tpcpas.com

1987 8 249 8 Dana L. Tompkins, stockholder

8 Kondler & Associates6460 Medical Center St., Suite 230Las Vegas, NV 89148702-433-7075 • kondlercpa.com

1995 5 500 25 Did not disclose

9a BDO USA LLP6671 Las Vegas Blvd., South, Suite 200Las Vegas, NV 89119702-784-0000 • bdo.com

2008 4 Did not disclose Did not disclose Ben White, senior director

9b Smith & Francis LLC6700 Via Austi Parkway, Suite CLas Vegas, NV 89119702-798-1919 • smithandfrancis.com

1991 4 198 7 Jackie Smith, managing member

9c Summit Consultancy Group4730 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 220Las Vegas, NV 89147702-732-4302 • summit-cpa.com

1975 4 400 12 Elizabeth Mercier, managing director

12 David Deiterman CPA Ltd.2410 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 105Las Vegas, NV 89108702-877-1185 • prep.1040.com/lvtaxman

1986 2 100 2 David Deiterman, president

13 Complete Financial Services7231 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110Las Vegas, NV 89117702-254-2500 • Did not disclose

1988 1 250 15 Valentine Magda, president

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