If you’re on a home search in Southern Nevada’s booming Las Vegas Valley region, the renowned master-planned community of Summerlin is worthy of your most serious consideration. A 36 square mile development where families of all ages, sizes and incomes are at home, Summerlin delivers an incomparable quality of life at every price point to its more than 91,000 residents.
Nestled dramatically along the western rim of the Las Vegas Valley, in the shadow of Spring Mountain and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Summerlin is as acclaimed for the splendor of its natural environment as it is for the beauty of its residential neighborhoods. Discover an abundance of parks, trails and golf courses complimented by exceptional schools, cultural facilities, shopping centers, business parks and medical complexes. Offering both brand new and resale homes, tour more than 150 models built by 15 quality builders set in seventeen separate “villages” that have created a self-contained community unlike any other in Southern Nevada. Come tour Summerlin and understand why it has ranked as America’s best-selling master-planned community for the past decade.
Each Summerlin village is centered around its own park, golf course or major amenity. Currently, there are 17 villages in various stages of development while eventually there will be 30 villages, each featuring dozens of thoughtfully planned neighborhoods with a unique selection of homes, townhomes, condominiums and apartments. Every Summerlin village has its own distinctive architectural design, evident in streetscapes, landscaping and village walls. From Southwestern to Mediterranean to Craftsman and beyond, there’s a residence in Summerlin that will capture your heart and perfectly compliment your personal style.
With so many recreational opportunities, the biggest challenge facing residents may be deciding what to do first. Hike the expansive trail system that will eventually extend over 150 miles, play a round of golf on a championship course or enjoy the plethora of incredibly popular parks, playing fields and sports courts offering soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball and tennis. More than 30 percent of Summerlin has been designated as community space including landscaped areas and natural preserved areas making it a community with all the room you need to get outside and enjoy an active lifestyle.
Together, the Summerlin Library and Performing Arts Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Cultural Center, home of Nevada Ballet Theatre, serve as the cultural cornerstone of this community. A place that prizes and celebrates culture, Summerlin is one of the few master planned developments in the country that is home to its own performing arts center complete with resident dance company.
When you live in Summerlin sensational shopping opportunities are conveniently located minutes from home. Neighborhood centers provide grocery and drug stores, personal services and an ever-increasing variety of retail options in several malls. There are local entertainment hotspots, restaurants serving delicious cuisine from humble to haute plus the world-class, excitement of the Las Vegas Strip with its dazzling dining, showgirls, magicians and international headliners beckons 24/7 just twelve miles away.
Spiritual diversity is thriving in Summerlin with more than a dozen houses of worship representing every major faith. A proudly integrated and inclusive community, Summerlin is home to a growing list of worship facilities including Nevada’s first Hindu Temple. Many Summerlin houses of worship also operate private preschools and elementary schools, further enhancing local educational choice which includes good public schools with strong parental involvement.
Summerlin residents never have to go far to seek professional medical attention with over 200 local physicians including board-certified MDs in more than 20 specialties. Either Pueblo Medical Center or Summerlin Hospital Medical Center is just minutes away. These two close-to-home facilities are able to provide complete attention to your health as well as education about maintaining it.
Because of the magnificent climate featuring more than 300 sunny days per year, Summerlin residents enjoy indoor-outdoor living with an inclination toward healthier lifestyles. This active way of life is reflected in programming and events sponsored by Summerlin Parks, which offers clubs and events where you can meet your neighbors while you make you elevate your heart rate.
Summerlin proudly boasts a number of engineering innovations, such as the preservation of natural drainage areas and arroyos that serve a dual use for parks and trails, giving it the reputation of a model “green” community. One of the first master planned communities to incorporate environmentally oriented principles into design concepts, the natural landscape and topography has been preserved rather than graded away.
Summerlin was one of the Las Vegas Valley’s earliest adopters of water conservation as well as desert landscaping and is often credited with helping to significantly improve its public image and acceptance. Summerlin’s first golf course, Tournament Players Club, is even recognized as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course that protects its wildlife habitats.
