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		<title>Boulder Creek Builders, in Louisville and Longmont, hits pay dirt with low-maintenance ranches, townhomes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Samuelson
Two years ago, builder David Sinkey of Boulder Creek Builders was on the phone to the big Denver developers, trying to convince them to work some of his low-maintenance patio ranch designs into their large master-plans.  Now a half dozen developers are talking with him, wanting to rub some of the same [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>By Mark Samuelson</em></span></p>
<p>Two years ago, builder David Sinkey of Boulder Creek Builders was on the phone to the big Denver developers, trying to convince them to work some of his low-maintenance patio ranch designs into their large master-plans.  Now a half dozen developers are talking with him, wanting to rub some of the same magic into their own communities that, just since November, attracted 18 sales in the $400s and $500s.</p>
<p><img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Boulder-Creek-Fri-Business-2-3-12.jpg" alt="Boulder Creek Fri Business 2-3-12" title="Boulder Creek Fri Business 2-3-12" width="450" height="252" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-754" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Boulder Creek Builders’ David Sinkey shows his fast-selling patio ranch models at Steel Ranch in Louisville, showcasing stone elevations with rich cedar and copper trim, from the $4s.</em></span></p>
<p>You can see those sharp, traditionally styled patio models (from the low $4s) today at Steel Ranch in Louisville (they were packed with visitors when I toured Wednesday).<span id="more-753"></span></p>
<p>And you can tour some Boulder Creek townhomes near the Longmont Diagonal Highway that offer the same low maintenance and high energy efficiency, at half the price.  </p>
<p>Kingsbridge Townhomes, off Airport Road in Longmont, is a little hard to find and gets a fraction of the traffic that Steel Ranch does – but has such a high conversion rate that Boulder Creek has already gone through well over half of the 109 townhome sites it took over there from a California builder in 2010.</p>
<p>“We don’t restrict any of our communities to 55-and-older,” said Sinkey &#8212; one of four principals in a company that dates from one his father launched in Boulder in 1976.  We left headquarters in Louisville’s scenic downtown, surrounded by shops and dining that helped earn Louisville the number-1 national ranking in Money Magazine’s annual ‘Best Places to Live’&#8230;and headed for Steel Ranch, a mile north.  </p>
<p>Nevertheless, Boulder Creek’s buyers seem to ‘self-restrict’ into that older, downsizing demographic.  Along with a few single females, empty-nest buyers dominate sales at Steel Ranch (and are catching the attention of those large developers, anxious to tap into that market).</p>
<p>Those downsizers are also a factor at Longmont’s Kingsbridge (it has four 2-story townhome plans, including one that could go main-floor master)&#8230;however, buyers there also find three schools within walking distance including Longmont’s Silver Creek High, rated 9-for-10 stars at GreatSchools.net.  The schools and the prices (from the very low $200s for 2- and 3-bedrooms that are nine miles from Boulder, four miles from IBM) also lure single moms and dads, and another demographic you don’t hear much about:  ‘never-nesters’ – ones who have rented for years and years, and now have plenty of cash to make a purchase.</p>
<p>What Boulder Creek DOESN’T see at Kingsbridge are first-time buyers; and that, says Sinkey, doesn’t make any sense.  After all, these large plans have attached 2-car garages, roomy storage spaces, extra-outdoor private storage for bikes; and optimal energy features (blown-Fiberglas insulation that earn HERS scores under 60, so low they were featured by Channel 9 News).  The smallest, a 2-bedroom ‘Florence,’ delivers 1,490 square feet for $205,000 – with a bright-and-light interior that comes standard with wood kitchen floors, nicer birch cabinets in a choice of colors, and ceramic tile bath surrounds. </p>
<p>They also show something all Boulder Creek’s buyers, young and old, agree on:  Despite the low-maintenance, they want manageable HOA fees.  “Our people say, ‘Give us walking-biking trails; but not a pool, that means higher dues,’” Sinkey added.  Boulder Creek keeps track of its buyers’ preferences through a ‘Founders Group’ that reviews new models.  When the group was asked what they’d be willing to pay for the new Steel Ranch patio plans, their estimates were so high, Sinkey says, that company planners knew they had a winner on their hands.</p>
<p>You can see Steel Ranch off 95th Street in Louisville; from the Turnpike take Northwest Parkway north, jogging onto 96th, and continue north 5 miles, just past Baseline.  Kingsbridge in Longmont is off Airport Road between Diagonal and Nelson Road; from Boulder take the Diagonal north 6 miles to Airport, then left a mile to Venice Lane.<br />
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<strong>IF YOU GO</strong></p>
<p>WHERE:  Kingsbridge Townhomes in west Longmont by Boulder Creek Builders, low-maintenance 2-&#038;-3 bedroom townhomes near trails, 4 miles to IBM.  1656 Venice Lane, Longmont; take I-25 north to Exit 240, Colo. 119; west 7.6 mi., continue west on Nelson Rd. 1.9 mi to Airport Rd.; left 1 mi. to Venice Lane.  Or from Boulder’s Foothills Pkwy take Diagonal north 6.6 mi. to Airport Rd, left 1 mi. to Venice   </p>
<p>PRICE:  From $205s; Steel Ranch from the low $400s<br />
WHEN:   Today &#038; Saturday 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Sunday 11-5<br />
PHONE:  303-772-3063  Steel Ranch, 303-745-1091  WEB:  LiveBoulderCreek.com<br />
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		<title>Retired teacher can’t wait for her first snowstorm in a patio ranch in Castle Pines&#8230;with somebody else shoveling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “I’m looking forward to the first snow storm, so we can stand out on the porch with cups of cocoa and watch somebody else shovel the driveway.”
