A sprawling Henderson mansion known as Empire Estate has hit the market for $24.5 million, marking an $5.4 million price cut from its original 2023 asking price. The 17,900-square-foot home at 761 Dragon Ridge Drive sits inside the guard-gated, members-only community of MacDonald Highlands, and it comes stacked with amenities that read more like a resort brochure than a real estate listing: a swim-up bar, a pizza oven, a full movie theater with its own popcorn bar, and a wraparound balcony facing the Las Vegas Strip.
The estate was first listed in May 2023 for $29.9 million before being relisted this month at $24.5 million, an 18.1 percent reduction, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal. The property spans 1.23 acres and includes eight rooms, 13 bathrooms, and a six-car garage, per the same listing details. Listing agent Kristen Routh-Silberman of Douglas Elliman described the home as “pretty close to one of a kind.”
Dragon Ridge Drive itself contains just nine homes, all designed as private enclaves, and Empire Estate is built as what the listing calls a completely private resort. The primary suite occupies its own wing, complete with a separate office, a spa bath, dual custom closets, and that Strip-facing wraparound balcony. A separate guest wing holds six additional en-suite bedrooms, each with its own spa bath and wraparound balcony, while a guest game room functions as what amounts to a private hotel within the estate.
Kitchens, Cellars and a Backyard Built for Entertaining
The home's culinary spaces include a Wolf gourmet kitchen, a Sub-Zero gourmet kitchen, a butler's prep kitchen, a walk-in pantry, and a breakfast nook with its own coffee bar. Entertainment options extend to a billiards game room, two indoor-outdoor bars, and a glass-walled wine cellar. A detached guest house adds its own living room and kitchenette, separate from the main residence.
Outside, the oversized infinity-edge pool and spa include a swim-up bar and overlook both the Strip and the broader Las Vegas Valley, according to the listing. Additional outdoor spaces include an outdoor kitchen, the pizza oven, and multiple fire lounges. From its hillside perch, the estate also overlooks Allegiant Stadium and takes in what the listing calls unobstructed southern Nevada night views.
Built in 2016, Priced Against a Valley Record
The estate was custom-designed and built in 2016 by Las Vegas luxury builder Sun West Custom Homes, led by designer and contractor Daniel Coletti, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Ownership costs are steep even before the sale price: annual property taxes were assessed at $83,372 in 2025, alongside $455 in monthly homeowner association fees split between a $330 master HOA fee and a $125 secondary association fee, per Movoto.
The $24.5 million ask lands the estate near the top tier of local residential real estate records. The all-time record for the highest residential home sale in Las Vegas Valley history belongs to another MacDonald Highlands property, 685 Dragon Peak Drive, which sold for $25.25 million in July 2025, as reported by Shelter Realty. Routh-Silberman has her own recent eight-figure track record in the neighborhood, having represented the seller in the second-highest Henderson sale of 2025, a $14.25 million deal for a 13,400-square-foot MacDonald Highlands mansion built for healthcare executive Stephen Thorne.
A Hot Enclave With Room to Grow
MacDonald Highlands covers 1,320 acres along the McCullough Range at elevations between 2,500 and 2,700 feet, a topography that helps produce the kind of unobstructed Strip views Empire Estate advertises, according to Nevada Real Estate Group. The community is anchored by the private, members-only DragonRidge Country Club, which features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Jay Morrish and David Druzisky along with a 35,000-square-foot clubhouse, per IS Luxury. For the 12-month period ending September 15, 2026, 68 homes closed in MacDonald Highlands at a median price of $4.25 million, while 66 active listings carried a median asking price of $5.75 million in mid-September, the Nevada Real Estate Group reports.
The neighborhood is only expanding its high-end footprint. The Four Seasons Private Residences development is bringing 171 new luxury units to MacDonald Highlands priced from $3.5 million to $30 million, according to a post on Reddit's r/VegasRealtor. Brokers marketing properties like Empire Estate routinely point to Nevada's lack of state individual income, corporate income, estate, and inheritance taxes as a driver for high-net-worth buyers relocating from other states, per Elite Realty — a dynamic Hoodline also explored with a $22.5M Ridges listing earlier this year. Whether an out-of-state buyer or a local high-net-worth collector ends up closing near the current $24.5 million ask remains an open question.
