Check out this link for the latest on the Steamboat Ski Area Base Area Redevelopment Area Plan. Thisng are really looking good around here thanks to some thoughtful investors and developers.
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Base Area Redevelopment Area Plan
Posted April 29, 2008
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Edgemont Update
Posted April 29, 2008
Read full article »One of the newest ski in/ski out properties on the market today is looking good.
The Facts:
42 Residences in the first Release this season
Appriximately 18 different home plans ranging from 1-5 bedrooms in size
Truely ski in/ski out
Pool, Hot Tubs, Fitness Facility, & Sauna
Family Games & Media Rooms
Ski Lockers, Boot Dryers, Owner Storage
Underground Parking
Breaking ground in Summer '08
Occupancy for first release 2009/2010 ski season
Square footage ranges & Prices:
1 bedroom..............900-1100 sq feet.......................$875,000
2 bedroom.............1500-1600 sq feet......................$1,425,000.
3bedroom...............1600-1900 sq ft.......................$1,875,000
3 bed + den............2400-2500 sq ft........................$2,875,000
The Ridge Collection.....2500-4250 sq ft.................over 3,200,000.
Call Heather if you need more info and floor plans on the Edgemont 970-846-7710
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On the Market Tom Ross Steamboat Pilot
Posted April 27, 2008
Read full article »Community leaders are hosting a series of Friday panel discussions at Rex’s American Grill & Bar this spring and summer to tackle affordable housing issues. Topics will include economic sustainability, community work force and public policy considerations.
Hosts include the Steamboat Springs Economic Development Council, Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp., and the Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors. Sponsors include the city of Steamboat Springs and First Tracks at Wildhorse Meadows. For more information or to register, call 875-7000. Seating is limited. The individual panels are listed below:
■ May 2 — Housing our Work Force: Economic realities
Using case studies and current market data, the forum will examine what typical workers at various income levels can afford to pay for the rental or purchase of property in Steamboat and surrounding communities.
What housing is available on the supply side, and what does it cost to acquire land and build new housing in today ...
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Green With Envy Steamboat Pilot
Posted April 27, 2008
Read full article »Steamboat Springs — Some of the most affluent travelers in the world have begun staying in one of the most energy-efficient vacation homes in the Rockies during visits to Steamboat Springs.
A multimillion-dollar duplex completed by Mike Roberts of Habitat Construction this year just blew the doors off the blower door test.
“It’s one of the tightest stick-built homes we’ve ever seen, if not the tightest,” Megan Gilman said.
Gilman is president of Active Energies, a consulting firm in Avon that works with builders, architects and homeowners on green building. She conducted a blower door test on the Habitat Construction-built home on Ski Trail Lane on Feb. 22 to determine if it was leaking precious energy. She found it didn’t leak much at all.
Homes that leak to an extent that they turn over their air volume less than 0.35 times an hour are considered to ...
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Towns avoid costly residential development
Posted April 27, 2008
Read full article »Steamboat Springs — Planning Services Manager John Eastman knows officials in other communities might raise an eyebrow when he says Steamboat Springs is “encouraging residential development.”
The statement sounds a little crazy because of Colorado’s tax structure, which Tim Katers said prevents the state’s sales-tax-based municipalities from generating revenue from residential development. Katers is a planning consultant who works for Hayden and other small Colorado communities.
Steamboat officials agree with Katers. A report being prepared for the city’s Planning Commission, which is considering urban growth boundary amendments, states that “multiple studies … clearly show that single-family residential development costs the city of Steamboat Springs more to serve than revenues received through sales tax.”
“Based on the financing mechanisms that the city has in place, residential has shown to be a money-loser for the city,” Eastman said. “If each new resident could at least bring a tourist along, we’d ...
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Thunderhead Lodge Liquidation Sale
Posted April 22, 2008
Read full article »Thursday, April 24 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Thunderhead Lodge & Condominiums located at 1965 Ski Time Square.
