Ivins & Santa Clara, Utah · Greater Zion Region · Reef Capital

Black Desert Resort
Real Estate & Ownership

Southern Utah draws 6 million visitors a year — twice Park City's 3 million — with almost none of the destination infrastructure. No Main Street. No sense of place. Reef Capital is building what was missing: championship golf, 7 restaurants open now, a quarter-mile Boardwalk with concerts and retail, and a water park — all at one address where the Mojave Desert, Colorado Plateau, and Great Basin converge, one mile from Snow Canyon, 45 miles from Zion.

#35
Golf Digest · Public Courses
#1
Golfweek · Best in Utah
7
Restaurants Open Now
15K
Sq Ft Plume Spa
$665K+
Entry Ownership
J
Realtor Jay
Red Rock Real Estate
Black Desert Resort · Ivins & Santa Clara, Utah
MLS-Listed Inventory · Updated in Real Time

Black Desert Resort — What's Available

Studios, condos, and custom estate homes — across all four Black Desert neighborhoods. Inventory moves quickly. Jay has access to both MLS-listed and resort-direct properties not visible here.

Studios
From mid-$500s
563–581 sqft · STR-Approved
Resort Center & Terrace
Condominiums
From mid-$700s
715–1,390 sqft
Golf-front options available
Custom Estate Homes
From $7M+
10,000+ sqft lots
North Village & South Village
Resort-Direct
Not on MLS
Most inventory sold
through the resort team

Not all Black Desert inventory is MLS-listed. Jay works directly with the resort and can show you the full picture.

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Where Three Worlds Meet

Mojave · Colorado Plateau · Great Basin

Black Desert Resort sits at one of the most geologically unique locations in the United States — the precise convergence of three major ecosystems. The result is a concentration of state and national parks unlike anywhere else in the country.

Snow Canyon State Park is one mile away. Zion National Park is 45 miles. Bryce Canyon is two and a half hours. This is the luxury base camp for the entire Greater Zion region — and its national recognition reflects that.

Distance
Snow Canyon · 1 mi
Zion · 45 mi
Bryce · 2.5 hrs
Recognition
Esquire Top New Hotels
PGA Tour Host
LPGA Championship
By the Numbers
1 mi
Snow Canyon
45 mi
Zion National Park
7
Restaurants Open
15K
Sq Ft Spa
21
Pickleball Courts
2M+
Projected Annual Visitors
National Recognition
Esquire — Top New Hotels in the World
#27 Golf Digest · Best Golf Resorts
PGA Tour Host · LPGA Championship
PPA Tour Stop

Championship Golf at Black Desert Resort

Tom Weiskopf · 19 Holes · Top-35 in America

Tom Weiskopf's final design — 19 holes set against ancient basalt lava fields and red rock canyon walls. It had a target of reaching Golf Digest's top 100 within three years. It ranked #35 before completing its first year, hosted the first PGA Tour event in Utah in 60 years, and the LPGA Black Desert Championship. The PGA Tour is watched in 541 million households internationally — that's the stage Black Desert played on in its first year.

#1
Golfweek
#1 in Utah
#2
Golf Digest
#2 in Utah
#27
Golf Digest
Best Golf Resorts
#22
Golfweek
Top 200 Residential
#35
Golf Digest
100 Greatest Public
#1
Golfweek
Best in Utah
#34
Golfweek
Best Public Courses You Can Play
21
PPA Tour
Championship Pickleball Courts
Designer Legacy

Tom Weiskopf's final design before his passing — 19 holes set against ancient basalt lava fields and red rock canyon walls. The course had a target of reaching Golf Digest's top 100 within three years. It ranked #35 before completing its first year.

The "Guilt-Free Golf" Concept

Most golf destinations are built for golfers — and everyone else waits. Black Desert flips that. Spa, hiking, a water park, 21 pickleball courts, and 7 restaurants mean your family isn't sacrificing anything while you play. Golfers stop feeling guilty about bringing their families. Families start asking to come back.

Seven Restaurants, Open Now

Nine More Coming on the Boardwalk
Open · Summer 2026
Basalt
Elevated Americana, regionally sourced prime beef. Named best restaurant in Utah by Salt Lake Magazine.
Club 73
Open-air restaurant by the 2-acre putting green. Fire pits, live music.
20th Hole
Sports bar — named for the 19th actual hole, so the watering hole becomes the 20th.
Oasis
Bar, grill & rooftop terrace. Mexican taqueria-inspired menu, views over native desert flora. Closed Tuesday.
Latitude
Right on the lake beside the 19th green. Nano doors open the entire restaurant to the desert breeze.
Flo
Lobby bar with outdoor seating. Go at sunset: waterfalls lit from underneath, pool arcing into the lake, bollards glowing across the back lawn.
Lava Love Coffee Bar
5-star Google rating. Coffee, pastries, grab-and-go. Open 6 AM daily.
Coming: The Boardwalk
A quarter-mile pedestrian corridor — no vehicles on the surface. A vision Reef Capital has held since 2004.

