A proposed data center project that was greenlit last year by the Henderson Planning Commission is no longer moving forward, according to city officials and a co-owner of the property.
In November, the Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit and design review from applicant Trammell Crow Co., one of the largest commercial real estate developers in the U.S., for a data center complex consisting of five buildings on a 157.3-acre parcel at the northeast corner of Bentonite Avenue and Whidbey Road, near the junction of U.S. Highway 95 and Interstate 11.
The city’s public information office said in an email Thursday the city was contacted in March by a real estate agent for the planned project, who said the development was no longer moving forward. The site is owned by Eldorado Hills LLC and is currently occupied by the Desert Hills Shooting Club and Pro Gun Vegas.
“They indicated that the ownership group was looking to sell the property for ‘traditional industrial development,’” the city said. “No additional applications related to a data center on this site have been submitted.”
The commission gave Trammell Crow a six-year approval period for the project after the developer told the city in a letter that construction time for utility infrastructure and power delivery to the site was scheduled for completion in 2030. The city said Thursday the permits remain in effect through 2030.
The development comes as Henderson City Council members at their July 21 meeting ordered staff to begin requiring data center operators to enter into negotiated development agreements that would evaluate new data center proposals on a case-by-case basis. The city officials are preparing to adopt a code change at the Aug. 18 City Council meeting to require development agreements for future data centers.
The city said because the Trammell Crow project was greenlit before the code change has been adopted, a development agreement will not be required for the site while the conditional use permit is active. A city spokesperson added the site must comply with all requirements of the existing permit, including limiting water use to less than 10 million gallons per year and obtaining a fire permit if fuel storage at the complex exceeds 2,500 gallons.
No ‘end user’ for speculative site
The site, in the Eldorado Valley, is zoned for industrial use. Officials in the Nov. 13 Planning Commission staff report said a proposed data center on that site is not anticipated to negatively impact public safety, traffic, public services, utilities, noise or the surrounding environment.
As approved, the permit includes plans for five 252,500-square-foot buildings to house equipment and office areas, and an electrical substation on the nearly 1.3 million-square-foot complex. Each building is approved to have its own office space, a truck loading and staging area, and yards for cooling equipment and backup generators.
Developers told the city previously the proposed data center would be air-cooled and was anticipated to use about 6.1 million gallons of water annually. The applicant told the city that noise levels at the complex could range between 60 and 72 dBA during the day.
City staff noted in their Nov. 13 Planning Commission report about the proposal that no technology company, or “end user,” had been selected to operate the facility, classifying the development as speculative.
“As this is a speculative development, staff has added a condition that detailed operational information about the facility and updated plans” must be submitted to the city before a building permit is issued, staff wrote in the Planning Commission’s report.
‘There is no potential data center going there’
A Trammell Crow representative declined to comment.
Eldorado Hills LLC purchased the land for $22 million in 2006, according to county property records.
The application for the data center, submitted in September 2025, lists the owner of Eldorado Hills LLC as Pete Eliades, who died Oct. 26 at the age of 92.
Eliades, according to a Review-Journal obituary published Nov. 2, owned or founded many Las Vegas-area businesses, including the Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club and Olympic Garden (now known as the Peppermint Hippo), Boston Pizza and other clubs and restaurants. He also owned several cab companies.
Nevada Secretary of State filings show Eldorado Hills LLC is registered to TELD LLC, whose managers include Pete Eliades and his children Athena and Aristotelis Eliades.
Athena Eliades said in a phone interview Friday a potential deal with Trammell Crow to acquire the land fell through after her father’s death.
“Trammell Crow is not the potential buyer,” Eliades said. “There’s no potential data center going there, is the long story short.”
Eliades deferred further comment to real estate company CBRE. Lauren Willmore, vice president of the company’s Las Vegas office, said Friday the land was under contract to a potential buyer with closing expected before the end of the year.
Willmore said she was unable to disclose the new potential buyer.
Contact Casey Harrison at charrison@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Casey_Harrison1 on X.
