Stratosphere Provides an Excellent Venue for Las Vegas High Rise Condo Overview

Isn't it amazing how we tend to take for granted things in our own backyards? Like the New Yorker who's never been to the Empire State Building, or the Californian that's never seen Disneyland, I had never been to the top of the Stratosphere here in Las Vegas, that is until today when I met one of my GO Zone clients there for lunch at the Top of the World restaurant.

And while couples surrounded us at neighboring tables enjoying their romantic lunches, all we could talk about was, of course, all the high rise condos going up in the Las Vegas valley. And I must tell you, there's no better way to understand what's going on in this town than by watching it all from 800 feet above. Besides the all window walls featuring 360 degree views, the floor actually slowly rotates so that within an hour or so, there isn't a part of Vegas you won't get a chance to see as you sit at your table enjoying a wonderful meal.

You'll see Turnberry Towers and wonder why they look so tall from the street. You'll see the progress of the almost completed Allure Tower, as well as Sky and Trump's high rises towering above the skyline. You'll see the beginnings of construction on the Fountainbleau project by the Riviera and the work beyond performed in building Steve Wynn's Encore and the Venetian's Palazzo. Looking southwest, you'll see Panorama Towers and Palms Place - totally sold out - rising right by their Palms Casino and Playboy building. You'll see tracts of land right off the strip such as Echelon and The Plaza, just waiting for development to start. Looking downtown, you'll see the progress of under construction projects such as Juhl and Streamline Tower as well as the recently completed SoHo Lofts and the Newport Lofts building. And so much more. You can literally spend hours just sitting there and taking in the views, and I know - we did it!.. all the while discussing each and every Las Vegas high rise condo project and what sets each one apart from the rest.

The view from atop the Stratosphere should be required viewing for each and every high rise condo client visiting Las Vegas. Ask your real estate agent to take you there and give you a visual overview of the market. You'll see for yourself how much development is happening, where the progress is being made, and ask yourself why you ever believed the news reports that the Las Vegas high rise condo market is dead.

Not from where I'm standing...