Summerlin® is an affluent
master-planned community under development by
The Howard Hughes Corporation in the
Las Vegas Valley of
Nevada near the
Spring Mountains and
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It lies within the city of
Las Vegas, Nevada, and in unincorporated
Clark County. Summerlin was named after Howard Hughes’ grandmother, Jean Amelia Summerlin. The community includes a variety of
land uses, including:
residential,
commercial,
recreational,
educational, medical,
open space, and cultural. As of the 2010 census, Summerlin's population is nearly 100,000, up from its population of 59,000 in 2000.