When buyers price a Queensridge home that backs onto the former Badlands golf course, they compare it against recent resale numbers. Those numbers will almost certainly never include the community going up next door. Las Vegas REALTORS says its monthly statistics come from its Multiple Listing Service, "which does not account for all newly constructed homes sold by local builders." Lennar is building that neighbor, called The Preserve. Once its homes start selling, most of those sales will likely happen outside the data a Queensridge buyer normally checks.
That gap is what's left of a dispute that ran for close to ten years. The legal fight is over. The land-use rules are approved and public. Still unsettled are the start date, the final home count, and the prices the new homes will set. A buyer looking at Queensridge in October 2026 can treat the first two as fixed, should treat the last three as open, and needs a separate way to read each.
The rules the council fixed in place
On February 19, 2025, the Las Vegas City Council voted 6–0 to approve Lennar's land-use package for the former course. The vote covered a general-plan amendment, rezoning, site-development-plan review and a tentative map. It did not cover building permits. The three-party deal behind it closed in March 2025. The city agreed to buy the former course for $636 million, sell it to Lennar for $350 million, and pay EHB Companies $286 million to settle the remaining lawsuits.
For a buyer, the dollar figures matter less than the conditions attached to the approval. According to KTNV's report on the vote, Lennar told the council its plan answered several concerns raised by Queensridge residents.
| Element | What the approved plan says |
|---|---|
| Total homes | Up to 1,480 on roughly 250 acres |
| Home types | Mostly single-family, plus townhomes, condominiums and larger estate-style homes |
| Density | No more than eight homes per acre |
| Height | A maximum height for each building |
| Existing Queensridge improvements | Improvements that extend onto the developer's land will stay in place |
| Lighting | No streetlights on private streets |
| Open space | 98 acres of open space and a park |
The table holds the main change. Before 2025, nobody buying near the course could say what would end up behind the back wall. Now the limits on density, building height, lighting and existing encroachments are written into an approval. The 1,480 figure is also lower than an earlier version of the plan. Reporting at the time of the December 2024 settlement described a possible project of about 1,750 units, and the approval capped it at 1,480.
Councilwoman Victoria Seaman, whose ward includes the site, praised the developer's outreach at the meeting. Lennar representative Stephanie Gronauer was more measured about how neighbors felt. "I know they're not all happy, but I do hope they will be proud of their neighboring community," she told the council.
What the approval left open
The rules are fixed. The outcome they allow is not. The public record leaves four questions unanswered, and any of them could affect how a buyer judges a Queensridge home near the old course.
- When work starts. The 2025 approval still required traffic and drainage studies, plus several permits, before home construction could begin. At the time, the approval allowed only clearing and scraping vegetation. A site sign photographed in August 2025 read "Coming 2028." Lennar's community page still shows The Preserve as "Coming Soon" and "Coming 2028," and it asks visitors to join an interest list. It gives no sales date and no prices. As of early October 2026, we found no local news confirming that home construction has started.
- How many homes. Lennar told the council the count could come down depending on what the studies found. The Review-Journal reported that drainage constraints in particular could reduce it. That makes 1,480 a ceiling, not a forecast.
- What the product mix looks like. Lennar's own pages disagree. Its main community page lists one home collection, called Legacy, as coming soon. A separate promotional page advertises ten collections.
- How the open space will work. The approved plan includes 98 acres of open space and a park. The reporting we reviewed doesn't say whether the park will be open to the public or when the acreage will be finished. Lennar's marketing describes a private, gated community with trails, parks, a clubhouse, a pool and courts. Its disclaimer says plans and features may change.
For someone looking at a Queensridge home on the old course, these open questions turn into practical ones. How many years of nearby site work will there be? What kind of homes will be built closest to that lot? Which of those homes will be built first? The public record doesn't answer these yet.
The legal news that doesn't affect the site plan
Badlands has stayed in the news through 2026, and from the headlines it can look like the project is still contested. The current litigation is about something else. It involves a property-tax refund claim by former owner Yohan Lowie and EHB against Clark County. In February 2026, 8 News Now reported that a district judge had determined Lowie was owed $8.2 million in tax refunds. Clark County voted in March 2026 to appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court. In May, KTNV reported that the case could cost the county about $12.4 million once attorney fees and interest are included.
The tax case doesn't change what Lennar is approved to build. At the February 2025 vote, a Queensridge resident raised an open-meetings concern and talked about suing. He said residents objected to the approval process, not necessarily to development itself. The news coverage we reviewed doesn't show that a suit was filed. Even so, a buyer's due diligence on a Queensridge property should include asking the HOA directly about any pending matters involving the community.
Pricing a Queensridge home when the new homes won't show in the data
Here the open questions start to affect an offer. A buyer usually decides what a Queensridge home is worth by looking at nearby sales and the broader market. The broader market in August 2026, the latest month Las Vegas REALTORS had reported as of early October, looked like this:
- Median existing single-family price: $475,000, down 1.0% from August 2025 and below the record $490,000 set in May and June 2026
- Supply: just over four and a half months at August's sales pace, up slightly from a year earlier
- Homes listed without offers: 7,590 single-family homes at the end of August 2026, up 5.3% year over year
- Speed: 74.8% of existing homes sold within 60 days in August 2026, down from 77.5% in August 2025
- Cash share: 21.9% of all local property sales in August 2026, down from 22.9% a year earlier
Valley-wide medians don't describe Queensridge itself. They do show the conditions for negotiating in late 2026. Homes are taking a little longer to sell, more listings are sitting without offers, and prices are just below a record set this spring. LVR President George Kypreos called prices "pretty stable this year" and connected the slower sales to rising mortgage rates. In a market like that, buyers usually have more time to ask questions before making an offer.
Those numbers have a limit for Queensridge. Because LVR's figures come from the MLS, which doesn't capture all builder sales, The Preserve's eventual prices will likely be missing from the resale comps used to price nearby homes. Two buyers comparing the same Queensridge home in 2028 may each be missing part of the picture. One sees resale comps. The other sees a builder's price sheet. A careful comparison needs both, plus the approved density and height limits for the specific phase going in behind the home in question.
The settlement made this kind of pricing possible. When the land's future was uncertain, buyers had little more to go on than a guess about the risk. Now there's a cap of 1,480 homes, a limit of eight per acre, building height limits, and a sign that says 2028. A buyer can't yet know the final count or when work begins. The limits are written down, though, and they can be priced.
A few direct questions
Is the former Badlands course still in litigation? The development approval and the land sale were finished in 2025. The legal dispute still active in 2026 is a property-tax refund case between the former owner and Clark County, now under appeal, and it doesn't change the approved housing plan.
Will exactly 1,480 homes be built? That's the maximum the council approved. Lennar has said drainage and traffic studies could bring the number down.
Is the community called The Preserve or The Reserve? Lennar and the Las Vegas Review-Journal call it The Preserve. A February 2026 8 News Now story used "The Reserve."
When will new homes be for sale? No sales date or pricing has been announced. Lennar's current page says "Coming 2028" and offers an interest list.
If you're considering a Queensridge home near the former course, The Clemens Team can walk you through the approved site plan next to recent resale activity and help you put together the questions to ask before you make an offer. Contact Us to start that conversation.
