Set to face the strip along a quarter-mile stretch, the $9 billion CITYCENTER project will include 2,800 residential condo units, 66 acres of cafes and two 400-room boutique hotels that will be on either side of a boulevard built to the exact dimensions of New York's Park Avenue.

At its center, this city-within-a-city the size of Manhattan's SoHo will have a 4000-room hotel/casino designed by Cesar Pelli (world-renown architect of Kuala Lumpur's Petronas Towers). The most expensive private project ever, the MGM Mirage CITYCENTER is set to transform the strip and Las Vegas. With shopping, dining and entertainment, the CITYCENTER is designed for residents who will call it their home.

The MGM CITYCENTER is promoting LEED building standards and is seeking to obtain LEED Gold certification.

Metro Energy has been retained as the energy consultant to establish LEED standards for the central plant and oversee the accreditation process.  Metro Energy reviewed engineering and design drawings, made recommendations based on LEED criteria and prepared the LEED submittal as it pertained to the central plant.

Once the complex is certified as LEED gold the MGM CITYCENTER is projected to receive an $80 million tax incentive from the State of Nevada.