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Sales of homes, land continue to soar in Summerlin

A view of model homes in the Villa Trieste subdivision in Summerlin, Sept. 1, 2010.

Land and home sales keep climbing in the largest master-planned community in the Las Vegas Valley.

Summerlin developer Howard Hughes Corp. said today it sold 76.5 acres of land to homebuilders for $29.7 million during the three months ending Sept. 30.

That’s almost four times better than the same period last year, when it sold 21.7 acres for $7.7 million.

Meanwhile, builders sold 153 new homes in Summerlin in the third quarter, up 20 percent from 128 sales a year earlier.

The 22,500-acre community, which runs along the western rim of the valley, has about 100,000 people in 40,000 homes. It is planned for more than 200,000 residents in 80,000 homes.

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A rendering of the Shops at Summerlin, which are set to open in fall 2014. The Shops at Summerlin will feature more than 125 stores and restaurants in an open-air shopping environment with pedestrian thoroughfares and storefronts.

Howard Hughes, based in Dallas, announced the land and home sales as part of its third-quarter earnings report. The developer posted $7.3 million in profit, up from a loss of $49.4 million a year earlier.

In the report, the company also said construction is on schedule at the Shops at Summerlin, a 1.6 million-square-foot retail and office complex it is building near Red Rock Resort.

It said it spent about $52.5 million in development costs on the project as of Sept. 30, up from $17 million three months earlier.

The complex is expected to open in fall 2014.

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