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Booker T. Evans began his legal career in Las Vegas working for the District Attorney’s Office as one of just a few black lawyers in the state. (mikayla whitmore/staff)
A lifetime of accomplishment Booker T. Evans, a trail blazer in Nevada, earned special recognition from the National Bar Association By Julie Ann Formoso | STAFF WRITER
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. Âś 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 evans, Continued on page 15
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Share of millennials who visited bank branches as of December, according to Business Insider Intelligence. Younger consumers increasingly opt to use digital banking services.
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The plastic surgeon and owner of SurgiSpa Costmetic and Plastic Surgery talks about his experience as a volunteer working in Honduras, the most common procedures performed at his practice and his love of Spartan races. THE NOTES People on the move, P4
MEET: FANTASTIC INDOOR SWAP MEET
DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.
Doug 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.
MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P17 The List: Tax preparation firms, P22
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Kim Sonerholm is vice president of sales and marketing at UnitedHealthcare. She has been with the company for 23 years and most recently served as vice president of key accounts. Rossi Ralenkotter, president sonerholm 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 presented to people who contribute considerably to the growth and sustainability of the Lied Institute. March was a founding march board member of the institute and later served as executive director. Retired Clark County Credit Union President and CEO Wayne Tew won the Distinguished Service Award at the California and Nevada Credit Union League’s Reach Conference. Brandi Stankovic, human resources executive at Boulder Dam Credit Union and senior stankovic 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 chairman of the league. Eric Estes, president and CEO of Boulder Dam Credit Union, is vice chairman. Rounding out the execumurray 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 developments in Las Vegas: The Ogden, One Las Vegas, Juhl, Loft5 and Spanish Palms. Connors oversees social programming, activities and events for residents of all DK Las Vegas connors properties with special focus on the Ogden and One Las Vegas. Dan Eckles is a communications, marketing and publishing specialist for the Nevada Association of Realtors. MountainView Hospital is the first in Nevada to offer bronchial thermoplasty to help alleviate symptoms of severe eckles asthma in adults. A portion of the surgery was performed by Dr. Arnold Chung, a cardiothoracic surgeon at MountainView’s Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Associates. Prior to bronchial thermoplasty, doctors had only medications to offer severe asthma patients temporary relief from symptoms. Stacy Lewis is an aesthetician and laser technician
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at SurgiSpa Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Nnamdi Otuwa specializes in anesthesiology at Southwest Medical’s Rancho/ Charleston pfeiffer swanson Health Center, 2450 W. Charleston Blvd. Amy Pfeiffer is a nurse practioner in Southwest Medical’s Care Plus turner cobb division. Dr. Julie Lynn Swanson specializes in adult medicine 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 marketing manager at Town Square Las Vegas. Michael Kenny joined commercial real estate brokerage firm NAI Vegas. He works with Eric Larkin. Wendy Gibson is executive lamphere vice president of global marketing at Global Experience Specialists. Nicole Stuart is the director of marketing for Eastside Cannery.
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 associate professor of internal medicine at Roseman and is part of its Cancer Research Program. The UNLV College of Sciences honored CCCN radiation 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 Henderson Chamber of Commerce’s director of government affairs. Dan Palmeri is senior director at Cushman & Wakefield/ Commerce. Palmeri currently represents HealthCare Partners of Nevada and maintains stidham its 475,000-square-foot Nevada portfolio, which consists of 65 locations. Multiple physician practices received 2015 HealthInsight 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 GlobalSoft 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.
Mark LaVoie, vice president of food and beverage for Boyd Gaming, joined the Las Vegas Business Academy board of directors. stuart
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 Commission 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 “Individual Volunteer: Southern Nevada” category for her work with clinical trials, community involvement and her co-founding the Caring Place, a local nonprofit organization and program of Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation that provides nocost 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
Planet Fitness opened its seventh Southern Nevada club at the Decatur Crossing Center, 230 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite B-100, Las Vegas. Valley hospitals were recognized for their cardiac 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 Siena 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 professional 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 Southern Nevada restaurant on OpenTable’s 100 Best Restaurants in America.
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Q&A with Dr. arthur cambeiro
‘Sometimes age and genetics are not on our side’ 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. 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 experience 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 father 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, safety and satisfactions that it’s hard to correlate. Plastic surgeon Arthur Cambeiro poses in the lobby of SurgiSpa Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery in Hender-
What inspired you to choose cosmetic son. (steve marcus/Staff) surgery as your medical specialty? mance in Life,” by Joe De Sena. It was the only specialty that really captured my imagination and intrigued me. There are so many What do you do after work? options to treat similar needs, and it’s up to the Before work, I train at the gym every morning so plastic surgeon’s experience and perceptual skills that after work I can spend time with my children. to determine what will work best for each client. Whether I’m going to football practice, dance rehearsal or doing homework with them, I tend to deWhat are the most common vote my afternoons to my family. procedures you perform? The most common surgeries are breast augmentaDescribe your management style. tion and SmartLipo Triplex. My most common proI treat my staff like family. We have a cohesive cedures are Botox and facial fillers such as Juvederm. group of employees who work well together. They It’s popular because you deserve to look your best. all understand that our common goal is to do what’s Sometimes age and genetics are not on our side. best for the patient. If you could change one thing about Where do you see yourself and your comSouthern Nevada, what would it be? pany in 10 years? I would like to see the educational system imI would like to open another office on the west proved. I believe every level, from our elementary side of the valley. That would include expanding schools to the universities, could be dramatically and hiring another plastic surgeon or two. better. What has been your most exciting professional 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-
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 architects. It’s amazing what one’s drives and ambitions 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 something 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 perfectionism 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 racer. 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 usually 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.
