Union Park is Nevada's only Project in LEED for Neighborhood Development Pilot Program
“We are pleased to be a part of the LEED for Neighborhood Development pilot program, particularly as the only Las Vegas project announced to date,” said Scott Adams, director of the Office of Business Development for the City of Las Vegas. “Union Park is a development whose time has come in Las Vegas,” he said. “It is playing a central role in the revitalization of downtown Las Vegas and by embracing environmentally sound development practices, is forging new ground for ‘green’ neighborhood development in our valley.
According to Rita Brandin, senior vice president and development director for Newland Communities, the national real estate development firm retained by the City of Las Vegas to act as development manager for Union Park, the 11-million-square-foot,mixed-use project is creating an in-town culture, entertainment, working and living environment on currently unused railroad lands. “Not only will Union Park embrace environmentally sensitive development practices going forward, it embodies the very essence of land recycling by transforming a fallow brownfield site into a vibrant community.”