Black Hawk, with its new Vegas-style casinos and a fireworks show tonight, gets most of the press coverage this year; but it’s in quieter, historic Central City that you can find the very lowest price-per-foot on new, luxury townhomes…as low as $141.57/foot for a 2,166-foot ‘Lincoln’ plan, with lavish master, 2-car garage, spa tub, and two ‘en-suite’ style guest bedrooms for visiting kin who would want to be exploring the mountains with you here.
Central City may not have the rockets-red-glare, but there’s plenty happening in the 151-year-old town, according Bob Patterson, builder of Prospectors Run, up Eureka Street from the Opera House. Johnny Z’s, the town’s first new, large casino in four years, opened its doors last month; while the city looks ahead to a more balanced, appealing future that plays off the scenery and history, as well as the gaming. “There’s a great blend between historic preservation and high quality economic development,” says interim city manager Ron Miller, viewing a makeover of Central City’s streets and a possible golf/resort project adjacent to Prospectors Run.
Miller compliments Prospectors Run for its architecture that blends with century-old homes along the town’s aspen-shrouded lanes. “We’re always seeing people who wished they’d bought when we first opened,” says Patterson, who along with marketing director Rita Lee will welcome you with a hot dog/taco bar, and a drawing for four Club Level Rockies/Padres tickets. They’ll also show you that value-priced Lincoln home (a complement of alpine furnishings are included, even flat-screen TV and a Mirage sound system)…and two other furnished homes (at $286,775, the Columbia has an even lower cost/foot, $139.35).
With plenty of time left over to make it to the fireworks, you can see a choice selection of move-in ready homes–all with granite/hardwood kitchens and other lavish upgrades. Typical buyers, Lee and Patterson say, include couples who are making a second-home buy close to the casinos, but also plenty of those who are lured more by the fishing and the 4-wheeling to mountain mining towns. “Even if you’re looking for a nicer low-maintenance first home, for somebody commuting to Denver West or Lakewood, you can’t find a better size-value,” Lee says. She can talk to you about one new home that they’d willing to lease-back from you as a model. Prospectors Run is 30 minutes from Denver; from I-70 take Central City Parkway through Central City (Spring St.) to Eureka, turn left, watch for yellow signs.
If you go…
WHERE:
Three decorated townhome models at Prospectors Run in Central City, Fourth of July hot dogs/taco bar, Rockies/Padres Club Level-for-4 ticket drawing today/Monday. Take I-70 west to Exit 243 (before Idaho Springs), Central City Pkwy 8 mi. to Central City; continue thru on Spring St. to Eureka, watch for yellow signs.
PRICE:
From $219,500
WHEN:
Open house & lunch today & Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
PHONE:
303-378-6345
