Corey Harrison has listed his dream house for more than twice what he paid for it.
Real Estate Millions
Clark County assessor’s office records show illusionist David Copperfield bought a 31,000-square-foot house at 1625 Enclave Court in Summerlin for $17.55 million.
Having a swimming pool in the backyard has been quite common for decades throughout the Las Vegas Valley. They usually came in a variety of off-the-rack flavors from rectangular, to square, oval or maybe some sort of freestyle curvy cutie, when homeowners told their pool builders to be a little creative. Then when the pool guys began adding spas, oh yeah, that’s when you became the talk of the neighborhood.
When Dan Coletti designed Barbara Adcock’s more than 7,000-square-foot home 13 years ago in Anthem Country Club, the Sun West Custom Homes designer incorporated pocket doors to bring the outdoors in, which was almost unheard of back then.
Longtime Las Vegans may have driven down east Russell Road between Sandhill Road and Annie Oakley Drive and wondered about the vast equestrian estate behind gates bearing the initial stamp TJF, which stands for Thomas A. Ford, a prominent local businessman who built the main house on the property in 1997.
It’s difficult to ignore the Robinson R-44 helicopter on the roof of John Morris’ nearly 5,000-square-foot home at Spring Mountain Motor Resort & Country Club’s housing development, Spring Mountain Estates.
London’s 1744 Sotheby’s Auction House founded the Sotheby’s International Realty in 1976. In 2004, Realogy Holdings entered into a business arrangement with the company and began to globally expand the business. It has 845 offices in 63 countries.
When Aner Iglesias purchased the one-of-a-kind Spanish Mediterranean-style estate at 2710 Palomino Lane in 2004, the businessman knew that it was special. But at the time, he had no idea that the mega residence would garner international attention as “Thriller Villa” — the Las Vegas residence that music icon Michael Jackson was renting at the time of his unexpected death in 2009.
Joe and Sharon Orzechowski built their own private slice of the Strip in their home at Legacy Estates. The two spent more than $11,000 to build and install a 12-foot, custom Cleopatra craps table manufactured by Pharaoh Manufacturing in California.
In the rugged desert near the Red Rock National Conservation Area a private golf course community is quietly forming. You can see where the 18-hole, Tom Fazio course is being shaped into the heart of what will become The Summit Club, a ultra-luxury residential community near Tropicana Avenue and Town Center Drive, just south of The Ridges in Summerlin.
Southern Highlands is home to some of the Las Vegas Valley’s most luxurious residences. Real Estate Millions takes a look at two Italian-themed estates that offer a touch of Europe in the desert.
When Garry Goett and his team at Olympia Cos. starting acquiring land in the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley in 1995, he envisioned someday creating a village-style community with the warm, cozy feeling of being “quietly close to everything.”
Sun West Custom Homes’ new showcase sits atop a hillside at 647 Cityview Ridge Drive in MacDonald Highlands, a luxury community in Henderson.
Five local architects and architectural designers are changing the landscape of our valley by creating bold, contemporary designs that will possibly outlive them.
The people who design and build our homes have their own lingo. They talk about “production homes.” They use terms like clean lines, thin profile, light and airy to describe a model house, not a supermodel.
