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Line 1: {{distinguish\|One Queensbridge}} {{Infobox building \|name = One Queensridge Place \|image = Queensridge Place.JPG \|caption = One Queensridge Place \|start_date = 2005 \|completion_date = 2007 \|building_type = Residential \|location = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] [[United States\|USA]] \|coordinates = {{coord\|36.1663\|-115.2945\|display=inline,title}} ~~\|latd =~~ \|~~longd~~map_type = USA = Nevada ~~\|iso_region = US-NV~~ ~~\|coordinates_display= title~~ \|roof = {{convert\|234\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}} \|top_floor = 20 Line 16 ⟶ 15: \|floor_area = \|cost = \|architecture_firm = JMA Architecture Studios ~~\|architect =~~ \|developer = Executive Home Builders \|main_contractor = [[Perini Building Company]] \|structural_engineer= \|unit_count = 219 \|website = {{URL\|http://www.queensridgeplace.com}} }} [[File:One Queensridge Place in Las Vegas.jpg\|thumb\|~~High-Rise~~One ~~Condominium~~Queensridge ~~Towers~~Place in ~~Las Vegas~~2013.]] '''One Queensridge Place''' is the name given to two residential [[skyscraper]]s located on the west side of the [[Las Vegas Valley]] in the ~~highly affluent~~ ''Queensridge'' neighborhood adjacent to the master planned community of [[Summerlin, Nevada]]. Construction began in 2005 and concluded in 2007. The buildings are twins, measuring approximately {{convert\|233.5\|ft}} high. Each tower has 20 constructed floors with [[Curtain wall (architecture)\|curtain wall]] facades and distinctive architecture. The resulting large windows allow for views of the [[Las Vegas Strip]] and ~~the~~[[Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area\|Red Rock ~~Mountains~~Canyon]].<ref name=april5>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/jane-ann-morrison/atop-one-queensridge-place-imagination-dances-unbridled-opulence\|title=Atop One Queensridge Place: Imagination dances in unbridled opulence\|last=Morrison\|first=Jane Ann\|date=April 5, 2008\|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701125629/http://www.reviewjournal.com/jane-ann-morrison/atop-one-queensridge-place-imagination-dances-unbridled-opulence\|archivedate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> ==History== ~~==In popular culture==~~ The project was originally announced as Versailles in March 1998,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/aug/27/onward-and-upward/\|title=Onward and upward\|last=Shubinski\|first=Jennifer\|date=August 27, 2004\|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808231409/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/aug/27/onward-and-upward/\|archivedate=August 8, 2016}}</ref> to be constructed on 14.5 acres of land adjacent to Summerlin's Badlands Golf Course,<ref name=LVS1998>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/mar/27/buyers-sought-for-million-dollar-condos/\|title=Buyers sought for million-dollar condos\|date=March 27, 1998\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808234723/http://lasvegassun.com/news/1998/mar/27/buyers-sought-for-million-dollar-condos/\|archivedate=August 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name=LVRJ1998>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Mar-28-Sat-1998/business/7215979.html\|title=Upscale condos previewed\|last=Caruso\|first=Monica\|date=March 28, 1998\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991003032919/http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Mar-28-Sat-1998/business/7215979.html\|archive-date=October 3, 1999}}</ref> near the southwest corner of Rampart Boulevard and Alta Drive.<ref name=July8/> The towers are among the most expensive in the [[United States]]. Condo prices range between $1,200,000 and $20,000,000. The [[penthouse apartment\|penthouses]] on the top 2 floors of each structure are approximately {{convert\|15000\|sqft}} each. The average price for a unit is $2,300,000.<ref>http://www.foxcor.com/queensridge.html</ref> The project would consist of three 12-story towers with a total of 84 condominium units in 10 different floor plans,<ref name=LVRJ1998/> ranging in size from 3,000 square feet to 13,000 square feet, with prices between $1.1 million and $7.7 million.<ref name=LVS1998/> The project would have offered full-time security, concierge and valet service, a spa, a ballroom, and access to the nearby golf course.<ref name=LVS1998/> Construction, to be handled by Taurus Development {{ndash}} a Canada-based international real estate developer {{ndash}} was to begin in May 1998,<ref name=LVRJ1998/> and was scheduled to be completed 14 months later.<ref name=LVS1998/> Five other companies were involved in the project's development, including Peccole Nevada Corporation, which provided part of the property for the project.<ref name=LVS1998/> Condo units for Versailles had gone on sale by April 1999.<ref name=LVRJ1999>{{cite web\|url=http://lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Apr-12-Mon-1999/business/10955452.html\|title=High Society\|last=Caruso\|first=Monica\|date=April 12, 1999\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990909042133/http://lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Apr-12-Mon-1999/business/10955452.html\|archive-date=September 9, 1999}}</ref> Taurus Development planned to begin construction the following month,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/apr/08/developers-pitching-pricey-penthouses-as-vegas-ent/\|title=Developers pitching pricey penthouses as Vegas enters the condo market\|last=Macy\|first=Robert\|date=April 8, 1999\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809003400/http://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/apr/08/developers-pitching-pricey-penthouses-as-vegas-ent/\|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref> with an expected completion date of early 2001.