A Las Vegas physician and real estate investor has purchased a downtown wedding chapel property, with plans to eventually demolish it and build something new.

Dr. Kevin Shamloo confirmed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he acquired the now-closed Las Vegas Wedding Bureau building at 320 S. Third St., between Bridger and Lewis avenues, and that it is being renovated.

The $1.26 million sale by Cliff Evarts, who owns other wedding chapels in the downtown area, closed in March, property records show.

It also included a restriction: As part of the sale, the property may not be used for weddings or wedding-related services for the next 10 years, Clark County records show.

Evarts’ other chapels include Vegas Weddings, at the corner of Third Street and Bonneville Avenue, and the famed Litt

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