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><ON THE HOME FRONT By Mark Samuelson</em></span></p>
<p>Retired teacher Kathy Alfeld, who, right after Christmas moves into a roomy, low-maintenance patio ranch Village Homes is finishing in Castle Pines, has one thing she can’t wait for:  “I’m looking forward to the first snow storm, so we can stand out on the porch with cups of cocoa and watch somebody else shovel the driveway.”</p>
<p><img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Village-Crossings-11-26-11.jpg" alt="Village Crossings 11-26-11" title="Village Crossings 11-26-11" width="450" height="313" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-709" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>John and Kathy Alfeld and their cocker spaniels join Village’s Andrea Sederberg at The Crossings at Castle Pines, in front of a home like one the Alfelds will move into.</em></span></p>
<p>You can see a furnished model today of the same “Sagewood’ plan that she and husband John Alfeld picked at Village’s Crossings at Castle Pines, west of I-25 at Castle Pines Parkway – and you’ll get an idea why they’re making that move here, to Castle Pines, rather than into Denver.<span id="more-708"></span></p>
<p>The couple (he’s retired from Lockheed Martin) lived 25 years in a Castle Pines North 2-story a mile east.  “We’ve walked three generations of dogs on these paths,” Kathy said, pointing to popular trails that wrap The Crossings’ neighborhood.  Back then, she added, you had to drive into town for groceries in exchange for Castle Pines’ scenery; but now residents have Kings, Safeway and other shopping within a mile, and can actually walk over to The Ridge Clubhouse Grille, with its picture-postcard view down the Tom Weiskopf-designed public course.</p>
<p>They’ll glimpse the fairways from the new place – large front porch and an oversized rear deck; kitchen with a custom granite bar island (like in the model; and all ranch; no stairs except into the basement where Village is setting off some space for her office (Village has been very accommodating,” Kathy added).  Two sets of neighbors who each have the same plan invited the couple in during their exploration, to show them the custom options they’d chosen. </p>
<p>Why did they buy now, instead of a year ago when they started looking at ranches?  Because, Kathy Alfeld said, Village didn’t have a furnished model yet.  “I couldn’t picture it,” she said.  The model’s done now – Village’s Andrea Sederberg will show you that and two other homes that’ll deliver now, before the next snow.  “These are not only the only new patio ranches within ten miles; they’re some of the last new homes that will be built in Castle Pines, period,” she adds.  Counting the quick deliveries (a Camden 3-bedroom ranch with finished garden-level basement is $399,900) Village has only ten packages left – including three townhomes from as low as $279,900.  Buy one of those three and Village will pay your HOA/maintenance for the first year.</p>
<p>Sederberg will greet you and the visiting grandparents in town &#8212; a mile west of I-25 on Castle Pines Parkway to Bristolwood, just before the golf course.</p>
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<p>If you go&#8230;</p>
<p>WHERE:  The Crossings at Castle Pines by Village Homes, spacious, low maintenance ranches, furnished model on view; last 10 homes, garden level ranch ready now; coffee &#038; cookies today.  7628 Bristolwood Ln., Castle Pines North; take I-25 south, past Park Meadows, 6 mi. to Castle Pines Pkwy; west 1 mi., just past Monarch Blvd., to first right on Bristolwood  </p>
<p>PRICE:  Patio ranches from $340s; townhomes from $279,900<br />
WHEN:   Today &#038; Sunday 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.<br />
PHONE:  303-660-9309     WEB:  VillageHomes.com    </p>
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		<title>Koelbel and Company and Mile High Development break ground on affordable senior apartments at Yale Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “Many residents that purchased homes here 40 years ago are looking to stay here after they sell their homes, at a time when rental rates in popular areas around the University of Denver have pushed beyond their incomes.”]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>      Koelbel and Company and Mile High Development, two seasoned development firms that share a history of community involvement along Denver’s south I-25 corridor, have launched construction on The Apartments at Yale Station, offering 50 attractive, affordably priced rental units targeted at the aging residential population of neighborhoods surrounding University Hills; as well as first-floor retail.</p>
<p><img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Yale-groundbreaking-044.jpg" alt="Yale groundbreaking 044" title="Yale groundbreaking 044" width="450" height="268" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-505" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Buz Koelbel, President of Koelbel and Company (left) joined George Thorn, President of Mile High Development, in breaking ground on The Apartments at Yale Station.</em></span></p>
<p>      “From our founding in 1952, Koelbel and Company has been a part of these south Denver neighborhoods and in serving their residential and commercial needs,” said Walter ‘Buz’ Koelbel, Jr., President of Koelbel and Company.  “Many residents that purchased homes here 40 years ago are looking to stay here after they sell their homes, at a time when rental rates in popular areas around the University of Denver have pushed beyond their incomes.”<span id="more-504"></span><br />
