Summerlin

neighborhood, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Summerlin is a planned community located partly outside the city limits of Las Vegas, Nevada. It was developed starting in 1990 on land originally purchased by Howard Hughes in the 1950s. Summerlin is one of many neighborhoods within the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Clark County, parts of Nye County, and a small section of Mohave County, Arizona. The community is characterized by single-family homes, often situated around golf courses, artificial lakes, and greenbelts, offering a contrast to the surrounding desert landscape.1

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…is the planned community of Summerlin, partly outside the city limits. Built on land that was originally purchased by the wealthy industrialist, aviator, and motion-picture producer Howard Hughes in the 1950s, Summerlin was later developed beginning in 1990. About half of Las Vegas’s population lives in single-family homes located in…
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…is the planned community of Summerlin, partly outside the city limits. Built on land that was originally purchased by the wealthy industrialist, aviator, and motion-picture producer Howard Hughes in the 1950s, Summerlin was later developed beginning in 1990. About half of Las Vegas’s population lives in single-family homes located in…
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