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91 percent
Share of UPS ground packages delivered on time during the 2015 holiday season. In 2014, 97 percent of packages arrived on time. The drop is a result of an increase in online shopping.
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Price Wired Magazine plans to charge readers for four weeks of ad-free access to its website. Many customers have turned to ad-free software to speed web browsing or prevent being tracked online.
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)
Constant turnover keeps business fresh Describe your business.
Fantastic Indoor Swap Meet has more than 600 vendor booths offering only new or made-to-order merchandise, including clothing, jewelry, exotic plants and home décor.
Fantastic Indoor Swap Meet Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Phone: 702-877-0087 Website: 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
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?
$14 Million
Value of the media exposure 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, according to Apex Marketing Group Inc.
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Expected 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.
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 vendors so the market is never stale. The fact that we always have new vendors setting up shop is what keeps our customers 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 challenging. 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 exciting for a business like us.
What obstacles has your business overcome?
Economic downturns and a massive flood from a broken sprinkler pipe that damaged 40,000 square feet of our building in July 2012. Another obstacle that we continuously 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 pricing. 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 license fees have to be reduced for these mom-and-popstyle 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.
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Ruffin: Trump would be a ‘brilliant’ president Casino owner discusses his friend’s campaign, the NFL in Las Vegas and paid parking on the Strip By j.d. morris Staff Writer
Two years ago, Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin told his longtime friend and business partner Donald 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 Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin and his wife donated $1 million to veterans groups at a recent Donald reiterated a standard campaign bragging point Trump campaign event. (steve marcus/staff) — that he’s a self-funded candidate — and said he Asked whom he would support if Trump were not tertainer, according to Ruffin. wouldn’t budge on that, even for Ruffin. in the race, Ruffin ruled out Cruz, whom he said was “That’s the kind of friend he’s been,” Ruffin said. While Trump would not accept a big campaign “not a pleasant person” and would likely not work Back then, Trump was known more for his real contribution, according to Ruffin, the candidate did well with Congress. estate empire and his television show, “The Apprenaccept help in another way. This month, Ruffin and Aside from politics, Ruffin also told VEGAS INC tice,” than for being a serious contender for the nahis wife donated $1 million at a Des Moines, Iowa, that he supported the idea of bringing an NFL team tion’s highest office. fundraiser for veterans that Trump staged instead to Las Vegas. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is backing a plan Now, he’s most often in the headlines due to his of participating in a debate. to build a 65,000-seat stadium on land recently purunconventional, personality-driven presidential Ruffin said he made the donation because “it was chased by UNLV, and Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson campaign. Trump also has become known for maka good cause” and was in line with his other charirecently met with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Daing incendiary remarks, particularly about immitable interests. He said the donation was more about vis. grants and Muslims. charity than supporting Trump as a candidate. Las Vegas Sands has suggested that some of the Ruffin said he and Trump “differ on a few things” Still, Ruffin’s donation and presence at the Des stadium’s price tag of about $1 billion would be — though he declined to detail specific issues — and Moines event made him a crucial supporter during a covered by public funds, including, potentially, hothat Trump would generally listen to Ruffin, then do key moment in his friend’s controversial campaign. tel room taxes. That idea was met with strong op“what he wants to do.” Ruffin’s contribution was among about $6 milposition by MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Any particular political differences have not lion raised at that event, including $1 million from Murren, who said the priority for room-tax dollars stopped Ruffin from being a strong supporter of his Trump and $500,000 from investor Carl Icahn, should be funding the expansion and renovation of friend’s campaign, however. And Trump held a rally owner of the mothballed Fontainebleau Las Vegas the Las Vegas Convention Center. at Treasure Island last year. project, according to media reports. Ruffin did not weigh in about the particulars of “He would be a very good president. I think he’s Ruffin and Trump have a long history together. room tax dollars but said he valued the convention brilliant,” Ruffin said. “Usually, you don’t get that They were partners in developing the Trump Incenter expansion more than a stadium project — unquality of person running; a lot of those guys are ternational Hotel, which opened in 2008 next to less an NFL team was definitely part of the equation. Class B lawyers. I wouldn’t hire any of those guys to the New Frontier property that Ruffin had recently Additionally, the most controversial change on run any of my companies.” sold. Ruffin said the hotel has been “a great investthe Strip — MGM Resorts’ move to start charging Trump, who has tied much of his campaign to the ment” despite initial headwinds from the recession, guests for parking — is not off the table at Treasure idea of being a winner, suffered a damaging defeat in calling Trump an “absolutely brilliant” partner. Island. Ruffin said his decision about whether to the Iowa caucus, the first round of voting in the 2016 In fact, their friendship is strong enough that institute a similar policy at his resort depended on presidential primary. Ruffin attributed Sen. Ted Trump was the best man at Ruffin’s 2008 wedding, whether other operators would follow suit. Cruz’s strength there to his appeal to evangelical which was held at Mar-a-Lago. Trump, not knowing “If it spreads throughout the city and everybody Christians, noting that the Iowa caucus was “maybe what gift to offer, decided to pay for the whole thing does it, we’ll probably do it,” he said. not Donald’s cup of tea.” — except the cost of hiring Lionel Richie as the en-
“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
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Investor interest in Las Vegas homes continues to drop By eli segall Staff Writer
In another sign that housing investors 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 recent years. Just 2.2 percent of home sales in the Las Vegas area last year went to “institutional” investors, or nonlenders 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.
