Qwest chief executive Ed Mueller and his wife, Susan, sold their Country Club home last month and are poised to purchase a home in Cherry Hills Village, making it official that they’re staying in the Denver area.
Mueller’s Country Club home sold for $3.95 million. The home went on the market last August with an asking price of $4.7 million, according to public records.
The buyers of the century-old, six-bedroom, 6 1/2-bath Country Club abode are Geoffrey G. and Martha K. Lord, who I’m told were looking for a larger home in the posh Country Club neighborhood.
The Post’s crack library researchers could find little public information about the couple, except that they hail from Indiana and have been involved in real-estate businesses in Indiana and Florida.
The Muellers have a contract on a five- bedroom ranch-style Cherry Hills home built in 1977 on nearly 2 acres. Asking price was $3.9 million.
Road to recovery.
Denver restaurateur and nightclub owner Jesse Morreale was working full speed ahead on getting his new eatery El Diablo at First and Broadway open when a serious accident landed him in the hospital for roughly three weeks.
Morreale, owner of Tambien in Cherry Creek, RockBar on East Colfax Avenue, La Rumba nightclub in the Golden Triangle and Sketch in the First and Broadway building, tripped in the alley behind Sketch while investigating some strange noises coming from the site where the historic building is being renovated.
“I was cruising over to see if I could figure out what (the noise) was, and I tripped and fell and hit my head,” Morreale said. “My equilibrium was messed up, and I fell again and hit my head. The second fall was the detrimental one.”
The good news was that his chef and business partner Sean Yontz was with Morreale during the tumble and sought immediate medical help. Morreale stayed in the ICU for nearly two weeks before moving to a regular room.
“I think the big story is that I feel good and I’m back working and engaging in things,” he said, speaking without any trace of difficulty from the head injury. “I feel confident in my recovery, and I’m well on the road to that.”
During his recuperation, Morreale is trying to get El Diablo open before the end of this month.
“I look forward to being well and moving things forward,” he said.
EAVESDROPPING
A woman at the Flappers and Pharaohs Bash for the King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum talking to another woman about the social-media site Foursquare:
“I just want to go from Facebook to Twitter to retirement. That would be perfect.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-630 AM. Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail pparker@denverpost.com.
