Work on the building stopped in ’08
Though work was suspended on the Harmon Hotel in Las Vegas way back in 2008, plans to dismantle the vacant, unfinished and structurally unsound high-rise are still up in the air.
In November, Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled that the Harmon could be razed bit-by-bit starting in December. She reversed that decision last month after insurance company FM Global said it had not had enough time to inspect the Harmon’s purported structural flaws, which include improper placement of supporting rebar.
On January 17, Gonzalez will rule again on the fate of the Harmon, part of the CityCenter development on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
The property is managed and half-owned by MGM Resorts International, which submitted a $393 million claim in August for the building, which is describes as a total loss. The contractor, Tutor Perini, claimed the defects could be fixed. MGM has taken out a demolition permit from the Clark County Building Department but said it would not go forward without court approval.
Engineers said the 26-story building has design weaknesses that could cause it to topple during an earthquake.
