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Originally Posted by LVS

Developer fashions plan for Las Vegas expo center off I-15 near Strip

Developer Jack Kashani, who helped launch the World Market Center furniture-expo hall, has his sights on another massive showcase center for Las Vegas, even though his first one was marred by financial and legal woes.

Kashani is rumored to be under contract to buy 63 acres of vacant land behind Mandalay Bay just west of Interstate 15, with plans to build the 2 million-square-foot International Fashion Center with 2,000 showrooms, according to brokers familiar with the deal. Two of them said Kashani is paying $90 million for the property, but another pegged the price at $75 million.

Kashani has been talking for years about building the fashion-industry expo hall at various sites in the valley, brokers said. He even has a website, which features renderings of the project behind Mandalay Bay and advertises showroom space to would-be exhibitors.

http://vegasinc.com/news/2014/sep/02...o-center-i-15/