Desert Passage signs up tenants

Friday, Feb. 25, 2000 | 11:01 a.m.

The new Desert Passage retail complex on the Las Vegas Strip added nine more retailers to its list of shops slated to open this summer.

The 500,000-square-foot retail "shopping adventure" center, adjoining the new $1.3 billion Aladdin hotel-casino, is scheduled to open Aug. 17.

Added to list of Desert Passage retailers are fashion stores bebe, Cutter & Buck, Eddie Bauer, Joan Vass and White House/Black Market.

Also setting up shop will be travel outfitter Tumi & Brighton; Endangered Species, a retail specialty store dedicated to raising awareness of endangered species; Wyland Galleries, featuring marine life art; and French fashion and jewelry store Clio Blue Paris.

Desert Passage spokesman Paul Beirnes said the complex has leased 90 percent of its total 130 retail shops and 14 restaurants. Beirnes said the project's developer, Toronto-based TrizecHahn Corp., expects the project to be fully leased by its summer opening.

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