ICSC 2016 Phoenix, AZ: Schnackel wins commendation award for New Developments on the Downtown Summerlin project!
Downtown Summerlin
Las Vegas, Nevada
Total Retail Space: 1,445,367 sq. ft.
Number of Stores: 128
Owner/Development Company: The Howard Hughes Corporation
Design Architects: Altoon Partners/ Gensler/ELS Architecture
Management/Leasing Company: The Howard Hughes Corporation
Finance Company: Wells Fargo
ICSC U.S. Design & Development Awards | 2016
For nearly five years, a nine-story steel skeleton and other unfinished edifices stood silent on the site of what is now Downtown Summerlin, serving as a symbol of the struggling Las Vegas economy. The Howard Hughes Corporation took ownership of the unfinished site and knew changes would be needed to create a traditional mall concept. Re-imagined
instead as a vibrant downtown, construction began in May 2013. Downtown Summerlin opened on October 9, 2014 as the nation’s largest retail development built since the recession. The development is at the heart of the acclaimed 22,500-acre Summerlin master-planned community in Las Vegas, at the base of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
The 106-acre, 1.4 million-sq. ft. mixed-use development features over 125 stores and restaurants in an integrated open-air environment with entertainment, dining, shopping, a power center style marketplace, and a nine-story, Class A office building. Customers park on two decks or – appropriate to a “downtown” – on the street. Downtown Summerlin offers a mix of regionally and nationally known brands, 25 of which are first-to market retailers. In addition to the two anchor department stores, Macy’s and Dillard’s, the center boasts an expansive merchandising mix that one would expect to find in a traditional downtown setting including specialty food and grocery, health and beauty, home furnishing and housewares, sporting goods, entertainment, toys and gifts, personal services, technology and electronics, fashion, public spaces, and the largest concentration of quick and full-service dining located off the Las Vegas strip.
A grassy park in the complex serves many purposes. Second-floor tenants often use it to promote their stores, as when the yoga/pilates tenant holds weekly yoga classes in the park. Festivals and Saturday morning farmer’s markets use the park in warmer months, and in winter, the park hosts an ice rink. Downtown Summerlin turned an unfinished project into a lively mix of retail and community life.
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