For years, drivers on the 215 Beltway passed a nine-story steel frame above an abandoned construction site. Foundations, open pipes, unfinished stores, and fences covered 106 acres next to Red Rock Resort.
The structure was supposed to become the main office tower of a large shopping center. After construction stopped in 2008, it gained a new meaning.
In a valley filled with unfinished projects, the empty frame became one of the clearest symbols of the Great Recession…