Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects spent 20 months working with MGM on the master plan. MGM announced Cit圜enter on November 9, 2004. The project was conceived by MGM president and chief financial officer Jim Murren, who envisioned an urban district for Las Vegas, similar to Greenwich Village or Haight-Ashbury. Another hotel and condo project, The Harmon, never opened due to construction defects the site was redeveloped as another shopping mall, known as 63.Ĭit圜enter was developed by MGM Mirage and Dubai World. The complex includes Aria Resort and Casino, the Vdara condo-hotel, the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas hotel and condominiums, the Veer Towers condominiums, and a mall known as The Shops at Crystals.
It is located on 67 acres (27 ha) and contains a total of 18-million sq ft (1,700,000 m 2).
