The top 10 luxury home sales in 2023 in the Denver metro area included six Boulder properties, two Denver homes, one Cherry Hills Village mansion and a ski resort turned luxury ranch above Golden.
Let’s begin the countdown.
No. 10: $9.3 million: 400 block Westwood Drive in Denver
Listing agents: Helm Weaver Helm with Compass-Denver
Buyer’s agent: Blake O’Shaughnessy with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Details: TDDK Revocable Trust spent $9.3 million to win a bidding war for this Country Club mansion listed for $8.5 million. The purchase set a record for the neighborhood.
Anita Haley and Kenneth Weiner bought the mansion in 2012 for $4.9 million, and Haley focused on remodeling it to return it to its Tudor glory.
The six-bedroom, nine-bath mansion built in 1942 includes a swimming pool and a one-lane bowling alley.
It features marble flooring, chandeliers, a formal sitting room with hand-painted beams, oversized French doors, custom-stained Leonardo Da Vinci Glass window art panels and a hand-carved stone wood-burning fireplace.
No. 9: $9.3 million: 100 block Detroit St. in Denver
Listing agents: Carla Bartell and Beth Larrance with Corcoran Perry & Co.
Buyer’s agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC.
Details: Using the Charles P. Gallagher Trust, private equity executive Charlie Gallagher purchased the 10,907-square-foot, three-bedroom, nine-bath condo in Cherry Creek North in December.
The condo, with 10 fireplaces and six garage spaces, was listed for $12.9 million in August. Cable TV pioneer Glenn Jones, who died in 2015, and his longtime partner, Dianne Eddolls, previously owned the property.
Gallagher was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2011 and served on numerous boards, including the Denver Art Museum, Regis University and the Archdiocese of Denver’s Catholic Foundation.
No. 8: $9.5 million: 1000 block 5th St. in Boulder
Listing agent: Brian Delaney with Delaney Realty Group
Buyer’s agent: John Canova with Compass-Boulder
Details: Bleeker LLC purchased the Nordic-inspired custom home from Canard Capital LLC for $9.5 million.
The 4,400-square-foot home was designed by Aspen- and Boulder-based Studio B. The home features steeply pitched roofs and glass walls. The single-level home sits at the base of Flagstaff on a secluded .75-acre lot.
No. 7: $9.8 million: 900 block Gilbert St.
Listing agents: None
Buyer’s agents: Patrick Dolan and Kelly Atteridg with Re/Max of Boulder
Details: 950 Gilbert LLC purchased the 9,000-square-foot modern farmhouse from Matthew and Meg Erickson in January.
They bought the property in 2014 for $2.3 million. Matthew Erickson is the CEO of Vero Fiber Networks. Meg Erickson is an account director at Epsilon.
The five-bedroom, five-bath home was designed by Dale Hubbard of Surround Architecture and built by S.L. Murphy Construction in 2015. The home, which borders Edward Sell Smith Park, features Italian bluestone walkways in the backyard, a covered patio, and front and backyard fire pits.
No. 6: $10.2 million: 500 block Highland Ave. in Boulder
Listing agents: Kim Hullett with Porchlight Real Estate Group-Boulder
Buyer’s agents: Nina Mooney with Porchlight Real Estate Group-Boulder
Details: The 130-year-old Boulder mansion sold for $200,000 over its list price in May.
Constructed in 1890, the six-bedroom, six-bath house was one of the first in Boulder’s Mapleton Hill Historic District.
Christopher and Jennifer Centeno, who bought the house in 2005 for $2.5 million, sold it to Zachary and Natasia Smith for $10.2 million.
No. 5: $11 million: 2200 block Linden Ave. in Boulder
Listing agents: Jay Hebb with Latitude40 Real Estate Group
Buyer’s agents: Patrick Brown Group with Compass-Boulder
Details: Peanut Revocable Trust and Hound Revocable Trust purchased the 8,428-square-foot mansion from 2215 Linden LLC for the list price. The custom-built home includes five bedrooms, eight baths and underground parking.
No. 4: $11 million: 2100 block Knollwood Drive in Boulder
Listing agents: None
Buyer’s agent: Compass-Boulder
Details: This Boulder estate in the Knollwood community sold off-market in August. Perched above Boulder, it backs to Farmers Ditch and, with floor-to-ceiling glass, offers Flatiron views. The 4,774-square-foot home includes four bedrooms and five baths.
City Trust purchased the property from BMD Ranch LLC.
