
Big cleanup clears way for Wal-Mart Supercenter by Rob Sabo, 9/1/2008 An old nursery, a paint shop and a radiator repair facility left large swaths of contaminated land that needed to be cleaned up to allow development of a Wal-Mart Supercenter near the intersection of U.S. 395 and East Second Street.
By the time the cleanup was done, 5,000 tons of soil —several hundred truckloads — was hauled away from a site that had been used to store oil-filled drums, while another 1,000 tons of soil were excavated and removed from an area that once housed a radiator shop.
The 24-acre parcel of land was purchased by the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and is slated for a new Wal-Mart store to replace the company’s undersized Northtowne Plaza facility. The cleanup was overseen by the Reno office of Kleinfelder Inc.
Josh Fortmann, project geologist for Kleinfelder, says the job also included removal of an asbestos cement water line. Clean Harbors
Environmental Services performed the soil excavation and hauling, while
Diversified Demolition handled removal of the Click to read more Blog on this article
Eldorado’s Indiana target may be back on block by John Seelmeyer, 9/1/2008 The company that’s selling an Indiana casino to Reno’s Eldorado Resorts LLC is talking as it if it wants to shop the property around to get a higher bid.
But executives of the Eldorado say they’re not concerned about the steps taken by the new managers of Tropicana Entertainment LLC.
They say the plans for an auction of the Evansville, Ind., casino have been on the books for a while, and they’re certain that their deal still is on track.
In March, Eldorado Resorts — owner of the Eldorado Hotel & Casino and half-owner of the Silver Legacy — struck a deal to buy Casino Aztar, a riverboat casino at Evansville, Ind., from Tropicana Entertainment.
The price: $190 million in cash, a $30 million note and an additional payment of $25 million if the Indiana property meets financial benchmarks after the acquisition.
In early May, however, troubled Tropicana filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware.
The story’s latest turn came about 10 days ago, when Tropicana Click to read more Blog on this article
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