City Council Approves New $56M Las Vegas Courthouse
The four-story 139,431-square-foot building, estimated to cost approximately $56.3 million to complete, will be built on the southwest corner of Clark Avenue and 1st Street on a one-acre parcel.
LAS VEGAS—The Las Vegas City Council has approved a development agreement with locally based the Molasky Group of Companies to develop the City of Las Vegas Municipal Courthouse in Downtown Las Vegas.
The four-story 139,431-square-foot building, estimated to cost approximately $56.3 million to complete, will be built on the southwest corner of Clark Avenue and 1st Street on a one-acre parcel.
Sited to the southeast of the Las Vegas City Hall, the Municipal Courthouse is designed to complement City Hall while starting to create a complex of City facilities. The site is located near the City parking garage, the Detention Center, and the Regional Justice Center. The courthouse is designed to meet LEED Silver level requirements.
“It is exciting that a new courthouse is coming to the government corridor in downtown Las Vegas,” Las Vegas mayor Carolyn G. Goodman said. “The Molasky Group has been a longtime private-sector partner and we look forward to having a first-class Municipal Courthouse to serve the people of Las Vegas.”
The facility will house the city’s Municipal Court functions including Traffic Court, six additional courtrooms, the city attorney’s office, customer service, court administration, classrooms and public space. Included in a sub-basement level will be secure parking and a sally port for prisoner transportation.
Construction is scheduled to commence around August 2019 the project will create more than 150 construction jobs. The courthouse is expected to be completed by January 2021.
Other members of the development team are: Martin Harris Construction as general contractor, PGAL as lead architect, X-9 Design Group as design architects, Walter P. Moore as structural engineer, MS Engineering for MEP and ITS and GCW Engineering as civil engineers.
In September, the Molasky Group was awarded a $62.4-million contract by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to develop a new primary care and mental health clinic in Columbus, OH.