In my nearly 11 years covering Las Vegas’ real estate market, the job was almost never boring.
Whether it was squatters taking over abandoned houses, big construction plans that came and went, or billion-dollar casino sales, Southern Nevada’s real estate market always churned out tons of news.
But with my switch to the Review-Journal’s investigative team this month, I wanted to look back at what has been the biggest real estate story in my time covering the market — a project whose turbulent history has mirrored Las Vegas’ roller-coaster economy.
That project, of course, is the Fontainebleau. First unveiled during the mid-2000s bubble, the still-unfinished skyscraper on the north Strip went bankrupt after the economy crashed.