     The Apartments at Yale Station, Yale Avenue at E. Yale Circ. adjacent to Yale Station Light Rail stop, will comprise 50 one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, age restricted to 55-years-and-older.  Rental rates on most units will be affordable to residents earning 50% or less of area median income.   Elevator-served parking will be provided in the building for the convenience and security of residents; and 3,000 square feet of adjacent retail and commercial will be available at street level to serve residents, Light Rail passengers, and passers-by.<br />
     The Apartments at Yale Station has been designed as a transit oriented development, on a site adjacent to the Light Rail stop, offering service to downtown Denver and to shopping, sports and cultural arts attractions.  The 0.4-acre parcel has been owned by Koelbel and Company for 45 years and is adjacent to Koelbel’s headquarters on E. Yale Avenue.<br />
     Lead project management will be provided by Mile High Development, with a history of public and private projects that include Colorado Center at I-25 and Colorado, Museum Residences at the new Denver Art Museum annex, and the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building in downtown.  Koelbel and Company, with a 59-year history that encompasses Pinehurst Country Club, The Breakers, The Preserve at Greenwood Village, and Rendezvous at Winter Park, will retain ownership of the building.<br />
With rents on some units anticipated to be as low as $570/month, The Apartments at Yale Station will provide residents with attractively finished and appointed homes, served by laundry rooms on each floor; a media lounge with a television and kitchenette; a craft room; and an outdoor patio.  Most homes will have balconies, and some will enjoy west-facing views.<br />
     All residents, added Koelbel, will have the advantage of easily walkable (half-block) access to the popular Light Rail stop, linking north to downtown Denver and DU, and south to Park Meadows Mall, with future connections to DIA.  Koelbel noted that the project’s senior orientation also takes advantage of the close proximity of local attractions that are prized by longtime residents of University Park, University Hills, Virginia Village, Goldsmith and surrounding neighborhoods, including the Schlessman YMCA Senior Center; University Hills Shopping Center with its King Soopers, Starbucks, Einstein Bros. Bagels; venerable neighborhood restaurants; and Denver Public Library’s Ross-University Hills Branch Library.<br />
     Special project financing for the $12 million project has been arranged through the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, with additional funding from the City and County of Denver and the Federal Tax Credit Exchange Program (TCEP).  Retail leasing information is available from David Spriggs, Legend Retail Group, at 720-529-2887.  For residential leasing information please call Koelbel and Company at 303-758-3500.<br />
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		<title>What can lure a couple out of Highlands Ranch to Anthem Ranch near Boulder?  Modest-priced ranch plans with view</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you get couples who have spent the last 20 years living in south metro Denver to take a serious look at a community in Broomfield bordering Boulder County?  You offer them a big, new ranch plan with views, maybe a walkout, at prices they can’t possibly find down in Littleton or Douglas County -– from around $300,000.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>      How do you get couples who have spent the last 20 years living in south metro Denver to take a serious look at a community in Broomfield bordering Boulder County?  You offer them a big, new ranch plan with views, maybe a walkout, at prices they can’t possibly find down in Littleton or Douglas County – from around $300,000.<br />
<img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Anthem.jpg" alt="Anthem" title="Anthem" width="450" height="301" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-496" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Tim and Barbara Husby, who moved to Anthem Ranch from Highlands Ranch, brief on a release of sites backing to Boulder County Open Space, by Del Webb’s Melanie McKenna.</em></span></p>
<p>      Tim and Barbara Husby are doing more than looking.  After a visit to Anthem Ranch, Highway 7 at Lowell, the Highlands Ranch couple put their house on the market, and their names on a list for a new release of sites backing to Boulder County Open Space.  (Their Highlands Ranch house sold rapidly&#8230;and now they’re renting in Anthem Ranch, meeting the neighbors, while getting ready to build).<span id="more-495"></span><br />
      You can come out today for an advance look at that next site release on Quandary Loop (Anthem Ranch streets are named for Colorado 14,000-foot peaks), where many homes will have stunning views of Long’s Peak and the Indian Peaks.  Next Saturday at 10 a.m., Anthem Ranch formally cuts the ribbon for those sites&#8230;then hosts an Oktoberfest party with Rhineland food and a beer garden (you’re invited, 2-5 p.m.).<br />
      “People have been watching for this release of sites for months,” says Anthem Ranch sales manager Melanie McKenna.  Last week, Anthem Ranch residents Terry and Wayne Munson took her up in their Cessna from Erie Air Park for a look down at Quandary Loop and the open space.  Later on, McKenna took some Anthem Ranch residents down to Park Meadows Mall, where they answered questions from more south metro buyers interested in the community.  “People who live south of I-70 have a hard to imagining how ideal this is,” McKenna adds. “We’re ten minutes to Boulder, five to shopping and 20 minutes to DIA.”<br />
