The improving housing market made for a robust and energetic 2015 Design and Construction Week, as 125,000 builders, designers, media professionals, and more gathered at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the industry’s largest trade show. Consumer Reports’ team of editors, market analysts, and video producers were on hand to record the hottest trends and coolest products. If you’re thinking Continue Reading

Snowmass Village, Colorado: Here we go again. Related Colorado, now the developer of Base Village, made its first formal presentation Monday of the changes it is proposing for the stalled project, originally approved by the Snowmass Village Town Council in 2004. When giving the company’s master-plan goals for the application, Dwayne Romero, president of Related Colorado, named moving the project Continue Reading

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a multi-part series about the town of Snowmass Village’s review of proposed amendments to the stalled Base Village project. An aquatic center planned for Base Village has proven to be a sticking point as the Town Council and the developer work to get the stalled project moving again. Base Village developer Related is seeking to downsize and relocate the Continue Reading

Plans to tear down the Molly Gibson Lodge, which include the addition of 15 lodge units and two single-family homes, won 5-0 Aspen City Council approval Monday. The new lodge is proposed to boost the number of rooms from 53 to 68 and add 8,000 square feet of free-market residential area along Hopkins Avenue. Plans also include one affordable housing unit. Variances the council granted Monday Continue Reading

Snowmass Village, Colorado: Today, Erik Cavarra features a home that was on the market for only 76 days after a complete remodel and spec to flip.  The previous/existing home was purchased in 2013 for $2.395m and was re-marketed with new finishes and a remodel at $5.695m.  The owner is a real estate developer/builder in the Snowmass Village Area.  This home marks the (3rd) sale flip the developer Continue Reading

Developer Mark Hunt has put his Main Street lodge concept on hold, and he will wait to see what happens with his Cooper Avenue lodge concept at the Aspen City Council on Monday before revisiting it. Hunt, who has amassed nearly $100 million in commercial investment in Aspen since 2010, announced his decision Thursday during a public appearance at bb’s kitchen. A packed room of residents posed Continue Reading

Property Type: RES w/Improvments N/A Address: 246 Stellar Lane Snowmass Village, CO 81615 Status: Closed Asking Price: $2,295,000 List Number: 136075 Type: Single Family Area: 02-Snowmass Village Major Area: Snowmass Village Sub/Loc: Ridge Run County: Pitkin Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 4 Baths - Continue Reading

Jeff Greene became a billionaire during the recession by betting that people would default on their mortgages. Now, happily ensconced in a 35,000-square-foot estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Greene has a more optimistic outlook about real estate, at least when it comes to the very rich. Standing on his private beach, the 59-year-old real estate tycoon pointed to his new luxury hotel down the Continue Reading

Property Type: RES w/Improvments Townhouse Address: 933 Main Street Unit A3 Carbondale, CO 81623 Status: Pending Asking Price: $409,000 List Number: 131349 Type: Condo/Townhouse/Duplex/Half Duplex Area: 07-Carbondale Proper Major Area: Carbondale Sub/Loc: Mountain Sage Continue Reading

Property Type: RES w/Improvments Condo Address: 240 Snowmass Club Circle 1439 Snowmass Village, CO 81615 Status: Closed Asking Price: $1,198,000 List Number: 132575 Type: Condo/Townhouse/Duplex/Half Duplex Area: 02-Snowmass Village Major Area: Snowmass Village Sub/Loc: Country Club Continue Reading