Grand plans: Granby Ranch has selected Arapahoe Basin Resort owner Dundee Realty USA as the developer of its Base Camp at Granby Ranch.
Dundee, the Colorado subsidiary of Toronto-based Dundee Corp., also will build Colorado’s first mountaintop ski village at Granby Ranch’s SolVista Golf & Ski Ranch ski area.
Meanwhile, more than 60 homesites at the 5,000-acre community were sold this summer.
Child’s play: Denver developer Miller Global Properties is designing its second hotel under the Nickelodeon brand in San Diego.
Miller Global opened its first Nickelodeon property in May 2005, a $20 million conversion of a Holiday Inn geared toward children. The hotel features two swimming pools, 13 water slides, a kids spa and cartoon-themed rooms.
The company also is looking for more sites to develop into Nickelodeon resorts in Hawaii, New York and Europe, according to a New York Times report.
Rocky Mountain highs: Sheldon Good & Co. will auction off homesites and homes that haven’t yet been built in a newly developed subdivision in Hayden, about 20 miles outside Steamboat Springs.
The auction will include 5-acre homesites, 35-acre to 50-acre executive estates, and homes that will be built to predetermined specifications.
The auction company is recommending that opening bids start at $75,000 to $175,000 for homes that had been priced at $250,000 to $550,000. The company suggests opening bids of $19,500 to $39,500 for the home sites, which had been priced from $65,000 to $120,000.
The auction will be at 1 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel and Conference Center, 2300 Mount Werner Circle in Steamboat Springs.
Denver on the cover: As 6,000 real estate professionals from throughout the country get ready to descend on Denver for the Urban Land Institute’s fall meeting, the organization is featuring the city in its monthly members’ magazine.
The cover story discusses the ways suburban growth patterns have forced cities to cooperate with their neighbors and how Denver has developed regional thinking.
Other stories in the September issue include “TOD Planning by Type,” “Intelligent Development” and “Cultural Assets: Museums Turn to Mixed Uses.”
Staff writer Margaret Jackson can be reached at 303-954-1473 or mjackson@denverpost.com.