     McKenna and her team can give you a preview today&#8230;along with a look inside Aspen Lodge community center with its indoor/outdoor pools, fitness center, and club rooms that have spawned just short of a hundred clubs ranging from golf groups to lunch-bunches, poker and hiker/biker groups.  You’ll also see the 48 miles of walking and biking trails that Anthem Ranch residents enjoy (the monthly HOA fee for all of the amenities is currently an unbelievably low $156).<br />
     And you can get on the interest list for those sites, and review three series of Del Webb designed ranch-style homes from the high $200s to $600s, before they’re formally offered for sale in mid-October.  Take I-25 north just past 470 to Highway 7, then west three miles to Lowell.  Turn south to the first right on Anthem Ranch Road, two blocks to the models.</p>
<p>WHERE:  Anthem Ranch, 55-and-older with 10 ranch models, preview of new sites on Boulder County Open Space, views/walk-outs; Oktoberfest party Oct. 2.  16583 Las Brisas Dr., Broomfield; I-25 north past 470 to Hwy 7, west 3 mi. to Lowell, left (south) 2 blks to Anthem Ranch, west. (Or from Broomfield, take Lowell north)</p>
<p>PRICE:  Single-family ranches from the upper $200s-$600s<br />
WHEN: Oktoberfest, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2-5 p.m.<br />
PHONE:  303-604-5454    WEB:  www.delwebb.com/colorado</p>
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		<title>MorningStar Senior Living shows assisted living concept that’s long on amenities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Denver senior housing exec Ken Jaeger was working his way up through the retirement-living industry, he began imagining a better way to handle the tough decisions families make when parents move beyond the point of living alone.  “Daughters were always telling us, ‘I want Mom to be safe and secure,’” Jaeger recalls; “but then mom would say, ‘I want to be free and independent.’”]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When senior housing exec Ken Jaeger was working his way up through the retirement-living industry, he began imagining a better way to handle the decisions families make when parents move beyond the point of living alone. “Daughters were always telling us, ‘I want Mom to be safe and secure,’” Jaeger recalls; “but mom would say, ‘I want to be independent.’”<br />
<img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/MorningStar.jpg" alt="MorningStar" title="MorningStar" width="450" height="351" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-471" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Ken Jaeger and Katie Yoho of MorningStar Senior Living join residents Marian Hoskinson (left), Dorothy Kinsley and Betty Peters, outside their community in Applewood.</em></span>  <span id="more-470"></span><br />
 You can come see how Jaeger’s company, MorningStar Senior Living, puts those opposites together at his newest assisted living community in Applewood &#8212; easily the most appealing-looking of its kind you’ve ever seen &#8212; a couple of blocks south of I-70 at W. 32nd on Youngfield. You’ll find an open house today with refreshments and giveaways, as well as at four other locations in Denver, Littleton and Greenwood Village.</p>
<p>Applewood was completed last year – fulfilling Jaeger’s idea of an assisted living concept that would “remind you of grandmother’s house.”  “When I visited other places, it struck me that all of the amenities you see in independent living communities were always absent in assisted living.”  So Applewood is long on those:  the neighborhood’s pretty Chester-Portsmouth Park, tucked next door with trails that interconnect; and a 24-hour ‘Bistro’ with coffee, cookies, and fresh popcorn right off the dining area.  </p>
<p>MorningStar created an “outdoor living area” with barbecue and eat-outdoors seating; a formal dining room you can reserve for family events; living room with fireplace; and restaurant style dining that includes a menu and executive chef-prepared meals three times a day. “Residents really do want the social option,” says MorningStar Regional Marketing Director Katie Yoho, noting that people have often lived alone for years before they arrive.  MorningStar created a country store, movie theater, beauty salon, library with computer stations and other places to intermingle; and designs its rooms (you can see 1-and-2 bedroom models) for privacy, but for safety and ease of care, as well.</p>
<p>MorningStar (they’re offering a month’s-rent free as part of the open house) also offers memory care, not only at Applewood, but also at their Dayton Place and Littleton locations.  Dayton Place also offers independent living and a new line of Cottages for active seniors, complete with health club, swimming pool and dining. Cottages range up to 1,750 square feet, plus a 2-car attached garage.<br />
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If you go&#8230;</p>
<p>WHERE:  MorningStar Assisted Living at Applewood, 4 other locations.  2800 Youngfield, Lakewood; exit I-70 at Youngfield, south on Youngfield, 0.4 mi.  Also, MorningStar of Littleton, 5344 S. Kipling, between Bowles and Belleview; Dayton Place, 1950 S. Dayton St, Denver at corner of Parker Rd.; Cranbook Assisted Living 5565 S. Yosemite, Greenwood Village so. of Belleview on Yosemite </p>
<p>WHEN:  Daily 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.<br />
PHONE: 303-233-4343  WEB: MorningStarSeniorLiving.com</p>
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		<title>Heritage Eagle Bend, 10 years old and skewing younger, holds open 28 homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 02:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA['Six months ago the community changed its minimum age from 50 to 45 years...and already has six new residents that have joined that more youthful niche...'