Nine additional restaurants, curated retail. Outdoor amphitheater at the north end — restaurants wrap around it so you hear live music from every patio. Indoor 2,000–4,000-seat concert venue at the south end. Underground parking equivalent to four Super Walmart lots (~$250M to build). Projected 2M+ annual visitors when complete. The goal: make Black Desert a music destination for Southern Utah, alongside partners like Tuacahn.

Basalt — Best Restaurant in Utah

Named best restaurant in Utah by Salt Lake Magazine. Elevated Americana, regionally sourced prime beef, nano doors open to the desert at golden hour.

Open · Summer 2026
Basalt · Club 73 · 20th Hole · Oasis · Latitude · Flo · Lava Love
Coming: The Boardwalk
9 additional restaurants + curated retail
The Boardwalk adds nine more restaurants, curated retail, an outdoor amphitheater, and a 2,000–4,000-seat indoor concert venue. Projected 2M+ annual visitors when complete. The vision: a music destination for Southern Utah, in partnership with Tuacahn.

Resort Amenities

Pickleball · Wellness · Pool
PPA Tour · Championship Pickleball
21 Courts. Pro Tour Stop.

21 championship courts, a performance academy, and members-only zones are open and operating. Black Desert hosted its first Professional Pickleball Association tournament and is a confirmed PPA Tour stop — the sport's top professional league.

Plume Spa & Wellness
15,000 Sq Ft of Wellness

Plume Spa spans 15,000 square feet with a full treatment menu. The resort also offers a fitness center, yoga, mat Pilates, sound baths, and a pool and hot tub overlooking Greater Zion — with full food and beverage service.

Pool · Lake · Outdoor Living
Resort Pool Complex

A resort pool complex with private cabanas overlooking the lava lake and Red Mountain. Black Desert Rapids — the planned water park designed by the firm behind Atlantis Dubai & Atlantis Bahamas — is coming to The Cove neighborhood, with exclusive member hours. Targeted May 2027.

What's Here Now. What's Coming.

This resort opens in phases — here's the honest picture
Open & Operating Now
19-hole Tom Weiskopf Championship Course — PGA & LPGA Tour host
7 restaurants open: Basalt, Club 73, 20th Hole, Oasis, Latitude, Flo & Lava Love
Plume Spa — 15,000 sq ft, full treatment menu
21-court pickleball complex — confirmed PPA Tour stop
Resort pool complex with private cabanas · fitness center · yoga
Black Desert Club membership — active and bookable
Hotel open to the public — stay before you buy
In Development
Black Desert Rapids — five-acre water park. Designed by the firm behind Atlantis Dubai & Atlantis Bahamas. Targeted May 2027. Member-only hours planned.
The Boardwalk — a vision Reef Capital has held since 2004. Quarter-mile cobblestone promenade, no vehicles. 9 more restaurants, curated retail. Outdoor amphitheater at the north end (restaurants wrap around it — you hear music from every patio). Indoor 2,000–4,000-seat concert venue at the south end. Aspires to be a music destination alongside Tuacahn.
The Edge at Black Desert — outdoor adventure village planned for the south hills of Santa Clara. Separate from the main resort campus.
Additional resort phases — the developer delivers on hard dates, not announced timelines. Ask Jay for current construction status.
What's here is fully operational today. What's coming is under active construction. The resort doesn't publish target dates — they deliver.
Engineering by Conviction

Built Differently.

Atlantis
Caliber Water Park Design

Black Desert Rapids was designed by the same firm behind Atlantis Dubai and Atlantis Bahamas — two of the most celebrated resort water experiences in the world. Targeted May 2027.

65%
Water Use vs. Homes on Same Land

The water park consumes approximately 65% of the water that quarter-acre single-family lots on the same footprint would have used — achieved by applying every known conservation technology.

Largest Resort
in the World
Per Reef Capital

Black Desert is the largest resort in the world powered by low voltage — Cat 6 cable at 10 volts instead of 120V to every light, camera, door lock, and device. An engineering achievement no comparable resort has matched.

DNR
Safe Haven · Endangered Species

The Department of Natural Resources studied the lakes surrounding the golf course and officially designated them a safe haven for endangered fish species. The course coexists with its environment.

