Permission to demolish fault-ridden Las Vegas tower withdrawn.
Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez formally withdrew her order allowing the demolition of the CityCenter’s unfinished Harmon Hotel.
CityCenter, operated and half-owned by MGM Resorts International, decided that it wanted to conduct additional testing on the building to gather evidence of what it says are defects created by former general contractor Perini Building Co. Perini, contends many of the problems stemmed from faulty designs supplied by CityCenter.
However, Gonzalez’s ruling on Oct. 29 pulled back the demolition approval as a condition for more testing.
The Nevada Supreme Court issued an order on Nov. 30 that CityCenter could not move forward with an appeal of the Oct. 29 order because it had not formally made its choice. This prompted CityCenter to submit a one-paragraph paper opting for more testing.
CityCenter claims the defects make it unsafe to remain standing. Perini says that CityCenter wants to eradicate evidence, before a jury trial concerning the defects, that it could be fixed.