MGM Resorts will outsource parking and valet services
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
Mission accomplished for ex-Downtown Grand CEO By J.D. Morris Staff Writer
By j.d. morris Staff 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 representatives will determine whether operational changes will be made,” the statement said. About 400 nonunion valet staff members will be affected, according to MGM Resorts spokesman Gordon Absher. The shift is happening as part of MGM Resorts’ previously announced $90 million parking initiative, which includes a much-criticized plan to start charging guests for parking. Under the new policy, expected to be implemented 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 district, 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.
dip in prices, which had been flat for months. Single-family homes sold for a median $217,000 in December, down 1.4 percent from November but up 6.4 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors’ resaleheavy 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.
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 chairman. The resort said in a statement that Simms was leaving because he had “completed his one-year plan ahead of sched- simms ule.” Simms came to the Grand in part to expand its gaming operations, the statement said, while furthering the “full casino resort experience” and building on success of the existing room and restaurant offerings. The Grand introduced a tiered rewards program during his tenure, as well as changes to the casino floor and a competitive video game lounge. The resort also has plans to feature skillbased 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 technologysavvy, 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 included 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 prior 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 progress. “My daily responsibility, in terms of the oversight and strategic direction, actually never changed,” Schorr said of his transition to chairman last year. “My direction has always been one from a strategic position, and I am still there. From that sense, there aren’t any changes in leadership.” Location poses a challenge to the fledgling Grand, which opened in 2013 as a renovation 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 “continued 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 Vegas.”
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Las Vegas investors’ innovation mixes cocktails, worries bartenders who say it could kill jobs By eli segall Staff Writer
Barry Fieldman is known in Las Vegas for developing Showcase mall, the retail property decorated with a giant Coke bottle and M&M’s along the Strip. Now he’s on another mission: Overhaul the bartending business with rapid-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,” Real estate developer Barry Fieldman’s new venture, the Smartender, is an Fieldman said. automated cocktail maker. (l.e. baskow/staff) As he sees it, the Smartender can tender because now any staff member the Tropicana and the California Pizza serve more people faster, and with can pour drinks during peak times, Kitchen in the Mirage, Fieldman said. precise control, letting a bar sell more happy hours, sporting events, etc.,” a He expects to sell more than 100 drinks and a server make more tips. brochure says. “The staff no longer has units this year, including more than “The idea of being able to do someto wait for the bartender to fill each or50 to the Regal movie-theater chain. thing quickly, inexpensively and effider. They can do it themselves.” He recently received an order to send ciently is very valuable,” he said. Fieldman said the Smartender canSmartenders to Sugar Factory locaFieldman and business partner not replace all bartenders. However, tions throughout the country, includJuanita Wasserman, both of Henderhe said it could “eliminate some labor ing in New York and Miami, he said. son, took control of Smart Bar after costs in certain environments,” such Despite being able to pour hundreds battling in court with the company’s as replacing a back-of-house service of drinks, the Smartender has limitafounder, and they plan to move its bartender or an extra bartender who’d tions. manufacturing and assembly operabe out front on busy nights to help fill It can’t make frozen drinks or comtions from Illinois to Las Vegas in the orders. plicated, labor-intensive concoctions, coming months. But, he said, “usually when you and servers still have to put in ice cubes The local bartenders union isn’t eliminate one job, you create another,” and limes, cherries or other garnishes exactly thrilled at the idea of seeing including in manufacturing, sales and by hand. And even though it holds 16 Smartenders making drinks, saying repairs. bottles of booze, a typical bar may have automated-cocktail makers can wipe “All of those things create other jobs, “16 different brands of vodka” alone, out bartending jobs. But, it seems, and some of them may be union, some said Terry Greenwald, secretary-treapatrons who enjoy chatting with barof them may not,” he said. surer of UniteHere Bartenders Local tenders at neighborhood watering Last year, the Beau Rivage hotel-ca165 in Las Vegas. holes shouldn’t worry that their drink sino in Biloxi, Miss., started using auThe machine makes one drink at a slingers will be replaced by machines tomated-cocktail makers, said Houck, time, whereas bartenders can line up anytime soon. who was trying to organize bartenders several glasses at once to fill up, said Fieldman’s target customers include at another casino in Biloxi at the time. Aria bartender Nick Houck, a member movie theaters, casinos, restaurant The Beau Rivage, owned by Las of Local 165’s executive board. chains and stadiums, not local bars. Vegas-based MGM Resorts InternaBar guns dispense water, soda and He’s going after clients that can easily tional, ended up laying off bartenders, juice, letting bartenders quickly make afford his product and might want it according to Houck. a wide range of drinks. Such guns are to serve a few thousand drinks a day, “The bartenders down there called “more efficient” than automatedwhether it’s helping order-slammed it ‘The Terminator,’ ” he said. drink makers, he said. bartenders out front, making drinks MGM Resorts spokesman Gordon “Rum-and-Cokes don’t slow me in the kitchen for servers to pick up, or Absher said four positions were elimidown; it’s the complicated drinks that wheeling it poolside at a hotel. nated at the Beau Rivage, and he indislow me down that these machines “We’re not everything to all people,” cated the property is using the Easybar can’t make,” he said. he said. brand. Meanwhile, Smart Bar marketing Smart Bar has distributed about 100 “Like most businesses, we continumaterials say its product “saves money units nationwide. Locally, Smartendously evaluate our operations and seek on labor costs.” ers are in Downtown Summerlin’s Reopportunities through technology and “No need for a professional bargal movie theater, the Cosmopolitan,
other resources to improve how we deliver guest service,” he said in a statement. 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 Tropicana’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 industries.” 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, according 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 controls on travel spending,” even though his investors had the right, under their operating agreement, to curtail spending 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 operations to Southern Nevada. There are seven people working for Smart Bar in Illinois. After the company relocates to Las Vegas, Fieldman said, that number “will go up significantly.”