<ref name=LVRJ1999/> In December 2000, Peccole Nevada announced that Taurus Development was no longer involved with the project, which Peccole Nevada still planned to construct with a different development team. At that time, Peccole Nevada was also preparing to develop a separate resort on nearby land that would consist of 300 [[Fractional ownership\|fractional]] [[timeshare]]-like units.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/dec/14/timeshare-like-project-planned-by-peccole/\|title=Timeshare-like project planned by Peccole\|date=December 14, 2000\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808235325/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/dec/14/timeshare-like-project-planned-by-peccole/\|archivedate=August 8, 2016}}</ref> A new project was announced in July 2004, as Queensridge Towers. At that time, it was to consist of three 18-story towers and one 14-story tower, with a total of 385 condominium units at an average of 3,850 square feet. The smallest units would be in the 2,000 square-foot range, while eight of the largest units would be 13,000 square feet. The average price for a unit would be $1 million.<ref name=July8>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jul/08/high-rise-towers-okd-off-rampart/\|title=High-rise towers OK'd off Rampart\|last=Negron\|first=Sito\|date=July 8, 2004\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809005014/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jul/08/high-rise-towers-okd-off-rampart/\|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref> The first phase of construction {{ndash}} two 18-story towers {{ndash}} began in April 2005, with the project now named One Queensridge Place.<ref name=Nov7>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-07-Mon-2005/business/4148416.html\|title=One Queensridge Place project adding investment partner\|last=Smith\|first=Hubble\|date=November 7, 2005\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123040858/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Nov-07-Mon-2005/business/4148416.html\|archive-date=November 23, 2007}}</ref> The project, developed by Peccole Nevada and Executive Home Builders, was designed by JMA Architecture Studios, while [[Perini Building Company]] served as the [[general contractor]].<ref name=Nov7/><ref name=Sep15/> In November 2005, IDB Development Corporation joined the project as an investment partner.<ref name=Nov7/> In January 2006, the project received a $250 million construction loan from [[HSBC]]. At that time, Perini Building had finished the eighth floor of one tower and the ninth floor of the other tower, which would contain a combined total of 219 units.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-07-Sat-2006/business/5248008.html\|title=High-rise market taking some hits\|last=Smith\|first=Hubble\|date=January 7, 2006\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111101546/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-07-Sat-2006/business/5248008.html\|archive-date=January 11, 2006}}</ref> The towers were [[Topping out\|topped off]] in May 2006.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/archive/search\|title=Luxury condo towers topped off in Queensridge\|last=Smith\|first=Hubble\|date=May 22, 2006\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716031232/http://www.reviewjournal.com/archive/search\|archivedate=July 16, 2015}} {{subscription required}}</ref> As of February 2007, the project was 85 percent sold.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Feb-13-Tue-2007/business/12551564.html\|title=Plenty of luxury condos available\|last=Smith\|first=Hubble\|date=February 13, 2007\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216013335/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Feb-13-Tue-2007/business/12551564.html\|archive-date=February 16, 2007}}</ref> Construction had finished by September 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/state-bird-nevada\|title=The State Bird of Nevada\|date=September 2, 2007\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701124233/http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/state-bird-nevada\|archivedate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> The first residents were expected to begin occupying the building early that month.<ref name=Sep15>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/royal-entrance-queensridge\|title=Royal entrance at Queensridge\|date=September 15, 2007\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521092451/http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/royal-entrance-queensridge\|archivedate=May 21, 2016}}</ref> In October and November 2007, One Queensridge Place was cited for water waste by the [[Las Vegas Valley Water District]], which was unaware that a fountain on the property was part of its [[Cooling tower\|cooling tower augmentation unit]].