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>     Heritage Eagle Bend, on the Arthur Hills golf course off E-470 at Gartrell Road, is celebrating its 10th anniversary&#8230;a retirement community that may be getting younger now rather than older.  Six months ago the community changed its minimum age from 50 to 45 years (spouses can be younger), and already has six new owners that have joined within that more youthful niche.<br />
<img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Heritage-Eagle-Bend-5-2-10.jpg" alt="Heritage Eagle Bend 5-2-10" title="Heritage Eagle Bend 5-2-10" width="450" height="313" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-371" /><span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>General Manager Jeff Powles joins agents Barb Nelson of Cherry Creek Properties and Gwen Arnold of Re/Max Masters at Heritage Eagle Bend’s clubhouse.</em></span></p>
<p>Sunday, May 2, you can celebrate with residents at Heritage Eagle Bend&#8217;s Open House, featuring 28 homes on the re-sale market (the last new homes sold out two years ago).  The tour is free; there are drawings for dinner and golf giveaways.  Visit five homes and you’ll qualify for free appetizers and two-fers at the clubhouse’s Eagles Nest bar, a chance to kick back and talk with residents about how they like their lifestyle.<span id="more-370"></span></p>
<p>Getting Eagle Bend residents to talk is no difficult task, says Realtor Gwen Arnold of Re/Max Masters, who along with Barb Nelson of Cherry Creek Properties arranged the event. “A lot of people are relocating to be near grandkids,” Arnold adds.  “They often don’t have friends in the area, and the residents make it easier.”<br />
Jeff Powles, General Manager with Hammersmith Management, says residents have formed 30 clubs from out of their 35,000-square-foot clubhouse overlooking the 10th fairway, ranging from tennis, to guns, to fishing, to bocce ball, and of course, golf. (Just $2,100 buys an annual pass onto the course&#8230;but over half of residents don’t play).<br />
Golfer or not, organizers say, everybody tends toward the gregarious&#8230;particularly the ‘Angels.’ “They’re a combination Welcome Wagon and Salvation Army,” Powles notes&#8230;greeting new arrivals, but also looking after anybody having troubles.  Meanwhile, agents add, sellers of homes are having fewer trouble finding buyers this year, including in the higher ranges.  Set to close this month, says Arnold, is a La Costa plan (everything in Eagle Bend is ranch-style) with walk-out on open space that had been listed at $472,000; another at $419,900 went under contract this week.  Most tour homes are single-family&#8230;including a custom that had been built by Genesee, on the market now at $559,900, the most expensive.<br />
Broadening the market further is that widened age range. Under Fair Housing rules, Powles notes, 80% of the community is restricted to 55 and older; but the new guidelines drop the limit for the remaining 20% a full decade below that.  In making that decision, he adds, residents saw a trend toward younger purchasers shown by some Del Webb communities in Arizona.  Open house runs 11-3 today; take E-470 to Gartrell, then south 0.6 mile to Heritage Parkway, and right to the gate.  Check in at the Clubhouse’s Humboldt Room for registration/map.</p>
<p>PRICE:  From $180s, single-family $3s to $559,000 (custom home)<br />
WHEN:  Sunday, 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.<br />
PHONE:  303-693-7788  WEB:  HeritageEagleBend.com</p>
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		<title>In Southeast Denver, a fee-based retirement concept delivers the look and feel of single-family living</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New studies show that no matter how old they get, couples will do anything to keep from giving up their single-family house, though retirement places have low maintenance and better recreation. “We never lived in an apartment and would never want to,” Gene Fischer says&#8230;while admitting that he and wife Lutie looked at retirement areas all over town as their home in Centennial aged.</p>
<p><img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dayton-Place-Sun-cover-1-17-10.jpg" alt="Dayton Place Sun cover 1-17-10" title="Dayton Place Sun cover 1-17-10" width="450" height="298" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-275" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Gene and Lutie Fischer enjoy continental breakfast in their clubhouse at The Cottages at Dayton Place, a few doors from their home.  Dayton Place’s Jennifer Davidson (left) and sales associate Bonnie Baker meet visitors to the project.</em></span></p>
<p>     You can come see what they ended up doing&#8230;and get a Starbucks card and refreshments today, as well.  The Fischers were the first residents to move into The Cottages at Dayton Place, a Southeast Denver enclave that has the advantages of a retirement community, but looks and feels like single-family homes&#8230;even down to the 2-car garage.<span><span id="more-274"></span></p>