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He wants to show that race is immaterial in law out. Nearly 40 years later, after a trailblazing career as an attorney in Las Vegas, the 68-year-old still is going strong. Evans is part of the Ballard Spahr national law firm, commuting between its Arizona and Las Vegas offices. A co-founder of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association, he recently received a lifetime achievement award from the organization. “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 running 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 apparently called the office and convinced them to hire me. I went to work at the juvenile division. I worked there for three months and then, when Miller was elected district attorney, he had replacements 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 assertive. 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, people didn’t focus on my race. My place was that I was a very good prosecutor, as opposed to being a very good black prosecutor. Was it your goal to be looked at as just a prosecutor instead
“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
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 because 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 influence. 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 going 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 graduate 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 everybody 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, before 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 finish 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 continues to grow because of appeals, and the Supreme Court keeps taking cases and interpreting laws in a different 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 reason, 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 difficult about practicing law for me. I don’t know how I found it, but it’s almost like I was born to do it. I don’t get upset about the things that happen 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 impact 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 Facebook friends. When I got the lifetime achievement award, he wrote a note on Facebook that said I was his lawyer for life. Speaking of the award, what was it like receiving the lifetime achievement award from the National Bar Association? My wife did the introduction. I was kind of, for once, speechless. I struggled through and thanked everyone. It was a very emotional and humbling experience for me. I never thought of my part as anything special. 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.”
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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.
Members and guests can gather to network and learn about the community from business leaders and officials.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
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 Congress: Kerry Bowers, Danny Tarkanian and Annette Teijeiro.
“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 operators to create a consistent customer experience and increase sales.
StrikeSplitMix Vegas charity bowl Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Orleans Bowling Center, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas Information: Email latasia@creativeclassic.com Creative Classic Agency will host this industry mixer and charity fundraiser. The winning bowling team’s charity will receive half of the money raised; the other half will be split among the remaining charities.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee Vision Symposium Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for pre-registered 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 702-4993291 Lee will present his vision for North Las Vegas, including the development of Apex Industrial Park and the Faraday Future plant.
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@lasvegasnevada.gov Discuss concerns and needs related to transportation and infrastructure. The forum is open to government and community members.
Thursday, Feb. 18 City and county managers panel Time: 7-9:15 a.m. Cost: $25 for NAIOP members, $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 Vegas, Henderson and Clark County at this breakfast and panel discussion. Roadmap to Success Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson Chamber of Commerce members, $25 for nonmembers, $35 for nonmember walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center Seminar Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call Bill Bokelmann at 702-5658951
Vegas Young Professionals fusion mixer Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $10 online for VYP members, $15 online for nonmembers; $15 for members 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 professionals.
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
Wednesday, Feb. 24
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 702-4931066 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, human resources, finance, marketing and technology. Time slots are limited.
