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REAL ESTATE NEWS what fun T he newly opened Discovery Children's Museum in Symphony Park is anything but child's play. Designed by Lucchesi, Galati Architects—the leading firm behind the Springs Preserve—the three-story, 58,000-square-foot, $50 million museum has nine interactive exhibition galleries, including Water World, Toddler Town, Fantasy Festival, and Young at Art. Children can also explore a 70-foot atrium tower called the Summit, which allows them to climb through the roof and look out over the city. Before its move, the nearly 23-year-old institution (discovery kidslv.org), formerly called Lied Discovery Children's Museum, was housed in the Antoine Predock– designed Las Vegas Library, across from Cashman Field. The museum has attracted more than 2.1 million visitors since 1990, including 470,000 children through school field trips. Despite its name, Terrible's is pretty darn good—and Affinity Gaming recently spent $7 million to make RIGHT: The rooms at the 327-room hotel and casino Terrible's have even better (terriblescasinos.com). new furniture The just-completed renovation and flat-screen TVs. BELOW: The and expansion (PJ Becker & Sons new home of the Discovery Construction was the general Children's contractor) upgraded the twoMuseum. level, 60,000-square-foot casino with some 500 new slot machines, plus a remodeled bar and a William Hill Sports Book, "in an effort to enhance our guests' overall experience," says General Manager David Nolan. The players' club and registration desk were combined to create a comprehensive guest service center, while a 20-guest hospitality suite was added on the third floor. The 330-squarefoot guest rooms received new furniture, bedding, carpeting, and bathroom sinks. Each room now features a desk, a table with two upholstered chairs, and a 42-inch flat-screen television. A brand-new kind of Denny's has come to Downtown. Inside the threestory, 300,000-square-foot Neonopolis (neonopolislv.com), the 5,308-square-foot, 24-hour restaurant marks a new concept for the chain, with a full-service bar and even a wedding chapel. The restaurant franchise signed a $12.5 million, 20-year 156 lease on the space, and Peterson Construction was the general contractor. "The diner was the original social network in the sense that everyone, from all walks of life, was welcome," says James Wines, architect, author, and founder and president of the architecture and design firm SITE. The canary-yellow ribbon-wrapped restaurant employs the social network principle in its architecture, with free-flowing interior spaces and a photo booth that allows diners to share their pictures via social media. Galleria at Sunset—Henderson's only enclosed shopping mall—is getting a major renovation (to be completed this fall), including a trendy H&M store (galleriaatsunset.com). RTKL Associates is steering the $7 million makeover of the 1 million-squarefoot retail, dining, and entertainment center at West Sunset Road and US Route 95, across from Sunset Station Hotel & Casino. The 17-year-old mall, built on 45 acres in 1996, last received significant changes more than a decade ago. This time the Y-shaped, dual-level Galleria will see improvements to its common areas, including the 11-vendor food court and central space, with landscaping, palm trees, TOP: The new Denny's on Fremont Street has a bar fountains, and new seating. and wedding chapel. Caesars Entertainment has ABOVE LEFT: Victor Drai. ABOVE RIGHT: The trendy announced a concept for its new retailer H&M will open a hotel on the Strip: Gansevoort Las store at Galleria at Sunset in Henderson this fall. Vegas, in partnership with nightlife impresario Victor Drai (caesars.com). Replacing Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon, the boutique hotel will be the fourth from Gansevoort, the New York–based luxury hotel group. It will feature 188 Parisian apartment– style guest rooms, including 19 suites, as well as a reopened Drai's After Hours in its original location, plus a rooftop beach and nightclub conceived by Drai. "I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to once again reinvent and reinvigorate the nightlife scene," he says. The property is expected to open in 2014. V PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF DISCOVERY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (DISCOVERY); BY RICCARDO S. SAVI/GETTY IMAGES (DRAI); TUPUNGATO/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM (H&M) THE VEGAS REAL ESTATE STORY INCLUDES NEW DISCOVERIES, NOT-SO-TERRIBLE UPGRADES, AND A DINER'S HIGH DESIGN—IN NEON, OF COURSE. BY TONY ILLIA VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 156_V_BOB_HP_News_MAY/JUNE_13.indd 156 4/19/13 3:35 PM