<ref name=Dec6>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/jane-ann-morrison/drought-can-bring-fountain-pretty-yet-practical-solutions\|title=Drought can bring fountain of pretty yet practical solutions\|last=Morrison\|first=Jane Ann\|date=December 6, 2007\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701125835/http://www.reviewjournal.com/jane-ann-morrison/drought-can-bring-fountain-pretty-yet-practical-solutions\|archivedate=July 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Feb25>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/jane-ann-morrison/even-if-cooling-tower-looks-fountain-it-still-might-not-waste-water\|title=Even if cooling tower looks like a fountain, it still might not waste water\|last=Morrison\|first=Jane Ann\|date=February 25, 2008\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701125730/http://www.reviewjournal.com/jane-ann-morrison/even-if-cooling-tower-looks-fountain-it-still-might-not-waste-water\|archivedate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> The water district had banned commercial fountains in 2003, because of a drought.<ref name=Dec6/> The water district later decided not to fine the property after being informed that the fountain was part of the buildings' cooling system.<ref name=Feb25/> Engineers believed the cooling system would generate energy savings of 10 to 12 percent for the property.<ref name=Dec6/> In April 2009, the 219-unit property had only sold six condo units in the past six months because of a [[Great Recession in the United States\|recession]]. To increase sales, the next 10 units were to be sold at a discount of 25 to 50 percent. Prices usually started at $900,000 for a 2,000-square-foot unit.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/24/queensridge-developer-loan-solid/\|title=Queensridge developer disputes report, says loan is solid\|last=Wargo\|first=Buck\|date=April 24, 2009\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808223929/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/24/queensridge-developer-loan-solid/\|archivedate=August 8, 2016}}</ref> In February 2010, One Queensridge Place had gone a year without selling a condominium unit; 85 units remained unsold, and eight were in [[Default (finance)\|default]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/05/citycenter-condos-may-outperform-market/\|title=CityCenter condos may outperform market\|last=Wargo\|first=Buck\|date=February 5, 2010\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317085443/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/05/citycenter-condos-may-outperform-market/\|archivedate=March 17, 2016}}</ref> Singer [[Pia Zadora]] purchased a $2 million condo unit at One Queensridge Place in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/jun/05/adelson/\|title=Sheldon Adelson feeling some recovery momentum in tourism, convention business\|last=Katsilometes\|first=John\|date=June 5, 2010\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809003411/http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/jun/05/adelson/\|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref> By November 2010, 138 condo sales had closed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/12/condo-sales-citycenter-mixed-bag/\|title=High-rise condo sales at CityCenter a mixed bag\|last=Wargo\|first=Buck\|date=November 12, 2010\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809003530/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/12/condo-sales-citycenter-mixed-bag/\|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref> Sales had improved by April 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/2013/apr/11/0219Queensridge/468716/\|title=One Queensridge Place\|last=Marcus\|first=Steve\|date=April 11, 2013\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809003422/http://lasvegassun.com/photos/galleries/2013/apr/11/0219Queensridge/468716/\|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref> One Queensridge Place was built at a cost of $400 million. The property's [[artisan]]s were inspired by landmarks such as [[Champs-Élysées]] in Paris, the [[Parthenon]] in Athens, and the [[Trevi Fountain]] in Rome.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/18/where-art-and-architecture-converge/\|title=Where art and architecture converge\|last=Hansel\|first=Mark\|date=January 18, 2008\|work=Las Vegas Sun\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809012100/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/18/where-art-and-architecture-converge/\|archivedate=August 9, 2016}}</ref> One Queensridge Place contains four two-story penthouses, two on each tower. Each penthouse is 16,000 square feet.<ref name=april5/> The property's 20-acre site is approved for two additional towers and a total of 400 units.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/former-unlv-basketball-player-still-flying-high\|title=Former UNLV basketball player still flying high\|date=April 23, 2007\|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal\|access-date=May 11, 2016\|url-status=live\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701124922/http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/former-unlv-basketball-player-still-flying-high\|archivedate=July 1, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist\|30em}} ==External links== *{{Official website\|http://www.queensridgeplace.com}} {{Summerlin, Nevada}} {{Las Vegas residential}} [[Category:Residential buildings completed in 2007]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Summerlin, Nevada]] [[Category:~~Skyscrapers~~Residential skyscrapers in the Las Vegas Valley]] [[Category:Twin towers]]