NORTH LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Once complete, the Apex Industrial Park is expected to bring thousands of job opportunities to Las Vegas Valley residents.
"All of this building and tax revenue goes directly to North Las Vegas," said Dave Brown with Land Development Associates.
The Apex Industrial Park hopes to become our valley's next major economic hub.
Contractor Weston Adams says the development is seven years in the making and plans to cater to industrial companies looking to expand to Las Vegas.
"So any business that wants to come to Southern Nevada, we're going to deliver them the ability to come to business in our state," said Adams, the president and CEO of Western States Contracting.
The construction site is made up of various warehouses across 7,000 acres. The focus is on an 885,000-square-foot Smith's distribution center currently under construction. And crews are working separately on building a 1 million-square-foot Crocs distribution center.
"The Apex is expected to employ over 6,500 employees when built out. We're excited to have this first warehouse out of the ground," Brown said.
Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has her eye on the time it takes for development. She wants to help builders by introducing legislation to consolidate the permit process.
"The goal here is to streamline, to make it easier to get the infrastructure here, because as we can see, there are incredible opportunities for economic development," Cortez Masto said.
The center is expected to generate millions of dollars in revenue for the city.