Conventions
expected Show Location Dates attendance
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 Marketers Association
Paris Las Vegas
Feb. 16-18
2,000
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Records and Transactions bid opportunities THURSDAY, FEB. 18 2:15 p.m. Roof replacement Clark County, 603981 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for paint Clark County, 603804 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for laundry services of mats, towels, hazardous medical towels, scrubs, linen and other misc. items Clark County, 603959 Susan Tighi at slt@clarkcountynv. gov 3 p.m. Professional engineering services for Laughlin-Bullhead City Bridge Project Needles Highway in Laughlin to SR 95 in Bullhead City, Ariz. Clark County, 603974 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov
FRIDAY, FEB. 19 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for electrical service pedestals Clark County, 603983 Ashley Blanco at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions SALES $11,950,000 for 130,446 square feet, industrial Address: 551 Courier St., Henderson 89011 Seller: Henderson BTS LLC Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Did not disclose Buyer agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International $9,500,000 for 34,244 square feet, retail Address: 1000-1152 W. Sunset Road, Henderson 89014 Seller: SunLife Assurance Co. Seller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBRE Buyer: JR Generations LLC Buyer agent: Brendan Keating and Sean Margulis of Logic Commercial Real Estate $8,750,000 for 150,213 square feet, industrial Address: 4375 and 4385 N. Pecos Road and 4339,4345, 4351 and 4357 Corporate Center Drive,
North Las Vegas 89030 Seller: Westland Enterprises LLC Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: MCA Realty Inc. Buyer agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane, Jerry Doty and Phil Dunning of Colliers International $4,000,000 for 13,718 square feet, retail Address: 7250 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: Sortino Asset Management Co. LLC Seller agent: Gino Vincent and Brendan Keating of Logic Commercial Real Estate Buyer: J3 Generations LLC Buyer agent: Sean Margulis of Logic Commercial Real Estate $3,400,000 for 68,191 square feet, residential Address: 4810 Judson Ave., Las Vegas 89115 Seller: KW Loan Partners II Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Birdie Asfoura LLC Buyer agent: Craig Summers and Mel Koich of Gatski Commercial $3,350,000 for 1.95 acres, retail Address: 4266 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas 89147 Seller: IPTV-B-L6-188 LLC Seller agent: Chris Richardson and Jason Otter of Logic Commercial Real Estate Buyer: Durango Rochelle LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $1,400,000 for 10,711 square feet, office Address: 600 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89104 Seller: State Bar of Nevada Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Hellfire Media LLC Buyer agent: Mel Koich and Craig Summers of Gatski Commercial $854,980 for 3.15 acres, land Address: 1160 W. Pioneer Blvd., Mesquite 89027 Seller: Shapiro Trust Etal and Shapiro David and Ilana Trust Seller agent: Eric Berggren of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Buyer: BHF LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $496,000 for 5,319 square feet, industrial Address: 2535 E. Washburn Road, North Las Vegas 89081 Seller: Teeples Investments LLC Seller agent: Salina Ramirez of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: Win Hsia Revocable Living Trust Buyer agent: Did not disclose $345,000 for 4,200 square feet, office Address: 3600 Cambridge St., Las Vegas 89169
Seller: Don L. & Virginia Starling Revocable Family Trust Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: 4J Farid LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $340,000 for 3,168 square feet, NNN investment Address: 4411 S. Pecos Road, Las Vegas 89121 Seller: Wells Real Estate Nevada LLC Seller agent: Jennifer Lehr and Chuck Witters of Gatski Commercial Buyer: Roberts Law Group Buyer agent: Greg Pancirov of Colliers International
LEASES $3,378,387 for 19,981 square feet for 127 months, NNN investment, retail Address: 5780 Centennial Center Parkway, Suite A, Las Vegas 89149 Landlord: TAG Centennial LLC Brendan Keating Landlord agent: Chris Richardson and Jason Otter of Logic Commercial Real Estate Tenant: Down East Corp. Tenant agent: Did not disclose $2,605,365 for 12,866 square feet for 65 months, office Address: 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Las Vegas 89135 Landlord: The Shops at Summerlin North LP Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: Security National Mortgage 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, retail Address: 2310 Corporate Circle, Las Vegas 89074 Landlord: Tech Park 5 LLC Landlord agent: Mark Moser of Savills-Studley Tenant: IMAC Medical Systems Inc. Tenant agent: Chuck Witters of Gatski Commercial $401,235 for 9,000 square feet for 120 months, NNN investment, retail Address: 570 E. Windmill Lane, Las Vegas 89123 Landlord: Mema Properties LLC Landlord agent: Chris Richardson and Jason Otter of Logic Commercial Real Estate Tenant: 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, retail Address: 8090 Blue Diamond Road, Las Vegas 89178 Landlord: Sunstone Diamond LLC
Landlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Tenant: Babystacks CafĂŠ 5 LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $144,366 for 1,000 square feet for 63 months, retail Address: 6520 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas 89156 Landlord: Sannik LLC Landlord agent: Laramie Bracken of Gatski Commercial Tenant: VIP Nails Tenant agent: Did not disclose $132,482 for 1,400 square feet for 60 months, retail Address: 2401 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89102 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Laramie Bracken of Gatski Commercial Tenant: Maria Del Rosario Parra Tenant agent: Did not disclose
BUSINESS LICENSES W/C Maintenance Services LLC License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Carlos A. Huezo Water Smart Landscape LLC License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 5368 Winning Spirit Lane, Las Vegas 89113 Owner: Guillermo Garcia Welkin Limits License type: Photography Address: 9970 Brasada St., Las Vegas 89178 Owner: Aerial Enterprise LLC. Wenjie Liang License type: Reflexology practitioner Address: 2228 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Wenjie Liang Wireless Toyz License type: Secondhand dealer class II Address: 5891 W. Craig Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89130 Owner: BMT LLC World’s Best Corndogs License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 439 Rock Quarry Way, North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Connie Graham 1 Detail LLC License type: Janitorial service Address: 1901 Solana Del Norte Way, North Las Vegas 89031 Owner: 1 Detail LLC 1 Percent Listing Realty LLC License type: Real estate sales Address: 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas 89128
