“It was nice to be back in person,” Hodgson said. The 2020 event was held virtually, and Hodgson said it was great the homebuilder community could get together in person to recognize their achievements over the past year. “This program was created to promote competition and creativity of design in housing and to celebrate the achievements of individuals in the homebuilder industry here in Southern Nevada,” said Tom Heaton, senior advertising director at the Review-Journal. Nat Hodgson, CEO of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association was the emcee along with Claire DeJesus, publisher of the Guide to Las Vegas New Homes and strategic account executive with the Review-Journal. 15 during the eighth annual Silver Nugget Awards dinner at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort presented by the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association and Las Vegas Review-Journal and Guide to Las Vegas New Homes. It won a total of six of its eight Silver Nugget Awards in a community where homes are priced $1.3 million and above. Toll Brothers won Home of the Year for its two-story luxury home in Oak Creek model in Mesa Ridge in Summerlin.
Toll Brothers won eight of the 26 Silver Nugget Awards in the categories that recognized builders for their designs, interiors, outdoors, merchandising and amenities. Luxury homes played a central role in the awards this year as well with homes in excess of $1 million taking the Custom Home of the Year and Home of the Year. Tri Pointe Homes dominated the 2021 Silver Nugget Awards, winning 17 of the 44 categories, including 13 of the 18 individual honors that ranged from sales to customer service. The company swept the 2021 Silver Nugget Awards. Klif Andrews, Tri Pointe division president, stands in one of the homebuilder's model homes.