LAS VEGAS (AP) — Plans for owners of the CityCenterdevelopment to demolish a flawed, half-built
hotel tower on the LasVegas Strip have been placed on hold.Clark County District JudgeElizabeth Gonzalez, at
a Friday hearing, withdrew her Aug. 23 approvalof plans to raze the Harmon Hotel tower.The Las Vegas
Review-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/I8Pvpj ) she
took the action after FM Global said it would need more time tocomplete an in-house investigation of
CityCenter’s $393.8 million claimfor the hotel as a total loss.FM Global wrote the insurance policy covering
the Harmon’s construction.The judge will hold another hearing on Dec. 6 to determine how much more time, if
any, to give FM Global.TheHarmon was supposed to be a 48-story component of the glittery $8.5billion
CityCenter project that opened in December 2009. But inspectorsfound flaws in the steel reinforcements used
in the concrete structure,and tower construction was frozen at 26 stories.CityCenter’sconsultants have said
that the building could collapse in a strongearthquake — one that has a 50 percent chance of happening in
the next30 years.CityCenter is operated and half-owned by MGM Resorts International.___Information from: Las
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