Owner: Jay W. Sanderson 1 Step Innovative Solutions LLC License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 2375 E. Tropicana Ave., Suite 163, Las Vegas 89119 Owner: Mothana R. Jumaili 1617 Decatur LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC 2101 South Jones Holdings LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 2101 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89146 Owner: David Ting 4750 Lake Mead LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC 6060 Elton LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 6110 Elton Ave., Las Vegas 89107 Owner: William Jackson III A1 Mitchells Heating & Cooling LLC License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Cody Mitchell A Home 4 Spot Animal Rescue License type: Community services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Diana England Abbott Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 595 Lou St., Las Vegas 89040 Owner: Michael Abbott Ace Analytical Laboratory License type: Clinic or laboratory Address: 7151 Cascade Valley Court, Suite 210, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: ERP LLC Ad Storageone LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC Affairs to Remember Catering License type: Catering service Address: 818 S. Main St., Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Michael G. Whitesides All American Granite LLC License type: Contractor Address: 5365 Cameron St., Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Did not disclose
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Records and Transactions All Lit Up Lighting, Fans and Design License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: All Lit Up Lighting, Fans, and Design LLC Alpha Wheel Inc. License type: General retail sales Address: 3111 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Michael Constantin Alqarrous Professional Services LLC License type: Business support Address: 3776 Bacolod Court, Las Vegas 89147 Owner: Mohammed Al Qarrous Alta Decatur Shopping LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 50 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC Appleone Employment Services License type: Administrative office space Address: 8330 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 250, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Howard Wright Employment Agency Arias Music Co. License type: Phonograph store Address: 1002 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Richard M. Garcia Artefaqs Corp. License type: Photography Address: Did not disclose Owner: Wayne V. Lorentz At Your Service Catering Inc. License type: Catering service Address: 800 Brush St., Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Kathleen Frances Depatta Atomic Massage License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 1040 Tabor Hill Ave., Las Vegas 89074 Owner: Brent Bornemeier Attention To Detail 702 LLC License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Aisha Hill Aurora Services LLC License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Dawn Faron-Ardine Autotrucksports LLC License type: General retail sales Address: 1521 W. Oakey Blvd., Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Glenda Douglas
Bailey’s Sweeper Service License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 4430 E. Alexander Road, Las Vegas 89115 Owner: Bailey & Son Enterprises Inc. Bait & Tackle License type: Internet adult entertainment Address: 3296 Meade Ave., Suite 4D, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Bait & Tackle LLC Bank of America License type: Bank Address: 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 2, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Al Welch Becker Office LLC License type: Business space, rent or lease Address: 50 S. Jones Blvd.. Suite 100, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Becker Enterprises LLC Bespoke Development LLC License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael Carrison Bliss Home Health Care LLC License type: Residential homecare provider Address: 8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 210, Las Vegas 89129 Owner: Adam Bustios Bloss Bar & Event Consulting LLC License type: Management or consulting service Address: 5593 Trooper St., Las Vegas 89120 Owner: Richard Bloss
Address: 1401 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Daniel Leon Chaldean Manor Banquet Hall License type: Banquet hall Address: 4514 Meadows Lane, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: St. Barbara Mission Cheeky Photography License type: Photography Address: Did not disclose Owner: Amanda Cheek Christina Ezzo Gonzalez License type: Real estate sales Address: 8400 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Re Solutions LLC City Wide Janitorial License type: Janitorial service Address: 707 Carlitos Ave., North Las Vegas 89031 Owner: Hugo Montes Classic Party Rentals License type: Rental and leasing Address: 5525 Wynn Road, Las Vegas 89118 Owner: CP Opco LLC Claudia’s Creations License type: General retail sales Address: 9347 Iceland Spar Court, Las Vegas 89148 Owner: Claudia Belen Color My Nails License type: Cosmetics Address: 6716 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Nam Tran N Le
Bob May Golf Academy License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: BMGA LLC
Container Park License type: Multivendor Address: 707 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Shipping Containers LLC
Bodhi Tree License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Deshaun Damon Tellez
Copy Shoppe License type: Sales/services Address: 3324 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Nerida Ginez-Linarez
Body Mechanix License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 2606 S. Durango Drive, Suite 285, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Vincent L. Medina
Custom Kings License type: General retail sales Address: 425 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Nevada Cell Inc.
Brookhollow Management Co. License type: Business support Address: 7310 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite H, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Gregory Knapp
Cycle Vegas License type: Travel and ticket agency Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Cycle Vegas LLC
Built Right Contractors Corp. License type: Contractor Address: 1240 S. Commerce St., Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Sean Butler
Denise Fredella License type: Real estate sales Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Denise Fredella
Casa Blanca License type: Banquet hall
Desert Sky License type: Travel and ticket
agency Address: 3900 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 89119 Owner: Desert Sky Transportation Inc.
