Home      Hotels      Condos      Mixed Use      Dreams      Other Projects      Cool Stuff      Links      Contact

Bordering Downtown Las Vegas' west edge, is a never before developed, 61 contiguous acres now called Symphony Park (formerly known as Union Park).  The 61 acres has been in the news for a while now, as Mayor Goodman is itching to develop it.  A major railway thoroughfare skirts the property's east edge, dividing it from downtown.  This makes it a challenge to blend this parcel with the existing downtown area.

Current plans include letting different developers have pieces of it to develop, this would give it a more "city-like" look and feel than it would have if one developer created the whole area.

Symphony Park 11/30/09



Photo by Mark Adams

News 4/25/08    Groundbreaking Ceremony for the infrastructure of Union Park

To help spur development of the 61-acre Union Park "urban center", the city of Las Vegas shoved the ceremonial shovels in the dirt, signaling the beginning of construction of the infrastructure.  Underground electric, water, and gas lines - sewers, streets, and curbs have probably never had such a fanfare.   


Lots of work in progress         Click image to enlarge       Photo by Otis Williams Jr.

Conceptual rendering (just a density study) 2/2007

                                 
Latest Plan 4/2009                                                                                 Previous City Plan 2/2007                         
                 

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

See our Smith Center page

The Charlie Palmer

Celebrity chef Charlie Palmer is still planning on building a luxury condo-hotel in Vegas, but the location has changed. The new digs will be on 3.5 acres in the 61-acre Union Park development area, directly across Symphony Park from the (soon to be built) Smith Center for the Performing Arts. 

Palmer and City-Core-Development are aiming this 300+-room, 11-story project at the micro-market customers who are looking for a five-star, non-gaming, intimate hotel. 

The rendering (left) is the latest concept for the site. The mid-century-modern design is perfect for this project. Juxtaposed with the Smith Center's 1920's style, the Union Park area will look more like a well established downtown than a newly developed area.

Groundbreaking for the project has been delayed until 2012.
 

 

The World Jewelry Center, an iconic, state-of-the-art tower with approximately one million square feet of mixed-use space, will be one of the largest jewelry hubs on the planet. Located in downtown's Union Park, the new center will combine the corporate offices of domestic and international gem and jewelry companies.

The latest proposal is for an 800-foot-tall tower, the tallest building in Las Vegas. 

Visit our Trade Centers page for more details
 
 

World Market Center , Destined to become the largest furniture and home goods trade center in the world. The first two buildings are open and phase three is under construction. The eight phase plan will top-out at more than 12 million square feet of space.

Visit our Trade Centers page for more details and photos



 

Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, Renowned architect Frank Gehry, the Pritzker Prize-winning creator of stunningly angular, metallic-skinned structures such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, has been commissioned to design a building in Las Vegas.

This project in under construction see much more on our Ruvo Center page


 

  





 Rendering of the older plan

 The previous plan included a stadium
 Click image to enlarge