Summerlin to host spring grand opening

Summerlin will host a grand opening event, called Spring Bloom, for its newest neighborhood, Amado, April 2 and 3 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

This spring-inspired event will include model home tours, spring teas and cookies from Culinary Training Academy. It will also feature fruit and vegetable carving demonstrations by Le Cordon Bleu Chef Chanh Boupha, floral demonstrations by JoAnn's Designs and a variety of children's activities such as face painting, balloon art, a bounce house and visits with Summerlin Sam, the community's jackrabbit mascot.

To visit Amado from the Las Vegas Beltway, exit at Russell Road heading west, turn right on Mesa Park Drive and left on Hawk Springs Road.

Amado is a new 500-plus home neighborhood located adjacent to the Spring Mountains.

According to Peggy Chandler, senior vice president of land sales for The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin, Amado is one of a only a handful mountainside neighborhoods in the community that is not dedicated to high-end custom homes.

"Areas similar to Amado are typically reserved for custom home developments because of their spectacular surroundings," she said. "It's rare to have neighborhoods that offer homes in this setting at this price."

Amado currently offers 14 home floor plans by Pulte Homes and Richmond American Homes.

Pulte Homes offers six two-story home floor plans ranging from 1,810 to 2,575 square feet in two home collections -- Ventana Amado and Terraza Amado. Prices start in the low $200,000s.

Richmond American Homes offers eight one- and two-story home floor plans ranging from 1,450 to 3,050 square feet in two home collections -- Amado Ridge and Amado Crest. Prices start in the high $100,000s.

Amado is located in Summerlin's southernmost village, The Mesa. The nearly 500-acre village is home to The Mesa Park, a 19-acre village park home to three Little League baseball fields, tennis and basketball courts and playground area; and Bishop Gorman High School, a 35.5-acre 187,000-square-foot co-ed Catholic college preparatory school. Future plans for The Mesa include additional neighborhoods and a house of worship site.

For more information on Pulte Homes at Amado, call 702-262-2265 or visit the sales center located at 5579 Alden Bend Drive.

For more information on Richmond American Homes at Amado, call 702-638-4440 or visit the sales center located at 5595 Bethany Bend Drive.

Developed by The Howard Hughes Corp., Summerlin is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a year-long celebration that commenced in May 2010.

The community began to take shape in 1990. Regional and national studies have ranked Summerlin in the country's top 10 best-selling master-planned communities for more than a decade.

Located along the western rim of the Las Vegas Valley, the master-planned community encompasses 22,500 acres with about 7,500 acres still remaining to accommodate future growth within the master plan.

The community is currently home to nearly 100,000 residents.

Amenities include more than 150 neighborhood and village parks, more than 150 miles of the Summerlin trail system, 26 public and private schools, 14 houses of worship, nine golf courses, shopping centers, medical and cultural facilities, business parks and more than three dozen actively selling floor plans.

Homes are available in a variety of styles -- from single-family homes to townhomes, condominiums and lofts -- priced from the mid-$100,000s to more than $1 million.

Custom homesites in The Ridges are priced from the $200,000s.

Luxury apartment homes offer monthly rents starting from the $800s. For more information on Summerlin, visit www.summerlin.com or www.facebook.com/summerlinlv.