1,500-Unit Luxury Housing Development to be Built on Former Las Vegas Badlands Golf Course
LAS VEGAS, NV – Following almost ten years of legal wrangling back-and-forth with the property’s now soon-to-be former owner, the Las Vegas City Council last Wednesday approved a plan to build a nearly 1,500-unit, upscale housing development on the grounds of the former Badlands golf course, despite staunch opposition from the residents of an adjacent neighborhood.
The council gave the thumbs-up to the project on a vote of 6-0. The greenlight has thus been given for developer Lennar Homes to proceed with their plan to construct 1,480 luxury homes, townhomes and condominiums on the 250-acre defunct golf course property.
With great pleasure, I move to approve,” said Councilwoman Victoria Seaman. “I’m just grateful that we’re here, all those months of negotiation and we’ve come together this far.”
The vote on Wednesday brought a close to a nearly decade-long saga that saw great opposition by the residents of the nearby Queensridge neighborhood regarding how the property was slated to be developed; in addition, the council also had numerous legal clashes with EHB Cos. CEO Yohan Lowie, the former owner of the property that had attempted to develop housing there himself.
The council had blocked Lowie from developing housing on the course, and in turn Lowie and EHB filed a lawsuit, claiming that the city “took” the land from him. The courts agreed with Lowie, and a $286 million settlement was reached that involved the city purchasing the Badlands property from EHB for $636 million; Lennar Homes will pay the city $350 million for the land, and the remining $286 million balance will be paid by the city to EHB to satisfy the terms of the settlement.
As for the opposition of the Queensridge residents to the project, reports indicate they had expressed concerns about density, traffic and the number of schools in the area, and decried the lack of involvement they had in the decision-making process; another lawsuit is reportedly being considered.
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