Four Distinct Ownership Neighborhoods

Resort Center · The Terrace · The Cove · Silver Reef

Black Desert controls all sales and resales directly — no open MLS listings — to protect the brand and buyer experience. Select single-family spec homes are beginning to appear on the MLS. The four neighborhoods serve distinct buyer profiles and price points.

Resort Center
Studios from $665,000

The heart of the resort. Steps from restaurants, the spa, fitness center, and outdoor pools. Fully furnished, hotel-operated studios. STR-approved — suitable for rental program or leaseback arrangement.

563–581 sqft · Fully furnished
The Terrace
Studios from $749K · 2BR from $965K

Designed for golf and pickleball enthusiasts. Steps from the championship course, hot tubs, fire pits, and the illuminated 2-acre putting green. Studios and 2BR/2BA units available.

Golf-front · Pickleball complex nearby
The Cove
Water Park Adjacency

Adjacent to Black Desert Rapids — designed by the firm behind Atlantis Dubai & Atlantis Bahamas. Targeted May 2027. Waterslides, lazy river, interactive play areas, and full resort amenity access at your doorstep.

Water park-adjacent · Family focus
Silver Reef
Lots from ~$900K to $4.9M

A private enclave of custom home sites inside Black Desert Resort. Build to your own program. Minimum 3,800 sqft. Average build currently underway: 12,000 sqft. A 25,000 sqft privately-owned home is currently under construction.

Min 3,800 sqft · Custom build

Monthly Carry — What the MLS Shows

Based on active listings · Confirm details with Jay
Condominiums
~$300/mo
HOA — includes resort club membership, internet, exterior maintenance
Estate Homes
~$180–200/mo
HOA — North & South Village single-family
Property Taxes
~0.25%/yr
Of purchase price — Washington County, Utah rate
Financing
Available depending on property type and your scenario. Resort-branded condos have specific lender requirements. Jay can connect you with lenders familiar with resort purchases.
HOA figures from active MLS listings as of current data. Verify all carry costs with Jay before making decisions.

Getting Here

Second-home buyers — the travel math
St. George Airport
10 min
SGU — American, Delta,
United, Southwest
Las Vegas
~90 min
Harry Reid International
(LAS) — direct drive
Salt Lake City
~4.5 hrs
SLC International
or drive I-15
Phoenix / LA
~1 hr fly
Direct SGU service from
both markets
Once you arrive, the resort operates complimentary shuttles between SGU and the property — and valet takes your car from there. No parking logistics.

Three Ways to Own at Black Desert

Rental Program · Leaseback · Private Use
Resort Rental Program

Hotel-managed, uniform standards, revenue offset through the front desk. Your unit participates in resort-wide bookings. Hands-off ownership with income potential.

Developer Leaseback

The developer pays you a guaranteed monthly rate during the resort's build-out phase. Predictable income while the resort expands. Currently available — ask for current rate details.

Private Use

No participation required. Your residence, on your schedule. Full resort membership and amenity access included. Silver Reef custom sites are typically held this way.

Studio Upgrade Path

Buyers who start with a studio to get into Black Desert at the lowest entry point can later trade up. The developer will typically take the studio back and apply its value toward a larger unit — you pay only the difference. No need to sell on the open market.

Current Purchase Incentives

Active as of 2025 · Confirm with Jay
  • ✓Club initiation deposit waived — confirm current availability with Jay
  • ✓Black Desert Club membership included with all purchases
  • ✓Accelerated depreciation benefits may apply — CPA referrals available
Incentives subject to change. Verify current availability with Jay at (435) 466-3784.

