Despite cooling in some aspects of the Las Vegas home market, demand is still incredibly high for both resale and new homes in the valley. One of the newest projects is Blue Heron’s Oasi By BH Nexus, a semi-custom, secluded home community with only 24 half-acre lots in the enclave, but each reflecting the principals of Blue Heron, which aims to build homes that are more suitable to a desert locale while still being a luxury product. A recent groundbreaking for Oasi was presided over by Blue Heron founder Tyler Jones and BH Nexus’ president Chris Beucler.
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The luxury market, Jones believes, is still growing in Las Vegas, and there are a few reasons why:
“I think the biggest factor is still California and what’s going on there,” Jones said. “You know, there’re a lot of high-net-worth individuals that can afford the luxury homes—they’re just unhappy—the tax climate is not getting any better. They’re not talking about any significant solutions.” And the pandemic created change as well, he says. “People were shocked and stuck at home; they literally had no other option. I think people just learned to appreciate … the difference between an OK home and an exceptional home. It really affects your life and your family and your relationships and the way you feel when you when you come home; and you spend so much time there. I think that really has fueled the increase in values for luxury homes.”
Added Beucler: “I think luxury has been redefined. And what I mean by that … luxury in the past was big, showy, and one of the things that Blue Heron has done a great job of is it’s not big and showy, it’s big and it works. And what I mean by that, it works for your lifestyle. It works for the lifestyle of people we’re trying to appeal to. And the luxury part is that they get into it. And they go, ‘Oh, wow. I can I can see how I can live here.’
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“When we talk about redefining luxury, it’s the biophilic design. It’s the sustainability factors. It’s the drought-tolerant nature of the landscaping, it’s all of these things that are important to people now.”
In the Oasi homes, buyers can choose from floor plans, a range of high-end custom tile and materials, the landscaping, which, despite being drought-tolerant like all Blue Heron homes, still means a lush environment, plus you have the option of siting a casita as well. All of Blue Heron’s services, which have grown throughout the years, are in-house.
“It’s been an organic growth,” which means bringing the right people and letting them bring in their right people and all of that, which helps,” says Jones. “And we’re not growing for the sake of growing; we’re growing for the sake of creating environments that people can get excited about.”
Oasi by BH Nexus, 7047 Nomi Court (6990 S. Pecos Road), 702.964.1111
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