MDC slips to No. 10 of top 100
Denver-based MDC Holdings dropped a spot to No. 10 on the Builder magazine list of top 100 homebuilders for 2006. Rankings were based on the number of closings. MDC’s closings declined 14 percent to 13,123 last year. The company was ranked No. 8 among the leading detached-home builders in 2006, with 12,968 closings.
Home auction benefits children
The UBuildIt for the Children campaign will auction off a home in Windsor to benefit the Larimer County Child Advocacy Center and A Kid’s Place of Weld County. The home, being built at 6626 Royal County Down Drive, has an appraised value of $636,000. Swedish firm Vestas Wind Systems A/S, which is building its first U.S.-based wind-turbine blade factory, is sponsoring the charity home. It will supply wind-energy credits for all electrical use during construction and all the electrical use for the successful bidder for a full year. The auction will be in September. For information, contact Josh Forster at josh.forster@coloradohomes.com or at 970-419-6505.
Architects’ project featured
A Denver pool house designed by architects Robert Lanham and Richard Wetsel and interior designer Carol Mathers of Diamond Homes is featured in the latest issue of Western Interiors & Design.The designers were charged with replacing an existing wood structure with something similar to the architecture of the historic main house, designed in the 1920s by Denver architect Jules Jacques Benois Benedict. They had to replicate Benedict’s brickwork techniques and chimney motifs, windows and other architectural elements.
“Green” praise for Denver Place
Downtown’s Denver Place received accolades in The BOMA Magazine’s Green Guide. Touted as one of the earliest office buildings to make sustainability a priority, Denver Place’s property manager Amerimar Realty Management Co. took the “green plunge” when utility costs exceeded $1 million in 1996. Amerimar spent about $1.3 million on retrofits, with $550,000 funded through the Demand Side Management Program of the Public Service Company of Colorado. Savings have steadily increased over the years to about $450,000 annually.
Staff writer Margaret Jackson can be reached at 303-954-1473 or mjackson@denverpost.com.
