LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – It’s a condo complex that once had its own lake and attracted the rat pack and Elvis.
Nearly 60 years later, some of the Paradise Spa Condos are rundown after a number of fires. Two deadly ones happened this past fall and another on Saturday that damaged nine units and displaced 29 residents.
Now, the property near Las Vegas Boulevard and Silverado Ranch is in the process of being sold to a home construction company.
Christine Murphy, who’s representing Paradise Spas Homeowners Association, says if all goes as planned, by the beginning of September the entire property will be vacated.
“There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Some certainty is going to come now in terms of understanding when it will close and when people will need to vacate,” she says.
After decades of history, the impending closing is stirring up mixed emotions from tenants.
“We have a lot of memories here, sorry, it’s taken a lot of our memories away,” Brenna Williams says, who’s lived at Paradise Spas since 2019.
She’s one of the 29 tenants who were displaced after Saturday’s fire damaged nine units. A spokesperson for Clark County says the cause of the fire was determined to be accidental, and the fire caused an estimated $50,000-$100,000 in damages.
“It’s kind of scary to live here now, we thought our building would never catch on fire and obviously it did,” Williams says.
Paradise Spas HOA President Dennis Snapp says since November, the complex has had five fires- one of them, contained to the dumpsters.
Snapp says the county has condemned eight of the complex’s 22 buildings.
Only about one third of those 22 buildings are still occupied, but he worries about where the roughly 100 tenants will go next.
“When people here are paying 250-900 dollars a month, finding somewhere else to go is impossible,” he says.
Snapp plans to have resources on site help with the transition, as a complex with decades of history takes its final bow.
Murphy says at Tuesday morning’s status check on the sale process, attorneys discussed when those eight condemned buildings can be demolished.
She says tearing down the buildings before the sale is final will benefit both parties- the buyer, because they can get started on their project, and Paradise Spas because it will prevent people from trespassing and getting hurt.
As for their next steps, Murphy says they hope to get a notice from the buyer on Friday, confirming they plan to move forward with the sale. Then, they’ll post notices on remaining units so tenants know when the property has to be vacated.
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