Eli Segall

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Eli Segall

A boarded-up former credit union building near the Las Vegas Strip is poised to be turned into a tiki bar and restaurant. The Clark County Planning Commission on Tuesday approved designs for the Polynesian-themed Grand Tiki Las Vegas, which is taking over a shuttered WestStar Credit Union branch at 110 E. Harmon Ave., just east of Las Vegas Boulevard.

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Eli Segall

Long after the city of Las Vegas acquired a former railyard to redevelop it, the site now known as Symphony Park has been largely built out. It features cultural venues and upscale apartment complexes, and more projects are under construction or otherwise in the works at the mixed-use spread of land downtown. But the biggest vacant parcel in Symphony Park is owned by Las Vegas casino boss Derek Stevens, who hasn’t unveiled plans for the site.

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Eli Segall

A Nevada Supreme Court justice said Wednesday the public has a “vested interest” in the powerful Murdoch family’s secrecy-cloaked court case on the future of its media holdings. During oral arguments in Carson City, in a case launched by several big news organizations, albeit none led by the Murdochs, Justice Patricia Lee asked about ensuring fairness in the proceedings and making sure wealth and power don’t influence the case.

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Eli Segall

A tract of land in Las Vegas’ outer suburbs is slated to be turned into a housing development. And, records show, a portion of the site was previously owned by two entertainers synonymous with America’s casino capital: the late Siegfried and Roy. The Las Vegas City Council in March approved Tri Pointe Homes’ plans for roughly 100 new homes on 28 acres along Kyle Canyon Road about a mile west of U.S. Highway 95, in the upper northwest valley’s Kyle Canyon area.

1 week ago | reviewjournal.com | Eli Segall

Hedge-fund magnate Bill Ackman is boosting his ownership stake in Summerlin developer Howard Hughes Holdings and widening its scope of operations. Hughes Holdings on Monday announced an agreement with Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management that calls for his investment firm to acquire 9 million newly issued shares in the developer for $900 million.