Black Desert Resort — Ownership Questions

What Serious Buyers Ask
Several units at Black Desert are positioned for short-term rental, and the resort offers owners a few paths: participation in the resort's professionally managed rental program (which sets uniform standards and handles front-desk operations to protect the brand), a developer leaseback arrangement during the build-out phase, or holding the unit for private use. Rental eligibility and standards are controlled by the resort and governed by the specific unit's HOA documents and applicable zoning, so they can vary by building and can change over time. Before you count on STR income, Jay will help you confirm in writing exactly what's permitted for the specific unit you're considering — never assume rental rights transfer automatically.
Many of them are. A substantial number of Black Desert properties — resale units plus single-family spec homes in Silver Reef and the village neighborhoods — are listed on the MLS right now, and Jay can pull every one of them for you. What the resort still handles directly is much of its primary, new-construction inventory, sold through its own sales team to protect brand consistency and pricing — a model common to high-end ski and golf resort communities. The result is a split market: the MLS shows one slice, the resort's direct inventory another. A licensed agent like Jay sees both, so you're comparing the full set of options instead of whatever a single channel happens to show you. Worth knowing up front: a developer-controlled primary channel can carry transfer fees or rights of first refusal on certain units, and Jay will walk you through the actual resale terms before you commit.
During the resort's build-out phase, Reef Capital (the developer) has offered owners a leaseback arrangement — a contract in which Reef uses the unit in exchange for payments to the owner. The specific terms, rates, and timeline are set by Reef, can vary by unit, and may change as the project progresses, so any figures you see should be treated as a starting point rather than a fixed promise. Jay can request the current terms directly from the developer for you. Because a leaseback is a financial contract, have your own attorney and CPA review the actual agreement before you rely on any income figures — Jay will make sure you have the real document in front of you, not a summary.
The Boardwalk is the centerpiece of Reef Capital's long-term vision for the resort — a plan they've described publicly for years. As envisioned, it's a quarter-mile cobblestone pedestrian corridor with vehicle traffic routed underground, additional restaurants and curated retail, an outdoor amphitheater, and an indoor concert venue, supported by extensive underground parking — with the goal of making Black Desert a music and entertainment destination for Southern Utah. Important context: these are the developer's plans, and scope and timing on large, phased projects routinely shift. The resort has said it prefers committing to construction over announcing dates, so no firm public timeline exists. Treat the Boardwalk as exciting upside, not a guaranteed amenity you're paying for today — Jay can tell you what's actually under construction right now versus what's still in planning.
Black Desert features a 19-hole course designed by Tom Weiskopf and Phil Smith — Weiskopf's final design before his passing in 2022 — set against ancient basalt lava fields and red rock canyon walls. As of the 2025 rankings, Golfweek rates it #1 in Utah and #34 on its "Best Courses You Can Play in the U.S." list, while Golf Digest includes it (#35) on its "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses" — national recognition earned within its first two years of operation. It also appears on Golfweek's Top 200 Modern Courses list. The course hosted the first PGA Tour event in Utah in more than 60 years (the Black Desert Championship, October 2024) and the LPGA Black Desert Championship (2025). Rankings are refreshed annually, so ask Jay for the most current figures.
Black Desert sits in a different category from other Southern Utah luxury communities. Entrada and The Ledges are residential golf communities; Black Desert is a resort-first development, where the residences sit inside an operating, nationally recognized hotel. Its developer, Reef Capital, has built a portfolio of resort-quality properties — including Marcella Club at Deer Valley in Park City (with a course by TGR Design, Tiger Woods' design firm) and Cornerstone near Telluride, among others. For a buyer who wants amenity access and rental optionality alongside a luxury residence, Black Desert has no direct local equivalent. Whether that resort model and its premium are the right fit, though, depends entirely on your goals — which is exactly the conversation to have with Jay before you decide.
The strongest evidence is what's already been built. The course opened in 2023 and earned national top-100 recognition within its first two years. The resort landed and hosted a PGA Tour event — Utah's first in over 60 years — and followed it with an LPGA event. Those are completed milestones, not promises, and they're a fair reason for confidence in the team's ability to execute. That said, the remaining phases — the water park, the Boardwalk, and additional amenities — are still in development, and timelines on projects this size can move. Jay's honest advice: buy the property for what it offers today, and treat future phases as upside rather than the basis for your decision. He'll tell you candidly what's under construction versus what's still on the drawing board.
Financing is possible, but go in with clear expectations. Resort-branded condos and studios are often treated as non-warrantable or condotel properties, which typically means larger down payments, fewer participating lenders, and stricter terms than a standard residential loan. Single-family homes generally finance more conventionally. The right lender makes a real difference here, so Jay can connect you with one experienced in resort and condotel financing — that way you understand your actual options and costs before you fall for a specific unit.
Jay can show you Black Desert alongside Desert Color, Entrada, The Ledges, and other Southern Utah communities, so you're deciding with the full picture rather than a single option. Just as important, he represents you — not the resort. That means you'll hear the tradeoffs as well as the upside: resale considerations, financing realities, which amenities are built versus planned, and whether the numbers actually work for your goals. If Black Desert is the right fit, you'll know it with confidence. If something else serves you better, he'll tell you that too. One agent, one honest conversation, independent guidance from start to finish.
Black Desert Resort · Ivins & Santa Clara, Utah

I've Been Inside.
I'll Walk By Your Side From Showing to Closing.

I've been on-site, asked my own questions, and seen what they're building. Whether Black Desert turns out to be exactly right for you — or another Southern Utah community is a better fit — I'll help you compare, ask the right questions on your behalf, and make sure you land where you actually want to be.

Realtor Jay Payson · Red Rock Real Estate · yourstgeorgelife.com