Symphony Park

The city of Las Vegas is currently developing Symphony Park , a 61-acre mixed-use urban community located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas. The Symphony Park public-private project is being developed by the city of Las Vegas and its project manager, Newland. This new community is home to some of Las Vegas’ largest economic, cultural, and civic projects, including a park of the same name, Symphony Park, the two-acre open space core.

The master plan for Symphony Park identifies four distinct districts, organized in a series of small urban blocks with pedestrian-friendly accessibility and featuring street-facing retail and restaurants throughout the community. The four districts are: the Civic District (includes The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and the park), the Specialty District (plans for a wide range of hospitality, specialty retail, a hotel/casino), the Residential District (true urban neighborhoods with a mix of high-rise, town homes, live/work condominiums and mid- and low-rise residences), and the Medical Office District (anchored by the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health with other office and clinic space).

The first phase of infrastructure improvements was completed in 2009 and there are plans to commence the second phase in 2010. In addition, two key anchors of this community have commenced construction. The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health  was completed in May 2010. The Smith Center for the Performing Arts  is still under construction.

The city donated the 4.75-acre site for The Smith Center, a planned multi-theatre complex with a main theatre seating 2,050 audience members. The center, now under construction, will offer a blend of performances by local arts groups as well as first-run touring attractions. It will feature music, theatre and dance companies from all over the world and will be home to the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre. Upon its planned opening in early 2012, this facility will be the first regional performing arts center in the Las Vegas Valley.

The Frank Gehry-designed building of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health  is fast becoming a landmark for Las Vegas and Symphony Park. The highly specialized clinical center is dedicated to advance the research, early detection and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and ALS. The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health started seeing patients in July 2009 with The Life Activity Center, the event space, still under construction. The entire building is now complete and Keep Memory Alive , raising funds and awareness for the Brain Health Center, is operating the event space in the Life Activity Center  – all revenues will benefit the organization’s commitment to eradicating memory disorders.

The Charlie Palmer , a 400-suite and room boutique hotel, will feature an expansive spa, a Hollywood-style pool, and a signature Charlie Palmer restaurant as well as other alfresco dining.

Also planned for Symphony Park is the World Jewelry Center . The center will be an important, centralized marketplace for international gem and jewelry manufacturers and distributors, and a distinctive jewelry shopping destination for the public. Proposed amenities feature gem grading labs, secure shipping and receiving, exhibition space, restaurants and a Foreign Trade Zone.

Newland Communities  plans to develop five city blocks in Symphony Park, featuring low-, mid- and high-rise condominiums, live-work units, townhomes and other urban-style residences, as well as retail at street-level. The first project will be located just north of The Charlie Palmer boutique hotel.

The only casino/hotel at Symphony Park will be developed by Forest City . The entire complex is expected to encompass 1.6 million square feet, including a 47-story, 1,000-room hotel and gaming tower with 120,000 square feet of casino space, 90,000 square feet of retail space, restaurants, meeting space, swimming pools and a spa/health club facility.

The Symphony Park site will encompass an estimated 10 million square feet. The diverse mixed-use plan’s current programming projects the following components and uses: 

• Office/Medical: 1.8 million square feet
• Residential: 4.5 million square feet, 3,094 residential units
• Two Non-gaming Hotels: 675,000 square feet and 650 – 800  keys
• Gaming Hotel/Casino/Retail Complex: 1.6 million square feet, 1,000 keys
• Retail: 475,000 square feet
• The Smith Center for the Performing Arts: 379,000 square feet

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Going Green

Symphony Park is “going green.”  Formerly designated a “brownfield” area due to spilled fuel and other hazardous debris, the Symphony Park development is starting life anew as a “green” mixed-used development in downtown Las Vegas. The city-owned development was awarded Gold certification status under stage 2 by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), through its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED®-ND) green building rating system. The only project in the state of Nevada to be accepted into the LEED®-ND national pilot program, Symphony Park has completed Stage 2 of certification, reflecting documented and approved points corresponding to the Gold certification level under the pilot program.  The LEED®-ND program, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, is creating a rating system that integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building into the first national rating system for neighborhood design. Symphony Park is among the nation's most elite developments that will adhere to strict standards of energy, land and materials use. Through the LEED®-ND program, Symphony Park will set the criteria for smart growth, urbanism and green development throughout the country.

In July 2010, Symphony Park was awarded the third-annual BEST GREEN PRACTICES: BUILDING award by the Las Vegas Business Press. The award was given in recognition of the development’s leadership in sustainability through the LEED-ND program.

For additional information, please refer to the following:
Symphony Park Business Plan [25.2 MB]
Symphony Park Design Guidelines [26.9 MB]
Symphony Park Media Kit 

For development opportunities, please contact Rita Brandin with Newland at mailto:rbrandin@newlandco.com or (702) 220-8090.

More information is available on the Symphony Park Web site.