LAS VEGAS, NV – October 19, 2010 – Owned and managed by Harsch Investment Properties, Speedway Commerce Center, the nation’s most synergistic motorsports complex located at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), will be first-time exhibitors (Central Hall – Booth #28312) at the upcoming Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2-5. As a significant and premier facility location to the automotive and motorsports industry, the Speedway Commerce Center encompasses two major benefits: its adjacent location to the LVMS and its seven tracks (settings for NASCAR and NHRA events) and its location in one of the nation’s most advantageous business climates.
Speedway Commerce Center, a new SEMA member, has pledged to become a significant resource to the automotive industry. For the SEMA Show, the company is a sponsor of two major council and committee events: the SEMA Networking Breakfast powered by the SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN) and the 20th Anniversary Young Executives Network (YEN) Reception. The company’s executives are further involved as members of SBN and YEN.
Endorsed by the Nevada Development Authority, Southern Nevada’s premier non-profit economic development agency headquartered in Las Vegas, the Speedway Commerce Center’s executive management team looks forward to providing the resources and information that are pertinent to the evolving landscape of the automotive and motorsports industry. Vice President of Operations, John Ramous, says, “There are many components to making a decision to either move a company’s location or to expand into a second location. The Speedway Commerce Center serves as the gateway to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Our location coupled with being in the exceedingly business friendly state of Nevada proves to be a strategic and economical decision for any company in the automotive industry.”
The executive team at the Speedway Commerce Center is power-packed with knowledge. Ramous continues to have an integral involvement in the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Chairman of Government Affairs Committee), Society of Office and Industrial Realtors, and the Urban Land Institute. Reed Gottesman, Assistant Vice President of Operations, hails from former positions at CB Richard Ellis and Deutsche Bank Capital Markets.
During the SEMA Show, Speedway Commerce Center will conduct a press conference in the Continental Tires Media Center at the Las Vegas Convention Center (Room S219) on Thursday, November 4, 4:25-4:50 pm. At the press conference, the company will announce its release of 48-acres of land that will become available for build-to-suit opportunities. “We understand that the automotive industry, like many other industries, is aggressively working towards recovery and growth. Companies who relocate or expand will find at our facility and destination, incentives and benefits that are unparalleled in the world today,” says Ramous.
About Harsch’s Speedway Commerce Center:
Speedway Commerce Center is owned and managed by Harsch Investment Properties, a 55-year-old privately held family-owned company with over 20 million square feet of real estate in the Western United States is the largest commercial real estate owner, developer, and operator in the Greater Las Vegas area. Encompassing 27 buildings, Speedway Commerce Center I, built in 1999, totals 1.4 million square feet of industrial space. In 2007, Harsch expanded the development and built Speedway Commerce Center II, an addition of eight new buildings that added 523,000 square feet to the property’s overall portfolio. Today, Speedway Commerce Center serves as the home to many top-notch automotive companies such as Shelby American, Carroll Shelby Enterprises, Richard Petty Driving Experience, Kroyer Racing, Vision Airlines Racing, and Exotics Racing.