Colorado’s mountain resorts haven’t escaped a downturn in the economy, but premium product at premium locations is unscathed.
The Atira Group recently presold $45 million in a single day at Edgemont, kicking off construction of the first phase of the high-end residential development on the slopes at Steamboat Ski Resort. Sales averaged $2 million.
“I think what […]

One Steamboat Place is an integral part of the revitalization of Steamboat’s base area and a member of the “Steamboat Unbridled” campaign. The base area redevelopment vision, named Steamboat Unbridled, is a $23 million, multi-year project that encompasses improvements from infrastructure to signage.
When builders started developing Steamboat’s base areaforty years ago, their thoughts were mostly […]

MOFFAT COUNTY - Of the nearly 300 miles the Yampa River travels from its origin in the Flat Tops of northwestern Colorado, the most famous by far are the final 46.
There, the mature Rocky Mountain river dives deep into a 2,500-foot cut to carve a spectacular canyon through the heart of Dinosaur National Monument on […]

THE COMMUNITY:
Marabou is a unique ranch preservation community being created in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Planned for only 62 custom homesteads on nearly 1,800-acres of active ranchland, Marabou will remain a working cattle ranch and all that it implies. Residents and their guests can participate, at their discretion, in all aspects of ranching from herding cattle, […]

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (July 10, 2006) - Just northeast of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, lies 72,000 acres of private land through which more than 50 miles of the country’s finest fly fishing rivers run. Through a long term lease agreement, Marabou owners and their guests now have access to these pristine waters and surrounding wilderness areas, […]

Sustainable Development at Marabou

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. - Marabou, a ranch preservation community in Steamboat Springs, Colo., is about to change the gold - or green - standard of sustainable communities. The land and the setting at the base of the Sleeping Giant Mountain have inspired Marabou developer Elk River Partners, LLC to raise the preservation […]

Sustainable Development at Marabou

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 7, 2008) - Developers of Marabou, a sustainable ranch preservation community in Steamboat Springs, Colo., announced the completion of more than $60 million in construction - including amenity buildings, trails, river restoration, solar panels, new fences, and paved roads - with a better than carbon neutral footprint.In combination […]

 
6 June 2008 (Park City) - Overly optimistic exuberance led to one of the costliest mortgage write-downs in U.S. history over the past year - a crisis which rocked world financial markets and dampened home sales throughout the country.
However, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS®, top resort destinations in […]

On Wednesday, July 30, President Bush will sign the recently-passed housing legislation (H.R. 3221) into law.    The new first-time homebuyer tax credit will go into effect immediately upon the President’s signature.  This credit is intended to convert  ”Just looking, thanks” browsers into purchasers.  The provision should prove to be of great benefit to Realtors, […]

by Blanche Evans

The nation is learning a tough lesson — that designing our lifestyles around cheap gas was a short-sighted mistake for two reasons.
We’re vulnerable and the amount of what we use is unsustainable.
First, we’re using twice the energy we did before the first oil embargo of the 1970s which makes us vulnerable to pricing, […]