<p>     The Cottages are fee based&#8230;a one-time entry fee and a monthly (currently $2,900 for a couple) that covers not only the lease, but trimming the lawn, shoveling snow, twice-a-month housekeeping, interior maintenance on fixtures/appliances, and a clubhouse with spa and indoor pool.  The Fischers were having a continental breakfast there when I stopped in——part of the package, with more meal options available.  “We had a family reunion here at Christmas,” Lutie Fischer told me, pointing out the gathering areas where they hosted kids and grandkids.<br />
     In today’s market, The Cottages make the move to that sort of lifestyle easier still, says Ken Jaeger, president of MorningStar Senior Living, which launched The Cottages last year on the campus of its very successful Dayton Place Retirement Residences.  In the range around $250,000 older homes are selling faster now&#8230;but for couples who are worried about whether the old place will sell, The Cottages will take a 10% down and wave the additional fee until the house sells.<br />
     The fee is entirely refundable when the resident leaves (including the possibility of a move into Dayton Place, for assisted living or memory care).  What residents get in return is the size and privacy they’re used to.  All homes are single-level, up to 1,750 feet, either 2-bedroom or 2-plus-den, plus the 2-car garage that can supplement storage space.  Bonnie Baker and Jennifer Davidson (they’ll be on hand today) have explored all of the competition around town, and say they can’t find anything of the sort offering the size and value.<br />
     &#8230;Particularly on the entry fee, which The Cottages have reduced to levels starting at $245,000, just under where single-family re-sales are selling pretty briskly now.  You can tour daily, just north of Parker Road on Dayton.  Adds Lutie Fischer, “It’s like your own house.”<br />
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Mark Samuelson is president of Samuelson &#038; Associates, a homebuilding/real estate communications firm. </p>
<p>-END-</p>
<p>WHERE:  The Cottages at Dayton Place, senior living ranch-patio models, full services, 2-car attached garage, clubhouse; refreshments &#038; Starbucks card today. 2000 S. Dayton St.; From Aurora take Parker Rd. north from Iliff 2 blks to Dayton, right 1 blk.  From Denver take Parker Rd. south to Dayton, left.</p>
<p>PRICE:  From $2,400/mo., refundable entrance fee from $245,000<br />
WHEN:  9 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily<br />
PHONE: 303-338-4338   WEB: MorningStarSeniorLiving.com</p>
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		<title>At ‘Community of the Year’ Anthem Ranch, lifestyle gets even Douglas County couples to move to Broomfield</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “Highlands Ranch is 30 miles from here, and buyers who visit from there sometimes worry they’ll have a hard time making a new circle of friends,” says Dube, who has ten ranch models to show. “Some come back a dozen times; but once they talk to our residents, they’re sold.”<]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At Anthem Ranch, Del Webb’s all-ranch lifestyle community on a view-swept hillside north of Broomfield, it’s not that hard to get a buyer to pack up and move from Phoenix or even New Jersey.  It’s a little tougher, says Del Webb’s Melanie Dube, to get somebody that lives in Highlands Ranch to do it&#8230;but it’s still happening.</p>
<p><img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Anthem11-7-92.jpg" alt="Anthem11-7-9" title="Anthem11-7-9" width="450" height="341" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-239" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Elaine and George Hager (left), from New Jersey, visit a super-affordable ‘Powderhorn’ ranch. Del Webb&#8217;s Melanie Dube had sold them their New Jersey home, as well.</em></span></p>
<p>     “Highlands Ranch is 30 miles from here, and buyers who visit from there sometimes worry they’ll have a hard time making a new circle of friends,” says Dube, who has ten ranch models to show. “Some come back a dozen times; but once they talk to our residents, they’re sold.”<span><span id="more-222"></span></p>
<p>     Last spring, when Del Webb had many single-family ranches waiting in inventory, you could visit a dozen times without worrying about whether there would be a home waiting for you when you were ready.  But not anymore, says Dube.  Anthem Ranch (last week, it won the 2009 BAR ‘Community of the Year’ award for the entire Denver area) has seen 30 homes disappear&#8230;and now has only three that can deliver before the holidays (one of them priced at only $374,000).</p>
<p>     Dube and other Anthem Ranch sales consultants will show you sites where Del Webb can deliver a home this coming spring, including some with great views over open space to the Indian Peaks. “But if you want to be here,” Dube adds, “you need to get moving.”</p>
<p>     One of those sites will likely disappear to Elaine and George Hager, whose kids have finally left home in New Jersey, giving them a chance to move from their Del Webb community there, back to Denver where they’d lived in the 1980s.  “We loved the way that Del Webb builds,” Elaine said.  “They take care of everything.”  </p>
