After refocusing of the vision of God, Peace Palace on track to be finished by years end

Steve Marcus

A view of the Peace Palace, a Unification Church convention and training center, under construction at 6590 Bermuda Road, on Monday, April 7,2014.

By Eli Segall (contact)

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 2 a.m.

Theyre running behind schedule, but a South Korean religious group is still bringing a Peace Palace to Americas gambling mecca.

The Unification Church, known for its mass weddings, extensive business holdings and cult-like founder, plans to finish construction of its three-story, 93,000-square-foot convention and training center on Bermuda Road at Sunset Road by years end, according to general contractor Steven Kwon.

A few years ago, church leaders were slated to finish the project, dubbed the Peace Palace, by early 2013. They wound up starting construction only last April, though.

Kwon, president of GKG Builders, attributed the delay to a project redesign, saying the church scrapped its plans and hired new architects, engineers, interior designers and others.

After church founder the Rev. Sun Myung Moon died in September 2012, there was a need for a refocusing of the vision God had given to him for the Peace Palace, said Michael Jenkins, director of the churchs Office of Business Investment and Asset Development.

Current plans call for a convention and training hall that holds 700 to 800 people, marble flooring and two grand staircases in the main lobby, a cafeteria, a bookstore and roughly 50 rooms for lodging, according to Kwon.

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After refocusing of the vision of God, Peace Palace on track to be finished by years end