Three Nevada High School graduates are involved in a new housing development on the City’s northwest side.
Scott Henry, a 2008 graduate, and his brother, Eric Henry, a 2013 graduate, who are with Nevada Dev, and BJ Stokesbary, a 2008 graduate, who is with ATI Group, are developing “Northview.”
“We are excited for this project and look forward to giving more people the opportunity to live in this great community we call ‘home,’” Scott said.
On-site work for Northview’s first phase of development began in mid-September when they broke ground South of T Avenue between S-14 and 1st Street. The project, however, has been in the works for several years.
“We began the permitting and platting process several years ago, but were delayed due to certain findings that impacted the grading and utilities plans,” Scott said. Those findings led to the developers having to redesign the entire phase I subdivision of nearly 20 acres. Phase I will include 33 buildable lots.
“Having grown up in Nevada, we’d always heard that Nevada was short on housing,” Scott said. As Scott, with the Henry’s rural Nevada business, LongView Farms, became more involved with the Nevada Economic Development Council and saw the growth of many industries in the area, the idea to develop more residential housing seemed intriguing to him, his brother, and their friend, BJ.
“Like other employers,” Scott noted, “we were also seeing new employees choose to live elsewhere due to the lack of available homes in Nevada.”
The Henry family didn’t own the land where Northview is being established. Scott said the land was acquired in multiple transactions and some farmland trade outs.
Northview phase I will be comprised of single-family homes, and home type will vary by buyer and builder.
“We believe this will be a great spot for entry-level homes that are at an attainable price point (ranging from the upper $200,000s to the low $400,000s) for many different buyers. Our project is to develop shovel-ready lots that can be sold to builders or a buyer with their own builder. Housing prices will vary based on size and buyers will be able to customize homes as much or as little as they would like,” Scott said.
The developers say there is potential for a few spec homes in the mix, depending on interest from home builders. There is also potential to develop more nearby land for additional phases.
As for recreational space, Northview’s detention basin will be accessible by a walking path, and future phases of development could lead to a walking path being placed all the way around it. There’s also the potential for small-scale fishing after the detention pond has been dedicated back to the City.
The Henrys and Stokesbary are proud that two of the three contractors selected for the project are local: OnTrack and Con-Struct. They say with cooperation from Mother Nature, the first lots could be ready for sale early in 2025.
–Written by Marlys Barker, City of Nevada
