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World Market Center Las Vegas, located at 495 Grand Central Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a showcase for the home and hospitality contract furnishings industry in downtown Las Vegas. It is the largest showroom complex in the world for the home and hospitality furnishings industry, serving domestic and international sellers and buyers.〔http://www.jerde.com/regions/place141.html〕 Originally, developers planned for the World Market Center project in Las Vegas to have more than of exhibit space in 8 buildings on .〔http://www.related.com/our-company/press/16/WORLD-MARKET-CENTER-NAMES-FURNITURE-INDUSTRY-LEADER-BOB-MARICICH-PRESIDENT-AND-CEO〕 == History == In 2002, the developers announced that the project was to be built on a lot adjacent to the City of Las Vegas' redevelopment parcel, as an eight building, facility designed by Jon Jerde. The square footage of the main building alone is greater than that of the Empire State Building in New York City. In 2005, WMCLV announced plans for completion of an expansion increasing the space to a total of complete with skywalks between all buildings on all levels. Building A opened in May 2005 with . The first show, July 21–25, 2005, was so overbooked that it used space in three Pavilions (huge tent structures) and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Construction started on the 16 story, Building B in 2005. It opened in January 2007. Construction on the 16 story, Building C started on September 27, 2006 and completed July 2008. The first 2 floors are part of the Las Vegas Design Center. At a construction cost of $550 million, Building C stands with on each floor, which is nearly 30 percent larger than those in Buildings A and B. In all, more than 400 showrooms comprise Building C. In conjunction with the opening of Building C, a $60-million, seven-story parking garage with on each level also opened in July 2008. In 2008, World Market Center put plans on hold to finish its complex of buildings, originally slated to be about 12 million square feet and set for completion by 2013. On May 3, 2011, Bain Capital, Oaktree Capital Management, The Related Companies, and other investors announced the formation of International Market Centers, a venture that combines properties in High Point and Las Vegas and would control 11.5 million square feet of showroom space. At that point, two of the World Market Center buildings and two of the High Point showroom complexes had been in receivership for several months. World Market Center is owned by International Market Centers, L.P. (IMC). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Market Center Las Vegas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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