So on Thursday, the Olympia Cos. went all out at the kickoff event for construction of Skye Canyon, a 1,700-acre master plan at U.S. Highway 95 and Fort Apache Road in northwest Las Vegas.

The neighborhood, which is directly adjacent to Skye Canyon, will be low density, consisting of 114 one-story homes with an average lot size of 5,000 square feet. Surrounding the majority of the ...