<p>     The Hagers (he’s a retired surgeon) also know they’re unlikely to have trouble getting into the community scene at Anthem Ranch.  They’ve already toured the ‘Aspen Lodge’ community center with indoor/outdoor pools and gorgeous fitness center, where clubs have formed around everything from scotch-tasting to poker.  All of that is wrapped in 800 acres of open space and 48 miles of walking and biking trails.</p>
<p>     The HOA fee for all of that is currently under $150/month!  You’ll visit a luxurious ‘Aspen’ ranch, 2,837 feet and a 3-car garage that won the 2009 award for Denver’s ‘Best Design Under $600,000,’ and a new ‘Powderhorn’ ranch priced from only $249,000.  Take I-25 north just past 470 to Highway 7, then west three miles to Lowell.</p>
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WHERE:  Open house at Anthem Ranch, 2009 ‘Community of the Year,” 10 ranch models on view, new super-affordable ‘Powderhorn’ model.  16583 Las Brisas Dr., Broomfield; I-25 north past 470 to Hwy 7, west 2 mi. to Lowell, left (south) 2 blks to Anthem Ranch, west. (Or from Broomfield, take Lowell n. past Northwest Pkwy.)</p>
<p>PRICE:  From $250s; immediate move-ins from low $3s<br />
WHEN:  Satruday, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.<br />
PHONE:  303-604-5454    WEB:  www.delwebb.com/colorado</p>
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		<title>With ranches and a golf lifestyle that keeps expenses in check, Heritage at Todd Creek lures buyers from all over</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Older buyers planning their retirement moves are getting a much-needed break from the stock market this week... but they’ll also find a break waiting at a 55-and-older community wrapped by an 18-hole Arthur Hills golf course, where you can see a 2,500-foot ranch plan today--full basement and 3-car garage included--at a cost-per-foot of $144.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 13pt;">Older buyers planning their retirement moves are getting a much-needed break from the stock market this week&#8230; but they’ll also find a break waiting at a 55-and-older community wrapped by an 18-hole Arthur Hills golf course, where you can see a 2,500-foot ranch today&#8211;basement and 3-car garage included&#8211;at a cost-per-foot of $144.</p>
<p><img src="http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ToddCreek1.jpg" alt="ToddCreek" title="ToddCreek" width="450" height="338" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-208" /><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Lennar’s Mike DeNuzzi shows a large, single-family ranch with 3-car garage.  Heritage at Todd Creek’s streets are private&#8230;covenant-controlled, with golf cart traffic allowed.</em></span></p>
<p>     With ranches priced from the low $300s and some 2-bedroom “duos” from $269,900, Heritage at Todd Creek in Thornton has gone through five sales in the past month, during a year when you may imagine it hard to put together a retirement purchase.<span><span id="more-202"></span></p>
<p>      Some buyers are actually getting a jump on retirement, according to Mike DeNuzzi, sales consultant at Heritage.  “Thirty to 40% are still working,” he told me during a tour, followed by lunch at Todd Creek’s own Creekside Grille in the clubhouse. (You can get a 2-for-1 lunch coupon for the Grille for touring today——good now or on a return).</p>
<p>      Another surprise: Buyers are from all over –– Littleton, Parker, Loveland – not just the northern suburbs.  “For an active adult community with golf, we’re pretty much the only game in town,” DeNuzzi added.  On the chilly day I visited, foursomes were still out shooting, then gathering for lunch afterward.</p>
<p>      The $15 million clubhouse also has tennis, aerobics, club rooms (from karaoke to Texas hold’em), indoor pool, and another outdoors that’s designed as much to lure grandkids as residents. “This is a much better facility for entertaining grandkids,” said Lennar director of sales Jennifer Kimball, adding that Heritage attracts 30% of its buyers from out of state&#8230;wanting to move close, but not TOO close, to their kids.<br />
      That’s all part of the formula that Lennar had working at Heritage at Eagle Bend near Parker, which closed out this year.  “We took everything that was working and applied it here,” Kimball added.  Included in that recipe:  the course&#8230;well equipped clubhouse&#8230;and a very low homeowner fee, currently $145/month for everything but golf.<br />
      &#8230;And reasonable prices on those big ranches.  “When they see the models, they love them,” said DeNuzzi, who’ll be joined by Pam Warner and C.W. Vaughn today.  On the tour:  two ranches that can deliver soon, both on the 1st fairway&#8230;each around $50,000 lower than you could have found them last year. (You can ask about a reserved-seat seminar Oct. 24 that covers a buy-out program on your older place, or how to buy on a reverse mortgage).  Take I-25 north past 120th, another six miles to Hwy 7, then east 5.5 miles to Yosemite.<br />
