Eli Segall

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New-home sales hit the skids in first half of year
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Despite a bump in sales last month, it’s been a slow year for local homebuilders. Southern Nevada developers sold 528 new homes in June, making it the best month of 2014, although ...
Pardee Homes gives up land in long-stalled Coyote Springs project
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Pardee Homes, the former lead residential builder at the Coyote Springs master-planned community, relinquished about 2,500 acres of land at the site an hour from ...
Home prices rising, but still a ways to go
Monday, July 21, 2014
Waiting for rising home values to get back to the boom years? Don't get too excited — it’s going to be a while. ...
Developer secures $312 million loan for Summerlin mall, office project
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Summerlin developer Howard Hughes Corp. has secured a nearly $312 million loan to finance its massive retail and office project ...
New barracks to replace ‘outdated’ dorms at Nellis Air Force Base
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Ground will be broken next year on a $30.4 million dormitory for airmen at Nellis Air Force Base. After the new barracks is finished in 2016, two dorms built in 1975 ...
Touro University gets $2 million for campus projects after bond sale
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
The Henderson medical school and three sister campuses — one in the San Francisco Bay area and two in New York — recently banded together to borrow $148.1 million. The Southern Nevada campus got about $40 million.
Ultimate Gaming to run online poker for the El Cortez
Monday, July 14, 2014
The historic El Cortez casino, a holdover from Las Vegas’ mob days, is now lockstep with 21st century gambling. Real-money poker website Ultimate Gaming has reached a deal to run the downtown resort’s...
Southwest Gas buys its headquarters, bids farewell to rent payments
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Southwest Gas has been renting the majority of its corporate headquarters in Las Vegas for more than three decades. But with a $16.5 million cash purchase, the utility ...
Investor impact wanes as Las Vegas home prices climb again
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Las Vegas home prices continue to rise as investors, lured here by the recession’s bargains, keep backing out. The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes ...
Caesars, already swimming in debt, headed toward the deep end
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Despite owing $24 billion, the company has its sights set on big projects domestically and in the Far East.
Under the costume, each performer has a story
Sunday, July 6, 2014
In the past several years, the Strip and downtown Las Vegas have become as known for costumed characters as for cards advertising “girls direct to your room.” Those street performers work for little money, often in oppressive heat. “We just here trying to make people laugh,” one said. “That’s all we do.” ...
Sale of Showcase Mall a rarity among Las Vegas Strip properties
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Showcase Mall, the Strip retail center known for its giant Coke bottle and M&M’s out front, has a new landlord. The sale, one of the more lucrative in Las Vegas in recent years for nonresorts, is a rarity because ...
New leader takes the helm at NV Energy
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
NV Energy has a new boss. President and CEO Paul Caudill officially took charge of Nevada’s main electric utility today, after...
NV Energy’s CEO pumps up profits, walks away with millions
Sunday, June 29, 2014
When Michael Yackira took charge of NV Energy in 2007, the company was earning big profits just a few years after it almost went bankrupt. Nevada’s main electric utility stayed in the black on his watch, despite ...
Banking regulators ease scrutiny of Las Vegas lender
Friday, June 27, 2014
U.S. banking regulators have eased their scrutiny of a Las Vegas lender that was bleeding millions of dollars during the recession but is now profitable again. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. disclosed...
Want the Palms Place rooftop penthouse? You can snag it for $38 million
Friday, June 27, 2014
Phil Maloof is ready to part ways with his flashy rooftop party pad at the Palms. Among the lavish amenities offered in the residence are ...
Nevadans headed for foreclosure not as quick to abandon home, report says
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Nevadans who are on track to lose their homes to foreclosure aren’t moving out nearly as often as they used to. But the Silver State still has ...
How to do a short sale
Monday, June 16, 2014
Selling a house through a short sale is about as fast and easy as swimming through a swamp.The sales process can involve stacks of paperwork, back-and-forth calls and emails with bankers and real estate agents, and sudden changes in rules and procedures. Completing a deal can take months, maybe a year, all so an underwater borrower can get out of a house that plunged in value and a buyer can get a good deal ...
