A company that runs off-site airport parking locations plans to bring more parking for Las Vegas passengers.
The Parking Spot, a Chicago firm that boasts more than 70 near-airport parking properties nationwide, purchased a small commercial complex across from Harry Reid International Airport for $24 million, property records show.
The sale, by Las Vegas developer J Dapper, was recorded with the county last month.
Dapper sold the four-building office and retail complex, called Airport Center, after Clark County commissioners last year approved his plans for a nine-story parking garage on a portion of the site.
Finding a parking spot at Reid International was once an easy task but has become increasingly difficult in recent years, especially in the garage and adjacent surface lot at Terminal 1, home to Las Vegas’ busiest carrier, Southwest Airlines, and other domestic airlines.
Reid International operates one off-site parking lot with shuttle service to and from the terminals, located on Gilespie Street just south of the airport, and a new garage would bring a surge of additional parking for local travelers.
A spokesperson for the airport confirmed that Las Vegas does not have any off-site, privately owned parking garages or surface lots that shuttle travelers to and from Reid International.
Parking option in the works
Dapper noted that big metro areas across the country have off-site airport parking, and he indicated that Las Vegas sorely needs it, given how often travelers are faced with little to no parking availability at Reid International.
Rob McKeever, senior vice president of corporate development at The Parking Spot, said in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that locals flying through Reid International “continue to look for convenient, high-quality” travel choices.
He did not provide any details on what the company intends to open in Las Vegas, but he said travelers will soon have an airport parking option from The Parking Spot.
The company acquired a 2.9-acre plot at 5030 Paradise Road, just south of Tropicana Avenue, near the northern edge of Reid International’s runways.
Dapper, founder of Dapper Companies, bought the site in 2020 for $5 million, property records show.
At the time, the complex was in rough shape and mostly vacant, Dapper recalled, saying the occupancy rate was only around 10 percent to 15 percent.
Nonetheless, Dapper said it seemed like a pretty good deal for property near the airport.
As he described it, he completely renovated the complex, installing new roofs, plumbing, mechanical systems and landscaping.
According to Dapper, the property was around 70 percent to 75 percent occupied by the time he sold it. His real estate firm is based there but is not the biggest occupant in the complex, he said.
Garage plans
In September 2023, the Clark County Planning Commission approved Dapper’s proposal to develop a six-story garage with 842 parking spaces.
Then, in March 2025, the Clark County Commission approved his revised plans for a nine-story garage with 1,271 spaces.
Several months later, county leaders approved plans by another developer for a new parking garage next to a cluster of large jet fuel tanks at Reid International.
Clark County commissioners in November gave the green light to plans by developer American Nevada Co. for a six-story garage just north of Terminal 1.
The Clark County Department of Aviation, which operates Reid International, said that the garage’s design “presents numerous safety and security concerns” because of its proximity to the airport’s eastside fuel tanks, county staff reported.
County spokeswoman Stephanie Wheatley previously told the Review-Journal that while the department expressed concerns about the project, its conditions of approval “mitigated” these concerns, so it did not oppose the plans.
Among the conditions: Before building permits are issued, the developer must submit plans to the Aviation Department for a barrier on the project site’s western edge, which borders the fuel tanks.
The barrier must include a “vehicle crash mitigation rail” that is designed to withstand a 15,000-pound vehicle at 50 mph, according to the county staff report.
American Nevada, launched in the 1970s by the late Las Vegas Sun publisher Hank Greenspun and his late wife, Barbara, is perhaps best-known for developing Henderson’s Green Valley master-planned community.
Contact Eli Segall at esegall@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0342.