Green Orchid Events License type: General services Address: 548 Mayfair Walk Ave., Las Vegas 89178 Owner: Green Orchid Events LLC
Downtown Las Vegas Soccer Club License type: Multivendor Address: 7353 Eugene Ave., Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Roger Tabor
Grigsby Law Group License type: Professional services Address: 624 S. 10th St., Suite A, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Aaron D. Grigsby
Eagle Home Mortgage License type: Professional services Address: 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Universal American Mortgage Co. of California
Hand It 2 Rich License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Richard Rodriguez
Ebonny Home Health Agency License type: Residential homecare provider Address: 3530 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 105, Las Vegas 89121 Owner: Ebonny Home Health Agency Inc. Envios Directos Inc. License type: General retail sales Address: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suite O102, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Guillermo Vazquez Envise License type: Contractor Address: 4749 W. Post Road, Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Did not disclose Eugene W Scheffels License type: Real estate sales Address: 1925 Village Center Circle, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89134 Owner: Eugene W. Scheffels Evergreen Designer Lawns License type: Property maintenance Address: 1457 Morro Creek St., Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Roger E. Guinn Fashion XV Boutique License type: General retail sales Address: 1829 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Dorado Hernandez and Mendez Floyd Scotton License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Floyd Scotton Gold Cleaning License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 1918 Highland Ave., Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Yadira Horta Ortiz Gold Spike Hotel License type: Hotel Address: 707 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: LFDTP LLC
Handpiece Club LLC License type: General retail sales Address: 2101 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas 89146 Owner: Chun-Yu Chen Happy Changes License type: Sales/services Address: 2621 Magnet St., North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Josefina Santana HB Lawn Maintenance License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Abraham R. Hernandez Head-2-Toe LLC License type: Instruction services Address: 5155 S. Torrey Pines Drive, Suite 2093, Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Courtney Garcia Holliday Errand Services License type: Personal services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kris Drake Hong Sung Brakes Las Vegas License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Gaesook Kim
BUILDING PERMITS $6,450,000, commercial 4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Nevada General Construction $875,000, tenant improvement - store 525 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 3301, Las Vegas Shawmut Design and Construction $650,000, tenant improvement - store 10950 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Shaw Lundquist Associates $500,000, tenant improvement - hotel 301 Fremont St., Las Vegas TRE Builders LLC $500,000, tenant improvement restaurant
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Records and Transactions 518 Fremont St., Las Vegas Custom Estates LLC $425,000, wall/fence 407 Antelope Ridge Drive, Las Vegas Hirschi masonry LLC $404,230, residential - custom 1687 Tangiers Drive, Henderson Mark Thomas $399,958, commercial - remodel 1450 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 425, Henderson Horizon Foothills Market Place $357,153, residential - custom 13 Cloud Chaser Blvd., Henderson Ascaya Inc. $235,995, residential - production 2807 Belmont Drive, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC $218,972, residential - production 3005 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $218,972, residential - production 3012 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $209,379, residential - custom 1040 San Eduardo Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $208,214, residential - production 3009 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $202,281, residential - production 338 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $202,281, residential - production 936 Pomander Point Place, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $202,281, residential - production 345 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $200,000, wall/fence 7120 Sky Pointe Drive, Las Vegas Hirschi Masonry LLC $188,985, single-family residential - production 6840 Dayton Flyer St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $186,273, single-family residential - production 8932 Kenzie Cove St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $185,647, single-family residential - production 12217 Olivetta Court, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $185,647, single-family residential - production 342 Evante St., Las Vegas
Pulte Homes of Nevada
Greystone Nevada LLC
Desert Wind Homes
$183,373, residential - production 341 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada
$159,307, residential - production 481 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC
$179,547, residential - production 2146 County Down Lane, Henderson Toll Henderson LLC
$155,315, residential 5 Porto Malaga St., Henderson Century Communities Nevada LLC
$138,626, single-family residential - production 9264 Long Grove Ave., Las Vegas Desert Wind Homes
$176,331, residential - production 189 Strone St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.
$154,151, residential - production 185 Strone St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.
$176,331, residential - production 184 Strone St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc.
$153,374, residential 7 Porto Malaga St., Henderson Century Communities Nevada LLC
$173,114, residential - production 945 Pomander Point Place, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada
$150,000, commercial 4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Nevada General Construction
$173,114, residential - production 337 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada
$150,000, commercial - remodel 1001 New Beginnings Drive, Henderson Church Christian Central
$170,000, commercial 3100 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas SR Construction Inc.
$149,659, residential - production 121 Clouded Ave., Henderson PN II Inc.
$169,843, residential - production 3016 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada
$148,661, residential - production 941 Pomander Point Place, Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada
$169,732, residential - production 875 Via Serenelia , Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $169,732, residential - production 872 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $168,235, residential - production 1149 Hilside Peak ST., Henderson PN II Inc. $168,235, residential - production 124 Clouded Ave., Henderson PN II Inc. $167,003, residential - remodel 1186 MacDonald Ranch Drive, Henderson Laurie Nancy Walton Trust $161,248, residential - production 876 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $160,694, residential - production 3008 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $160,694, residential - production 3013 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $160,694, residential - production 3014 Novellara Ave., Henderson Pardee Homes Nevada $160,638, residential - production 472 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $160,638, residential - production 477 Wildflower Ave., Henderson
$148,300, tenant improvement store 805 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1983, Las Vegas Hayward Builders LLC $146,942, residential - production 1064 Tropical Sage St., Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada LLC $142,483, single-family residential - production 10426 White Princess Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $139,512, residential - production 476 Wildflower Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $138,815, single-family residential - production 8908 Kenzie Cove St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,815, single-family residential - production 5640 Mackenzie Park Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,815, single-family residential - production 9510 Desert Dog Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $138,626, single-family residential - production 9241 Palmer House Ave., Las Vegas
$138,626, single-family residential - production 9328 Long Grove Ave., Las Vegas Dubs Family Trust $138,347, residential - production 476 Sterling Falls Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $138,347, residential - production 473 Sterling Falls Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $136,906, residential - production 116 Clouded Ave., Henderson PN II Inc. $136,906, residential - production 1145 Hillside Peak St., Henderson PN II Inc. $136,795, residential - production 880 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $126,758, residential - production 136 Outcrop Ridge Ave., Henderson PN II Inc.
