Gramercy building no longer stands — VIDEO
Second Las Vegas implosion in a week goes down as planned
A nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is imploded due to structural deficiencies early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is imploded due to structural deficiencies early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dust from a nine-story residential tower implosion is seen early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. The new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is imploded due to structural deficiencies.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is imploded due to structural deficiencies early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is imploded due to structural deficiencies early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is imploded due to structural deficiencies early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road is seen prior to the implosion Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An unused, nine-story building at The Gramercy residential and retail complex and the Las Vegas Valley’s second building implosion in less than a week went as scheduled scheduled 8 a.m. Sunday, February 15, 2015. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Crowds gathered along Oquendo Road in southwest Las Vegas to watch the implosion of an unused, nine-story building at The Gramercy residential and retail complex on Sunday, February 15, 2015. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Demolition team members prepare for the implosion of an unused, nine-story building at The Gramercy residential and retail complex on Sunday, February 15, 2015. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Multiple images are showing the implosion of a nine-story residential tower at the new, 500,000 square foot Gramercy residence on 9255 W. Russell Road early Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. The Gramercy residence was imploded due to structural deficiencies.(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The unused, nine-story building at The Gramercy no longer stands.
The implosion shook the ground and brought down the building just as planned.
The building needed to be demolished due to “structural deficiencies,” according to Ofir Hagay of WGH Partners of Las Vegas. Hagay’s firm co-owns The Gramercy, which was purchased with The Krausz Cos. of California in September 2013.
The firms are still developing plans for replacing the soon-to-be imploded building, Hagay said.
After the implosion, NHP will slow traffic on the 215 at the Russell Road on and off ramps because of lingering dust from the implosion. The agency will use a manuever called rolling road blocks in which a trooper weaves across traffic lanes to slow it down.
