Tuesday, April 28, 1998 | 2:27 a.m.
QM Construction of Sparks unveiled a proposal on Tuesday to turn the third through the ninth floors of the historic building into time-share units.
The first and second floors would be converted into stores, restaurants, a day care facility and a gymnasium.
It's one of the most involved plans yet to stave off the wrecking ball. City Council was to have pondered a final decision on Monday, but now has postponed the latest deadline until early June.
The Mapes was Nevada's tallest building when it opened in December 1947. Its unique art deco style earned it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, two years after it was shut down and boarded up.
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