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Las Vegas Spas, Salons & Gentleman’s Barber Shops

The number of top-notch spa treatments available in Las Vegas can be almost overwhelming as the stress that leads you to a spa in the first place. It would be impossible for us to suggest which combinations of massages and skin treaments you need the most, so we’ve noted some distinguishing features instead. [But feel free to try them all!]

Aladdin Las Vegas
Elemis Spa 702-785-5772

Bally’s Las Vegas
The Spa at Bally’s, Of note: The Quiet Room for post-treament unwind. 702-967-4366

Bellagio Las Vegas
The Spa Bellagio, Of note: The egyptian Gold Body treatment uses real gold dust. Spa is for hotel guests only 702-693-7111

Caesars Palace
The Spa at Caesars Palace 702-731-7776

Cancun Resort
Hands On Therapeutic Massage and Spa at Cancun Resort 702-458-8777

Cristophe Salon of Beverly Hills
Cristophe Salon of Beverly Hills Inside of the MGM Grand Hotel 702-891-3339

Destination Salon & Spa
Destination Salon and Spa 702-933-2800

Djanel
Djanel Spa and Salon 702-868-6000

Excalibur Las Vegas
Royal Treatment Spa at Excalibur, Of note: Uses Aveda products exclusively 702-597-7772

Flamingo Hotel
The Spa at Flaming Hotel 702-733-3535

Forum Shops at Caesars Palace
Truefitt & Hill - A Gentleman’s Barbershop 702-735-7428

Hotel Four Seasons
The Spa at The Four Seasons Hotel, Of note: The Maternity Massage for expectant mothers 702-632-5000

Green Valley Ranch Casino
The Spa at Green Valley Ranch Station Resort & Spa, Of note: The Kona Coffee Crush for your skin’s java fix 702-617-7777

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Rock Spa at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Of note: Stays open till 10 p.m. 702-693-5000

Harrah’s Hotel and Casino
The Spa at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, Of note: The Diamond Massage detoxifying treatment 702-369-5189

Hooters Casino Hotel
S.A.S.S. SASS at Hooters Hotel and Casino 702-739-9000

Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas
The Spa Moulay at the Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas Resort 702-567-6049

Imperial Palace
Imperial Palace Spa, Of note: The Groom-to-Be package with Vanilla Sugar Scrub 702-731-3311

JW Marriott Las Vegas
Aquae Sulis at JW Marriott Las Vegas 702-869-7807

Las Vegas Hilton
The Spa at The Las Vegas Hilton 702-732-5648

Luxor Hotel and Casino (The Pyramid)
The Oasis Spa at The Luxor Hotel and Casino (The Pyramid), Of note: The refreshing Peppermint Head-to-Toe treatment 702-262-4000

Mandalay Bay Casino
Spa at Mandalay Bay Casino, Of note: The volcanic dust mask 702-632-7777

MGM Grand Hotel
The Grand Spa at The MGM Grand Hotel, Of note: Friday through Sunday, only hotel guests are welcome 702-891-1111

Mirage
The Spa at The Mirage 702-791-7472

Monte Carlo
The Spa at The Monte Carlo, Of note: The caviar and champagne facial 702-730-7777

New York-New York
The Spa at New York-New York 702-740-6955

The Orleans
Spa at The Orleans & Fitness Center, Of note: The couples’ treament rooms 702-365-7316 (more…)

World View Plaza Las Vegas furniture mart would rival
World Market Center

Is there room enough in downtown Las Vegas for a second major furniture market?

Las Vegas-based Pierce Development and The Merrill Cos. of Woodland Hills, Calif., have jointly assembled nearly 8 contiguous acres on the south side of Charleston Boulevard just east of Interstate 15.

Their partnership, collectively known as Wall Street Nevada, wants to build a 1 million-square-foot furniture showplace on the southern half of its Las Vegas land. The proposed 13-story tower would complement two high-rise condominium towers recently approved for the site’s northern half of the real estate.

World View Plaza’s combined Las Vegas real estate developments would cost approximately $700 million, Craig Katchen, Pierce Development’s chief executive officer, said this week.

If constructed, World View Plaza would be the first local competitor for World Market Center, a $2 billion furniture showcase located a mile or so north near the I-15-U.S. Highway 95 interchange.

Los Angeles businessmen Jack Kashani and Shawn Samson, in partnership with The Related Cos. of New York, opened World Market Center’s $200 million, 1.3 million-square-foot first phase last July. It hosts biannual furniture shows that draw exhibitors from around the world.

Proponents hope World Market Center will enable Las Vegas to become the nation’s top furniture showplace, a distinction enjoyed for nearly a century by High Point, N.C. Early returns suggest the local market is a hit thanks to its new, centralized campus and this city’s world-class hospitality industry.

World Market Center’s second tower will add 2 million square feet early next year. By 2012, developers plan to build six additional buildings, raising the 57-acre campus’s permanent exhibition space to approximately 12 million square feet.

World Market Center spokeswoman Dana Pretner said Wednesday her project is unlike World View Plaza because World Market Center is a trade-only showroom complex that does not include housing, stores and offices.

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Hip Clubs and Swanky Restaurants Attract Las Vegas Condo Buyers

Some developers are trying a new tactic to entice buyers. Taking a cue from the boom in hotel condos, where developers combine residential units with hotel rooms, they are signing on big-name restaurants and chefs, opening trendy bars and building clubs on the property.

Las Vegas Allure condos is adding an upscale steakhouse to its project and planning to offer room-service-like delivery to residents. And although Vegas 888 won’t open until 2008, its developers are touting its 35th-floor nightclub, where owners and those who pay a hefty membership fee can sip cocktails while sitting in a pool and checking out sweeping views of the Las Vegas Strip.

“It’s meant to be as exclusive as the building is,” says Matt Brimhall, spokesman for Del American, which is building Vegas 888 condos. “It’ll have fire pits, outdoor rain showers — you can take guests there to have a drink and check it out.”

Developers say they’re turning to restaurants and nightlife to set themselves apart from competitors in an increasingly crowded high-end condo market. “There are about 4,000 units that are built or currently under construction within a few blocks” of the project. “We wanted to offer something different.”

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General Growth unveils Summerlin Centre Plans

General Growth Properties unveiled detailed plans for its long anticipated 100-acre Summerlin Centre Las Vegas development at northeast corner of the 215 Beltway and Sahara Avenue. The mixed-use real estate complex calls for a combination of retail shops, dining, office space and residences within a landscaped master-planned setting.

The Summerlin Centre development will feature a grand plaza called Summerlin Square that will host public events, concerts, and other community events. A north-south pedestrian street, or paseo, will run throughout the property.

Many of the shops and restaurants will be located on the first floor of low-rise buildings stretched along the paseo. An east-west street grid and “marketwalk,” intersecting the paseo at Summerlin Square, will create easy vehicle and pedestrian access.

An adjoining northern 300 acres, which includes the new 414-room Red Rock Station Casino Las Vegas Resort and Spa, will consist of 5,500 residences in a wide array of housing styles from single-family Las Vegas homes to condominiums in buildings with street-level retail stores and restaurants. About 10 percent of the Red Rock real estate will be part of the real estate development surrounding Summerlin Square.

The eastern portion, meanwhile, will contain about 1.5 million square feet of office and commercial space, including the six-story Business Bank of Nevada headquarters, which is now underway. Two five-story, Class A office buildings with street-level retail space will be built in the initial phase, totaling 250,000 square feet. More office space could be added later.

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