Founder of CU’s Deming Center lists Boulder ranch for $16.5M
Juan and Alicia Rodriquez created Lodestar Ranch to supply extra privateness and solitude.
Impressed by I.M. Pei’s design for the Nationwide Heart for Atmospheric Heart in Boulder and the cliff dwellings discovered within the historical landscapes of the American Southwest, the ten,720-square-foot mansion constructed in 1997 mimics the colourful sandstone terrain of the close by foothills. It sits on a sprawling 55-acre property at 640 S. 68th St. in Boulder County.
“I at all times cherished the view coming into Boulder on the turnpike,” Rodriguez stated. “The view right here is similar to that.”
The 2-story, five-bedroom, seven-bath house is light-filled and options wood cathedral ceilings on the highest ground. Every bed room affords panoramic vistas of Boulder, the foothills, and the Continental Divide, stretching from the Indian Peaks Wilderness to Longs Peak.
The house supplied loads of house for Rodriquez’s 4 kids and 12 grandchildren.
“It’s an amazing household place,” he stated.
The house options in-floor radiant warmth, two hooked up garages totaling practically 2,000 sq. toes, state-of-the-art security measures and a climate-controlled, 144-bottle wine cellar.
Current renovations embody main updates to the first suite, lavatory and kitchen.
Working for IBM introduced Rodriguez to Boulder within the late Nineteen Sixties. Over the following 20+ years, he labored for numerous different firms earlier than founding the Deming Heart for Entrepreneurship at CU Boulder.
After his spouse died in December 2022, Rodriquez was able to downsize and listed the property for $16.5 million.
“It’s been a pleasant place to spend the previous 27 years,” he stated.
Itemizing agent Brett Sawyer with Kentwood Actual Property stated the mansion couldn’t be constructed at the moment beneath Boulder tips.
He anticipates the property will attraction to an government who needs exclusivity and privateness.
“It feels very distant and remoted, but it surely’s not,” Sawyer stated. “You get to reside in Boulder with out being in Boulder.”
The home additionally affords safety.
When the wind-driven Marshall Fireplace erupted on Dec. 30, 2021, it destroyed nearly each different home within the space. The adobe exterior and slate roof protected the house, which sustained solely minor injury to a window within the storage. The air conditioners additionally have been broken and changed.
“The structure is fascinating, and there’s a particular ‘wow’ issue while you drive as much as the home,” Sawyer stated.
“It is a likelihood to reside in an iconic home, a legacy home in Boulder County.”
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