Parker CO Homes For Sale, Homes in Castle Rock, and Elizabeth CO Homes Blog: September 2006

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

How about a New Water Playground?

These pictures were taken 9/17 of the new Reuter-Hess Reservoir in Parker. Its supposed to be larger than Cherry Creek Reservoir! Also, the road alignment coming from Castle Pines Parkway will now connect to Hess Road in Parker in the next couple of years, and skirt the North end of this new reservoir. Surfs up! Go to http://www.ColoradoDreamHomes.net for more info.

New Developments

Agassi Graf to Develop Properties With Case's Exclusive Resorts
By Oliver Staley
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Agassi Graf Development LLC, the real estate company formed by retired tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, is partnering with Exclusive Resorts LLC, the time- share company headed by former AOL Time Warner Chairman Steve Case, to develop ``luxury resort communities.''
Agassi, who will become a senior adviser to the company, will work with Exclusive Resorts to create resorts featuring Agassi-Graf Tennis and Fitness Centers, according to a statement by Exclusive Resorts.
Agassi, 36, retired earlier this month after a 20-year playing career that saw him win eight Grand Slam titles. He is married to Graf, 37, a former women's champion.
Closely held Exclusive Resorts, based in Denver, has more than 2,400 members and more than 300 residences in locations such as New York, Paris and Vail, Colorado. Case is the company's chairman. Always go to http://www.ColoradoDreamHomes.net for the best Real Estate information around!

Monday, September 18, 2006

The Extremes

Want to get old?

Live in Clear Creek County - or Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Park or Summit county.
Those seven Colorado counties, along with two Iowa counties and Montgomery County, Md., have the nation's longest life expectancies - 81.3 years - according to a Harvard University researcher.

Fifteen Colorado counties scored in the top 50 in Dr. Christopher Murray's life-span and health-disparities study, which appears in the September issue of the journal PloS Medicine.

United States Counties with the nation's longest life expectancy:

Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Park and Summit counties, Colo.;
Montgomery, Md.; Lyon and Sioux, Iowa

Areas with the shortest:

Six counties in South Dakota; Baltimore City, Md.; Petersburg, Va.; Marlboro, S.C.; Phillips, Ark.
Sources: Harvard University Initiative for Global Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4321677

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Luxury High Rise Coming?

DENVER-Toronto-based Great Gulf Group unveiled plans for a 55-story, $165-million luxury condo project on a 25,000-sf site at 14th and Lawrence streets, at the edge of LoDo. The development, which would be one of the tallest buildings Downtown, would be constructed across the street from the proposed Four Seasons hotel. It is the first development by Great Gulf in Denver.
"Denver is experiencing a renaissance," says Gary Switzer, executive vice president for Great Gulf Group. "We are committed to designing an elegant living community that enhances the city's already vibrant growth."
The tower will be solely private residences, although amenities and services will be on the level of a five-star hotel including a doorman, concierge, valet parking and an on-site recreational director to name a few. Units are expected to range from 1,200 sf to 7,000 sf. Most suites will average between 1,600 sf to 3,200 sf. Limited to no more than five units per floor, prices will start in the mid-$500,000s. Each unit will feature an individual private balcony. "We'll have a small amount of retail on the ground floor," says Switzer. For info on other developments go to www.ColoradoDreamHomes.net

Light Rail Development coming

DENVER - Locally based Westfield Development, the development arm of the Frederick Ross Co., plans to start construction in October on the first phase of Lincoln Station, a mixed-use development at the most southern stop of the T-Rex light-rail line.
Because of the proximity of the light rail, many residents and employees at Lincoln Station may not even need a car.
The developer thinks tenants will pay a premium for a new office building that is served by light rail. The first building will be a “signature” class A office building with 150,000 sf.
The first phase also will include a retail village of 30,000 sf; a smaller office building of 30,000 sf; and 80 residential units, priced from about $200 per sf to $450 per sf.
Eventually the entire development could have three million square feet of commercial space and 1,500 residential units. The developer states that they will react to market demands. If the market wants more residential, they will over-weight to residential, and if they want more office, they will over-weight the office portion. The current estimate is that it will ultimately have 800,000 square feet to one million of commercial space, and perhaps 800 for-sale and rental residential units. For info on other new developments go to www.ColoradoDreamHomes.net