JenEngel

17 Ute Place, East Aspen

6 bedrooms, 6.5 baths + 2-car garage

7,166 square feet on .69 acres

Sold Price:  $6,300,000 or $879 per square foot

Details:  This gracious home is tucked away in the quiet, impeccably maintained Ute Place subdivision just a stone’s throw from the Aspen Club and short, flat walk to downtown Aspen.  Generous spaces, vaulted ceilings, built in 1988.  Concierge on-site for services including free shuttle to Aspen Mountain in the winter.

Listed by Marc Friedberg of Joshua & Co.

Prepared by the Aspen Board of Realtors, The Observer is a rundown of the government and business activity over the last month, with particular focus on issues and items that are important to the Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley Real Estate community.

Aspen —

Major downtown zoning changes approved by council

Aspen City Council set a two-story limit on new development downtown, capped building heights at 28 feet and sharply limited residential development in the commercial core and surrounding business district.

The 3-1 vote to approve the amendments reverses regulations adopted nine years ago that spurred major redevelopment of the downtown core. The era of three-story, mixed-use buildings topped with a penthouse condominium appears to be over. (more…)

Prepared by the Aspen Board of Realtors, The Observer is a rundown of the government and business activity over the last month, with particular focus on issues and items that are important to the Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley Real Estate community. (more…)

Joshua Saslove, founder of Joshua & Co. and one of Aspen’s most successful real estate brokers, proposes reducing or getting rid of all real estate “For Sale” signs in Aspen.  Joshua was interviewed by the Aspen Business Journal on January 23, 2012.  Please Click Here to read this interesting article.