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May. 15, 2005

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Energy Star benefits aid in home purchase
With rising utility costs and increased prices of new homes in Southern Nevada, Diana Cappelli never imagined she would buy a new home.

Sun City Anthem's designs impress buyers
The home designs at Sun City Anthem, an age-qualified community by Del Webb in Henderson, as well as its recreational and social amenities, continue to impress buyers, according to general sales manager Stacy Bruder.

Siena built on social infrastructure
A village center filled with myriad social and recreational opportunities is key to the lifestyle offered to residents of Siena, an age-qualified village in Summerlin.

Summerlin area, amenities lead longtime residents to Carlisle
Longtime Las Vegas residents Joseph and Audrey Vergara spent weeks looking at condos that didn't impress them, until they found Carlisle at Summerlin.

Turnberry opens tower sales office
A fully furnished model highlights the new sales office for Turnberry Towers. The 1,658-square-foot model is open for viewing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Residences at MGM Grand attract Californians with amenities, locale
Californians Doug and Yvonne McCafferty are looking forward to spending more time in Las Vegas when their condominium-hotel suite at The Residences at MGM Grand is completed in June 2006.

Geyser Peak opens model homes
Hundreds of people visited the models and enjoyed grand opening festivities Saturday at Geyser Peak, a new gated subdivision by Meritage Homes in North Las Vegas, according to Ruth Ochoa, vice president of sales and marketing for the home builder.

US Home model to host jazz performance
US Home sets the stage for great music with its first Big Sunday Backyard Jazz event at Canyon Mist Estates, featuring local jazz quartet Rocky Gordon and KGB, according to Tom Isbell, sales manager for the home builder.

Amaze friends with bent-wood project
<b>DEAR MIKE:</b> I have a corner in a home office where I want to build a corner cabinet. The question is how to make the front of the cabinet round so that the radius of the front goes from one wall to the other. Also, I haven't decided if I want to paint it or have it stained so the wood shows through. How can I make the front of the cabinet rounded? -- Norb K.

Pageantry hosts event at Wine Ridge
Pageantry Communities recently opened its models at its Wine Ridge Estates neighborhood to a mixer of the Nevada Development Authority.

Boca Raton introduces new phase
Boca Raton Condominiums is offering mid-rise living in the southern valley.

NASA retiree finds own space at City Lights
After years of working as a laboratory technician for a company that worked on NASA's space shuttle program, City Lights homeowner Norris Elmore knows a lot about space. And that's exactly what he and his wife, Cecilia, found at their new condominium.

Centex employees assist cancer fund
Thirty Centex Homes employees recently participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, raising more than $500 to support breast cancer research.

Bed-in-a-bag, box sets provide quick d cor for guest room
<b>DEAR GAIL:</b> I have company coming and need to decorate the guest room quickly. I don't have time to run all over town shopping and really don't have the patience for it either. Can you tell me what I can buy and how I can pull it together in an afternoon? Oh, did I mention that I don't really have the budget to do this? -- Marcie M.

Help-U-Sell's home sale services please customers
Howard and Arlene Ringe recently sold their home through Help-U-Sell Real Estate Solutions, a fee-for-services agency, and are ready to begin traveling.

Centex queries buyers to develop Ardiente
Centex Homes created its Ardiente age-qualified community in North Las Vegas around buyer input.

Lennar aims to satisfy
Through its home-building practices, included features and customer surveys, Lennar strives to keep its home buyers happy, according to Dale Woolard, construction manager at its Kensington Park neighborhood in the southeastern valley.

Covenants give board authority
<b>Q.</b> We recently received new parking regulations in our latest homeowners association newsletter. The members were not notified of any such problems with street parking as long as the vehicle is legally parked.

Hughes vies for new accolade
Howard Robard Hughes Jr., whose legacy lives on in Las Vegas via the Summerlin master-planned community and other developments of The Howard Hughes Corp., is one of 100 Americans nominated as part of the Discovery Channel's new summer series, "Greatest American."

Buyers appreciate Ryland's flexibility in floor plans
Ryland Homes' flexible floor plans at South Mountain were enough to convince Scott and Kristen Kissel to purchase their new home at the southwestern valley community.

Last Lone Mountain Vistas residence available for sale
Only one home remains for sale at Concordia Homes' Lone Mountain Vistas neighborhood in the northwestern valley.

Bishop Gorman begins Summerlin move
Summerlin's newest private educational institution, Bishop Gorman High School, officially breaks ground Wednesday on its 35-acre campus, located at Hualapai Way and Russell Road. The 187,000-square-foot campus is designed to accommodate as many as 1,200 students and includes a 300-seat chapel, technology and research library, art facilities, performing arts theater, and athletic facilities for both school and community use.

Astoria unveils Prominence at Aliante
Prominence by Astoria Homes has debuted within the Aliante master-planned community in North Las Vegas.

Pulte preps condos for unveiling
Pulte Homes is putting finishing touches on the models for its condominiums at the gated Terrasini condominium development within the Aliante master plan in North Las Vegas.

Coral Palms location lures buyers
The northwestern valley location of Coral Palms has been cited by numerous buyers as a reason for buying a home at the condominium development, according to sales agent Vicky Blyoder.

Pardee Homes marks centennial, helps Las Vegas with growth rate
As Las Vegas marks its centennial, Pardee Homes is joining the celebration, marking its 53 years of growth that mirrored the city's.

FOR THE RECORD
n Robert L. Lujan of Equus Management Corp. represented Endiro in its five-year lease of 3,624 square feet at 8650 W. Tropicana Ave., Suite A203, to the Old Republic Title Co. of Nevada, represented by Barry Reiter of Liberty Realty, for $438,300.

Laurel plan impresses Sun City purchasers
The 1,576-square-foot Laurel plan remains the top seller at Del Webb's age-qualified Sun City Aliante community in North Las Vegas.

Sandhurst Hosts Cinderella's Night Out






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