63 is a four-story shopping mall under construction on the

Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada, that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip, as it is known, is about long, and is immediately south of ...

Paradise, Nevada Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fif ...

. It will be part of the

CityCenter Aria Campus, commonly known by its former name CityCenter, is a mixed-use, urban complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is located on and contains a total of . The complex includes Aria Resort and Casino, the Vdara condo-hotel, t ...

complex, owned by

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. The two-acre site was previously planned as

The Harmon The Harmon was a high-rise building at the CityCenter development in Paradise, Nevada. The tower was designed by Foster + Partners as a non-gaming boutique hotel, and was to be operated by Andrew Sasson's The Light Group upon completion. The buil ...

, a hotel within CityCenter. However, due to structural defects, the hotel never opened and was dismantled in 2015. The property was sold six years later to developer Brett Torino and partner Flag Luxury Group, with plans to build retail space on the site. Construction of 63 began in June 2021, and the project is scheduled to open in 2023.

History

63 will be part of the

complex, occupying a two-acre site at the southwestern corner of

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and Harmon Avenue. The land was previously intended for

, an unfinished CityCenter hotel that was dismantled in 2015, due to structural defects. In April 2021,

and its CityCenter partner,

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, agreed to sell the land to Las Vegas developer Brett Torino and New York-based Flag Luxury Group. They planned to build a four-story shopping mall known as "Project 63", named for how old Torino and Flag CEO Paul Kanavos were at the time. The project name was later shortened to "63". The project was designed in collaboration with MGM to ensure that it complements the existing CityCenter complex. MGM sold the land on the condition that a high-rise not be built on the property. The company approved of 63's four-story height, which would have minimal effect on the views from CityCenter's hotels. The $80 million sale was finalized in June 2021, and construction began that month, with Penta Building Group as general contractor. Site preparation work took around six months, and included testing of

piling A deep foundation is a type of foundation that transfers building loads to the earth farther down from the surface than a shallow foundation does to a subsurface layer or a range of depths. A pile or piling is a vertical structural element ...

s and footings left over following the Harmon's dismantling. 63 was

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on April 26, 2022, one year after the land sale was announced. Much of the facility was completed in October 2022, with the remainder expected to be finished four months later. Tenants are expected to open in 2023.

Features

63 will cover across four floors. It is located directly north of CityCenter's high-end shopping mall,

The Shops at Crystals The Shops at Crystals is an upscale shopping mall in the CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The mall contains high-end retailers, gourmet restaurants, art galleries, incidental offices and support areas. There are no ...

, with which it will not compete. The exterior of 63 includes an LED billboard measuring .

Ocean Prime Ocean Prime is a steakhouse and seafood restaurant concept owned by Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, consisting of nine restaurants in eight states. Ocean Prime opened in Troy, Michigan in June 2008 and has locations in Columbus, Ohio (under the name M ...

will open a $20 million steakhouse on the top floor. At , it will be the brand's largest restaurant and its flagship location. It will also be the first Ocean Prime to open in Las Vegas, and will serve as the anchor restaurant for Project 63. The restaurant is scheduled to open in 2023. Museum of Illusions, a chain of magic museums, is also scheduled to open a location at 63 during 2023.

References

External links

Official website
{{Las Vegas Valley Buildings and structures in Paradise, Nevada Shopping malls in the Las Vegas Valley Las Vegas Strip Proposed buildings and structures in Nevada