Price tags
Televisions $30 to $79
Sofas and loveseats $60 to $175
Wood bar with brass foot rail $295
Dewar’s mirror $35
Muzak amp $20
Ben and Jerry’s ice cream freezer $275
Table-top fryer $125
Martini glass $2
Steak knife $1
Bud Light pool table lamp $65
Plastic picnic table $175
Wood bar stool $65
Oak four-drawer chest $55
Oak nightstand $28
Toilet $25
Microwave $22
Complete queen bed $75
*10 percent buyer’s premium on all purchases made by buyer
Don Hayes, president of National Content Liquidators, has been hired by the redevelopers of Thunderhead Lodge to sell off its furnishings, fixtures and equipment before it is demolished this summer. The liquidation sale starts this Thursday. EVERYTHING is for sale! That includes: sinks, furniture, toilets, doors ...
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Christian-based pre-school looks to expand
Posted April 20, 2008
Read full article »When I first saw the above title of this story in the Steamboat Pilot, I got very excited, then I realized this school was in Craig. Craig is a good 45 minutes away from Steamboat, so it's not a very practical choice for daycare for my son, or the many other children in Steamboat that have nowhere to go.
Steamboat has a huge daycare crisis. I forget the numbers, but they are staggering. I think we have less than 50 or 60 spots for infants and well over 500 infants were born last year. The availability for 1-5 year olds isn't much better. I realize not all of those parents will need daycare for their children, but with the high cost of living in Steamboat, I am sure most or many of them will.
So, this got me thinking... if you are dreaming of relocating to Steamboat, but ...
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Comparing Steamboat with other Resorts
Posted February 18, 2008
Read full article »Comparing Steamboat with other resorts
STEAMBOAT PILOT & TODAY
Each ski area is not the same, as homebuyers interested in resort towns soon discover. The decision to invest in property in a resort town requires consideration of properties in more than one resort.
Most people who are considering resort life are looking at a range of towns, said Cam Boyd, a broker and co-owner of Prudential Steamboat Realty.
“A lot of times when people are looking at buying property in Steamboat Springs they’re looking at other resorts as well,” Boyd said. These buyers usually consider places such as Winter Park, Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, and even towns in Utah and Wyoming, Boyd said.
A buyer’s final decision is based on several factors, one of which is simply what each resort town is like. One attraction of Steamboat, Boyd said, is that it feels like a town.
“We have a lot ...
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Steamboat 700 addresses Affordable Housing
Posted February 18, 2008
Read full article »Steamboat Springs — The Steamboat 700 development team hopes to put some faces to the numbers that are thrown around in discussions about affordable housing.
The West of Steamboat Springs Area Plan, which provides community development guidelines for land including the Steamboat 700 parcel, requires developers to provide 20 percent of their homes as affordable housing to people who make an average of 80 percent of the area median income, or AMI. Steamboat 700 proposes to target an average of 120 percent of AMI. The discrepancy has created conflict between developers and the city. It also has many wondering — whether the target is 80 percent or 120 percent — who the housing will actually serve.
“The housing plan should focus on housing people, not statistics,” Peter Smirniotopoulos, Steamboat 700’s housing consultant, said at the project’s pre-application review before the Steamboat Springs Planning Commission on Thursday. “The purpose, as we understand ...
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Why Buy Real Estate?
Posted January 01, 2008
Read full article »This is a wonderful article written by Saul Klein... enjoy!
(Saul Klein is CEO of Real Estate Electronic Publishing Company, home of RealTown.)
Real Estate Is the IDEAL Investment
Saul Klein Outlines Considerations to Weigh in Decision Making Process
Written by: Saul Klein from CaliforniaDecember 31st, 2007 - 5:19 amDespite what you may read in the financial press, real estate has always been and continues to be, the IDEAL investment. The best real estate most of us will ever own is the real estate we bought yesterday (or last year, or ten years ago, or even longer ago). Everyone you talk to wants to own real estate. Few people will tell you they purchased more real estate than they should have. In fact, just the opposite is true. Most people will tell you that they wish they had purchased, and held on to, more real estate over their ...