Magazine ranks Allegiant among top financial performers
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Allegiant Air, Las Vegas’ hometown carrier, is known for its cheap fares, frequent delays and numerous add-on fees. But the airline also is a cash cow, and based on financial performance, it...
This Las Vegas bank eager to do business with would-be marijuana dispensary
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
If finance executives are worried about getting involved with medical marijuana clients, don’t tell Las Vegas banker John Sullivan. First Security Bank of Nevada has signed on to ...
Las Vegas home prices climbing again; short sales tapering off
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes last month in Southern Nevada was $195,000, up 1.6 percent from April and 14.7 percent from a year ago ...
Strip not yet maxed out on shopping
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Fashion Show Mall, the Grand Canal Shoppes, the Miracle Mile Shops, the Forum Shops, Crystals, the Linq, the Park ... it may not be long before the Entertainment Capital of the World becomes the Shopping Capital of the World. But the people putting their money on the line insist there’s room for more retail — of the right kind.
Bondholders say Caesars defaulted on debt terms
Friday, June 6, 2014
Bondholders are ratcheting up pressure on Caesars Entertainment Corp., saying the debt-laden casino giant defaulted on the terms of possibly more than $1 billion in debt when it sold four casinos to an affiliate this year. Las Vegas-based Caesars, which received ...
Judge awards Ruvo’s company $5 million-plus in case against competitor
Friday, June 6, 2014
After years of court battles, Las Vegas alcohol distributor Larry Ruvo’s company has been awarded more than $5 million from a competitor that was found to have illegally undercut him. But whether Ruvo collects all of his court-ordered payments is ...
UNR’s partnership with MountainView Hospital to boost doctor training in LV
Friday, June 6, 2014
Las Vegas’ critical doctor shortage could finally get some relief. MountainView Hospital and University of Nevada School of Medicine officials said Thursday they will work to create ...
Bally to acquire Israeli online-gaming company
Thursday, June 5, 2014
In his first big move since retaking the helm of Bally Technologies a few weeks ago, CEO Dick Haddrill is buying an Israeli online-gaming firm. Bally, a Las Vegas slot-machine maker, said today it reached a deal to acquire ...
Cowabunga Bay to open with a splash July 4 in Henderson
Thursday, June 5, 2014
After missing its planned Memorial Day opening, Cowabunga Bay Water Park is set to open July 4. The 23-acre Henderson attraction is still under construction but is coming together. Developers are finishing building the slides and need to...
Company announces plan for 2nd solar plant at Nellis AFB
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
A Silicon Valley solar-panel maker is teaming with NV Energy to build another solar plant at Nellis Air Force Base, helping Nevada’s main electric utility move away from...
Las Vegas housing market going big — as in master-planned — again
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Developers around the valley are gearing up to build mini-cities that, during the recession, either went bankrupt, were seized through foreclosure or were left on the drawing board. Dirt is being moved, utility lines are going in and model homes are planned in massive communities. If all goes as planned, the master-planned communities would ...
Warehouse construction about to make a comeback in Las Vegas
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Speculative construction of industrial projects turned out to be a bad bet in the Great Recession. But with the economy turning the corner in the Las Vegas Valley, developers are ...
County Family Services building up for sale
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Owners of a Clark County child-protection agency’s headquarters want to sell the building for $18 million, a big premium over both its purchase price and the going rate for office properties. Brokers with CBRE Group sent out...
Corner Bakery Cafe coming to Las Vegas
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
A San Francisco Bay area restaurant franchisee is bringing Corner Bakery Cafe to Southern Nevada. Anil Yadav, chief executive of Fremont, Calif.-based JIB Management, plans to...
Medical clinic, pharmacy opening at Las Vegas airport
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Need a last-minute cure for that Vegas hangover before flying home? Maybe a vaccination or antibiotics before a business trip? If you’re at McCarran International Airport, just head to the pharmacy. Las Vegas will soon...
Is now the right time to buy, sell or rent?
