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The Community of the Year for the entire Denver Metro Area: Homebuyers are showing every sign that they already know that coveted award was won this year by BackCountry – Highlands Ranch’s final chapter unfolding against 8,200 acres of scenic open space. And those buyers are arriving to see BackCountry in unprecedented numbers – up to 100 visitors a weekend despite the winter weather.
You can slip behind the gates at BackCountry to have your own look with a special gate pass that you can pick up at BackCountry’s Discovery Center, off Broadway three miles south of C-470. That includes a look at the splendid Sundial House private retreat/clubhouse – dramatic architecture, views of the ridges, the Front Range, and city lights, and alluring Pikes Pub bar for residents – that won architect Mike Woodley his own flurry of awards, including the National Association of Home Builders’ Gold Award for best clubhouse, and the Pacific Coast Builders Conference sought-after Gold Nugget.
“This is a chance to see a community with miles of private hiking and biking trails, and that has its own 467-acre open space, its own outdoor amphitheater, a resort-quality pool, and a lifestyle director who plans activities for our families, to help build a true sense of community,” says Cheryl Haflich, marketing director for Shea Homes, the community’s developer. “Those amenities create a lifestyle unlike anything on the Colorado residential scene.”
You’ll also appreciate the easy commuter access to employment campuses and city attractions, while you tour twelve different models from the $300s, by Richmond American, Shea Homes and Toll Brothers – along with a semi-custom model (tour it today from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) by Paragon Homes. Nearby are some half-acre home sites where Shea offers its impressive Water Dance series homes, from the upper $500s, including two new plans that open as models next weekend. Those are the largest sites ever offered in Water Dance — so popular that Shea took three sales, plus three reservations, just since the holidays.
…And you’ll see that 467-acre South Rim that BackCountry residents get as a private reserve, unfolding beyond the outdoor amphitheater beside Sundial House. Residents also enjoy fitness/movement studios, spa treatment rooms — even a demonstration kitchen … not to mention the pools, designed grotto-style to blend with the setting. Start your tour of the Community of the Year winner from the Discovery Center, just outside the gate as Broadway becomes BackCountry Drive. From C-470 take Broadway south 2.8 miles, past Wildcat Reserve Parkway; watch for the Discovery Center on your left.
Gate passes available to see Highlands Ranch’s BackCountry and its Gold Award-winning Sundial House private retreat; 12 models by participating builders including semi-custom home. Pick up gate pass at BackCountry Discovery Center; from C-470 take Broadway south 2.8 mi., past Wildcat Reserve Pkwy, left in to Discovery Center parking lot just before gate.
PRICE: Richmond American from $300s; Shea Homes from $400s-$700s; Toll Brothers from upper-$500s; Paragon semi-custom homes from $1M (view 10 a.m.-2 p.m.); Custom Collection from $1.2M
WHEN: Today 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 11-6
PHONE: 720-344-9600 WEB: BackCountryCO.com