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WHERE:  Heritage at Todd Creek, active-adult community on Arthur Hills golf course, 2-or-3-bedroom ranches; buy-1-get-1-free coupons for Creekside Grille today (1-per-group, non-residents only).  8585 E. 152nd Lane, Thornton; take I-25 north past 120th, 6 mi. to Hwy 7, head east 5 mi. to Yosemite, and south.</p>
<p>PRICE:  From $205,000 (1 left), duos from $269,900, single ranches from low $3s<br />
WHEN:  Today, 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.<br />
PHONE: 720-685-0873     WEB:  Lennar.com</p>
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		<title>Are older buyers staying in Colorado?  Sales at Del Webb&#8217;s Anthem say yes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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     Can you really sell people whose kids have flown the coop on the idea of staying in Colorado, rather than retiring to places with cactus and palm trees?  You can&#8230;and some of the most recent converts want to tell you why Saturday, Aug. 22, at an “island [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;line-height: 13pt;">     Can you really sell people whose kids have flown the coop on the idea of staying in Colorado, rather than retiring to places with cactus and palm trees?  You can&#8230;and some of the most recent converts want to tell you why Saturday, Aug. 22, at an “island luau” at Anthem Ranch, complete with tropical cocktails.</p>
<p><a href='http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anthem.jpg' title='Anthem Ranch by Del Webb'><img src='http://denvertomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/anthem.jpg' alt='Anthem Ranch by Del Webb' /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;line-height: 10pt;"><em>Anthem Ranch’s Nathan Freeman (left), Mary Kermoade, David Foster and (not shown) Melanie Dube show off one of nine ranches you can tour, along with lavish amenities covered by an HOA dues currently only $148/month.</em></span></p>
<p>      What they WON’T have to do is convince you that this master-planned community in north Broomfield is pretty enough to attract older buyers (around 40% of them aren’t retired at all, still working).  In addition to nine ranch single-family models from the mid $200s, you’ll see gorgeous views of the Indian Peaks, set against nine manicured lakes wrapped by 800 acres of open space and 48 miles of walking/bike trails; along with a spectacular ‘Aspen Lodge’ with indoor/outdoor pools and state-of-the-art fitness center. <span><span id="more-170"></span></p>
<p>      “Around 40% of our move-ins come from out of state, places where they know Del Webb,” says Melanie Dube, sales counselor, who noted that one 79-year-old arrival is now biking 35 miles a day around Anthem Ranch.  But the sales balance is changing, adds consultant Nathan Freeman.<br />
      “Over the last 90 days, we’re seeing awesome response from Broomfield, Lafayette and Arvada.”  When I arrived, Freeman was greeting a Louisville couple who were among a dozen sales this past month.  “They listed their older house last Friday, had three offers within days and sold for $3,000 more than they were asking.”<br />
      If you’re from Boulder, Freeman adds, “you can probably take your 1960 home and trade it for one of our ‘Aspen’ plans,”&#8230;big ranch with large entertaining area and a deck with a private entrance from the master.  You can tour it today&#8230;and see a couple of quick-delivery homes where it’s paired to a view site and a walk-out lower level.<br />
      You’ll also get to talk with homeowners anxious to tell you how this close-knit community has worked for them&#8230;such as Don Gemelli and his wife, who moved from Illinois to be closer to an assortment of grandkids.  He’s now an ‘ambassador’ at Aspen Lodge, site of dozens of clubs that have popped up, including a golf group that gets discounts making the rounds between six courses that are within a few miles of here.<br />
      At Saturday&#8217;s (Aug. 22) luau, you can try a pitch shot (for prizes) at a floating green on the lake behind the models; pilot an RC sailboat; and enjoy Beach Boys classics by a live group.  “But our goal,” says Freeman, “is to get you in front of our homeowners.  They’re going to tell you, ‘I wish I would have done this sooner.’”<br />
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<p>If you go&#8230;</p>
<p>WHERE:  Luau &#038; club expo today at Anthem Ranch, Del Webb-designed active adult community, 9 ranch-style models, island cuisine, cocktails.  16583 Las Brisas Dr., Broomfield; I-25 north past 470 to Hwy 7, west 2 mi. to Lowell, left (south) 2 blks to Anthem Ranch, west.  Or from Broomfield, take Lowell n. from 144th, past Northwest Pkwy, 1 mi.<br />
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<p>PRICE:  From $240s; homes for immediate move-in from $260s<br />
WHEN:  Sat &#038; Sun. 9:30-5<br />
PHONE:  303-604-5454    WEB:  www.delwebb.com/colorado</p>
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