Set high along the natural mountainside, the hillside community of Desert Palisades is known for its contemporary architecture and close relationship to its natural surroundings. Unique among the homesites, here you have a sense of some seclusion, hovering above with broad views across the Valley. The elevation provides more than dramatic scenery. It creates perspective and a sense of openness, with long views across the desert, surrounding mountain ranges and valley beyond. At the same time, the relationship to the hillside gives the property an intimate private connection to the natural landscape. Desert Palisades was conceived around precisely this relationship between architecture and terrain. Its collection of custom residences reflects the city's modernist tradition while allowing individual architecture to respond to each site's topography, light and views. Lot 110 presents an opportunity to create a residence uniquely informed by its setting: framing the valley outward while engaging the mountainside immediately behind it. The lot is also well suited for a distinctive architectural home designed around the setting. Its position against the mountainside allows for a residence that follows the natural slope, opens to the valley views, and incorporates terraces, large glass walls and protected outdoor spaces. Fee-simple land within a limited collection of 110 homesites, offering a rare opportunity to build in one of Palm Springs' most architecturally compelling contemporary communities.
Vacant landProperty Type
0.44 acresLot Size
$1,806,818Price/Acres
$95/moHOA Dues
Listed by Luca Volpe•DRE #02037333• Realty Trust
•760-808-3756 (agent)
•lucarealtytrust@icloud.com (agent)
Listed by Devin Pitcher•DRE #02186944• Realty Trust
Little Tuscany, located between North Palm Canyon Drive and the San Jacinto Mountains, is a residential and hillside Palm Springs neighborhood with midcentury-modern estates and desert canyon views. The neighborhood’s character concentrates around the North Palm Canyon Drive corridor near the Palm Springs Visitor Center, where design-forward storefronts, coffee counters, and gallery-style showrooms set a polished, road-trip-meets-modernism tone. Architectural lines lean low and horizontal, with stone, glass, and breeze-block details that frame mountain backdrops. Winding streets climb toward canyons, shifting the feel from boulevard energy to quiet, view-oriented enclaves. The Palm Springs Art Museum anchors cultural gravity nearby, while the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and Indian Canyons keep the landscape close at hand.
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Interior features
Has views of city lights, valley, panoramic vistas, mountains, hills, desert and city
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Hillside site
Lot within a gated community
Lot offers panoramic and mountain/city/valley/desert views
Directions: From the main entrance of Desert Palisades community, go straight on Vista Palizada Dr. to Rising Sun Court, turn right — Lot 110 will be on the left
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Vacant lot for potential development
Fee simple land
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Gated community
Construction
No structures listed (vacant land)
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Electricity available
Water available
Sewer available
Natural gas available
Other utilities available in street
HOA & community
Homeowners association with $95 monthly fee
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Acceptable listing terms include cash, cash to new loan, and other
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Disclosures: Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions (CC&R) and Planned Development
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The last hillside enclave in Palm Springs, Desert Palisades is poised to become a worldwide model for compelling, modern architectural vision by offering 110 home sites along the hillsides of Chino Canyon. The Founders' Collection is the first release of home sites located throughout five distinct neighborhoods with varying topography, elevation, and view lines. A decade in the making, Desert Palisades is the first residential community that from the ground up will uphold the ideals that represent the very best in Mid-Century design. Building guidelines serve as inspiration, encouraging residents to enlist the world's most prominent architects while providing an extraordinary canvass for architectural expression.
SDMLS #301877959
Oct 2, 2019
Sold
$435,000
May 17, 2019
Listed
$475,000
The last hillside enclave in Palm Springs, Desert Palisades is poised to become a worldwide model for compelling, modern architectural vision by offering 110 home sites along the hillsides of Chino Canyon. The Founders' Collection is the first release of home sites located throughout five distinct neighborhoods with varying topography, elevation, and view lines. A decade in the making, Desert Palisades is the first residential community that from the ground up will uphold the ideals that represent the ver
The last hillside enclave in Palm Springs, Desert Palisades is poised to become a worldwide model for compelling, modern architectural vision by offering 110 home sites along the hillsides of Chino Canyon. The Founders' Collection is the first release of home sites located throughout five distinct neighborhoods with varying topography, elevation, and view lines. A decade in the making, Desert Palisades is the first residential community that from the ground up will uphold the ideals that represent the very best in Mid-Century design. Building guidelines serve as inspiration, encouraging residents to enlist the world's most prominent architects while providing an extraordinary canvass for architectural expression.
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Last updated by owner on Sep 6, 2026.
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
7/10 Fire Factor
16% chance of being in a wildfire in next 30 years
9/10 Heat Factor
11 days above 108° expected this year, 30 days in 30 years
1/10 Wind Factor
Minimal risk of severe winds over next 30 years
6/10 Air Factor
10 unhealthy days expected this year, 12 days in 30 years
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Redfin Estimate for 2331 Rising Sun Ct
$793,471
$1,529 under list price of $795K
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