Archives for January 2015

Make that five real estate sales of at least $10 million in Pitkin County this year. And it’s just the middle of January. On Wednesday, what’s been marketed as the “Aspen Penthouse” took in $13.2 million. The 4,415-square-foot Cooper Avenue condo, owned by a consortium of Aspen businessmen including Andy Hecht, Nikos Hecht and Joshua Saslove, had been listed since March 2013, when it had an Continue Reading

Aspen, Colorado: Sky Hotel Updates Today, Erik Cavarra shares an article written in the Aspen Daily News: Dumont, Chaumont condos withdraw opposition after confidential agreement Neighbors of the Sky Hotel who were fighting the lodge’s proposed redevelopment have withdrawn their opposition after reaching a confidential agreement with the property’s owners. The settlement involves the Continue Reading

Five-time major champion golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife, Amy, have sold their compound in Rancho Santa Fe for $5.725 million. The Tuscan-style estate returned to the market in November at about $6 million with Jordan Cohen of RE/MAX Olson and Associates Estate Brokerage and Linda Sansone of Linda Sansone & Associates attached to the listing. Mickelson, who owns other property in the Continue Reading

A luxe Viking island owned by the world's sixth-richest athlete, golfer Tiger Woods, is up for sale,the Telegraph of London reports. Naturally it has room for putting practice, with half a dozen tee boxes and a golf hole. It also has a private ferry, stables and pasture land, its own protected bay, a "mini-mansion" of a villa, a hunting lodge and a landing strip. Oh -- and it also has a "hill Continue Reading

Snowmass Village, Colorado:  Today, Erik Cavarra highlights recent NEW Lot Listings in Snowmass Village.  Lots are being purchased in the name of an LLC, purchased for lower prices, and then re-listed at higher prices.  Here's a look at a few: CMA: Comparable Properties: Active / New Listings   125004 137035 137075   841 Serviceberry Snowmass Village CO 180 Continue Reading

Aspen, Colorado: The apparent white knight for Aspen’s Explore Booksellers is a consortium of national nonprofit organizations that fight for environmental, social justice and consumer protection causes. A limited liability corporation established by nonprofits under the umbrella of the Public Interest Network has a contract to buy Explore Booksellers and Bistro for $5 million. The proposed deal Continue Reading