Tuscan Cliffs homes, built in the hillsides of Southern Highlands, are designed for indoor-outdoor living year-round.
According to Kevin Orrock, top division executive of The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin, when the economy was beginning to dip in 2008, most developers and home builders responded by cutting back on building programs in the wake of tightening credit markets, rising unemployment, dropping home values and less demand.
Prices for homes at The Greens in Rhodes Ranch start at $188,000.
The Southern Nevada Division of Pardee Homes has received the highest rankings from J.D. Power and Associates for customer satisfaction and quality, “a great double achievement,” said Klif Andrews, president of Pardee’s Southern Nevada Division.
Condos are a popular choice for first-time buyers as well as homeowners who want to downsize because they tend to be less expensive than single-family residences. Also, they usually require less maintenance.
Paseo at Madeira Canyon offers new homes starting from the $200,000s. Paseo at Madeira Canyon is one of the neighborhoods in the larger master-planned community of Madeira Canyon.
Q: I am president of a three-person board for a 60-unit attached 2-by-2 patio townhome sub-association in Sun City Summerlin. I thought I saw something recently about having to record all board meetings and keep the tapes 10 years. Is this correct? Does this apply to small sub-associations?
Toll Brothers is holding its National Fall Sales Event today with the event to continue through Oct. 4. According to Gary Mayo, Nevada’s group president, each participating Toll Brother community will offer its own incentives.
So now we know. Mark Martin lives in Daytona Beach, Fla., an hour’s drive up Interstate 95 to reach the coastal town of St. Augustine, where about 12,000 people reside and you can find more than 20 species of crocodile at the local zoo.
Picking apart the Indianapolis Colts and pointing out their flaws is getting a little easier. The bottom line, though, is they still have Peyton Manning running the show, and he’s always tough to beat.
Dezerick Reed might not be the fastest running back in town, and he’s not the biggest, either.
RENO — Blaine Gabbert is doing his best to make Missouri fans forget about Chase Daniel.
Former NHL All-Star Ryan Smyth has a no-trade clause in his contract. But he had no problem waiving it this summer when the Colorado Avalanche orchestrated a deal that sent the veteran left wing to the Los Angeles Kings for defensemen Tom Preissing and Kyle Quincey and a 2010 fifth-round draft pick.
Basic football coach Jeff Cahill was expecting a good game Friday as he sent his players onto their home field.
After scoring 129 points in its first three games, offense seemed to be The Meadows’ strength.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Ten months later, UNLV coach Mike Sanford still shakes his head over the loss at San Diego State that ended the Rebels’ 2008 season.
NASCAR introduced the SuperTruck series in 1995 at the height of pickup truck popularity and with the idea of delivering fender-banging racing to small markets unlikely to host one of its major league Cup races.
Sportsmanship hasn’t completely disappeared. In Cave City, Ark., it apparently is alive and well thanks to Thamail Morgan.
Two games into the season, the talking heads who are the national media face of college football are singing the same refrain: Miami is back, and watch out for the Hurricanes.
Sorry, please forgive us, take care of Lilly, Ma and Pa.
AC/DC is postponing six dates on its Black Ice World Tour, including a stop at the MGM Grand Garden on Oct. 3.
• A headline in Friday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal should have read that Nevada, per capita, leads the nation in the rate of divorced people, not just divorcees.
The CineVegas film festival, a Las Vegas fixture for more than a decade, has pulled the plug on its 2010 edition, blaming the continuing economic downturn.
The disputes had been brewing for years. Restraining orders were filed. Threats were issued. Police were called dozens of times.
Bob Stupak, the Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur who defied his critics at every turn and seemed at times to succeed in spite of himself, died Friday at Desert Springs Hospital after a long battle with leukemia. He was 67.
Stupak, who had largely disappeared from the public eye in recent years as his health deteriorated, will be remembered not just for owning a hotel, building a giant tower (the Stratosphere) or running unsuccessfully for office, but for the flair he brought to these and other endeavors.