Historic commercial area near Strip targeted for improvements
Clark County has bought a retail center near the Las Vegas Strip for $6.5 million.
New Orleans Square, sitting on 1.15 acres, comprises several buildings at 900 Liberace Ave. in the Historic Commercial Center District, less than 1.5 miles east of the Las Vegas Strip.
New Orleans Square houses such businesses as Core Contemporary art gallery, The Square Bar and Avantpop Bookstore.
Documents from the Clark County recorder’s office showed the deed for New Orleans Square transferred to Clark County Redevelopment Agency in January.
A new master plan is in the works for the Historic Commercial Center, which houses New Orleans Square, and that is why Clark County’s Redevelopment Agency acquired the property, said Erik Pappa, a Clark County spokesperson.
“(The Redevelopment Agency) is currently working to develop an updated master plan for Commercial Center that takes advantage of its rich history and provides new opportunities to existing and new patrons,” Pappa said in an emailed statement. “Commercial Center sits in the largest of the three existing redevelopment areas and presents the greatest opportunity for change.”
The Historic Commercial Center District is one of the older properties in Las Vegas as the first buildings in the center opened in 1963, according to the center’s website.
It’s unclear what redevelopment could look like at New Orleans Square as Pappa said “no decisions” have been made on plans for the Commercial Center or New Orleans Square. Pappa said the county hasn’t bought any other buildings in the center and didn’t specify if it had plans to buy more.
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