The Desert Passage Mall in Las Vegas is undergoing a 50 million dollars makeover and will shed its ornate Moroccan theme for a sophisticated, contemporary look. The 300 million dollars, 475,ooo-sq.-ft. retail center opened at the northeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue in August 2000, next to the Aladdin Resort & Casino, but the Sept. 11 attacks caused sluggish sales that prompted its developer, Chicago-based Trizec Properties, to sour on the property. It eventually sold the mall to Boulevard Invest LLC, a joint venture between Tri Star Capital and RFR Holding of New York, in December 2003 for 240.5 million dollars or 506 dollars per sq. ft.
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