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Committee approves expansion of Redevelopment Area 1 to include Grant Sawyer and Grace Presbyterian sites
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Summary
The recommending committee voted Feb. 17 to forward a redevelopment plan amendment adding two parcels—a 22.7‑acre Grant Sawyer office complex site and a 4.95‑acre former Grace Presbyterian Church site—to Redevelopment Area 1; the state is marketing both properties for sale.
On Feb. 17 the Las Vegas recommending committee forwarded an amendment to the Redevelopment Area 1 plan that adds two sites the presenter said were now state‑owned and for sale.
Alex Strawser, senior economic development specialist with the Department of Economic and Urban Development, told the committee the amendment revises the redevelopment plan originally established in 1986 and noted four prior amendments (1988, 1996, 2006 and 2015). Strawser described two parcels to be added: the Grant Sawyer office complex, 22.7 acres at Washington Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard, and the former Grace Presbyterian Church site, 4.95 acres at Charleston Boulevard and Interstate 15. Strawser said both sites align with the plan’s vision given proximity to the Cashman District and the Las Vegas Medical District.
Strawser said the Grant Sawyer parcel had previously been state‑owned and had been excluded from prior amendments; with the state attempting to sell the site, adding it to the redevelopment area better aligns land use opportunities with downtown master planning. The Grace Presbyterian site similarly had been church‑owned and not planned for redevelopment, but state ownership and sale activity now make redevelopment feasible, Strawser said.
There were no public comments. The sponsoring councilmembers (Brian Knutson and Chandra Summers Armstrong, as noted in the record) moved the amendment; the committee approved the recommendation and the item will proceed to City Council for consideration.
If approved by the City Council, the amendment will expand the pool of parcels eligible for redevelopment incentives and capital investment under the Redevelopment Area 1 plan.
