Suffolk taps Tutor Perini vet for new Las Vegas office

Boston-based Suffolk Building has tapped trade veteran Chris Anderson to steer its newly opened Las Vegas office, which it established to help the growing improvement in gaming and hospitality tasks within the area.

Anderson, who will function the brand new workplace’s basic supervisor, brings 40 years of enterprise improvement, monetary administration and pre-construction government expertise, in line with a information launch. He spent greater than 20 years at Los Angeles-based Tutor Perini and its predecessor, Perini Constructing Co., in line with his LinkedIn profile.

“Las Vegas presents distinctive alternatives and challenges in development, and Suffolk’s technology-driven strategies are completely suited to ship worth to purchasers on this market,” Anderson stated within the launch.

Anderson isn’t the primary former Tutor Perini veteran that Suffolk has tapped for its gaming division — in November 2023, the builder brought on Chris Creasey, who spent greater than 23 years with the Los Angeles contractor, to function vp of its general gaming division.

Suffolk stated its new workplace will additional place it on the epicenter of the gaming trade, the place the corporate will proceed to ship advanced, large-scale hospitality and leisure tasks, in line with the discharge. For instance, the contractor not too long ago received the contract for the Four Seasons Private Residences in Henderson, Nevada. Suffolk will assemble two adjoining luxurious condominium buildings with 171 residential items and a bunch of shared high-end facilities, per the undertaking web page.

“Las Vegas is a rising and dynamic marketplace for gaming and hospitality and Suffolk’s streamlined method to managing advanced, refined tasks positions us effectively so as to add much more worth with an workplace on the bottom,” Pete Tuffo, Suffolk’s president of the Gulf Coast area and nationwide gaming, stated within the launch.