Former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan‘s former Cherry Hills mansion sold last week for $7 million — a $10 million discount off the original asking price.
The Shanahans sold the six-bedroom, nine-bath 17,850-square-foot home at 20 Cherry Hills Park Drive in January 2007 for $16 million. The buyer was Cherry Hills LLC, headed by Steve Mooney, a Shanahan pal and a partner in the coach’s namesake restaurant in the Tech Center. Mooney’s group took the $9 million hit.
Mike and Peggy Shanahan originally sold the home to concentrate on building a 30,000-square-foot mega mansion not far from the old abode.
The Shanahans leased back the 20 Cherry Hills Park place and lived there while the new pad was being built.
The listing and selling agent was Sandy Weigand of the Kentwood Co., who declined to talk about the sellers or the new buyers because of confidentiality agreements. She did say, however, that the Shanahans, who have a second home in Washington, D.C., where Mike Shanahan now coaches the Redskins, have no intention of selling their new Cherry Hills digs.
The sale of the home was first reported on John Rebchook’s InsideRealEstateNews.com blog.
Outstanding in their fields.
Four outstanding leaders in the Denver metro community received the Denver Foundation’s Community Leadership Awards during a ceremony Sept. 7.
The Swanee Hunt Individual Leadership Award went to Julie Reiskin, executive director of Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition. The Swanee Hunt Youth Leadership Award was given to Jose Juan Cruz, a student at Bruce Randolph School, for his service with Youth Biz, Artlab and on the Denver Youth Commission.
The Judith M. Kaufmann Civic Entrepreneurship Award went to Tamra Ryan, director of the Women’s Bean Project. And the second annual Parr Widener Civic Leadership Award went to Westword founder Patty Calhoun, who started the weekly paper with Sandy Widener, who was killed with her political strategist husband, John Parr, and their daughter, Chase, in December 2007.
The couple’s youngest daughter and only survivor of the crash, Katy, presented the award. She is now a student at the University of Colorado.
Top toques.
Denver Magazine crowned local culinary kings and queens during the 2010 Denver Chef of the Year awards Monday night at Union Station.
Chef of the year honors went to Jennifer Jasinski, chef- owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall; Rising Star of the Year went to Brad Rowell, Colt & Gray; Mixologist of the Year went to Randy Layman, Vesta Dipping Grill; and Greg Bortz, of The Denver Bread Co., snagged Baker of the Year.
Barrett’s the boss.
Holly Barrett has been named executive director of The LoDo District Inc., a nonprofit organization supporting Denver’s Lower Downtown.
Barrett most recently held the position of manager of foundations and corporate relations at the Biennial of the Americas.
EAVESDROPPING
A woman to another woman at the Art of the Cocktail Party & A Concert at Metropolitan State College of Denver:
“Keep drinking, you’re getting fun.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Listen to her on “Caplis & Silverman” between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-630 AM. Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail pparker@denverpost.com.