No. 3: $13 million: 1400 block Sunset Blvd. in Boulder
Listing agent: Marybeth Emerson with Slifer Smith & Frampton-Boulder
Buyer’s agents: Patrick Brown Group with Compass-Boulder
Details: This January 2023 purchase set a record in Boulder County. The 7,300-square-foot mansion sits on just over an acre near Boulder’s Pearl Street. It includes six bedrooms and six baths.
J.C. Exempt Trust purchased the mansion from the Kevin D. Ness Revocable Trust and the Stephanie J. Ness Revocable Trust. Kevin Ness is the former CEO of Inscripta, a life science technology company that develops digital genome engineering solutions.
No. 2: $14.7 million: 1300 block S. Grapevine Road in Golden
Listing agents: Brittany Morgan of The Northrop Group at Compass-Denver and Ronda Courtney with Re/Max Leaders
Buyer’s agent: Lori Gajarsky with Lokation Real Estate
Details: 1334 Grapevine LLC purchased three parcels of a former ski-area-turned-luxury-ranch in October. John and Debi Medved, former owners of the car dealerships that bore their name, created Bear Mountain Ranch in the 1990s on the former Arapahoe East Ski Area to raise their six children.
The Oct. 12 sale included a 17,000-square-foot mansion with nine bedrooms and a seven-car garage, and more than doubled Jefferson County’s previous highest-price property record.
The Medveds first listed the property’s 160 acres and the mansion for $37 million with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty in 2020. The property was later relisted and divided into multiple parcels.
No. 1: $15 million: Cherry Hills Drive in Cherry Hills Village
Listing agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC
Buyer’s agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC
Details: Nicholas D. Miller — a musician, DJ, producer and songwriter known professionally as Illenium — spent $15 million in December to buy a 23,000-square-foot mansion from private equity executive Charlie Gallagher.
Chicago architect Gregory Maire designed the eight-bedroom, 14-bath, brick-and-stone mansion to resemble a 14th-century French country home. Constructed in 1993, the house sits adjacent to the 10th green at Cherry Hills Country Club.
Miller and his wife, Lara, purchased the home from Gallagher and his wife, Diane. The Gallaghers listed the property for $18.5 million in August.
Miller has released five studio albums, including “Illenium” in April.
The top 10 luxury home sales in 2023 in the Denver metro area included six Boulder properties, two Denver homes, one Cherry Hills Village mansion and a ski resort turned luxury ranch above Golden.
Let’s begin the countdown.
No. 10: $9.3 million: 400 block Westwood Drive in Denver
Listing agents: Helm Weaver Helm with Compass-Denver
Buyer’s agent: Blake O’Shaughnessy with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty
Details: TDDK Revocable Trust spent $9.3 million to win a bidding war for this Country Club mansion listed for $8.5 million. The purchase set a record for the neighborhood.
Anita Haley and Kenneth Weiner bought the mansion in 2012 for $4.9 million, and Haley focused on remodeling it to return it to its Tudor glory.
The six-bedroom, nine-bath mansion built in 1942 includes a swimming pool and a one-lane bowling alley.
It features marble flooring, chandeliers, a formal sitting room with hand-painted beams, oversized French doors, custom-stained Leonardo Da Vinci Glass window art panels and a hand-carved stone wood-burning fireplace.
No. 9: $9.3 million: 100 block Detroit St. in Denver
Listing agents: Carla Bartell and Beth Larrance with Corcoran Perry & Co.
Buyer’s agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC.
Details: Using the Charles P. Gallagher Trust, private equity executive Charlie Gallagher purchased the 10,907-square-foot, three-bedroom, nine-bath condo in Cherry Creek North in December.
The condo, with 10 fireplaces and six garage spaces, was listed for $12.9 million in August. Cable TV pioneer Glenn Jones, who died in 2015, and his longtime partner, Dianne Eddolls, previously owned the property.
Gallagher was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2011 and served on numerous boards, including the Denver Art Museum, Regis University and the Archdiocese of Denver’s Catholic Foundation.
No. 8: $9.5 million: 1000 block 5th St. in Boulder
Listing agent: Brian Delaney with Delaney Realty Group
Buyer’s agent: John Canova with Compass-Boulder
Details: Bleeker LLC purchased the Nordic-inspired custom home from Canard Capital LLC for $9.5 million.
The 4,400-square-foot home was designed by Aspen- and Boulder-based Studio B. The home features steeply pitched roofs and glass walls. The single-level home sits at the base of Flagstaff on a secluded .75-acre lot.
No. 7: $9.8 million: 900 block Gilbert St.
