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Historic Sparks railroad building serves as the backdrop for new TV series

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May 10, 2024

Historic Sparks railroad building serves as the backdrop for new TV series

SPARKS, Nev. (KOLO) – After six months in the works, a new dystopian drama is coming to a major streaming platform. The best part? It’s being filmed at the oldest building in Sparks, Nevada.

Alissa Knight, alongside her wife Melissa, serves as the director and executive producer of a new TV series called ‘Shadow Unit.’ The series centers around protagonist Isabella Kane, a former head of a notorious ransomware group. Kane finds herself forced into a bargain with the FBI. Trapped in a high-stakes game of cyber warfare and redemption, she leads a team of misfit ex-hackers on a mission to dismantle the world’s most dangerous cyber crime syndicates, while uncovering corruption within the very agency she’s forced to serve. It sounds like fantasy but the series is actually based off Alissa’s life. Melissa, who’s a co-writer on the show, says being so close to this story actually makes the writing easier.

“Alissa and I truly believe on making things pretty real versus things you’ve seen in other shows that are fluffy, so to speak. So, I like that we are putting our practitioner hat on and writing it into the script,” Melissa said.

The crew for this production consists of 23 people including some locals like Sparks native, Andrew Arguello, who actually scouted the historic machine shop building himself.

“This location came to my radar thanks to Donald Abbott who’s a councilman here in Sparks. He posted on Facebook about this location and how they were tearing it down. I reached out to tell him it was perfect for a crime drama series that I was filming. We toured it, obviously it was stunning, and had such rich history that obviously it was a no brainer to film here,” Arguello said.

When Alissa saw it, she couldn’t have agreed more.

“There’s a lot of production value here. You just cant make stuff like this in virtual production,” said Alissa.

You may recall previous reporting KOLO has done about the 120-year-old building being in danger of getting torn down. The production crew hopes that their series can build renewed interest in saving a piece of history.

“Us Nevadans, we care deeply for it,” said Arguello.

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Mansion on the Nevada Side of Lake Tahoe Swiftly Sells for $46 Million

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6 hours ago

February 27, 2026

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Mansion on the Nevada Side of Lake Tahoe Swiftly Sells for Million

A waterfront mansion on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe just sold for $46 million, less than three weeks after hitting the market.

The speedy deal marks a departure from the typical U.S. market.

Nationwide, homes took a median 78 days to land a buyer in January, five more than the same time last year and the 22nd straight month of homes taking longer to sell on a year-over-year basis, according to data from Realtor.com.

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The lavish log cabin-like residence, in Incline Village, listed on Jan. 24 for $47.5 million. It sold 20 days later, on Feb. 13, listing records show.

The more than 7,000-square-foot residence was built in 2014, and has double-height living spaces, walls of windows, beamed ceilings, fireplaces, and plenty of rustic exposed stone and wood, listing images show.

There’s also a gym, a wet bar, a spa, a wine room, an office, two separate game rooms, seven bedrooms and dramatic Lake Tahoe views. Outside, there’s a private sandy beach, multiple decks, a heated driveway and two exterior fireplaces, according to listing information.

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The seller and the buyer are both limited liability companies, according to property records. Both parties were represented by Jeff Brown of Tahoe Mountain Realty, who declined to comment on the deal.

The median home price in Incline Village was $1.595 million as of December, a fall of 3.3% from a year earlier, according to data from Realtor.com. Listings, meanwhile, spent an average of 130 days on the market.

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