July 2005

The Real Estate Experience
For the past several months you have been getting a regular update on what is going on in our area. Each time you get The Las Vegas South Valley Reader I am reporting something about our neighborhood that you may not have known. I have invested so much time and energy to prepare and circulate the Las Vegas South Valley Reader. I am your area expert. Keller Williams Realty-Experience is the real estate agency I represent. It is the kind of company that coaches and counsels to create top producing agents. So, call me, Brad Emens 702-808-3531, when you, or someone you know, is looking for a promising real estate transaction. A quote from Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Kid Smart Kid (2001), embodies what I am saying. “Sometimes an ounce of perception takes a ton of education to change.” Let me set the standard. Check out my Keller Williams website http://agent.kw.com/136839/





Future Strip Mall
Have you noticed how fast our community is becoming diversified with new houses, new churches, a Wal-Greens, South Coast Casino, and the beginning stages of an “Urban Village?”
One particular project that has caught my attention is The Plaza Retail Center, a future strip mall, next to Rhino Mart Gas Station. The general contractor, Kalb Construction Company, is building this development. Lucas Pat Enterprises LLC bought the 1+/- acre lot from Mighty Mart 735 LLC last August for $750,000. The land is currently zoned commercial, local business, or C-1.
Once I found out what this lot was zoned for I dug deeper. On July 17, that record setting, 116-degree day, I interviewed Bob Montano, superintendent for the project. I asked him, “What companies will be here?”
“I don’t know. I don’t even think they are leased yet,” he said. “This area is growing so fast…it’s so hot!” he exclaimed with a loud exhale as he wiped the gathering beads of sweat from his forehead. I then asked him when the project is supposed to be finished and he said, “My schedule says October, 2005.”
I think this building is similar to the one next to Albertson’s; where one typically finds payday loan centers, smoke shops, dry cleaners, sandwich shops, stationary stores, etc. What a great way to bring jobs to our area. Maybe there will even be a Starbuck’s!!

How to get a stop sign
Recently, I was asked to see what it would take to put up a stop sign for a few of the intersections in ‘Canyons 3.’ More specifically, the intersection at Spruce Bough turning west on to Canaletto and another at Spruce Bough turning east on Atlas Peak.
Herbert Arnold, from the Clark County Traffic Management Division, 455-6100, told me, ”Those particular intersections do not have enough traffic volume, and therefore, do not meet the criteria that call for a stop sign…there would have to be 5,000 cars in an eight hour period.” That’s about one car every five or six seconds. He then said, “We only put them in when they are needed because we don’t want to breed disrespect for the law.”
So, do you think we need a stop sign? What else do you think we need in our area? How about another fire station? Did you know our closest fire station is next to Silverado High School (across from Taco Bell)? Next month I, Brad Emens, will report where the next fire station will be and when to expect it.

Grading of the Land
Kimball Hill Homes is the developer of the land being graded south of ‘Canyons 3,’ southwest of ‘Canyons 4,’ and north of Liberty High School. On July 20, 2005 I interviewed Kelly Thomas, Community Development Manager for Kimball Hill Homes. He told me they plan on building “Capella, a 216, 2,000+ square foot home subdivision... similar to Carnegie Heights” the gated community south of Horizon Ridge Parkway in Henderson.
“GRRROOOAAR!!!” was the sound the monstrous, earth-moving machine made as it bound across the freshly graded field. Huge plumes of black smoke were belched out of the massive, yellow, water spraying tractor as it saturated the enormous, 55’X105,’ picketed lots in one pass.
On July 7th, 2005 Jason Primas, an engineer with VTN Nevada, told me, “Each ditch represents a (future) road and the blue stakes represent the property lines.” VTN is a full-service engineering, planning and surveying firm for southern Nevada since 1960.

South Point Master Planned Community
“Building up flood control is first stage in development,” Jesse Marta, a construction supervisor from Hydro Arch told me on July 12th, 2005. Hydro Arch is a general engineering company headquartered in Henderson. Hydro Arch was the company hired to put in “under ground flood control” for the 200+/- acre South Pointe master planned community. This is the much-anticipated mixed-use development that will include Urban Village.
An article from the April 13th Las Vegas Review Journal said, “It (Urban Village) will have five neighborhoods with 2,400 condominium homes, brownstones, high-rises, live-work units and flats. One-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans range from 1,000 square feet to 3,000 square feet, with prices from the upper $100,000s to $1 million.” The article goes on to say, “Construction on the village is scheduled to start in June 2005, with the first 464 units expected to be ready for occupancy 18 to 24 months later.” That means we will see some finished buildings by fall 2006.
Did you see the picture on the billboard that was located on the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard at Cactus Avenue? It illustrated the future plan for South Point. The graphic depiction even showed Silverado Ranch Boulevard intersecting with the Interstate 15. These truly are exciting times to live Silverado Ranch.

The information provided in this handout was obtained from the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), google.com, and the Clark County Assessor and is believed to be accurate and true. If your home is currently on the market please do not consider this to be a solicitation; this newsletter is merely for your information. If you would like a free comparative market analysis for your home please email me at sgtbrad@kw.com or call me, Brad Emens 702-808-3531. I live right around the corner. Thank you.