Las Vegas Business News

Rates rise at weekly US Treasury bill auction

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on three-month bills climbing to the highest level in more than eight years ...

Pig-mask suspect arrested in Bellagio store heist

A 20-year-old man is believed to have worn a pig mask during a weekend smash-and-grab burglary at a luxury watch and jewelry store at the Bellagio casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip ...

Survey: Optimism abounds among state’s small-business owners

Nevada’s small-business owners are increasingly confident about the economy, according to a survey sponsored by Nevada State Bank. ...

The List: Commercial Real Estate Brokers, March 27, 2017

Find out about commercial real estate brokers. This week, we rank them by total 2016 lease and sale volume.

The Data: March 27, 2017

All of the information your business needs: Bid opportunities, bankruptcies filed and building permits issued. To add to our data, email us at [email protected].

Anchors away: Strip malls deal with the uncertainty of the grocery industry

An Albertsons store at Blue Diamond and Buffalo in the Mountains Edge Market Place is taking shape, its where a Vons grocery shell was constructed and stood vacant for years on Friday, March 17, 2017.

Closures, acquisitions, consolidation and specialization have besieged the grocery-store industry in recent years, leaving a profusion of vacant big-box spaces across Southern Nevada. Without the traditional supermarket anchor and associated foot traffic, suburban strip malls have faced serious troubles, leading to declining business and even bankruptcies for neighboring support tenants.

The notes: Commercial Real Estate, March 26, 2017

In the Notes: Accurate Building Maintenance, Dan Stewart, KTGY Architecture + Planning, Toll Brothers, Thad Lawrence, SR Construction, Carol Cline-Ong, Ashraf Hamad, Siegel Group Nevada, Desert Grown Farms, DC Building Group and more ...

Attorney has her hands in city’s sports, arts scenes

Angela Otto, an attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, poses outside the company's office Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

A commercial real estate attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck talks about being assertive and ambitious professionally, her appreciation for Las Vegas beyond its entertainment scene, and her sense of pride in watching the success of the Smith Center.

CRE firm's message: ‘Approach each transaction based upon logic, not emotion’

Owners of Logic Commercial Real Estate, 3900 S. Hualapai Way, pose on the top of their offices Wednesday, March 8, 2017. In front: Sean Margulis, left, and Jason Otter. Back row from left: Chris Richardson, Brendan Keating, Agus Alamsjah and Adam Malan.

CEO Brendan Keating founded the firm with Sean Margulis, Jason Otter, Chris Richardson, Agus Alamsjah and Adam Malan, and their deep ties to the region have helped them put a stamp on Southern Nevada.

The evolution and rise of the southwest valley

With the emergence of the 215 Beltway making the area more accessible to the resort corridor, McCarran International Airport, Green Valley and Summerlin, the southwest valley continues to be ripe for new development.

Poker tables keep decreasing on Nevada casino floors

A view of the Las Vegas Strip and  Monte Carlo as seen from Rivea at Delano Las Vegas on Feb. 2, 2016.

When the Monte Carlo closes its eight-table poker room in about a month as part of a $450 million overhaul, the Las Vegas Strip will have lost nearly a quarter ...

Why security expert says Las Vegas visitors should feel 'very, very safe' here

Stewart Homnack, of the Flamingo security crew, guards the Strip entrance to the new Margaritaville casino inside the Flamingo on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.

Acts of terror may be happening more frequently in tourism hot spots around the world, but visitors to Las Vegas are coming to one of the safest destinations in ...

Emotions emphasized in Adobe’s Experience Cloud

Former NFL quarterback Payton Manning speaks before a large crowd during the Adobe Summit at the Palazzo on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

>A star-studded panel took to the Adobe Summit in the Venetian on Wednesday to speak about the importance of tapping emotion in users’ brand experience. ...

McDonald's unveils self-order kiosks, table service in Las Vegas

A digital self-order kiosk is shown during a grand reopening at McDonald's, 6480 S. Durango Drive, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

Customers walking to the checkout area of a southwest valley McDonald’s can see that the technological future of fast-food ordering and customer service has arrived to Las Vegas in the form of ...

Bill would formally include esports in pari-mutuel betting

Gaming commentators are shown in a video form a tournament earlier in the month during a tour of the Millennial E-Sports facility under construction at the Neonopolis Mall in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.

Four students from UNLV’s William Boyd School of law testified Tuesday before the state Legislature in favor of a bill to add esports and awards shows to the state’s list of permitted pari-mutuel wagering events. Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Sen. Becky Harris, a Clark County Republican, would add ...

17,000 AT&T workers in Nevada and California go on strike

This Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, file photo shows the AT&T sign at a store in Hialeah, Fla.

A union representing AT&T workers says about 17,000 employees in California and Nevada have gone on strike. The workers install cable and phone service and work in call centers where customers can phone in ...

Las Vegas city manager leaving for job with Switch

Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell talks about working with former Mayor Oscar Goodman during the dedication of Oscar B. Goodman Plaza in front of Las Vegas City Hall Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016.

Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell announced today she is leaving this summer for a job as a senior vice president over a new division at Switch. Fretwell, who is eligible ...

Why the next big Trump project could be a Las Vegas casino

Donald Trump, left, developer Phil Ruffin and his wife, Oleksandra Ruffin, celebrate with a toast during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Trump International Hotel and Tower.

In addition to the hotel they already own in Las Vegas, Forbes has learned, resort owner Phil Ruffin and the Trump Organization are also thinking of building ...

Q+A: Expert not expecting Trump to crack down on legal marijuana

Armen Yemenidjian looks over marijuana plants at a Desert Grown Farms Cultivation Facility in Las Vegas, Dec. 15, 2016.

Supporters of Nevada’s marijuana industry have been watching Jeff Sessions with wary, worried eyes. An expert from the Brookings Institution says that although Sessions has ...

Train leaving the Station: Railroad theme jettisoned in Palace Station's renovation

A section of Palace Station is shown under construction as part of a multimillion-dollar remodeling project, Friday, March 17, 2017.

Palace Station will soon be ditching its train motif as a multimillion-dollar renovation project on the 41-year-old casino continues. The remodeling began last fall, and work on the parking lot and landscaping has ...