$116,611, residential - production 669 Rose Apple St., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $116,112, residential - production 477 Sterling Falls Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $115,779, residential - production 672 Rose Apple St., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC $114,615, residential - production 3109 Berceto Court, Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC $113,173, residential 3153 Umbria Hills Walk, Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC $113,173, residential - production 3152 Del Terra Ave., Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC $105,909, residential - production 188 Strone St., Henderson D.R. Horton Inc. $105,000, single-family residential - remodel 7405 Silver Palm Ave., Las Vegas Artisan Contractors
$126,758, residential - production 137 Outcrop Ridge Ave., Henderson PN II Inc.
$103,232, single-family residential - production 12237 Terrace Verde Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.
$126,758, residential - production 128 Outcrop Ridge Ave., Henderson PN II Inc.
$102,527, residential - production 2133 Emyvale Court, Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC
$123,986, residential - production 481 Sterling Falls Ave., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC
$102,194, town - model 2270 Lambro St., Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC
$120,000, electrical 2000 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas TRC Electric Service LLC
$100,475, residential 3151 Umbria Hills Walk, Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC
$119,272, residential - production 692 Rose Apple St., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC
$100,000, wall/fence 4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Nevada General Construction
$119,272, residential - production 676 Rose Apple St., Henderson Greystone Nevada LLC
$80,568, town - model 2268 Lambro St., Henderson KB Home Inspirada LLC
$117,785, single-family residential - production 9233 Palmer House Ave., Las Vegas Desert Wind Homes
$63,000, demolition 562 N. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas Quality Construction LLC
$117,338, single-family residential - production 8829 Kenzie Cove St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $117,338, single-family residential - production 8845 Kenzie Cove St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
$54,472, commercial - carport 245 S. Gibson Road, Henderson Baja Construction Co. Inc. $50,000, disaster 1105 Freeman Ave., Las Vegas Vision Builders To receive a complete copy of Data Plus every week in Excel, visit vegasinc.com/subscribe.
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Category: tax preparation firms (Ranked by number of tax staff as of Dec. 31)
Year established
Tax professionals locally
Business returns prepared in 2015
Nonprofit returns prepared in 2015
Stewart, Archibald & Barney LLP 7881 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 250 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-579-7000 • sabcpa.com
1972
39
1,200
70
Robert Worthen, CEO
2a
Bradshaw, Smith & Co. LLP 5851 W. Charleston Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-878-9788 • bradshawsmith.com
1976
16
1,395
Did not disclose
Douglas Winters, managing partner
2b
Fair, Anderson and Langerman 3065 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-870-7999 • falcpa.com
1987
16
541
11
Curt Anderson, CEO
2c
Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern 6100 Elton Ave., Suite 1000 Las Vegas, NV 89107 702-384-1120 • pbtk.com
1990
16
1,206
41
L. Ralph Piercy, president
5
Houldsworth, Russo & Company P.C. 8675 S. Eastern Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89123 702-269-9992 • trusthrc.com
1996
13
136
78
Dianna Russo, principal
6
Ovist & Howard CPAs 7 Commerce Center Drive Henderson, NV 89014 702-456-1300 • ohcpas.net
1981
11
620
6
Francis Howard, managing partner
7
Tompkins & Peters CPAs P.C. 1880 E. Warm Springs Road, Suite 115 Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-456-4272 • tpcpas.com
1987
8
249
8
Dana L. Tompkins, stockholder
8
Kondler & Associates 6460 Medical Center St., Suite 230 Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-433-7075 • kondlercpa.com
1995
5
500
25
Did not disclose
9a
BDO USA LLP 6671 Las Vegas Blvd., South, Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-784-0000 • bdo.com
2008
4
Did not disclose
Did not disclose
Ben White, senior director
9b
Smith & Francis LLC 6700 Via Austi Parkway, Suite C Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-798-1919 • smithandfrancis.com
1991
4
198
7
Jackie Smith, managing member
9c
Summit Consultancy Group 4730 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 220 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-732-4302 • summit-cpa.com
1975
4
400
12
Elizabeth Mercier, managing director
12
David Deiterman CPA Ltd. 2410 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 105 Las Vegas, NV 89108 702-877-1185 • prep.1040.com/lvtaxman
1986
2
100
2
David Deiterman, president
13
Complete Financial Services 7231 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-254-2500 • Did not disclose
1988
1
250
15
Valentine Magda, president
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