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Las Vegas' housing market has been on a stomach-turning roller coaster ride for a decade. Home prices soared to absurd heights during the bubble, crashed hard and fast during the recession, then rose from the garbage heap at one of the fastest rates nationally. Now, for the first time in years, the market ...
What about apartments in the valley?
Sunday, May 25, 2014
With its sprawling subdivisions of cookie-cutter stucco homes, Las Vegas may not seem like a big apartment market.
Home prices through the years
Sunday, May 25, 2014
When people talk about Las Vegas housing prices, they usually marvel at how crazy things got during the bubble, how terrible they were ...
Homebuilder American West is top buyer in auction of southern valley land
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Federal lands officials sold 87.5 acres of southern Las Vegas Valley property today at auction for $18 million. Homebuilder Larry Canarelli’s American West Development bought ...
BLM set to auction 120 acres in southern LV Valley
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
U.S. officials hope to fetch at least $19 million by selling 120 acres of southern Las Vegas Valley land. The Bureau of Land Management plans to hold an auction at ...
Number of underwater homeowners in Las Vegas continues to subside
Monday, May 19, 2014
Las Vegas’ underwater housing crisis keeps abating, even as the valley remains ground zero for upside-down borrowers. At its peak two years ago, 71 percent of Las Vegas-area borrowers were ...
Bally Technologies bringing back previous CEO
Thursday, May 15, 2014
After less than a year and a half at the helm, Bally Technologies CEO Ramesh Srinivasan is being replaced by the man he replaced. The Las Vegas slot-machine maker said...
Developer announces opening date, new name for Summerlin mall
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Scrapping the Shops at Summerlin name, developer Howard Hughes Corp. says its massive retail and office project near Red Rock Resort will open Oct. 9 as ...
Shops at Summerlin signs its first office tenant
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Owners of the Shops at Summerlin have signed their first tenant for the project’s office tower. BusinesSuites, which offers furnished office space with a receptionist, phone and mail service, conference rooms and other typical workplace amenities, has taken roughly...
Report: Las Vegas housing market ‘stuck in neutral’
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Las Vegas’ new-home market continues to slump this year, with sharp drops in sales and development plans. Local builders sold 428 new homes last month, down...
Parking no longer free at these downtown Las Vegas properties
Monday, May 12, 2014
Drivers who enjoyed free parking downtown at Main Street Station or the California now have to reach for their wallets. Boyd Gaming Corp. is charging daily rates of ...
Stratosphere owner reports 3 percent increase in 1Q revenue
Monday, May 12, 2014
American Casino & Entertainment Properties slashed its interest expenses and booked higher hotel, food and beverage, and retail and entertainment revenue, though it posted a slight dip …
The resurrection of real estate developer Jim Rhodes
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Powerful real estate developer Jim Rhodes has had a rocky relationship with Southern Nevada, including bankruptcy, allegations of reneging on deals and a legal fight to build near Red Rock Canyon. Now, he’s trying his hand at ...
Slight dip in Las Vegas home prices as investors back off
Thursday, May 8, 2014
For just the third time in more than two years, Las Vegas home prices have slipped a little. The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes in Southern Nevada last month was ...
Southwest Gas sees quarterly revenue slide
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Las Vegas-based Southwest Gas, which provides natural-gas service to 1.9 million customers in Nevada, Arizona and California, reported earnings today for the quarter ending ...
Miracle Mile Shops makeover to include new restaurants
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Owners of the Miracle Mile Shops plan to rip out the last exterior remnants of the mall’s former North African decor to open new restaurants. Tristar Capital and RFR Holding are planning...
In talk at UNLV, billionaire Adelson insists he’s ‘very socially sensitive’
Las Vegas Sands boss makes moral case against online gambling
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
When most people think of Sheldon Adelson, they usually think of the billions he’s made off gamblers and conventioneers. They think of his luxury Las Vegas casinos, his right-wing politics, his heavy investments in Macau. Odds are, they don’t think of him as a moral savior who wants to protect the poor — but Adelson sure seems to. The 80-year-old casino mogul...