24 Thursday, June 26, 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
Pahrump construction portrays town's growth
by Andy Holtmann
Construction in the Pahrump Valley is booming. The
enormous amount of growth that the town has expefi-
enceM over the last few years has sparked business inter-
ests that would not have considered Pahrump a market in
the pas t ,
Mat of the curnt construction involves office space
and commercial centers, The new buildings could mean
new job opportunities for local residents.
Valley Electric Association will soon have new office
space adjacent to their current offices on Highway 372.
Keller Construction out of Las Vegas is handling the
operation that will add what looks to be twice the office
space of the current building. Both Keller and Valley
Electric officials were unavailable for comment as of
press time.
Another new development on Highway 372 involves
coercial retail space. Gene Mayea, a general contrac-
tor for the project said that the building will have just
under 5,000 square feet of space available when com-
pleted.
"ere seems to be a lot of construction going on,"
Mayea said. "I think it is a strong indication that Pahrump
is growing?'
Mayea came from a small town in Oregon. He explains
that he ce to Pahrump to escape the increasing trend
mwa e "rat race," He wants to see development in
Pahrump but fears that too much could take away
Pahrump's small town appeal.
"Pahrump is a nice sleepy little town,, he said. "At this
rate though, I don't see it staying that way for long."
Along with Highway 372, Calvada Boulevard is an-
other stretch of road that is seeing a lot of development.
A business/professional center is being constructed
near the library just west of Highway 160. According to
the building's owner Forest Cahlan, over half of the
13,000 square feet of space has already been rented, but
there is still space available.
Cahlan said that there will be two lawyers, a doctor, a
dentist, a chiropractor, an insurance company, and a
mortgage company housed within the facility.
Cahlan i s a lawyer himself and an 11 year resident of
the area. He says the growth of Pahrump is Something that
should be realized.
"Pahrump is experiencing tremendous growth," he
said. "More and more business will come here once they
see what is occurring here, Take Taco Bell for instance,
they hadn't even considered Pahrump a market until
people called them up and asked why they were not
represented here. They saw the growth and decided that
they should be here."
Further down the road on Calvada is yet another
project. This one is an add-on to an existing building. The
Focus 2000 Financial Group will have two neighbors
once Red Rock Builders complete the add-on project. A
beauty salon and a paralegal service are slated to occupy
the new addition to Focus 2,000's building on the corner
of Calvada and Pahrump Valley Boulevard.
• Wulfenstein Construction has joined the development
game as well with their 7,000 square foot project on Basin
Road by the sheriff's office. Owner Ray Wulfenstein said
that the building will be
used as office space and
that there is consideration
of moving their own offices
to the new facility when
completed.
"It is about 90% com-
pleted," Wulfenstein said. ......
"We still have to put in
lights and add parking space
etc., but we are in no ex-
treme rush to get it com-
pleted."
Even with all of the large
scale construction, there is
still room for small im-
provements.
Jo's Pizza, on Frontage
Road recently completed
their own construction. A
sort of renovation project
was done on their outdoor
patio to improve the look
of the restaurant•
"We put up solar screens and added more tables," said
Jo Poe, owner of the eatery. "We had a band come and
play last weekend. It was really nice. We have future
plans to install a mist system as well to keep our patrons
cool in the warmer seasons."
All of the construction around town has visually por-
trayed the fact that Pahrump is growing.
"This is what I thought would happen," Wulfenstein
said. "I just thought it was going to happen 15 years ago."
For more information on any of these projects call the
numbers listed below.
Forest Cahlan- 727-5882
Valley Electric (Dave Rios)- 1-702-382-1214
Keller Construction- 1-702-895-8940
Red Rock Builders- 727-5923
Gene Mayea (Highway 372 Plaza)- 727-8464
Wulfenstein Construction- 727-6383
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