What is the very tall high-rise building rising up from the north Strip right next to Circus Circus? We passed it on our last trip. I'd never seen or noticed it before, so I'm curious what it is.
That 45-story tower is known as Sky Las Vegas. When it was under construction in 2005-2006, it billed itself as the "first luxury high-rise condominium on the Las Vegas Strip."
The plans for Sky Las Vegas were first announced in summer 2004, right in the midst of the pre-Great Recession construction boom and early enough that construction began in 2005 and was completed in May 2007, a mere three or so months before the bubble burst the following September. Good timing. Except that a number of units took a long time to be sold; eight years later in September 2015, Pathfinder Partners, a San Diego-based private-equity real-estate investment firm, purchased the tower's remaining 64 units in a bulk sale.
The building cost $325 million and when it was completed in 2007 was the first high-rise condo project to open on the Strip.
Sky Las Vegas is 500 feet tall with 45 floors. It houses 409 condos, from 870 to 5,500 square feet, which start at $500,000 and rise to $5 million for the three-story Sky Suite penthouses with rooftop-garden patios. In addition, Sky has a spa and fitness center with indoor racquetball courts, a fifth-floor social club, a business center, screening room, billiard room with bar, and concierge. A one-acre outdoor recreation area sports a pool, garden, putting green, fire pit, barbecue, and private cabanas equipped with televisions and wifi.
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Kevin Lewis
Apr-10-2023
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