The area economy is booming, jobs are plentiful and home prices provide loads of value for the money with low HOA dues plus plenty of appreciation potential. So come experience Summerlin and find out why it’s Southern Nevada’s must-have address!
LOCATION
Summerlin unfolds along the western rim of Southern Nevada’s Las Vegas Valley, in the shadow of Spring Mountain and the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. A 22,500-acre master-planned community and part of the Las Vegas Metro Area, Summerlin is located in Clark County, just a few miles west of US-95 and twelve miles west of I-15 and the Las Vegas Strip. The CA border is 50 miles west, Los Angeles is 235 miles west and the Nevada state capital at Carson City is 450 miles north.
TRANSPORTATION/AIRPORTS
While Summerlin is a self-contained community with everything you need close to home, it’s also conveniently located in the Las Vegas Metro Area which features a highly developed transportation infrastructure that makes it easy to get wherever you need to go, near or far.
Summerlin is just a few miles west of US-95, which heads north to Reno, south to Searchlight and east to Las Vegas and the I-15, twelve miles away, about a twenty minute drive. The I-15 heads north to Salt Lake City and south to San Diego while US-93, another primary route heads north to Ely and Jackpot and south to Kingman, Arizona.
The CAT (Citizens Area Transit) Bus is a popular means of public transportation offering 51 bus routes that cover a large portion of the valley. Buses run from 5:00 AM to 1:00 AM daily with a fare of $1.25. The Las Vegas Metro Area is also heavily covered by taxicabs. The fare is $2.70 on the meter when you get in, plus $1.80 for every mile. Taxis are limited by law to carrying a maximum of four passengers and taxis leaving the airport are allowed to add an airport surcharge of $1.20.
McCarran International Airport, which recently opened a new terminal featuring 60 additional gates, is just ten minutes east of Summerlin providing commercial flights to every domestic and international destination imaginable, including many non-stops. The airport is the seventh largest in the country and also serves private aircraft as well as freight/cargo flights.
Intercity bus service to the Las Vegas Metro Area is provided by traditional carriers, including Greyhound, which maintains a Las Vegas depot, as well as many charter services like Green Tortoise.
BRIEF HISTORY
The Howard Hughes Company, a remaining element of the famed aviator’s empire, began development of the Summerlin master-planned community in 1990. Ranked among the most successful, regional real estate development companies in North America, with more than 23,000 acres of land in Nevada, the company began with a vision of building a family community that would celebrate not only the gorgeous Southern Nevada landscape but offer the diverse citizenry a safe and secure community where they could raise their families.
The concept of a community of “villages” was developed with each Summerlin village centered around its own park, golf course or major amenity. During the last fifteen years, more than 150 different models have been built by 15 quality builders set in seventeen separate villages creating a self-contained community unlike any other in Southern Nevada.
Eventually there will be 30 villages, each featuring dozens of thoughtfully planned neighborhoods with a unique selection of homes, townhomes, condominiums and apartments. Every Summerlin village has its own distinctive architectural design, evident in streetscapes, landscaping and village walls. Currently there are more than 91,000 residents occupying almost 37,000 residential units. Build out will take approximately thirty years so Summerlin will be complete around 2020. At that time the population is estimated to rise to 160,000 residents.
Summerlin proudly boasts a number of design innovations, such as the preservation of natural drainage
areas and arroyos that serve a dual use for parks and trails, giving it the reputation of a model “green” community. One of the first master planned communities to incorporate environmentally oriented principles into design concepts, the natural landscape and topography has been preserved rather than graded away. Summerlin was one of the Las Vegas Valley’s earliest adopters of water conservation as well as desert landscaping and is often credited with helping to significantly improve its public image and acceptance. Summerlin’s first golf course, Tournament Players Club at Summerlin, is even recognized as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course that protects its wildlife habitats.
The Howard Hughes Company, one of the Vegas Valley’s most longstanding and admired corporate citizens, has worked diligently to create a community worthy of its reputation. Summerlin is the outgrowth of the company’s commitment to the friendly citizens of its hometown, providing a place to settle down and enjoy Southern Nevada’s incomparable lifestyle for generations to come.
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