I-80 CORRIDOR STUDY
There is an "I-80 Corridor Study" on going by the Northern Nevada decision makers and NDOT. With this study, the public, will receive an account of the socioeconomic, community, environmental, and monetary impacts of a range of improvement projects for the corridor. The study will also establish the collaboration and consensus building necessary to plan and implement clearly defined transportation solutions to improve mobility while protecting quality of life. One of the studies will concentrate on the I-80 from the East McCarran Boulevard Interchange in the City of Sparks east to the Wadsworth-Pyramid Interchange Exit 43. The study will be completed in January of 2009. This study was created as an early step in addressing the rapid rates of area growth and development and the resulting demand on the region's transportation system.
If you have information, concerns, or ideas regarding the study, please participate with the following sources. There will be four public meetings planned throughout the study. Details will be outlined in the local newspapers and on the Web site. www.i80onv.com. The site also provides current news and announcements as well as scheduled activities, project photos, and more. NDot's Project Manager is Leif Anderson, and he can be reached at (775) 888-7121 or via e-mail at landerson@dot.state.nv.us.
Hopefully with all this information, a developer will decide to take a look at the site located at the Wadsworth/Pyramid Interchange Exit 43.
AIREAL VIEW OF THE PARCELS
Press Here: www.washoecounty.us/gis To view an aerial picture of the 29 +/- acre site. It is located in Washoe County at the Wadsworth/Pyramid Interchange also known as Exit 43 on I-80, .
When you open the site go to: 1. GIS Home. 2. Line Mapping 3. Disclaimer 4. Property
5. Insert parcel numbers: 84-292-13; 84-292-14; 84-292-15; 84-292-16. An Aeriel photo of the site will appear.
POSSIBLE USES FOR THE SITE
A Casino Motel Gas &Truck Stop Location.
A very good example of a similar site would be the Gold Ranch Casino, Gasoline Station and Restaurant Site located on I-80 heading West towards the California Border. The Gold Ranch is located on the Western End of Washoe County. The I-80 Exit 43 West Wadsworth Site is located on the Eastern End of Washoe County. Super stop for a Truck Stop location near the Truckee River.
Auto Mall.
The Wheel World. Demographic forces driving car dealers to recast strategy. This was the header for the articles located in the March 2007 magazine in The Business Report of Northern Nevada. Like birds of a feather, auto dealers traditionally choose to congregate en masse on one street nick named "auto row". Unlike some industries where proximate competition is the kiss of death (video stores, for example), dealerships clumping together on auto rows benefits both business and customers. It makes for a more competitive marker. The more advertising each one of the companies does draws more people to the general area. While auto rows are still the norm in smaller metropolitan area, such as Reno and Carson City, bigger cities are seeing the development of a newer concept, the auto mall, where as many as two dozen dealerships will buy or LEASE a huge plot of land and set up business in one location. The only auto mall in Nevada is located in Henderson, a prime spot for tapping the 2 million-plus people who live in the Las Vega area.
In Northern Nevada, the need for more space is starting to have an impact on Reno's auto row, Kietzke Lane, with some dealers, such as Reno Mazda/Kia, planning a move south along South Virginia Street. This might be the wrong direction. Start thinking about 1-80 between Reno, Fernely and Carson City at the Wadsworth/Pyramid Exit 43 Interchange. There is over 30 acres of vacant land zoned commercial at the Interchange waiting for a smart thinking business owner to develop it.
Wayne Frediani, executive director of the Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association says, "Guys are wanting to build bigger stores. They just need more asphalt, and they don't have enough room on Kietzke. Just as the gaming industry has seen huge consolidation in recent years, so has the auto industry. You've got a lot of public companies that are out buying dealerships - the mom and pop dealerships that made the franchise system strong years ago. It is going to end up with four or five companies owning them.
A strong economy and steady influx of new residents has made the auto industry the second-highest generator of sales tax in the state, behind the casino industry. That gives auto dealers some serious clout in their communities. That was demonstrated by Carson City's deal last year with Dick Camagni, owner of four dealerships in the city. Campagni received $3.6 million in redevelopment funds to buy land for a new Toyota dealership on South Carson Street. In return, Campagni agreed to keep his dealerships in Carson City for the next 15 years.
"In Carson City, we have a very robust auto sales sector that represents approximately 30 percent of overall retail sales," says Joe McCarthy, Carson City economic development and redevelopment manager. "Carson City's auto sales sector is in the unique position that we sell twice as many cars per capita as other communities in the state. Dick Campagni is the largest generator of sales tax in Carson City." McCarthy says the city expects to recoup its investment from growth in sales taxes in a minimum of seven years. The policy is intended to keep Carson City's auto dealers from relocating south of town across the Douglas County line, as several big box retailers have done. McCarthy also notes that most dealers are major philanthropists in his community. "That is something that most people do not realize," says Wayne Frediani, Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association executive director. "Our auto dealers are very involved in community causes." While the future still looks bright for Northern Nevada's auto dealers in 07, the sales have gone up every year, there might be a slight decline in new car and truck sales nationwide. Frediani says customers are still buying SUV's and trucks. The sales of trucks outnumber cars four to one.
The Northern Nevada Business Weekly had an earlier article entitled New Auto Row by Pat Patera on January 9, 2006. www.nnbw.biz
Sounds optimistic. Now let's see if someone in the auto industry checks out the property at the Wadsworth/Pyramid Exit 43 Interchange. There are many assets to this property. To name of few, I-80 between Reno and Fernely has been gifted with easy access. All exit routes lead directly into the commercial site. Long term lease agreements can be easily made which frees money for development of the site.
SENIOR CITIZENS COMPLEX
Providing Independent Living; Assisted Living; Memory Care with a Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. It is located on a site with beautiful views of the mountains and Truckee River. I would call it a Five Star Quality Care Community. This is something to look at when nonprofit developers want a site with mixed use capabilities.
FISH MARKET RESTAURANT
Did you ever hear of The Fish Market Restaurant? In 1076, its founders set out to open a restaurant that would serve the freshest highest quality seafood available at an honest price. They opened their first restaurant in Palo Alto, California. The group now has nine restaurants in California and Arizona. All of the restaurants feature the Fish Market - a casual style dining in a clean and comfortable atmosphere. Two of the restaurants also feature a top of the market separate restaurant maintaining all of the essential facets of the Fish Market but it is set in a fine dining, white tablecloth exhibition style dining room. There latest restaurant is a scaled down the traditional restaurant to create what they call the little Fish Market. It is there new concept to serve a smaller, more casual, and quicker paced eating establishment. The little Fish Market means there is Fish Markets for every occasion.
I agree that Northern Nevada is high desert country. It is a four hour drive to the Pacific Ocean. The Fish Market group has a successful restaurant in Arizona. A much longer distance from the Pacific Ocean. It is highly successful restaurant in Phoenix. There should be no question about the concept having a super future in Reno/Wadsworth/Fernley location overlooking the raging Truckee River Site. All it needs is a forward thinking developer.
Think about a building overlooking the hard flowing Truckee River just before it turns towards Pyramid Lake. Large view windows to catch the scenic beauty of the moment in a park like setting. It would be only a half hour drive from the heart of the City of Reno and ten minutes from the Cities of Fernely and Wadsworth. This concept could be very successful at this location. Check it out.