Background
Molasky's father ran an Ohio newspaper distribution business and managed several apartments. Molasky went to a military high school and went to college at Ohio State. Molasky left Ohio State after one year and transferred to UCLA.
Molasky built Las Vegas' first enclosed mall, the Boulevard Mall; first major hospital, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center; first high-rise condominium, Regency Towers; the area's first master-planned community, Paradise Palms; and the first high-rise office building in Las Vegas, the 17-story Bank of America Plaza; and the state's first hospice, The Nathan Adelson Hospice.
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