A local developer has set out to build a new hotel-casino along Las Vegas Boulevard several miles south of the Strip.
Developer Michael Ochoa has drawn up plans for a resort that, as seen in drawings filed with Clark County, is called Silverado.
The project, at the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Richmar Avenue, would have 300 hotel rooms and a 57,000-square-foot casino, along with food-and-beverage outlets, entertainment and conference space, county records show.
That comprises the first phase of the development, with the second phase calling for an additional 150 hotel rooms.
All told, the 13.5-acre project site a few blocks north of Silverado Ranch Boulevard would have two six-story hotel buildings and a five-level parking garage, according to a county staff report.
Clark County commissioners are scheduled to consider the proposal on Sept. 2.
Ochoa, head of Ochoa Development Corp., did not return a call seeking comment for this story.
Land-use consultant Lucy Stewart, representing the developer, told the county in a letter last month that the project marks a “substantial long-term investment” along this stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard and will contribute to the “continued evolution and revitalization” of the area.
Ochoa’s project site is about 5 miles from the south edge of the casino-packed Las Vegas Strip.
He is looking to build the resort on a vacant plot of land across from the now-demolished former Paradise Spa condo complex.
That property had a history of fires and squatters but came under new ownership last year, was reduced to rubble, and is penciled for a new housing development.
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