REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

Charity

Pardee helps provide transitional housing

HomeAid Southern Nevada, Newland Communities and Pardee Homes of Nevada, along with several of the builders' longtime subcontractors, have joined forces to refurbish five transitional apartment units at the corner of Adams Avenue and E Street for Lutheran Social Services. The units will house families in transition who are currently residing in local shelters.

Over the past six weeks, each unit has been completely gutted and renovated with fresh paint (inside and out), brand new bathtubs and toilets, new kitchens and cabinets, new flooring, new GE appliances and furniture from former Pardee model homes. Pardee and its subcontractors have provided more than $70,000 in manpower and materials. Newland Communities gave an additional $11,000 grant to make the project a reality. The renovation value is estimated at about $100,000.

Several Pardee Homes' subcontractors assisted in the project, including: Alexander's Masonry Inc., Cabinet West Distribution, Cal/Pac Painting of Nevada, C&D Construction Services, Cedco Inc., Cedco Iron, Cooper Roofing, Frazee Paint, Ferguson Enterprises, General Electric Co., Hutchins Drywall, Interior Specialists Inc., Pioneer Plumbing Inc., Premier Installation, Quality Interiors Inc., SBS Construction Services of Nevada, ServPro of Southwest Las Vegas, Sierra Air Conditioning Inc., Slater Hanifan Group, Statewide Lighting Center Inc., Sterling Plumbing, Sunrise Carpentry Inc. and Washout Systems LLC.

Awards

GLVAR wins Lieder Award tonight

The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors will receive a Lieder Award today from the Lied Institute of Real Estate Studies. Dr. Christina Hixson, trustee of the Lied Foundation Trust, is also receiving a Lieder Award at the event.

The award recognizes GLVAR and Dr. Hixson for making a significant impact on the development of Southern Nevada, improving the community and quality of life and for displaying ethics in their business dealings.

The ninth annual Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies Lieder Award will be held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Former U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan is serving as master of ceremonies. Tickets are $250 apiece, with tables of 10 selling for $2,500. For more information, call 895-4492.

Local Realtor wins national award

Longtime Las Vegas commercial real estate broker Michael Dunn was one of 38 commercial real estate professionals nationwide honored as part of the Realtors Commercial Alliance National Awards Program.

The national awards program acknowledges members of the National Association of Realtors and its institute affiliates who received an award from their local or state commercial Realtors groups for professional excellence from August 2007 through July 2008.

Dunn was nominated for the national award after being named commercial broker of the year by the Commercial Alliance, the commercial real estate division of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. Dunn will be recognized at the NAR's annual conference and on Web sites such as those run by the GLVAR, NAR and CommercialSource.com.

Dunn achieved the commercial real estate industry's CCIM designation in 1992. He began his career in commercial real estate in 1979. A 20-year resident of Las Vegas, he joined Commerce CRG/Cushman & Wakefield in May 2003 to lead its Office Properties Division.

Go to realtor.org/commercial/rca_national_awards for more information on the RCA awards program.