Located off Aliante Parkway near the Aliante Information Center, 20-acre Nature Discovery Park, Aliante Library and new retail centers, the gated Autumn Ridge neighborhood features a collection of four floor plans that range from 2,445 to 4,522 square feet. Homes start from the mid-$400,000s.

According to Tuvell, home sites average about 7,000 square feet and the homes at Autumn Ridge feature functional designs with optional features including studio, bonus or game room, guest suite or extra bedrooms, depending on the plan selected.

"Autumn Ridge is one of our signature communities, and, in fact, we've had many buyers who have moved from other Pardee Homes in our master-planned Eldorado community to the neighborhood, citing the desire for a larger home plus a great Aliante location," he said.

Autumn Ridge Plan One measures about 2,445 square feet with up to three bedrooms, 21/2 baths and features a split three-car garage design that allows the single-car garage to be built as an optional studio.

The single-story home has an open great room, island kitchen and office option at the third bedroom.

Plan Two is a single-story design that includes 2,695 square feet with three bedrooms, den, three full baths, separate dining and living room, island kitchen with breakfast nook and seating at the island plus an adjoining family room.

Plan Three is a two-story design that includes 3,386 square feet with a split three-car garage, up to five bedrooms, including a bedroom and full bath located downstairs, up to 41/2 baths, separate dining and living rooms, kitchen with breakfast nook and seating at the kitchen island.

Upstairs, the home features an optional loft or bedroom, as well as a laundry room and optional balcony off of the master bathroom.

With about 3,727 square feet, Plan Four is a two-story home with a dramatic rotunda that opens into the living room, separate dining room or the island kitchen and adjoining family room. The five-bedroom, 41/2-bath home features a bedroom and full-bath downstairs and a bonus room, loft, laundry room, and optional master suite balcony upstairs.

The residence also includes a split three-car garage.

The sales office and models at all Pardee neighborhoods are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except Monday when they open at 11 a.m.

For information on Autumn Ridge, call 399-8365 or visit pardeehomes.com.

One of the West's largest and longest-established home builders, Pardee has built homes for more than 35,000 families in Southern Nevada since 1952. The company has developed several master-planned communities in the valley, including Spring Valley, Rancho Las Palmas, Eldorado and Nevada Trails.