Want to buy into this 1,000-home, 55+ development in Rancho Mirage? Prices start at $375,000

Golfers who buy a house at the desert's newest Del Webb retirement development will forgo outdoor greens to tee off at a virtual reality golf simulator instead.

That's according to new details released this week about Del Webb Rancho Mirage, a 1,028-home development set to open in late spring near the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa. Unlike fellow 55+ developments Sun City Palm Desert and Sun City Shadow Hills, which Del Webb also developed, the Rancho Mirage gated community is being built around walking trails instead of a golf course.

Del Webb parent company PulteGroup has unveiled 10 single-story floor plans for the development. The smallest model starts at $375,000 and the largest model starts at $611,000, according to a company website promoting the development. The homes have 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms.

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A company spokesman for Del Webb said the company will invest close to half a billion dollars into the development.

Amenities at Del Webb Rancho Mirage will include:

Social and fitness centers

Tennis, pickleball and bocce courts

A golf simulator

Event lawn

More than 6 miles of walking trails

A pool

Previously: 1,000-home development for people 55+ breaks ground in Rancho Mirage

The Rancho Mirage development broke ground in 2017. When it is complete, Del Webb will have built 9,500 houses in the desert, all of them age-restricted to people 55 and older.

The development will be located north of the Westin Mission Hills, on the northeast corner of Los Alamos Road and Dinah Shore Drive.

Home buyers will purchase detached homes as a fee simple transaction, meaning that they will own the land rather than lease it. PulteGroup bought the property in August 2017, according to the company.

Bordering Del Webb's site to the north and east is land owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. According to the tribe's specific plan for the area, which is known as Section 24, the tribe has designated land fronting Ramon Road and Bob Hope Drive to be used for resort, retail and mixed-use development. About 58 acres of land directly bordering the Del Webb community is set aside as a multi-family residential site with buildings of up to two stories and as many as 18 units per acre.

A private owner, Frank Prieto Trust, owns land designated for retail on the corner of Bob Hope and Dinah Shore drives.

The tribe in January announced that it is looking to expand its Rancho Mirage resort and casino along Interstate 10, which could result in 310 new hotel rooms as well as additional gaming, food, retail, meeting and commercial space.

Keep reading: Agua Caliente tribe planning huge expansion to the Rancho Mirage casino and resort

Reach real estate and business reporter Amy DiPierro at amy.dipierro@desertsun.com.