Listing agents: None
Buyer’s agents: Patrick Dolan and Kelly Atteridg with Re/Max of Boulder
Details: 950 Gilbert LLC purchased the 9,000-square-foot modern farmhouse from Matthew and Meg Erickson in January.
They bought the property in 2014 for $2.3 million. Matthew Erickson is the CEO of Vero Fiber Networks. Meg Erickson is an account director at Epsilon.
The five-bedroom, five-bath home was designed by Dale Hubbard of Surround Architecture and built by S.L. Murphy Construction in 2015. The home, which borders Edward Sell Smith Park, features Italian bluestone walkways in the backyard, a covered patio, and front and backyard fire pits.
No. 6: $10.2 million: 500 block Highland Ave. in Boulder
Listing agents: Kim Hullett with Porchlight Real Estate Group-Boulder
Buyer’s agents: Nina Mooney with Porchlight Real Estate Group-Boulder
Details: The 130-year-old Boulder mansion sold for $200,000 over its list price in May.
Constructed in 1890, the six-bedroom, six-bath house was one of the first in Boulder’s Mapleton Hill Historic District.
Christopher and Jennifer Centeno, who bought the house in 2005 for $2.5 million, sold it to Zachary and Natasia Smith for $10.2 million.
No. 5: $11 million: 2200 block Linden Ave. in Boulder
Listing agents: Jay Hebb with Latitude40 Real Estate Group
Buyer’s agents: Patrick Brown Group with Compass-Boulder
Details: Peanut Revocable Trust and Hound Revocable Trust purchased the 8,428-square-foot mansion from 2215 Linden LLC for the list price. The custom-built home includes five bedrooms, eight baths and underground parking.
No. 4: $11 million: 2100 block Knollwood Drive in Boulder
Listing agents: None
Buyer’s agent: Compass-Boulder
Details: This Boulder estate in the Knollwood community sold off-market in August. Perched above Boulder, it backs to Farmers Ditch and, with floor-to-ceiling glass, offers Flatiron views. The 4,774-square-foot home includes four bedrooms and five baths.
City Trust purchased the property from BMD Ranch LLC.
No. 3: $13 million: 1400 block Sunset Blvd. in Boulder
Listing agent: Marybeth Emerson with Slifer Smith & Frampton-Boulder
Buyer’s agents: Patrick Brown Group with Compass-Boulder
Details: This January 2023 purchase set a record in Boulder County. The 7,300-square-foot mansion sits on just over an acre near Boulder’s Pearl Street. It includes six bedrooms and six baths.
J.C. Exempt Trust purchased the mansion from the Kevin D. Ness Revocable Trust and the Stephanie J. Ness Revocable Trust. Kevin Ness is the former CEO of Inscripta, a life science technology company that develops digital genome engineering solutions.
No. 2: $14.7 million: 1300 block S. Grapevine Road in Golden
Listing agents: Brittany Morgan of The Northrop Group at Compass-Denver and Ronda Courtney with Re/Max Leaders
Buyer’s agent: Lori Gajarsky with Lokation Real Estate
Details: 1334 Grapevine LLC purchased three parcels of a former ski-area-turned-luxury-ranch in October. John and Debi Medved, former owners of the car dealerships that bore their name, created Bear Mountain Ranch in the 1990s on the former Arapahoe East Ski Area to raise their six children.
The Oct. 12 sale included a 17,000-square-foot mansion with nine bedrooms and a seven-car garage, and more than doubled Jefferson County’s previous highest-price property record.
The Medveds first listed the property’s 160 acres and the mansion for $37 million with LIV Sotheby’s International Realty in 2020. The property was later relisted and divided into multiple parcels.
No. 1: $15 million: Cherry Hills Drive in Cherry Hills Village
Listing agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC
Buyer’s agents: Gina Lorenzen and Kara Couzens team with Kentwood Real Estate DTC
Details: Nicholas D. Miller — a musician, DJ, producer and songwriter known professionally as Illenium — spent $15 million in December to buy a 23,000-square-foot mansion from private equity executive Charlie Gallagher.
Chicago architect Gregory Maire designed the eight-bedroom, 14-bath, brick-and-stone mansion to resemble a 14th-century French country home. Constructed in 1993, the house sits adjacent to the 10th green at Cherry Hills Country Club.
Miller and his wife, Lara, purchased the home from Gallagher and his wife, Diane. The Gallaghers listed the property for $18.5 million in August.
Miller has released five studio albums, including “Illenium” in April.