The City of Las Vegas officially inaugurates a new urban core on a 61-acre site called Union Park. The project's development manager is Newland Communities. New York Times article >

Cinco Ranch has opened an information center within the community's new town center shopping area. Called Simply Cinco, the center is designed to sell the planned community's lifestyle concept. Houston Chronicle article >

Two Newland communities - Cinco Ranch and Seven Meadows - were among the top-selling planned communities in the United States for 2007. Read the article >

Rocklin residents and community leaders came out in droves to welcome Rocklin's newest addition, Whitney Community Park, located in Whitney Ranch by Newland Communities. Read the article >

A wave of approvals and construction is expected to hit in early 2008, including the installation of utilities and roads. Newland Communities will be developing residential properties on the site. Read the article >

Union Park, a $6 billion, 11-million-square-foot, mixed-use project under development in Las Vegas is Nevada's only project accepted into the LEED for Neighborhood Development national pilot program. Read the article >

A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Ladysmith Village on October 6 to mark the beginning of the development of a new park for the community. Read the article >

Model homes in Estrella's newest community of Montecito opened to the public on October 6. Two High School Musical actors, Monique Coleman and Chris Warren Jr. were present to sign autographs. Read the article >

On October 20 Newland Communities will host its second annual Life is good Pumpkin Festivals in 11 communities in seven states across the country. Read the article >

About 300 to 400 people came out with lawn chairs and picnic blankets to sit on the lawn and view High School Musical 2 outdoors at FishHawk Ranch's Park Square. Read the article >

Union Park, the 61-acre mixed-use urban center under development by Newland, was accepted into the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Neighborhood Development program. Read the article >

A new 50,000-square-foot Bashas' supermarket will be built at Estrella in Goodyear, AZ. Newland Communities and Kitchell Development Co. negotiated the deal with the Chandler-based grocer. Read the article >

Union Park will be the first project in Nevada accepted as part of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Neighborhood Development program. Newland Communities is the development manager. Read the article >

Late next year, the Las Vegas Performing Arts Center Foundation will break ground on the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, to be located in the heart of Union Park. Read the article >

Estrella's first adult community, Province at Estrella, a 600-acre "village" for adults ages 55 and better, will focus on keeping boomers in shape and in touch with nature. Read the article >

Newland Communities has acquired three parcels of land adjacent to its FishHawk Ranch community near Tampa, Florida. Read the article >

Newland invited Chaparral High School students to participate in a competition to create a sculpture for Stonegate, a Newland community in Parker, Colorado. Read the article >

Newland Communities built the 4S Ranch library, stocked it with books and materials, and then turned it over to San Diego county to run. Read the article >

Residents praise the first detailed peek at the final plans for the community of Clarksburg Town Center, Maryland. Read the article >