All aboard: When the southeast light-rail line opens next month, the new owner of The Ventana apartment community will offer complementary shuttle service to the two closest stations.
Cypress Development Group, which acquired the 300-unit complex in July, has worked out a deal with the Regional Transportation District that allows it to use the agency’s logos on its vans, said David Masi, director of development at Cypress.
Cypress is spending nearly $3 million renovating the complex at 5095 E. Donald Ave.
Ranch parcels on the block: One of the Gunnison area’s largest ranches will be broken up into 55 parcels and sold at auction Nov. 18.
The Double Heart and White Pine ranches, which were combined into a single operation in 1999, include 8,500 acres in Gunnison and Saguache counties. Owners Joe and Patricia Penn hired Alabama-based J.P. King Auction Co. to sell the property.
The 55 parcels will range from 35 to 729 acres. Four of the parcels have existing homes. The ranch also includes a hunting lodge at the foot of the Tomichi Dome, which Joe Penn operated as White Pine Outfitters.
For more information, contact J.P. King at 800-558-5464 or visit www.jpking.com.
Buy a condo, get lodging: Winter Park is offering lodging certificates to buyers who purchase homes in one of its new base village developments before opening day.
Through Nov. 15, anyone who buys a studio, one- or two-bedroom unit at Fraser Crossing and Founders Pointe will receive up to $3,500 in lodging certificates at resort properties for the 2006-07 ski season.
About 70 percent of the 194 units have sold since the developments broke ground in June. Completion is slated for late next year.
Energy efficiency: Stapleton is about to get its first Near Zero-Energy Home, which is designed to use 70 percent less energy than a new home built to code.
Harvard Communities will start construction on the home this spring. The efficiency is achieved by building a super-tight shell, reducing electric demands and using high-performance framing techniques, super-efficient insulation and high-quality windows.
The home also will generate electricity through a photovoltaic system, which uses solar collectors on the roof to convert sunlight into electricity.
Harvard will hold a Zero-Energy Home forum from 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at its model home, 9716 E. 34th Ave.
